We are in our new place! We were in a Duplex on Canaveral Dr. 4 bedrooms and three baths. Our stuff was everywhere but we still had smiles on our faces!
We took a break from unpacking and went to check out the University of Missouri campus! Dad's new school! The campus was very pretty.
The pillars that remained from one of the schools first buildings. The rest of the building was burned down.
MU Tigers!
We found this guy on our driveway.... Not in Utah anymore!
Shopping for the necessities with G-ma!
Mom and Aspen took Grandma to Cracker Barrel as a thank you for helping unpack and get settled!
Checking out the area. We were drawn to Stephens lake park an played at the splash pad!
Dropping Grandma off at the airport in St. Louis. We did some sight seeing while we were there!
After getting some things packed the new place was starting to feel more like a home!
Mom, Dad and Aspen were all excited for Aspen to have her own room!
Early morning fun.
Some more swimming fun at Stephens lake park
We love having a back yard!
Once we were settled in, Mom got back into running and Aspen came along on quite a few of the runs.
Bed head
This girl could puke..... Mom had some rough days with her little spitter-upper.
Our first MU sporting event was a free scrimmage volley ball game! Aspen is wearing her Mizzou gear from the Allred family. Uncle Dave went to Mizzou!
Every time the crowd would cheer Aspen would get really nervous.
Meeting Truman the Tiger!
Deer! In our back yard!
Aspen's first pony tail!
The sunrises and sunsets look the same here. This is the view from our back patio in the morning.
Aspen was is quite the stander! She was pulling herself up and standing all over the place. She is eight months in this picture. Independence is her goal.
She loves to drink from mom's water bottle.
Just eatin' some grass in the front yard.
We made a trip to the St. Louis Zoo with some ward friends after attending the temple there. This zoo was really great and even free!
Mom and Aspen spend go to the Daniel Boone Library often. There are so many fun things to do there. Aspen really started getting into books at this age. She liked the interactive books that had flaps or things she could feel. We would check out lots of those while we were at the library!
Mommy and Aspen miss daddy sometimes and will send pictures of themselves to Daddy.
Fun weekend at the Columbia Heritage festival. We walked through some old buildings and homes, free popcorn, live bagpipe bands, and great food!
Bath time for this cutie!
Sometimes outside too! Anything to keep Aspen entertained!
Sometimes on warmer days Aspen wakes up pretty sweaty...
Free family swimming day at the Mizzou Rec Center!
The Kitchen family in our ward watched Aspen while Mom and Dad raced the Roots n Blues 10k! they each took second place and 300 dollars each! Mom also found out she was pregnant with baby Hazel two days before the race!
Fun day-to-day pictures.
Aspen is nine months old!!
Aspen started to walk short distances.
Dad competed in an uphill treadmill competition hosted on campus and won! He got 500 bucks!
Mizzou homecoming parade!
Toilet flushing obsession...
Family FHE picnic and hike.
Aspen has to get bundled up to go on runs with Mom. Starting to get a little cold outside!
Aunt Nichole did a fundraiser virtual 5k for OUR race to stop traffick. We did the race in Columbia to support!
Date night for Mom and Dad.
When weather permits, Mom and Aspen are outside!
Mom crocheted Mini and Mickey Mouse costumes for Halloween!
This is us at the ward trunk-or-treat! Dad went to Cedar City for the conference championships for Halloween so Mom and Aspen celebrated together.
The family went on a mini church history tour with a small stake group.
Hauns Mill is pictured, but we also visited Adom-ondi-ahman, and Independence.
Aspen started getting really attached to the Octopus that Rachelle (Mom's cousin) made for her.
Independence.
Going back to Halloween.. Dad visited Leslie's grave and attended a SUU football game while he was in Cedar City.
Aspen is a pretty messy eater! She LOVES blueberries.
Aspen loves it when Dad gets home.
Post bath. Chasing down Aspen to get her dressed.
Non- stop!
Aspen loves to climb onto boxes.
Mom and Dad went to a BYU vs MU football game at the Kansas City Stadium! It was lots of fun. Some of Mom's young women watched Aspen at home.
She loves to eat paper..
Watching Dad run on the treadmill through the baby gate.
We took a trip to Louisville, KY to watch the D1 Cross-Country Nationals. SUU made it again this year so we decided to make the 5ish hour drive to watch! It was a cold day. We saw some fellow alumni and had lunch with them after the race.
We visited the temple there the Sunday after the race. We went to church that morning and saw some fellow Cedar City Young Married Ward people. Driving to the temple from our hotel was so beautiful. We felt the spirit so strong.
Aspen was a real joy this trip. We had a lot of fun spending time together as a family.
On the following Monday, we took time to visit some places downtown Louisville.
We visited the science center there. Aspen loved the mirror maze and water toy.
Louisville Slugger Museum.
Swimming at the hotel. Aspen loves playing with daddy!
Louisville has lots of underground caves. There is even a zip-line underground! We decided to go see the Christmas lights in the cave. They were so cool!
After our trip it was time to get ready for Thanksgiving! We were having our friends from Illinois, Devan and Clair Antczak over. They stayed at our house for a few days. Devan ran at SUU with Mom and Dad.
Mom's first Pie!
And first Turkey!
Mom announced on social media that she was pregnant! "Eating for two!"
Knudsen family tradition! Decorating gingerbread houses.
We went to Jefferson City and visited the capital building.
Decorating for Christmas! We put our tree on stools so as to keep Aspen from getting to it.
Cute little bear! she is walking confidently now.
Visiting the "Magic Tree"
At 10 months, she has 8 teeth!!
This rarely happens.. Church wears her out.
Going for a walk at Stephens Lake park.
Aspen has a leaf obsession.
Mirror, Mirror on the wall....
Making cookies to celebrate Dad's last final this semester!
Happy Birthday Mom!
Ward Christmas party.
This is how Mom and Dad announced to family over Google Hangouts that they were expecting.
Christmas Morning on the stairs!
All December long Aspen wanted to play with the stockings. They were hung on our wall. So naturally that was the first thing she went for.
We went for a family run came home to a warm and crackling "fire." Then we had breakfast. We didn't open presents until after Aspen's first nap.
Santa got her some Mega Blocks! She loved taking down the towers that Dad built.
Aspens haul. She received the "MOO" book from Nana and Papa. Grandma and Grandpa waited until we visited Utah to give Aspen her Christmas present.
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