Jamie the Slacker

Yes, I am fully aware of my slackness regarding this blog. It will most likely continue. Sorry.

After I went back to work last summer, I splurged and got myself a laptop. I love it. I don't know why I waited so long to get one. Jon loves it, as well. He uses it as much as I do, if not more. I have a picture thing on the side of my desktop that shows random pictures. Every so often, I will open my laptop to find Jon has saved one of these said pictures as the wallpaper. I love it. I never know what cool picture of my kids I'm going to see. Here's the one that's been there the past few days....

and this is what I saw today:

Makes me smile.

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

Almost Caught Up - Getting the Tree

We decided to get a real tree this year. Yeah, that's right - a real tree. I can't even remember the last time I had one of those. The kids had a great time at the tree lot.

We picked the perfect tree and took it home. Unfortunately, our house isn't quite as perfect, so we had to trim a bit off of the bottom. Here are my boys hard at work.

My big, strong, handsome man carries the tree inside.... (sorry the pic is a little blurry)

But, alas, the tree is still too tall. So, it's back to more trimming.

And here's the finished product.....

Catching up - Thanksgiving

For the second year in a row, we spent Thanksgiving with our friends Steve and Laura and their son Alex, who is one of Logan's good friends here. Laura brined the turkey (same as last year) and I tell you what - it was by far the best turkey I've ever had. No offense Mom, or anyone else. Brining is just the way to go. Being the picky eater that I am, I only like white meat and I'm not a fan of gravy. So, the turkey is usually kind of dry. I've been known in the past to spread mayonaise on the turkey to give it some moisture. Anyway, the brined turkey was not dry at all and it was so flavorful...yumm. We brought the mashed potatoes and homemade rolls. (Thanks for the great recipe, Mom). We basically hung out at their house all day. Here are some pics:

The Turkey

The "Grown-up" Table

The Kids Table

My Sweet Girl

My Handsome Boy

Catching up - Logan turned 6!

I know I already posted some pictures when Logan turned 6 last month. I failed, however, to mention anything about his party. Here you go.

Logan was allowed to invite 5 friends. He chose:

Alex

Brooklyn

Emily

Meygan

Noah

And, of course, Lexi was there, too.

They started with pizza.

Then they moved on to playdough, video games, and just plain playing.

Then it was present time.

And finally the cake. I was going to surprise Logan with an Indiana Jones cake, but decided last minute to let him choose his cake. He chose Wall-E.



A good time was had by all. I think we'll do it again next year.