May Highlights

May 1st---we capture and kill Osama Bin Laden---terrorist

Garrin and Koda---exhausted and napping

So...it's been really raining and snowing this week a ton.  We are all sick of the snow.  Yesterday we woke up to 1 1/2 inches on April 30th!!!  Today is cold out too.  We had hoped to get our garden going sometime soon..but it's not looking too good!  

 Jaycee made me a Mother's Day  banner and decorated the piano for me

 May 14th...we went to the Draper temple to do Baptisms for the Dead.  It was Jaycee's first time to go

We keep finding Koda randomly in the tub.  It's funny---we'll look around for him and call to him---and there he jumps out from behind the curtain.

May 23--Saturday---Garrin was at the shop.  I dropped Jaycee off a little later to file...and ran back to the house, then back to the shop because Garrin forgot something.  Then home....to weed...yipee.  I think I weeded from 11-6 yesterday.  All the front flower beds....kaylee helped a bit..but shawnee was at work.  I bought and planted flowers in the front flower bed.  And then we went on to the back...to the garden.  We got it all rototilled...and had weeds probably 3 feet high.  Wow that was a lot of work.  Garrin has been working on the rototiller for a month now...trying to get it working and finally got all the parts in and installed.  Whew.  We havent' had too many nice days where we could actually work in the yard...so guess it takes all day when you finally have one.  Now hopefully we can plant the garden Monday so we can get it established a bit before we leave.  AND.....we are back to rain today.  and cold.  Oh...I guess we can't plant tomorrow....Shawnee's ballroom banquet AND a pouring torrential rain/hail so guess it's now too muddy.  Holy cow...Garrin and I can hardly walk we are so sore from weeding....ugh..

Shawnee's Seminary graduation was this week,  She had to talk about how the holy ghost had helped her in her life.  She did a great job. 

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News from Elder Ellis in Seattle

Devin up on top of his roof at his apt at night

 Pike's Market, Seattle

 Elder Thornley, Jessica, Elder Ellis on Jessica's Baptism Day

 Devin at Safeco Field and qwest field where the mariners and seahawks and sounders play 

  The view from Columbia Tower we paid $5 to go up in the columbia tower which is the tallest building in seattle and you can go out on their observation decks! which was really cool to get pictures there. then we pretty much just hung out

Underground tunnel system in Seattle.  This is underneath the church

elder thornley and Devin at bro mccans lake house for dinner

The troll under the bridge.  Each week, Elder Ellis has been working at the food bank.  At the food bank they stock shelves and move things around and help them get ready for people to come in and get food. so mostly just lifting boxes to move them and sorting things