Hi Everyone!

How are you all? Good I do hope! Well this morning we got up at 4am and flew out here! We arrived a bit after midday and after we grabbed some lunch we headed to Temple Square to have a look around. Salt Lake City is the home of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Later-Day Saints, also known as the Mormons.

They have a 35 acre property in the middle of town with a beautiful temple, administrative buildings, conference centers, meeting halls and STUNNING gardens. It was simply amazing. We had a tour given by two young missionaries who filled us in on what it means to be a Mormon.

We then had dinner in one of the restaurants on their property (without alcohol to dad's dismay! hehe) that had a most impressive view. I'll put some pics below!

Hope alls well with you all,
Lots of love

jess xoxo

The view from the plane down onto Utah

Wjt this one's for you -- you are our western nut! hehe

The Salt Lake Temple

Mum trying a fried dill pickle! Aparently its a speciality around here!

The view from where we had dinner

Hi Everyone,

How are you all? Good I do hope! We leave for your West Coast trip at 4.45am tomorrow morning, I am going to try and update the blog on the road, but I shall put our trip itinerary below.

July 31st - August 2nd : Salt Lake City, Utah

August 2nd - 6th : Yellowstone National Park

August 6th - 7th : Blackfoot, Idaho

August 8th : Kennewick, Washington

August 9th - 11th : Seattle, Oregon

August 11th - 14th : Beaverton, Oregon

August 14th : Gold Beach, Oregon

August 15th : Gaberville, California

August 16th - 17th : Rohnert Park, California

August 18th - 20th : San Francisco, California

Mum, Dad and Meish are flying home on August 20th, I am staying in San Francisco with my friend Stacy and her boyfriend Trevor who live in San Francisco! Super excited!

I have also included below a map of where we are going to go! We start at point A and finish at point K! This is the upper left hand side of America.

Hope alls well,

Love jess xoxo

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Hi Everyone,

Sorry its been awhile since I last updated! I have been quite busy! I do hope everyone is well! I am just going to throw a few pics on here that I have taken lately!

Hope alls well,

lots of love

jess xoxo

Avocado Corn Relish, its amazing!!

Sunset

The Green Machine in the parking lot waiting to be sold =(

The back of Danielle and James' House

Danielle playing badminton!

Hello!!

So last night Meish and Andrew had their maritime themed party in the city! It was in the apartment of some of Andrew's friends, it was a beautiful place and it was very nice of them to host it!

All the usual suspects were there as well as a host of new and old people. Most people dressed up and it was a fun night! I will include some photos below!

Hope alls well,

Lots of love,

jess xoxo

Meish and I being Pirates

Sasha as a mermaid and Meish

Arrrrrr! Pirates!

Michelle giving Andy a tattoo in permanent marker

Sara as a mermaid and Kristyn as a pirate

Andrew Ousley, the penguin.

Hello!

Yesterday Diana and I went adventuring in the city! We went to the Met to see Michelangelo's first painting and then we went and rented a row boat in central park and rowed around for an hour AND then we sat on a rock and Diana got bit by a bug that made her thumb swell up!

Next we went down to the Museum of Modern Art as its free on a friday afternoon! So we met Mum, Dad, Sandra and Peter there and had a look around! I was happy they had the Salvador Dali painting "The Persistence of Memory" I wanted to see but sadly they didn't have the Monet painting Mum was looking for!

Below are some photos of the adventure!

Hope alls well,

jess xoxo

View from the boat

Diana rowing

Diana and I on the rooftop of the Met

Diana looking back onto the fountain in Central Park

Us!

Central Park

Yesterday Whitney and I hit the city with force! We walked around Ground Zero and Wall Street, then up to City Hall and across the Brooklyn Bridge which was spectacular. It was a sunny day but there was a nice breeze so it wasn't too hot walking across the bridge! It was kinda scary in parts as you look down through the cracks between the wood and see the water down below! But the view was worth it!

Then we caught the subway back to the Upper West Side to have afternoon tea in Alice's Tea Cup. Along the way I got poor wjie stuck in a subway door and had to force the doors open to get her out! Im sorry wjie! =/

Then we went back down to Times Square for photos and then across to Bryant Park where we claimed a patch of grass and were slowly joined by everyone until it was dark enough for them to show the movie. In summer they put a giant movie screen and every packs the park to watch the movie. Its a really good time.

So here are some photos from our adventures!

Hope alls well,

lots of love

jess xoxox

What Ground Zero looks like now

The New York Stock Exchange

The Brooklyn Bridge

Whitney and I

The view back into the city from the bridge

The Manhattan bridge with the Empire State Building in the background

Jumping shot in times square

Sara and Diana sitting in the park waiting for the movie

People in the Park

Meishey and Wjie

The view of the buildings surrounding the park

This morning Miss Whitney Jane shouted us all to a yummy brunch in the city! We tried a place that we had not been too before, Mum read about it in a magazine, a placed called Giotto. It was super yummy, we got a few ideas for new dishes to make for our brunch! I had an amazing fruit and nut bread and am going to seek out the bakery to see if I can get some more of it!

We also sat outside in the garden which was nice since it was a sunny day. We then had a bit of a wander around, Dad and I went to an electronics store, Mum and Wjt went to have a look at Ground Zero and Meish went home.

As always, here are some photos!

Hope alls well,

lots of love

jess xoxo

Mum enjoying her toast!

Meish and Whitney

Dad and I

Dads Coffee

Nutella and Ricotta toast! Tres Yummy!

The Gang in the Garden

Hello!

Today's post is dedicated to the Cupcake Stop - it is a truck that parks itself randomly in New York and sells amazingly delicious cupcakes wherever it stops!

I met Johanna in the city the other day and we made a pilgrimage to the truck and got cupcakes! YUMMM.

Here are some photos of our adventures...

Hope alls well,

Lots of love,

jess xoxo

The truck!

Me trying to eat the cupcake off the side of the truck...

Our cupcakes! We had a red velvet (on the left), cookies and cream (in the middle) and strawberry shortcake (on the right!)

Johanna and I

Below are a few pictures of the adventures of Meish and Whitney in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York.

As the title suggests, some things (like how crazy but lovable they are) simply don't change!

Hope alls well

lots of love,

jess xoxo

Playing in a phone booth in the Red Lion Inn

Playing the fife and drum outside the Fife and Drum Inn in Kent

Putting on their best smiles

Meet Richard, the new mask!

Jumping on the beds!

Trying out the rope that was meant to help us escape from the room in case of fire...

Hi Everyone,

Whitney Jane and Jess here. We thought we would update the blog with some piccies for you. We spent one night in Stockbridge, Massachusetts and then drove back home today via Woodstock, NY.

In Stockbridge we went to the museum of Norman Rockwell, a famous American artist and had some drinks on the lovely porch of where we stayed. Then today we went to Woodstock for some hippie time!

Hope you are all well,

Lots of love

us xoxo

Outside where we had dinner in Connecticut

Looking pretty

Red Lion (RARH) Inn, in Stockbridge

Having Drinks on the porch

WOODSTOCK!

The girlies with Janis Joplin