Christmas at our house

Before we left for St.Louis, we spent Christmas day with my Mom, Dale, Sarah, Greg and Delilah at our house. We cooked a big 'ol meal and had a lot of fun. Delilah was a great little helper in passing out presents (bottom right) and in helping other people use their new stuff- That's her with with her Gramma under a an ironing board cover...tee hee. We had fun exchanging gifts, and Delilah loved her new talking Frank and Buster and her new baby doll. Oh yeah...bottom left is Dave with his gee-haw whimmy-diddle. He was the only one that could get it to work! 

We got culture, how 'bout you?

These are some pictures from our visit to the Cathedral Basilica of St.Louis. Almost the entire ceiling (and there was a lot of it) was covered in mosaic made up of 1/2 inch square tiles. It is amazing to think of all the work that went into creating it. The windows were also beautiful (bottom left). The Pope visited the Basilica in January, 1999. 

We got Culture, Yes we do!

Here are some of the things we saw when we visited the St.Louis Art museum. The picture in the middle is none other than St. Louis himself! 

St. Louis

We left the day after Christmas, and went to spend a week in St.Louis in order to have some holiday time with the Carlsons (and Croteaus, and one soon to be Carlson...). This is a picture of all us girls- L to R: Lisa, Mom/Linda, Rachael (me!), Christie, and Kelly. We had a lot of fun together with everyone. We played games, crafted, chatted and ate A LOT of really good food! (which is why we're all dieting this week...) It was nice to see everyone, and Dave and I talked about our week on the trip home, which made the time in the car seem to pass a little faster. -Rachael