Monday, January 14, 2008

A quick catch-up

No, the Jackson family is not dead, nor have we gone underground. The reason for our recent blogging-world absence is simply that I am a mother with three children who has just entered the last trimester of her pregnancy who is also going to school part-time to get her Master's (I got an A- in each of my classes last semester for those who are curious) and was incredibly busy over the holiday season. I'm sorry. But now we're back into the flow in life (any other mothers that were ready for school to start again?) so I'm hoping to have a little more blogging freedom. Here is my attempt to quickly catch you up on the happenings of the Jackson family over the last couple months, in no particular order.


My little sis, Meagan (aka "May-May") came to visit us for a whole month! Billy had a business trip to take in India and we were all glad that Meagan came to help out. She stayed from Halloween through Thanksgiving and this picture is of her eating her first bite of pumpkin pie since she was a little girl. Billy was trying to convince her that it's not nearly as bad as she remembers...may have been successful?


Auntie Em (Billy's little sister) came up for a day and went with the kids to Chocolate World. We wish she could've stayed longer! She's so much fun.


Our first ice storm! I couldn't believe how much everything was absolutely covered in ice. This is the rose bush and grass in our front yard. School was canceled for a couple days and we had no power or heat for a while. All over town there were trees and things that had been knocked over.


Once it finally warmed up a little for the ice to start melting, it became extremely windy, blowing chunks of ice everywhere...which didn't help with the power crisis. This pic is our side yard - it looks like someone dumped out their ice cooler!


Uncle Joe (Billy's bro) came for Christmas and New Years. This is his beautiful gingerbread house. You'd never guess he was the artist in the family. Here are some more pictures of our gingerbread house making adventures (for some reason the only pictures we took of Christmas, although I did get a lot of video).


Sorry, too lazy to rotate...

Can't you just sense the sugar?

Billy's Cocoa Castle...


We had a great Christmas with way too many presents and a lot of yummy food - exactly what Christmas should have, right? We missed all our family and loved ones as we spent our first Christmas with just us since we were married but thanks to modern technology we were able to talk to or see most of you! Gotta love the holidays.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Glad to have you back! That ice is insane! We've been here 2 and a half years and we haven't seen one yet. Chances of seeing one before we move are probably nill now. But at least I can say I know somebody cool who has lived through one. I have to know, did you ransack the store for bread and milk days before?

Sarah Jackson said...

I was actually caught somewhat unprepared but the store was open so I was able to get a couple things. Lucky for me I have a great food storage so I didn't need any of those emergency items because they were all gone!

adventure knitter said...

Welcome back to the blogging world! I'm glad you guys haven't gone "underground"!

The P*dunc's said...

Those ice storms look crazy! I am not so sure about these humid winters, I am FREEZING all the time!

Jenn said...

You reminded me why I love California. It has been a cold winter so far, but I don't think you would consider high 40's cold. Everytime I read your blog your kids look like they are having a wonderful time.

Sjauna said...

What?! No Heat?! What did you do? That is my worst fear (well, at least one of).

AJ said...

Glad you guys are "Back" and doing well.