While I'm Waiting - John Waller

My very best friend, Alyssa, sent this song to me this morning. It could not match what Adam and I are going through right now better. I am so incredibly blessed to have a sister in Christ who shares these things with me.

St. Louis

SO, it has been forever and a day since I last posted something on our blog. I realize that I am way past due for this post but a couple weekends ago Adam and I had the privilege of going to St. Louis for the weekend. We met my mom's side of the family there as well as my brother, Kyle, and his wife, Lisa. We had a wonderful time just visiting and taking in the sights of St. Louis. Here are a few pictures we took of our time there:

On the road

The St. Louis Arch!

Touring the underground museum

Waiting for our little cart to go up to the top of the arch

The tiny little cart all four of us crammed into :)

At the top of the arch...so pretty!

I am so blessed to have such a wonderful extended family!

A day trip to Memphis, TN

One nice thing about the location we live in now is that we have many cities around us that are only a few hours away that we can take a day trip to...one of these is Memphis. So Adam and I decided to take advantage of the short 2 1/2 hour drive there and make a day trip out of it. We started with going to the Memphis Zoo & Aquarium and then ended at a sushi restaurant called Sakura. Even though it was a very hot day to be outside in the sun all day at the zoo, we had such a wonderful time! The sushi experience was fun as well...we had sushi on our honeymoon and loved it but neither of us had ever actually ordered it in a restaurant so that was an adventure, but we were successful in ordering some yummy maki sushi rolls :) All in all, Adam and I were so refreshed from the day away...sometimes it is just good to get out of Columbus, Mississippi!

So after ALL the redlights on our way in, to top it all off we got stuck behind this guy picking up cones the whole way into the entrance of the zoo..haha I can laugh about it now :)

Awww soo cute!

Amos' close relative! :)

This guy was HUGE!

I thought this bird was going to either attack me or do the deed on my head...luckily made it out safe :)

We got to see the Polar Bear feeding...so cool!!

We also got to see the Panda Bear feeding...above is him just chilling and chomping on some bamboo.

We went to the Sea Lion show..impressive!

Big Daddy Weave - Trust and Obey

Ever since the accident, this song keeps popping into my head randomly. I sometimes wonder if its Grandpa Neuenschwander reminding me of this simple truth. It is every time that I hear this song that I miss him and can't help but shed a few tears. This song has become ever so real to me through this difficult time. I hope that it too might speak to you.

Christmas 2009

We were so blessed to be able to go home this Christmas to see family and friends. It was so good for the both of us to be home. It was definitely both relaxing and refreshing, which was exactly what we both needed! I have created a slideshow of some pictures to recap the week in Ohio: