You can call her the Cueca Queen...

We went to the ward party on Saturday to celebrate the 11th and had our first chance to show off our Cueca skills. I uploaded a video of Paige dancing the Cueca in the ward competition. She ended up showing us all up by coming in second in the competition. Way to go Paige!!!

*DISCLAIMER*- Paige just wants everyone to know that the video I posted was more of a practice round and not the real competition.

Aprendemos la Cueca

Friday night we learned the Cueca, Chiles national dance. Antonio came over to teach it to all of us. It's a fairly simple dance, but when you're the one doing it it's harder than it looks. It is a fun dance though, it's very flirty and can be made to be a little bit provocative. Here are pictures of me and Jamie dancing with Antonio. For some reason we didn't get a picture of Paige doing it, but don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities for that while we're here!

Shopping and I Spy in My Food

Yesterday we went to a tourist place with a bunch of different kind of shops. It was a really fun place. Here is a picture of us shopping.





While we were shopping we ate lunch. It was authentic Chilean food.... still not sure how I feel about it.

Here's what I ordered. That was one huge bowl of food.

Jamie got a little more than she expected - and yes that is a half done egg on top of almost every kind of meat you can imagine

Let's play I Spy in my food. Who can find the corn, chicken, olive, and raisin?

Hola from Santiago!

Bienvenidos a Santiago Chile! We finally got here! Kim (my cousin) was at the airport to pick us up, then we rushed back to her house as fast as we could and only had time to brush our teeth before we headed to her daughter Hailey's traditional Chilean dance performance. It was like a big carnival at the school. There was a live band and singers performing the songs and all of the grades 1-6 did their dances. They also had food and toys for purchase at the school. It was like one big party! I think I could get used to this. :) After the dance performance we went back to Kims for lunch, showers, and naps. It's been a great first day in Santiago!

This was the band and singers performing during the dances.

I just had to get a picture of thi teachers' spurs. They are HUGE!

Hailey's class doing their dance. She's the one in the white shirt with the black shawl.

Hopefully this works, I've never uploaded a video before. If this does work, this is Hailey's class doing their traditional dance.

Airports and Such

Hello!!! This first post about the trip isn't all that exciting. We travelled on three planes before we finally got to Santiago. Todays post will just be about the flights and getting there.

We flew Delta the whole time, so it was easy to travel not having to worry about our luggage.

Me eating at Chili's in the Chicago airport.

Paige and Jamie (my cousins) eating at Chili's too :)

This is us right before we left our moms. They stayed and just watched us go through the line. It was pretty funny, just when we thought they had left we turned around and they were still there just staring at us. Love ya mom!

The response I got for senior pictures in May was so good that I've decided to do family pictures as well!!! I will be home August 14th - September 5th and will be doing family pictures for $60. The $60 includes:

• 1 hour session of up to 10 people
• Any groupings you want
• CD with proofs of up to 15 of your favorite images

I do on location portraits. If you have a location in mind where you want your family pictures done we can meet there (as long as it's within a reasonable driving distance), or I have some locations that would work great.


I will also be doing senior pictures for seniors graduating in 2010 for $30. The $30 includes:

• 1 hour session on location
• CD with proofs of up to 20 images

If you are interested please email me at ljackman.123@gmail.com and we will be able to set up a time and place to meet. Hurry and make an appointment as the times will go fast!

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

For my portrait class this last Thursday Sister Brown had four models come in and we drove all over and "shot" them. These are my favorites of the bunch. We have to pick just one of each model and then one of the couple to turn in on Tuesday, but I can't decide. HELP!!!