About Jess

Atlanta Trip

Family on top of Stone Mountain
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Well I haven't updated in a while so I thought I should. Last week I was in Atlanta for a training for work. That's where my brother Jason and his family live so I stayed over the weekend and Josh, and Matt and Megan also came to visit over the weekend. So we had a nice weekend in Atlanta with all the kids in the family. We just had a nice weekend exploring the city. We went to the Coke Factory downtown and went and climbed Stone Mountain which is the picture you see here. I've put a couple other pictures from the weekend below. It was really nice to see everyone especially my nieces. We are going to try to get together more through out the year like this since we all live so far apart. Nothing else really going on. We're getting ready for Kelley's Wedding coming up. Not sure if I told everyone but my best friend Kelly and Buck got engaged over Christmas and she asked me to be her maid of honor and we went last weekend to go pick out dresses and stuff. They are getting married in November. Nothing much else coming up besides going to Tampa for Spring Break. Josh's break is the first week in April so we will be going to Florida for the week and staying at Matt's place. Ok well that's it from here. This weekend my time will be filled with birthday stuff. My girlfriend Parrish's son's birthday party is Saturday afternoon, then we are going out for dinner and drinks Saturday night for our friend Jason's birthday. Then Sunday is my niece Olivia's 3rd birthday party. Well I will see most of you down at Kelley's Wedding in a couple weeks. Can't Wait!!!

Coca-cola factory

Coca-cola factory
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Jess, Josh , and Caeley at Coke Factory

Jess, Josh , and Caeley at Coke Factory
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Jess, Megan, and Lisa

Jess, Megan, and Lisa
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Lena

Lena
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Caeley

Caeley
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Florida and Matt's Wedding

Josh and Jess at wedding 2
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Well I have a free minute so I thought I would update about Florida. We headed down to Atlanta on the 22nd and visited with my brother Jason and his family and my parents. We got to see baby Caeley for the first time. Then we headed down to Florida to spend Christmas with Matt and Megan at their house. Christmas was great and the weather was warm, just a little rainy. Matt’s Wedding was a great time. It was fun getting all dressed up. Megan and Matt both looked great and it was a lot of fun seeing all the BG and D-town guys down there. We went to Bahama Breeze's late night after the wedding and needless to say I had a great time, so great that I don’t remember all of it, ha ha. We were also down there for New Year’s. We went out with a group of 16 of us to Bonefish Grill for dinner then hit up a place called Peabody’s. Matt’s friend is the manager there so we all got in free and had a reserved pool table and champagne. It was cool because one half of the bar is a dance club then there is a walk way that leads to the other half which is a sports bar with pool tables. So that was a lot of fun. We had great weather two days in a row so Josh and I hit up the pool and the beach. I got a little tan but it is starting to fad already. It was a great Vacation and we had so much fun. I love Tampa!! I think we are going to make that an annual Spring Break trip. (Yes I am planning on taking off when Josh has spring break, ha ha) I’m only attaching one picture since I sent you guys the link of all my pictures on Kodak gallery. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Year’s. Nothing much is going on with us the next couple weeks. This is the slow time of year for us so we may try to get things done around the house like painting and rearranging some things.

Zoo lights

Zoo lights
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Merry Christmas (almost) Everyone. Well I have fallen off of the blog world the past 2 months so I thought I would finally update. I guess I'll go back to Thanksgiving. We hosted it at our house and it turned out great. The food was delicious and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We had 9 for dinner then Josh's sister and her family came over later in the day. We ate dinner around 1:00 then watched National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and had some drinks and played games the rest of the night. (Melissa you know how us Ellinger's love our board games, ha ha) My Mom, grandma, and I all got up early and went shopping the day after T-giving. I got some great deals for Christmas. Saturday we decorated the house for Christmas and put up our Christmas tree. The house looks really good. Then Saturday evening Josh and I went to dinner with his parents and my parents to Carrabbas to celebrate our birthdays. I can't believe I am 26 years old now, GOSH!!! Then the fam head back to PA on Sunday. Moving on to December now, ha ha

Josh and I went to Hocking Hills and rented a cabin in the woods the first weekend in December. We do this every year instead of buying each other presents. It was a nice and relaxing weekend and I just love hot tubs in the winter. We have also been up to Canton this December to see Josh's cousin Tess in the Ballet The Nutcracker. She had a pretty big part this year so we went up to watch her and then Josh's aunt had a big party at their house for his family and other friends. You know the ballet was good when even Josh liked it. This past weekend Josh and I went to Happy Hour and then to the Columbus Zoo to see the Christmas lights. The weather has been so nice here we had to go. That is where this picture is from above. Then Saturday we took Olivia to do a build a bear at Easton for her Christmas present. She was so cute and had a lot of fun. Saturday night we had Christmas with Josh's really good family friends. We did a lot of drinking and playing games. Then Sunday was Patterson Christmas. We always do Christmas with Josh's family the weekend before when everyone is in town. So that was nice.

