So last weekend (well, last last weekend-- on the 17th-ish), I was able to fly out to St. Louis and visit my friend Sarah. Sarah and I went to teach English together in China in 2002, and we spent a lot of time together. However, it wasn't until like a year or two later that we became close friends at BYU. We had dance classes at the same time, so we got to hang out and chat in the locker room a couple times a week, and we would also meet up to watch Friends every Thursday night. She is so fun to hang out with and talk to, so it was awesome to visit her!
She was having a baby shower that weekend, and I had some plane tickets to use before they expired, so I was able to go visit her, go to the baby shower, and see some cool stuff in St. Louis. And compared to Utah, it was pleasantly... uncold. It was still cold, but not like Utah. Go figure.
I took a few pictures, and here are a few of them:
First of all, the lovely, glowing pregnant ladies. Sarah is due in March, and me not until July. That's why I glow but don't show. But I'll get there.
And isn't this a beautiful apartment?! Sarah's Aunt Muriel was throwing the shower, and she has such a beautiful home! There are little antique trinkets on all the tables and artwork (mostly by Muriel or her extended family who are apparently all artists). It's a good thing no toddlers showed up for the shower. Only sleeping babies and well-behaved ladies.
And just to prove that I went to the arch, here is a picture of me with Sarah and Logan (her husband) in front of the arch. I still don't know how to make my camera's flash work on command, so just imagine you can see our faces.
Contrary to popular belief, this is not a picture of me on a public toilet. It is not a squatty potty. It is not a portapotty. Maybe it was a stupid picture to take. But this is the little capsule you sit in that takes you up to the top of the St. Louis arch. It fits 5 people in here. And it is not a toilet!
You can't be offended by this, because it is ART. And just about the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
And of course, here is Howie. He is beautiful.
6 comments:
i love st. louis... my dad's family is from there, so i have been af ew times and up the arch a few times... we all went last August (like a over a year ago in 07) and I want to go again sometime soon... i like the pics...
Way cool. I'm impressed that you put everything together to use ur tickets! Way to be organized.
I love the light switch! I lol!!
Pregnancy suits her well she is lovely. And I love the art work.
It was so fun having you here! But I am VERY offended by the picture of the light switch and you sitting on the pot! :)
Looks like you had a really good time. I have never been to St. Louis, but someday I will go. I liked your books post. I'm amazed at how much you can remember, I remember reading a lot of those books, but for a majority of them I cannot for the life of me remember what they are about. For Christmas last year my parents bought our kids a bunch of the books that we loved reading growing up-I thought that it was a really good gift because it brought back a lot of good memories for me-and now we have a really good book collection for the kids.
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