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I'm thinking of changing my blog name to bragblog.com. I have about 100 posts I could write right now that all have to do with bragging about how awesome my kids, family and friends are! I'll spare you most of the posts and share just one of the coolest: Jackson's first big swim meet!

Jackson has been working hard swimming 4 nights a week with NHCP swim club. It's something he loves to do and just can't get enough of. This first picture is of him on the block about to take off for a 100 IM. (25 meters of Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) He is the third one in...and his form is perfect!

Jackson competed in 3 events; the 100 Freestyle, 50 Backstroke, and 100 IM. To tell you the truth, I'm not sure when this picture was taken because he took first place in every event! Can you see that 6 pack?

I love this picture because it shows Jackson's total domination. He just killed his competition! We knew he did good in his heats, but had to wait for the final results to come out to see how he did overall. We were so excited to find out that he took first not only in his heats, but also overall for his age group in all 3 events!!

I'm so proud of my big guy and all of his hard work. His times looked like this:

100 Freestyle - 1:39.85

50 Backstroke - 47.14

100 IM - 1:52.56

Toot Toot Toot

Don't mind me, I just needed to blow my own horn for a moment. I'm not usually the type, but seriously, if you made something like this, you would want to brag a little too! Check out Sadie's homemade Christmas present:

I know, pretty awesome, right?



I've been wanting to try out woodworking for quite a long time, and when I saw this website, I knew I had to make something! Ana-white.com is seriously the coolest place for novices like myself to go and get good inspiration, and instructions. Love it!!


I can't quite say how long it took because I would work at it whenever I had an extra few minutes on my hands. What could have taken me a few weekends ending up being four months. I think my friends were getting pretty sick of hearing me talk about it for that long! The hardest part was picking fabric and sewing the curtain below the sink. My friend Esther was a big help with that, and even made Sadie the cutest little apron I've ever seen! (check her out, she is pretending to take a picture)



Sadie is one happy little girl to have a kitchen of her own. I'm glad that I got to try something fun and new. Now the big question is what should I make next?

Umm, hello there

I kind of feel like it's been a while, and I need to reintroduce myself to cyber space. My name is Jamie. People call me Jamie. I'm a mom, a coke lover, and I ate an entire box of white cheddar cheez-its for lunch today. Well, that's pretty much sums it up. Now onto an update:

Christmas came and went in a flash. We had a wonderful week with the boys out of school and John off work. Life revolved around lounging, eating, sledding, friends, museums, rock climbing and all sorts of good stuff. The boys are back to school and I have Sadie all to myself! Here's a few snaps of winter break for your viewing pleasure:

Christmas!!! Both boys got DSi's, and were thrilled.

Sadie got too many things to list. I'm hoping her favorite was the kitchen that I made for her. Post of that is forthcoming!

I was a little afraid that Christmas wouldn't be as magical for Jackson this year because he now knows who Santa really is. I was wrong, a DSi is always a magical thing, no matter where it comes from!

Sadie couldn't get enough of the chocolate fondue we made on Christmas eve.

Maxers ready to dig in!

The boys showing off their muscles and new pajama pants.

This is the first outfit Sadie has ever chose and insisted on wearing! She kept saying pretty! pretty! (and she is right)

It's now a frigidly cold January and I'm so glad to get back into our regular routine! (i never thought I'd say that...I'm usually a fly by the seat of my pants kind of girl) Hopefully I'll be posting more regularly because I like to stay at home and surf the web uh, er I mean blog stalk when it's this cold and dreary. I say hopefully because of the aforementioned flying by the seat of my pants that I like to do. Happy January everyone!