This week we are getting everything ready to go down to Florida. We leave early Friday morning and are stopping in Atlanta for the night to see Jason and Lisa and the girls, and my Mom and Dad. Then we are heading down to Tampa on Saturday to spend Christmas with Matt and Megan. Then Matt's Wedding is the Friday after Christmas. Both Josh and I are in the wedding so we are really looking forward to it. Plus we will be there until Jan 2nd so it is definitely a mini vacation. Ok well this may be the longest blog ever. Below are pictures from Thanksgiving and most of the stuff I've talked about. Enjoy!! Everyone have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Olivia and Jessica with Ronald McDonald

Olivia and Jessica with Ronald McDonald
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Josh and I took Olivia to Easton (shopping) as a part of her Christmas Present. We had lunch at the Big McDonald's where she could play and then we took her to do a build a bear. It was really cute.

Me and Santa

Jess and Santa
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I just had to get my picture taken with Santa. This is at Jodie's house. She had a Christmas party with 4 couples and their kids. It was a lot of fun. We had a nice Italian sit down dinner, then the girls had a little gift exchange. We then played some games like Compatibility and Loaded Questions which gets really fun once you've been drinking a lot.

Me

Me
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Me chillin at Jodie's house. I think this is after I drank almost a whiole bottle of wine by myself.

The girls

girls croped
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Here are the girls at Jodie's Christmas Party. Kelly, Me, Parrish, and Jodie.

Josh and Me

Jess and Josh
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Josh and I at Jodie's Party.

Drew, Tyler, Dylan

Drew, Tyler, Dylan
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These are my girlfriend's little Angels. The one on the left is my girlfriend Parrish's little boy, and the one in the middle and on the right are Jodie's two boys. Can you believe they are that big already.

Tess in the Nutcracker

Tess in Nutcracker
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This is Josh's cousin Tess (she was our junior bridesmaid in our wedding) She was in the ballet the Nutcracker up in Canton, OH. We went to watch the Ballet. She was really good.

The Christmas Decorations

The Christmas Decorations
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We put up our Christmas decorations the Saturday after Thanksgiving while everyone was still in town. Then Josh, me , and my Dad went and got our Christmas Tree. The pic is of me decorating it and you can see the other decorations at our house.

Josh and Jess at Carrabbas

Josh and Jess at Carrabbas
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We went to dinner at Carrabbas to celebrate Josh and I's brithdays with both our families. It was so good as always.

Dinner Table for Thanksgiving

Dinner Table
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Everyone eating

Everyone eating
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This is everyone after we ate. Josh's family and Mine.

Aaron and Connor

Aaron and Connor
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This is Josh's brother Aaron and his sister's baby Connor

Josh and me cooking

Josh and Jess
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Kate, Doug, and Me

Kate, Doug, Jess
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Way to Go Buckeyes and Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Well I think we all are falling off the blogging world lately. I know I for sure have but I had some time at work so I thought I would write. Let's see not much has been going on with me. Me and 4 of my girlfriends started this cardio blast class down at the Rec Center every Tuesday and Thursday night. It's a pretty good class and I am really trying to get in shape for my brother's wedding in about a month in Tampa. Not so much losing weight as getting toned for my strapless dress :-) So that has been going good. The other weekend we had our annual Poker Party at our house. We had about 20 people over and it was a fun night that ended with closing down the bar. Those are always great nights. We got brand new Kitchen floors in our house. We use to have ugly white lanolium that always looked dirty. So we got Laminate wood floors and they look GREAT!!! It just makes the house look so much more modern and nice. This past weekend was the Big Ohio State/Michigan game which if you didn't hear about it you must live in a cave. So everyone around columbus was crazy all last week. We went to 2 different parties. Snake and his wife had a party at their place where we went earlier in the day. Then we went to our friend Alex and April's house to watch the game. They had a projector in their garage that was showing the game on the wall. It was pretty cool. And of course Ohio State won which was great and are going to the National Championship!!!! Yesterday was spent going to the grocery store and getting the house ready for Thanksgiving. Josh and I are hosting our very first Thanksgiving at our house. My Mom and Dad and Grandma are coming into town on Weds. Then we are also having Josh's parents and Grandma and his brother over for dinner. His sister and her family are coming over later in the day to visit and to play some cards and games. Then Friday my Mom, Grandma, and I are going to fight the crowds and go shopping. I haven't gone shopping the day after Thanksgiving in a long time so we'll see how that goes. And then Saturday both Josh and my families are going to Carrabbas to celebrate Josh and I's birthdays. I am going to gain 10 lbs this week with Thanksgiving, left overs, and Carrabbas, YUM!!!! Ok well this is long enough. I'll blog next week and let you know if I survived my 1st Thanksgiving in the Ellinger-Patterson house. Hopefully I won't go insanse with cooking and everyone in the house. We got 2 Turkeys to cook and they are already in the fridge thawing out, yum yum I can't wait to Thursday. Happy Early Thanksgiving Everyone!!!

