It’s about time!!

I have been meaning to blog for the past month and a half now and am finally getting around to it. FINALLY!! We had a great holiday traveling all over… we visited our friends in snowy Portland, OR. Which was fabulous!! Jackson got to meet Reid, who is about 7 months young and almost the same size as Jackson. It was really good to see our friends and we miss them dearly.  a few pictures for your enjoyment:

 

matt excited to SEE his breath

 

sara talking with Reid

 

The Lloyds and the Lails in the snow

 there are so many more pictures of this trip, including a really cute one of me and anna, but this is already gonna be a very long post—i can feel it. 

 

Next was our trip to the ‘No to visit family for Christmas. Man, it seems like so long ago…. It was  a great time of hanging out with friends and seeing family. It was nice for Jackson to get to hangout with all his cousins. Let’s see… do I have some pictures? Yes, yes I think I do: 

 

jackson in a santa hat that is a bit too big for him

 

Matt and Sara by the Christmas tree

 

Missy playing with our camera... and our son.

 

Jackson on Christmas morning, after being up 1/2 the night with a fever

 

Christmas dinner at Oma and Opa's. mmmmmmmmm

As I’m going through my pictures, I am realizing that we don’t have any family pictures on Christmas. Which is LAME! I know we took family pictures… I just don’t have them on this computer. BLAST! Oh well–maybe family that does have those pictures will send them to us. (hint hint Oma and Opa and maybe Joni?)  

Since I’m having such a hard time remembering the going-ons of our lives, I’ll do updates by family member. Starting with… MATT

MATT: Ended his internship at MBCP with an amazing retreat in Glen Oak. He lead a workshop called “God and the media” or something to that affect, which went over quite well with the kids. *Jackson and I stayed home, unfortunetley, since J was sick.* Matt has 2 1/2 more quarters at Fuller. Which is both exciting and pretty freakin’ scary. He is enjoying this quarter with lots of Wii, free time (until he gets a J.O.B.) and hanging out with one of his BFF’s who recently moved with his family to attend Fuller. 

 

SARA: is really tired right now. I have recently become a distributor for Juice Plus+ and am very excited about the opportunities it has already given me. *I’ll post a link to my JP website soon* I am hoping to interpret a class or two at the local city college this spring semester. I will also be helping out a friend of mine start up a Young Life ministry called “Caperneum” I’m really excited about that!! Hopefully this Spring/Summer my best friend, Lyndsey and I will enter a beach volleyball tourney–more motivation to get in shape. I am enjoying going to my Fuller Wives Support group on Wednesday mornings. And now I get to walk with my good friend Gia who is married to Matt’s BFF that recently moved to Fuller. That kinda worked out nicely. 

JACKSON: is a very busy little man. He is cruising around the furniture and standing on his own for a few seconds at a time. Matt actually tricked him into taking his first steps the other day. I just about freaked out… in a good way. Jackson says ‘Ma ma ma’ and ‘Da da da’ and today he actually started saying ‘uh oh’. He thinks he’s a comedian and likes to dance. And thinks it’s funny to spit at you. He is growing and changing faster that I’d like him to. I can’t believe he is 10 mos already and will be a year this March.

I think I’ll end this post with some more pictures… and here’s to hoping I blog more often than I have been.

 

our last friday night with youth alive *tear*

 

Jackson and Santa

 

swinging at the playgroud