St Louis, Missour-uh

A couple of weeks ago Matt and I took a trip to St. Louis. About a week before we left I began trying to convince him that nobody in Missouri actually says "Missour-ee," it's pronounced "Missour-uh!" I continued to pronounce it that way throughout the whole trip, even though I knew I had been beat. What can I say, the joke just never got old! :) 

You may be wondering why we decided to go on vacation to Missouri in the first place. . .

Originally, this trip was planned around a med school interview at A.T. Still (a school located an hour or two outside of St. Louis). Then, two days before we were supposed to leave, Matt received acceptances to two other schools! We decided that we weren't too keen on living in rural Missouri so Matt politely declined the interview invitation and we took our trip anyway.

We had so much fun exploring the city. We were there the night of the World Series so we got to walk around the stadium and then watch the game in a little sports bar deep in enemy territory (Matt's a die-hard Rangers fan). Actually, the entire city was enemy territory. St Louis loves their Cards! They even died the fountains red in honor of the game. Too bad they lost. . .

 

We got to see the Gateway Arch

Took a tour of the old capitol building and saw the courtroom where the Dred Scott trial took place.

And then drove out to Nauvoo to visit Grandma and Grandpa Watkins! They are serving a mission in the Nauvoo Temple right now. We haven't seen them since our wedding!

We went to the Blacksmith, Bakery, Printing Press, saw a play, and learned how to make candles out of animal fat.

Of course, the temple was the highlight of the trip. We even got to do a session with Grandma and Grandpa!