the match

Match day was Friday, March 16th. It was pretty crazy. All of Ryan's classmates crammed into a small auditorium and one by one went up on the stage to open an envelope telling them where they would be going to residency. We were so happy to find out that we would be headed back to Minnesota after his intern year here is St. Louis. He matched in Radiation Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester.

It will be super nice to be only an hour and a half away from my parents and a couple of hours away from all of my siblings. Ryan really loved the Mayo Clinic when he spent a month there this past year. He loves the caliber of Frisbee players. He loves the size of the town (very similar to Idaho Falls where he grew up). I don't have an opinion of the town yet since I have only driven through it a couple of times. We are excited for the change but are really going to miss our life here in St. Louis.

See a picture of us here.

bath time with grandma

We headed back to the condo for another week.

3/17- Here is Zola taking a bath in Grandma's sink. Isn't she beautiful!

panama city beach (a week in pictures)

It was such a great vacation- we loved to just relax and play at the beach and at the pool. Dennis is becoming quite the swimmer. I will have to take pictures next week of the pool... we are going back again for a week!

3/5- We went to a children's play at Alys beach. It was very cute and Dennis was totally enthralled. Dennis giving a quick tip for the actors
Dennis is very sweet to his sister and often goes up to her and gives her a sweet kiss. Believe it or not... this picture was not posed. Dennis just wanted to look at his beautiful sister.


3/7

We love Grandma!


Ryan and Dennis were catching small clams on the beach.



I love this picture because it shows how little Zola is on Grandma's shoulder.
3/8-


Dennis got to ride on the train at Pier Park with Daddy.


wide eyes!
3/9- Dennis loves his Grandpa too!
"a plane!"



so peaceful- the lighting at the condo is always perfect for pictures.
Grandma made a couple of dresses for Zola to practice the pattern for her blessing dress. I love these pictures because it is rare that I am in the picture. In fact I think this is only the second picture of me with my baby girl... cute dress too.

Thanks for a great week. We look forward to next week. When we drove up to our house this morning, Dennis was so sad. He said that he wanted to stay with Grandma and Grandpa! LOVE you guys!

one month

So sad that this picture didn't turn out better... her smile was beautiful.

Zola had her one month doctor's appointment today. The doctor said, "She is doing awesome!"

She is pretty much the best baby ever. LOVE HER!

Here are her stats:

Height: 19 3/4 in

Weight: 6lbs 11oz

Head: 35 cm

airplane yogurt

It sure is fun hearing all the things that Dennis comes up with. He used to call plain yogurt - airplane yogurt since he thought we were saying plane yogurt.

While putting together a mobile for Zola, Dennis said, "Heavenly Father made this hard for us to do, didn't he?" and then again this morning looking for the other strawberry oatmeal packet he said, "Heavenly Father made this hard for me to do."

One cold day I told Dennis to put on his jacket while we were headed out the door for school. He responded, "Thank you for thinking about me."

The other night he decided to sing himself to sleep with one song. He must not have been able to choose which song because he didn't even finish a full phrase from a single song- they were all mixed up. I wish I had a recording of it because it was pretty hilarious. He included insy winsy spider, hickory dickory dock, I am a child of God, The ABCs, and a lot that we couldn't figure out where it came from. He ended his masterpiece with a robust, "...HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO GOD". And that was the last we heard from him. He fell asleep.

And my favorite these days: "I begot" instead of "I forgot"

loving daddy

Zola sleeps best lying on her daddy's tummy.

first day at church