Family Calendar

Hi Everyone,
I was thinking it would be nice if we could all use a calendar together. So I created an account for everyone to use at www.gmail.com . This way we can each put stuff on the calendar that we want everyone to know. So just send me your email address if you don't get an email from me (means I don't have your address) and I will give you the account name and password. This will be really helpful for birthdays!
Thanks!
Jessica
jessicaellingson@hotmail.com

Water Street Week 13

This is the view from the driveway looking at the living room windows. And this is looking out from the living room. There is going to be so much light in the house. Below, next three are pictures of the kitchen from a couple different angles.

Below, the first pic is walking in from the garage, I am standing in the laundry room. The pantry is just to the left of the door frame closest and the door frame straight across farthest is Jades' bathroom/bedroom. Middle photo is the living room when standing with my back to the tower. The kitchen is doorway to the right. Last photo is grandma and grandpa's bedroom.

Connor's Day

Connor is growing up so fast!!! He now says "ove" (I believe this is short for Love You which is what I say every time I give him a kiss or hug) when he gives you hugs and kisses. He can say dog but when he sees the dog he says "iley og" (Riley Dog). When the dog sees him, I think he says "Go to a happy place".........

Connor discovered the piano today. He loved reaching for the keys and even making some noise now and then. Oh, and if I forget and I say " Connor, gross!" He sticks whatever he has in his hands, in his mouth as fast as he can. He is so sweet, we all love him so much. Even Sam likes him now. And that is saying something.

Sunday May 25th Potluck Maybe?

Dayna mentioned getting together again, and Cheryl had thought May sounded good at our last potluck. So what do you think?

Water Street House Week 12

Happy Days

Water Street House Weeks 11 and 12

New pictures! Trusses are coming tomorrow, so hopefully new pics tomorrow too.

We Survived!

I noticed today that our blog has been over-run with Grandma & Grandpa's house stuff so I will now regale you with our tales of vacationing.

We survived our vacation! And we even managed to have a lot of fun. The only downside is that I still have not gotten my energy back.

We left at 1:30 in the morning on Friday and managed to get to Elizabeth & Jared's at 6:30pm our time. It took us 17 hours to drive there! We stopped for half an hour in Boise at my friend Amber's house. Our kids spent a lot of time together in Monmouth when we lived there and hadn't seen each other in a long time. They had a great visit. Then we got back in the car and kept going before I could glue myself to Amber's couch. The kids did great on the drive there. No fights, or crying, and very little whining. However, every time we got to a town they would ask if that was Libby's town, and when I would say no they would say "When are we going to Libby's town?". They just could not understand that it takes that much going to get there.

Saturday there was an Easter egg hunt to enjoy.

Sunday we went to church. It is so odd that you can see the chapel from their house, and her whole ward is six blocks by two blocks of her neighborhood.

Monday we went to the duck pond, the dinosaur museum

and the life science museum in provo.

The kids were actually afraid of the skeletons of the dinosaurs. It was kind of funny.

Tuesday we went to the fire station and went bowling. The kids had a blast at both. Unfortunately no one had a camera for bowling.

On Wednesday we rode Trax into Salt Lake and went to the I am a Child of God exhibit at the church history museum. It was a lot of fun and the kids loved it all.

As is evidenced by Ryan we started out the day happy and full of energy. But by the end of the day we............well you get the idea.

Then on Thursday we loaded up the van and began the long horrible trip home. We stopped somewhere so Adelyn could get her ears pierced. That was fun :( Then we drove to Rexburg to see Samantha, Dustin & Levi, and Deanna. Unfortunately we couldn't find our camera so we couldn't get a picture of the boys at the Rexburg Temple. But it was very pretty. And we had a nice visit there. We did however forget our toothbrushes at the motel. (The only casualty of our vacation, which I think is pretty good for 6 people on vacation for 7 days)

On Friday morning we left Rexburg headed for home. We left there at 8 am our time and got home at 1:30am on Saturday. It took us 15.5 hours to get home and the map program says it should only take 10 hours. Pretty bad huh? We were so happy to get home. But now that we have been home nearly a week I can fondly recount our first family vacation. David and I have been married 7 years and this was the first time in our marriage we have ever driven anywhere further away than the beach! It was a lot of fun but David says we aren't driving that far again for a couple of years.

So I guess he'll be more than happy to pay for me to fly out to see Elizabeth (and family) next time. Hmmm......... ;)

Water Street House Week Ten

Now no more complain-ing Dayna! ;>) Riley is really bored.

Water Street House Week Nine

Sorry for the delay. We got home on the 29th and took pics but I just haven't had time to post them. For some reason it will not let me add any more pics to this post or make a new one with pics so until I figure it out you will have to wait for week 10.