St. Louis Temple

While Luke and I were in St. Louis we had the opportunity to visit the temple. Although the St. Louis Temple is three hours away it is 'our' temple while we live in Champaign. It is such a pretty little temple.

Visiting the temple was the highlight of our St. Louis trip! It is amazing how visiting a temple, no matter where it is located, can make you feel at home. We loved the time we spent together in the temple. It did wonders to brighten an otherwise foggy grey day. We hope we can return to the temple very soon.

Meet me in St. Louis!

St. Louis is probably a pretty city. The Gateway Arch must be really tall. It's surprising that I don't know any of this for sure, since Luke and I spent a weekend in St. Louis and visited the Gateway Arch. The reason I'm not sure St. Louis is a pretty city and the Gateway Arch is really tall.... fog.

Luke had to go to Scott AFB to take a fluency test in Mandarin on Friday so we decided to make a fun weekend out of it and visit St. Louis. Unfortunately, because of the dense fog that hung over us the two days we were there, we couldn't actually see very much of St. Louis.

The following pictures are all in black in white. Black and white is how we experienced St. Louis.

Luke and I at the base of the Gateway Arch.

A surprisingly clear moment. You can see all the way to the top of the arch.

I really like this picture. You can see how the fog just obliterates the city in the background. Yes... St. Louis is back there somewhere.

My husband is so handsome!

Yes... I'm wearing a dress and yes... it was pretty chilly. We headed over to the St. Louis temple after visiting the Arch (pictures coming soon).

St. Louis was, well, to be honest, ok. Maybe we'll visit again... if it's a clear day.

Illini Basketball!

Last night, Luke and I attended our first Illinois Basketball game! Thanks to some sweet friends we had great seats. The Fighting Illini beat Penn State in an extremely close game. Now, the University of Illinois is #1 in the Big 10 Conference!

We were excited to break out our University of Illinois gear and support Luke's school! It's safe to say I've never seen so much orange in one place before.

Thanks Vance and Ali! We had a wonderful time! Go Illini!

Officially Graduated

I graduated from the University of Utah May 8th, 2009. Even though I've had my degree since that time, something funny happened when Luke and I hung it up today....

It felt official.