I'm behind!!!!

Hello, all! I have been way behind in posting updates! Go figure that I would get lazy! We have had a lot going on lately. Jacob had a great birthday party at the end of October. Aunt Dana and John came up for it. (of course they aren't in any of the pictures, because I suck at making sure I get pics of everyone)! Halloween was fun, too. We had nice weather for trick or treat. We went South for the week of Thanksgiving. It was a short, hectic trip. We spent a few days with Nanny and Paw Paw in Albertville but didn't really go visit with anyone. Jacob had not seen Nanny this year except once or twice, so we stayed with them for the most part. The end of the week was in Vernon/Columbus with maw and paw's bunch. Anyway, I hope to keep the site updated a little better now. Hope everyone is doing great and we love you all and miss you lots.

By the way.....CONGRATS to Melissa and Jason! Hope all is going great! I also want to say congrats to April on her recent marriage. I hate that I had to miss it, but wish you great happiness!!

Jacob's tree

Jacob loves picking out his own tree. This year, Tony even

let him help saw it down and drag it off.

Proud of the finished product that sits in his room!

Christmas tree farm

Every year we go to a tree farm up here to pick out and cut

our perfect (semi-perfect) tree. Jacob helped as much as he could

but he learned that there wasn't much for him to do but watch.

He did get to talk to Mr and Mrs Claus, which was a hit!

After finally getting the tree cut, Tony and Jacob hauled it

to the boys so they could wrap it for us. I assume it was a

little heavy, but since I was taking pictures, I didn't participate

in the labor part of the day.

Jacob was surprised to see Santa here today!

Hangin' out at home

Nanny's house

Jacob loves helping us make dressing. His favorite part is

eating the cornbread as he crumbles it!

Nanny did get to take a break ocassionally!

Nanny learned that Jacob can exhaust the adults, too.

Especially when your not used to a very active 5 yr old.

Nanny let Jacob help make a fruit salad. He is a great

help in the kitchen.

Paw Paw Wendell helped tire Jacob out before bedtime.

We all get some "downtime" when he wants to play games

on the computer.

Noccolula Falls

We went to Gadsden for Jacob to play while we were home for

Thanksgiving. It was a short visit, but we had fun visiting

Nanny and Paw Paw Wendell.

Yard work

Jacob is always asking for something to do to "help". So we

put him to work. We had some small trees and bushes that

needed to go this year. So Tony cut them down and Jacob drug

them to the front to be chipped. He was quite tired when we

were done, but he loved helping.

5 year pictures

This round of pictures proved to be very difficult!

Jacob had no desire to do pictures this time! I am

very happy that we got the pic with Granny!

Halloween

Jacob was a power ranger this year. He was too cute! Granny

always has a special goody bag of treats for him before

he goes trick or treating.

He loves to help Grandpa hand out candy when he's done

walking the neighborhood

Birthday party at Chuck E Cheese

Jacob celebrated his 5th birthday with Chucky and friends.

It was a big hit! He picked out the hotwheels cake and the

cars that he wanted on it. We had a blast!

Apple Festival

This past weekend was the Apple Festival in Niles. We wait all year for this festival. They have good carnival rides and awesome food! Corn on the cob dipped in a jar of butter....pork chop sandwiches....apple dumplings (Tony's favorite). This was the first year Jacob could ride most everything. What a difference a year makes! Granny and Grandpa even rode some! Oh, me and Tony rode the zipper! I don't know who all remembers that ride, but I decided I was about too old for those kind of rides! Jacob said maybe he could ride that when he gets 20! Anyway, the following pictures are from our day. We had an absolute blast!

Good time at the Apple Festival

Bungee jumping at it's best! Jacob liked jumping on the trampolines.

I liked that he stayed attached to cables while he was airborn!

Here we have the huge Shark slide! (notice how he slides down)

This "ride" does not give momma and granny a heart attack!


I decided to brave the ferris wheel with Jacob. Now, I do not
have a problem being on the ferris wheel. I have a problem
with Jacob being on it. But oh my goodness...He saw this and
just had to ride it! When we got stopped at the very top (of course),
daddy took a pic of Jacob waving to him, and granny and grandpa.
Granny is near heart attack conditions now.



Kid's fun house. This gives all us heart patients a break. All

you do on this "ride" is go through the fun house and slide. Nice

and safe fun for all. This however, was not as big a thrill for Jacob

as the roller coaster and ferris wheel. But he did like it a lot.

This ride with daddy pretty much spins really fast!

Jacob's first roller coaster was a blast! He absolutely loved it.

He could go really fast and ride it all by himself!

Time for a lunch break! Talk about great corn!

End of the apple festival. Sleep where you land!