Picked up our bedroom set from IKEA today

We got the queen bed frame (one of those beds that is low to the ground and you only need the mattress), 2 night stands, 2 dressers, a rug and some dividers for the drawers. Everything is still in the boxes just waiting for the mattress now. There is a large entrainment center we would like to get later to go with everything.
It was sure fun buying all of that with gift cards from the wedding, I felt like we got a lot and did not have to spend a penny. Wish shopping was always like that.

Pictures

Here are some pictures from the wedding that family was able to capture
Dont we just look so cute together???
Cake time.

Long week / Stephanie

Thank goodness it is Friday. After a long week all I can think about doing is resting. Steve and I have both put in extra hours the past two weeks to help give ourselves a little extra bust for housing funds. I know all I can think about is getting to sleep in at least an hour tomorrow, just have to convince Chad to do the same.
This week I got a few emails from Stephanie in California, sure was good to hear from her. It sounds like she is keeping herself busy, meeting some great people and most important not going hungry thanks to her new church family. In her words “every week I have been going over to eat with at least one family from the church and last week I actually ate dinner with 3 different families”. Now that would be nice since we all know I’m not the best cook nor do I have time when I get home from work. I mentioned to her that she should start her own blog so we could get more updates and not have to wait a month to get them.

Wedding Photos

We got our photos from the photographer a week ago now. WOW do they look good. The hard work has been trying to pick out what five 8x10s and ten 5x7s we want out of the 225 amazing pictures. There are so many good ones to choose from. We are so pleased with how they all turned out. So we finally got that figured out, but now from all the family digital pictures what ones do we want printed up for family and ourselves. On top of what we have now, friends keep telling us they have a CD of pictures or prints they need to get to us. I never thought it would be so overwhelming to look at pictures and make a photo album. We do want to thank all who have given us pictures; it is fun to see everyone’s view of the wedding.
We cant wait to share them all with whom ever wants to see.

Name Change

Upon marriage I’m taking Steve’s last name. I had been putting it off for a few weeks since I was not sure what to do and where to go. Now I think I have gotten all the most important info changed to my new last name. So now officially to the government I’m Sarah Jellison.

House Hunting

When looking at homes we came across the good, bad and just downright ugly. This last house hunting trip started out with the bad and just ugly, or should I say dirty. We walked in and saw garbage left on the floor and the kitchen partly tore apart. I looked in the sink and there is a swarm of bugs that flew up in to my face. There was much more that I could just go on about with that house but I will save that. Trying not to get sick on the smell, we are told the story of why the house is on the market and why the filth. Let’s just say people make illegal choices and leave the “garbage” for others to clean up inside and out.
From the “garbage” house we move on to an elder widowed woman’s home where we were unable to get in since she locked all the doors including the screen door, therefore the keys she gave her broker did not work since the screen door was not to be looked. Steve made the point about elder women locking every door when living alone at that age.
Moving on there were other homes to look at, like the house on a hill with a “pit bull” (who was very nice and just wanted to be loved on and played with) but we finally ended up at the home we had been waiting to see. It was a medium sized home on a quarter acre lot in a cul-de-sac. The house was very nice, as well as the yard. Chad would just love all the grass to run and play ball on and the pond to swim in. Was a bit awkward since the home owners were there but they were very nice and helpful showing us little things and telling us about the area. We would love to go back and look at the home again when more time was available and when the home owners were gone.
When our house hunting day was over it was off to work for me as fast as I could get there and a lot of thinking about what we saw, all the different aspects of the homes and that we wanted to see a few more but of course see that last house with the large yard again. Anyway that is where we are at when it comes to looking at homes. More to see but like Steve wrote our dream is to have a home for Christmas so our little Jellison family can be together.

Planting the Seed

You are reading the first installment of the Jellison family blog. We hope that there will be many more entries for you to enjoy. This one will be just a small sampling.

The last time that you may have seen us, we were all dressed up for something. We would like to thank all of you for sharing in the first and most memorable of all the great adventures we intend to encounter in our lives. Since that day we have mostly been in a constant state of moving and settling into our apartment. A situation that we pray is very short lived! Mostly because packing and moving boxes is something we enjoy soooo much. Recently we have begun searching, again, for a house. There will be some viewings later this week and we believe there are some promising candidates. Our shared dream is to be settled in before Christmas. A little bit more time than the previous attempt.

So, thank you for reading and hope you come back to read all the latest info on our whereabouts in life. Good day.