Jamie's BB Gun

James got Jamie his first BB Gun a couple of weeks ago. Needless to say, the boy loves it. He's learning all about gun safety from daddy and is a much better shot than I am! :)



This photo is of him 'finding' his surprise. He was super excited.































Jamie and his first target.

Sarah's Crash n'Burn


Okay, so I promised a video of Jamie reading--but it was too long. I shall video him tonight and see if I can get it on this blog.

Nothing much going on--Jamie is on the Red Sox this Spring for baseball. We start practices next week. The pre-season starts the first or second weekend in March (I think) then it's time for the regular season. Jamie's pretty excited. We got him a new baseball bag as well.

We had a good time this weekend-Sarah got to come up as a nice treat and fun was had by all. Especially Jamie! Superbowl was fun-good game, so-so commercials.

That's it for now, but I will update soon with more pictures and hopefully more goings-on.

Later-Bec

Christmas 2008

Here are some photos from Christmas. We went
up to mom & dad's and got to visit with the whole
family. Jamie had a blast-he got to play in tons
of snow, go sledding (with an injury of course!)
and have an epic snowball fight-the highlight of
his trip.

We finally got some family photos taken-of course
none with everyone looking at the camera, but oh
well:) Soon I shall get some larger prints and have
them on the wall. Also got one of the three of us.




The snowball fight-it was epic!



















The collective family

The three of us



















Army-man Jamie
















Go Seahawks!













Jamie & Rob sledding


















James, Me, Mike & Rachel, and Sarah & Rob
got to go out one night. It was fun--we played
some pool and just hung out. Of course, it started
snowing...and there was some police activity at the
Texaco, but then again, it is Belfair!

Anyhow, I shall post some videos tomorrow or
later tonight as well as another bit of writing about
what is going on around here (not much though).

Take Care.-Becca


Me, Rache, & Sarah

hello again...

Well, I almost made it a year without posting! I never make New Year's resolutions, but I think due to some helpful reminders from a pal (thanks BL) I shall try and post at least once every two weeks. Either pictures or words...

So, Jamie is 5-as of November 22- now and in Kindergarten. He's loving school and has completely taken to homework and going to school. He really likes math and reading. He's also working on his penmanship-his letters and numbers have come really far. Currently he's reading books like Hop on Pop, Fox in Socks, and random stuff (road signs, commercials, etc.). As far as math is concerned, he can count at least to 400. He wanted to go to 1000 one day, but the car ride only allowed for 400. He also recognizes three & four digit numbers. He's mastered adding 1-20 (all of the numbers to each other) and we've started on subtraction at home.



James is doing good at work--just keeping busy. I'm fine-also keeping busy. We went up to mom & dad's for Christmas. It was a lot of fun--and WAY snowy! It was pretty crazy. If I can figure this out again, I'm going to post some photos of the snow and Christmas.



Tomorrow we're heading off to sign Jamie up for Spring baseball--can't believe it's here already! He's excited, to say the least. Well that's it for now. Enjoy the update-hopefully I can remember to continue:)

Pretty cool...

Happy Birthday James! He got today off (first birthday off in forever) and we had breakfast and got to hang out and just be together. It was nice. A lot of fun.

Jamie had a game tonight and did awesome. He went 3 for 3 with a double and two singles. He also got the ball a lot in the outfield and threw really well today. They won and Jamie got a game ball! So we're writing the date on, Jamie's writing his name on it, and we'll put it on his shelf of keepsakes.

Jamie also got invited to his first two birthday parties (that aren't family-related) this week. They're both boys on his baseball team and they're on the 26th and 27th of April. So that weekend will be extra busy (because he has a baseball game early on the 26th).

I'll let everyone know how it goes, but Jamie is really excited about the parties-tomorrow we go and get their gifts.

Take care.

-Bec

Not much...

Okay, so there really isn't much going on. Baseball continues for Jamie, and he's having so much fun. It's definately his favorite thing to do.

Wednesday is James' 29th birthday, but we're not doing much of a celebration due to his working and Jamie has a game at 6pm. I will at least have a cake though:)

Oh, and it looks like James will be done with his turnaround on Friday. Only 36 days straight of 14-16 hour days...yeesh.

Oh, Jamie is growing again. We went and bought him Size 4 in little boys jeans today. It was pretty weird. And last night he stood on his bed and I had to look slightly up at his face. It was also pretty weird (thinking about how in the not-to distant future I'll have to look up with him standing on the ground).

We also fill out paperwork for Kindergarten this month. I think his school year starts on August 25th. Pretty exciting I think.

Anyhow, if anything worth telling happens, I shall update here. Hope this finds everyone well.

Bec

Our new projects

So this will be short, because it's almost dinner time. But Jamie is very much into new projects lately. Recently we planted two alyssum plants, one strawberry plant, and a zinnia. They were the dollar ones at Target. Anyhow, the alyssum is growing and you'd think fireworks were going off outside! He is so thrilled. He is currently sitting outside to 'watch the plants grow because it's so exciting!' In fact, he just got on his flip flops. Guess he and Evan have the same catchphrase! :)

We also completed (well, almost) a puppet show theater. We used a cardboard box and I made some red curtains and we made three interchangeable backgrounds. Anyhow, I shall post pictures of his puppet shows once the glue has dried and he begins the shows!

James is almost done with his turnaround (yeah!) so that means mucho family time and father-son time.

Another exciting tidbit--Jamie's team is 3-1 now and they're really fun to watch. In fact, mom and Sarah are coming down Monday to watch his game. Should be fun, hopefully a ball comes his way-the four year olds are in the outfield due to difference in skill level between them and the six year olds.

So long for now, hope to post more later when there's time!

Take care all.