Oldies but GOODIES....

This past weekend we were able to spend some great time with some awesome friends of ours from high school! It was great! I can def same they are some oldies but def some goodies... I guess we will keep 'em! We love them!

One of our friends was able to get a night off from her duties (Miss Arkansas) and Randi was in from Memphis so we all gathered for dinner and drinks at Bonefish. It was too FAB! We laughed our tails off, (I am sure my Patron Margarita helped- it kicked my tail),I was not prepared for that drink fo' so.

We ended up closing down the restaurant and I am pretty sure no one wanted to sit around us due to our constant laughter and slapping hands- gosh people can yall not act your age! LOL!

Everyone that ate with us either went to high school with us (El Dorado) or dates/married to someone from El Do that we graduated with. Fun times!

Before dinner, waiting on Sarah and Ryan

Some of the boys

Randi, me, and Stacey

All the ladies...

Stacey and I

The Group

The pic above this ignorance is Elliot, Kirk and Ryan long time best friends.

The picture of ignorance... Kirk and Stacey... it always follows.

Pray for Stellen

Please stop and pray for this sweet angel today-Stellan.

Get to know ME!!!!!!

Someone sent me this little, "get to know me," questionnaire!!!
Here we go........

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:00 am
2. How do you like your steak? medium
3. What was the last film you saw? Tyler Perry's Why did I get married?
4. What is your favorite TV show? During the summer- Big Brother
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? South Alabama
6. What did you have for breakfast? English muffin with peanut butter
7. your favorite cuisine? Italian
8. What foods do you dislike? umm can't think of anything-not picky
9. Favorite Place to Eat? Cheesecake Factory
10. Favorite dressing? Ranch
11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? Ford Expedition
12. What are your favorite clothes? T-shirt and shorts/summer dresses
13. Where would you visit if you had the chance? We love the beach and go every year but I would love to travel in Europe with my hubby and kids
14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full
15. Where would you want to retire? South Alabama/Florida
16. Favorite time of day? the morning when my kids are waking up
17. Where were you born? Iowa
18. What is your favorite sport to watch? Football, football and Caleb's baseball
19. What is your favorite thing about someone you love? My husband and how we laugh together! He is pretty funny!
20. What is your favorite thing to get in the mail? surprise presents
21. What do you most like to do during the winter? Go to football games and eat chili
22. Bird watcher? nope
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? morning
24. Do you have any pets? not at the moment
25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? Nothing new- I love my family!
26. What did you want to be when you were little? I wanted to be a teacher
27. What is your best childhood memory?Traveling
28. Are you a cat or dog person? Dog
29. Are you married? YES!!! WHOOO HOOOO! He is a stud!!! LOL!
30. Always wear your seat belt? Yes
31. Been in a car accident? Yes, I girl slammed into me while I was stopped a railroad crossing waiting for the train to go across!
32. Any pet peeve: People who overreact-I love laid back/easy going people!
33. Favorite Pizza Toppings? pepperoni and green olives
34. Favorite Flower? hydrangeas (sp?)
35. Favorite ice cream? pralines and cream
36. Favorite fast food restaurant? Chick-fil-a
37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? 3
38. From whom did you get your last email? the school district
39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? Target/Hobby Lobby/Sports Academy
40. Do anything spontaneous lately? joined the country club
41. Like your job? Yep!
42. Broccoli? yep like it
43. What was your favorite vacation? Disney World with Elliot and Caleb
44. Last person you went out to dinner with? Oh, my Stacey, Randi, Elliot, Ryan, Kirk, Leslie, Sarah, Kendal, Jeremy, Tyler, Bryan and Wes
45. What are you listening to right now? the kids chasing each other-they are ready to head to the pool
46. What is your favorite color? Blue duh Bryant Hornets
47. How many tattoos do you have? 0
48. Do you feel that you have changes as a person in the last 10 years? YESSS!!!! I feel very different in a amazing way!
49. If you could have any job today, what would it be? creative designer for a children's line
50. Favorite type of candy? I have many... tootsie rolls, gummi bears and sour patch watermelons

Try it!!!

Sweet Sweet Summer Time

I have abandoned posting for a while, we have been really busy and a LOT has gone on in the Jacob's household. The one thing I can say is that we are truly blessed and we are so thankful for the multiple blessings God has given us.

We started out with July the 4th at my sisters house in Elk Point, South Dakota! Yes, we drove to South Dakota a whole 13 HOURS!!! So fun! I know you are so jealous at this point. We had a great time hanging out with my sisters, brother in law, grandparents (drove from Wyoming), cousins and my nieces. I loved it and it also made me realize how bad I want to be closer to them geographically! Oh, and the weather as you can tell in pictures was wonderful. July 4th we were in jeans and sweatshirts! I think Elliot and I ate more than we have ever consumed in a week period and played more back yard volleyball than I have in my entire life! Life is so good!

1st pic-Cannon watching fireworks

2nd pic-all the kiddos

3rd pic-me and my wonderful amazing sisters-love them to death

4th pic-our fam pic from the week-it was the best we could get

A few weeks ago we were able to celebrate a great friend of our Scott's birthday. He is married to my first best friend ever, Stacey. We have been friends since we moved to Arkansas, she was my back spot all through cheerleading during high school and has been such an awesome friend to our family. Her and Scott crack us up and we enjoy getting together will all our friends for birthdays. Randi-another great friend from high school was there also and we had such a great time catching up while I was watching my wild kids run crazy through Stacey's new house. It was a great night and we loved being able to see everyone.

Me, Randi and Stacey- love y'all!

I was hesitant to blog about the next subject but I feel like I really need to and that it will help me with some closure. During the month of July we went through the pain of losing our new dog and we also miscarried during this time.We lost our new puppy that we rescued to parvo and it was extremely hard for us to do. Beaux was Caleb's dog and Caleb was actually with my parents on vacation when we had to make the decision at the vets office. Elliot was out of town in a golf tournament and Cannon Ty and I had taken him the vet's office. The vet informed me that it was a severe case and he would have a slim chance of making it after in office intravenous treatment that would last at least a month. It was awful and I boo hooed like a baby. I also at the time was pregnant and had started having complications that morning. After weeks of problems they diagnosed us with a miscarriage (this was not our first miscarriage) and diagnosed me with having some hormone complications.

I am now being treated with hormone treatment and Elliot and I will have some difficult decisions to make in the time ahead.

Okay, sorry I know that was a ton of information-probably info overload so sorry!

One thing that has made us jump for joy and cry tears of happiness this month -Miss Arkansas-Sarah Slocum!!! She is a great friend of ours who dates one of Elliot's best friends from high school. She is the sweetest thing ever and she is so strong in her faith! God has graced her with this amazing job for the next year and we can't wait to see her knock the socks of the judges in Vegas! We love you Sarah!