BG Homecoming and Chicago

Well it's been a long time since I updated. This may be long, ha ha. Well I guess I'll go back to BG Homecoming. We tailgated all day by the Stadium then hit up Easystreet for dinner and some of the bars. I had sooooo much fun and it was GREAT seeing everyone and meeting their boyfriends. We are all so lucky to have such great guys in our lives!! Below are some pictures from BG and I can definitely say that the Octoberfest I was drinking kicked in during the picture taking time, ha ha. We will definitely have to make an effort to get together like that at least once a year, if not at BG we can take turns visiting each other across the country. I realized that I don't miss BG, I miss all of you!!!!

Last weekend Josh and I drove to Chicago for the weekend. We got in late Thursday night and stayed with my friend Kelsey at her apt. Friday we went downtown and explored the city all day. Hit up Millenium Park, Navy Pier, Michigan Ave, and we went on a Arcitecture Boat Cruise on the Chicago River. That was AWESOME!!! I definitely recommend it if you have never done that. We had lunch on Michigan Ave at the Grand Lux Cafe then went into a couple stores. Friday night we went to dinner with Kelsey and her boyfriend, and Heather and her boyfriend at a place called Sushi Samba. It was defenitely an interesting place, but we had a good dinner and had somed drinks at the bar on the roof. Then we met up with our high school friends Jenn and the bride to be Casey for a drink. Saturday was Casey's Wedding. We went to the wedding in the afternoon then went to a bar for some drinks and lunch until the reception. The reception was at the Hancock Building on the 95th floor which is called the Signature Room. It was so amazing. The view was unreal and the reception was very nice. We all had a great time. The we headed home Sunday. This past weekend we went to Jodie's for a Halloween Party. I don't have pictures yet so when I get them I'll tell you about the party and show some pictures. I hope all is well with everyone!!! miss you all.

Chicago

Chicago
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Girls with Casey

Casey's Wedding
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Drinks before the Reception

Before the Wedding
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Lots to Update

Ok well I have some down time so I thought I would update. I'll start at about 2 weeks ago. We had our co-ed softball tournament (finally) and we won our first two games to get the championship game. We ended up losing but played good. So we got 2nd place. Last week was the one and only Delaware County Fair :-) We went a couple times during the week to bet on some horse races and eat some fair food. Thursday last week was the Little Brown Jug. It's a really big horse race at the fair. Most people take off work and go up and pretty much tailgate all day or go into the grandstands and bet on the races. Our friends pitch in every year for a "tailgate" spot for the week. It is a long day of drinking and betting. So it was fun as usual. This year Olivia was big enough to go on the rides so below is a picture of her and Josh on the merry go round, and a picture of me at the Jug feeling pretty good. (if you can't tell from the picture)

My parents came into town this past weekend for the Ohio State/Penn State game. We got really early and went down to Ohio State to set up our tailgate spot. We tailgated all day until game time (see pics below). Josh and I had tickets to the game. It was a lot of fun even though it rained a bit. This weekend we are having people over to our house for the Ohio State game on Saturday. Probably play some corn hole in the afternoon if the weather is nice. That's about it from here. Hope all is well with everyone!!!!

Josh and Olivia on the Merry go Round

Josh and Olivia Fair
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Me Chillin at the Jug (Fair)

Jess Fair
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OSU gang

OSU gang
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Penn State gang

Penn State gang
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Tailgating

Tailgating
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Script Ohio

Script Ohio
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Weekend in PA

Beer Tent-Polish Festival
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Well we had a nice Labor Day weekend. Josh and I headed up to Canton on Friday and met up with Matt and Megan and some other BG guys at Johnsen's for a cookout. Then Saturday Megan and I headed back to DuBois for her Bridal Shower. It was really nice and she got some great stuff. Saturday night we just hung out with the Fam. Josh and Matt were in Cleveland all day Saturday for the BG football game and Matt's bachelor party. Sunday they came to DuBois and we all went to the annual Polish Festival. We walked around and of course ate some great polish food. Had a beer in the beer tent then went back to my parents to play some cards in the evening. Monday we headed back to Ohio and I helped Josh get his room finalized. He started school yesterday and he said it went really well. Nothing much planned for this weekend. Going to be watching the Big Penn State/Notre Dame game, and the Ohio State/Texas game. I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Below are some pictures from PA.

Johnsen's Cookout

Me abd Megan at Johnsen's Cookout
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Megan's Bridal Shower

Megan's Bridal Shower
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