Missourians, thats us! 

That's right, we are now sweltering in the great state of Missouri. Tanner will be going to medical school at AT Still University also known as Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. I've been quite clingy these last couple weeks because I know in no time at all he will basically be living on campus. I try to not think about it too much.
It's been fun to move to a place so different from what I know. Here are some of the big differences:

• The screaming monkeys...at least that's what the cicadas in the trees sound like. Tanner disagrees, but I just tell him his imagination isn't big enough. 
• The Culture-I love listening to the true-blue locals talk, it's great.
• Hot, hot, hot!!! Not only is it roasting, it is also humid. That is a whole new thing for me. I'm dealing with it though; I just never leave the house. Just kidding. 
• No mountains. We've only been here a week and I'm already missing them. To be honest, I was missing the mountains when we got to Kansas. I never realized how much I love them.

Something I didn't expect were our neighbors...we share our duplex with members and two other neighbors are members. All students at KCOM! It has been great. There are several other members within walking distance as well. It's like a more grown up version of Rexburg. Maybe not to that extreme but pretty close. So we have already attended three game nights and one dinner invite in the time we have been here. We like these people. 


I'm already failing in the picture taking department. I'm still kicking myself for missing the great picture of the three Johnson girls standing in the window watching us drive up for dinner. It was so cute. I need to jump on opportunities like that! I'll get better I promise. 
But just to prove that I do take pictures every once and a while here are some at Thousand Hills State Park: 

This place is beautiful and only five minutes from our house! We went for family home evening but we didn't stay for very long because there were a lot of bugs and we forgot our bug spray, whoops.  But we are already planning to go back, maybe when it isn't so toasty. 


We love it here and are excited to learn more about this beautiful state.