Our Family Christmas Pictures 2013
(They have been down the side bar for awhile but we print out our blog each year for our journal so I didn't want to forget to add them to it...) Thank you Marianne, as always you did a great job with our pictures! It was a fun photo shoot, great memories at the tree farm~
Merry Christmas 2013 Everyone! We love this time of the year with so many
holiday traditions and a time to really ponder and reflect on the many
blessings that our Savior Jesus Christ has blessed and continues to bless our
family with.
Jarom (15) is a freshman in high school this year! He is an
avid Seattle Seahawks fan and enjoys his fantasy football team. Jarom is a
computer techie who’s interests are in computer programming, technology and
graphic design. Jarom also enjoys being on the wrestling team, running track,
snowboarding, working on completing his Eagle for Scouts and looks forward to
drivers ed in 2014! Jarom also took up the piano this year and according to his
piano teacher he is progressing quite fast.
As the upper classman of
middle school, BreAnna (13) is our 8th
grader. Bre cheered this past fall for our local Valley Wolfpack and
continues her passion of dancing with lyrical, jazz, hip hop and ballet. Bre is
a confident, dependable, fun spirited teenager; she spent the last two years as president of her Beehive
class at church and was even student of the month for her middle school last
month. Bre is an all around teenage girl who loves spending time with her
friends, make up, clothes and shoes.
Although to her parents she still seems too
young to be in middle school, Ellie (11)
is in the 6th grade this year. Ellie is a free spirited girl and
a friend to all, she is super creative and enjoys all areas of the arts and
crafts as well as doing hair. Ellie is compassionate, she loves to babysit and
entertain little ones as well as to pet-sit. Ellie has fun with her tap and
tumbling classes along with being a member of her activity day girls group
through church. Ellie also enjoys swimming, taking pictures and playing games
of all sorts.
Sporty Spencer
(9) who in the 4th grade this year enjoys playing on sport teams
of all kinds with his favorites being baseball and his flag football team that he
is playing on right now. Spencer our future cop is the enforcer of our home who
keeps us all in line! Spencer is a serious boy who excels in his academics at
school and is at the top of his class. Spencer is also very artistic with his
sketching, doodling and origami. Spencer is taking piano lessons for his third
year and is a Bear in the cub scouts.
Josh (7)
is in 1st grade this year. Josh is an independent thinker and doer, always
up to creating, building or inventing something! Josh loves the outdoors with
camping, fishing and all the dirt! He enjoys riding his bike, rollerblading and
has also proven to be the dare devil of our home with more than one visit to
the ER this past year. There is no stopping Josh, if he believes he can do
something he will find a way. Josh is already an entrepreneur with various
stands he put together and ran last summer in the front yard.
Brooklynne
our
youngest although only (4) she is
growing too fast, in her eyes she is right up there with her older sisters.
Brooke is sweet yet sassy and has the cutest loving personality! Brooke is in
preschool two days each week for a few hours where she also takes gymnastics.
Brooklynne has a huge imagination, she loves to sing and dance (she also takes
a tot hop/ballet class) she enjoys playing and pretending that she is either
acting, performing, having important conversations on old cell phones that
aren’t in service, being a mommy to her dolls, listening to or making up
stories, pretending to be a teacher or putting on her mom and sisters high
heels to walk around in.
This
past year we as parents (Matt and Carla)
have managed to keep busy, always up to something as we continue to raise and
provide for our children as they truly teach us more than we can ever teach
them! Matt continues as a business owner of World CNG alternative fueling
systems/conversions but has currently branched off flipping homes in the real
estate business which keeps him busy, our boys have also enjoyed getting their
hands involved during the summer months with dad. Matt also served as a sunbeam
team-teacher for the three year old children each Sunday at church for most of
the year and was recently released and called in with the youth as one of our
varsity scout leaders which he is excited about since Jarom is in his group. Matt
continues to be a big time sports fan with his football teams the Seahawks and
Huskies as well as the biggest fan and supporter of his kids with their various
sports, concerts and recitals. Carla
is serving as the ward primary president at church with her fourth year in with
the primary children and enjoys the kiddos as well as heading up the ward fall
festival and sacrament primary program with her presidency. As always, Carla
enjoys dabbling in many various areas of creativity i.e. baking, blogging, party
planning and design (when she’s not acting as the designated chauffer for the
kids.) Both parents enjoy our time together and the time we are blessed to
spend as a family having fun and supporting each other with our various talents
and interests.
We want to thank
you and your families for all that you have done and do for our family and
the wonderful people you are and the examples you are to us! You have all
touched our lives in numerous various ways and we want to express our love, appreciation and gratitude, we are
truly blessed…
Wishing you all a Wonderful Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to follow! May we
all find happiness this season and
throughout the new year in finding the
gifts that we can give back from
within and through our Savior Jesus Christ~
Love,
The
Jacksons
Matt & Carla, Jarom, Bre, Ellie, Spencer,
Josh and Brooklynne
December 2013
