Nerd Day at School!

This week is "Red Ribbon Week" at the girl's school.  In honor of staying drug free, they are supposed to dress in a certain "theme" each day such as pajama day, hat day etc...  Tomorrow is "Nerd Day" at Sam's school.  I think she is going to fit the part!

The new hasn't worn off yet!

The girls set an alarm for 8 a.m.  this morning just so they could get up and have a long day ahead of them of golf cart riding!  The cold isn't stopping them!  When BJ snuck out to snap a pic of them, they informed him that he was the paparazzi in their little game!  Hmmm... maybe I can sell some autographs on ebay!

Christmas in October!

Merry Christmas!

Well... Christmas came a little early in the Jacobson house this year.  The girls really wanted a golf cart for Christmas and we found a really good deal on one.  Since neither of them believe in Santa any more and it was going to be a real trick to keep it hidden, we decided to go ahead and let them enjoy our last nice days with it.

They woke up this morning and I told them to go look out the window and see what their Dad was doing, just as he came flying out of the garage on it!  They were both so excited!  I have never seen them get dressed and get outside so fast!

 This is me, giving them an example of what is "too fast!"

Alex can barely see over the wheel, but does a pretty good job driving!

I'ts been a while!

I know... it has been a while since I blogged last.  I was so good about keeping the blog updated when Clara was here so her parents could keep up with her life with us, but since she has went back home, I have really been slacking!  


Last night we took the kids out to Indian Creek Campground for some Trick-or-Treating.  Every year they have over 200 campers that go all out decorating for Halloween and handing out candy.  They have a haunted path through the woods and the decorations are amazing.  The kids really have a great time!

Pretty scary, huh?

Mule Festival!

Today we went to the Clark County Mule Festival in Kahoka, Missouri.  I never knew so many people had mules... the place was packed!  They have events that you can compete in while riding your mule.  They have tons of vendors, trail rides, and a rodeo.  BJ found a mule that he really liked but they guy wanted $5000 for it, needless to say... we did NOT come home with a new mule!  You will have to excuse the quality of the pictures, I didn't take my camera with me so they pics were taken with my iphone.

How redneck is this entrance to the event?  It's a good thing we took the 4 wheel drive!

I have never seen so many mules in one place!

In this event, the contestants had to carry an egg in a spoon while riding in the arena.  They even had to trot without dropping the egg!

This was my favorite event, Mule Jumping!  The mule jumping right now was really good and took second place.  They highest jump was 52" from a stand-still!

I think this was the highlight of the day for the girls... getting to ride the hay wagon back to the car!  BTW:  I hate, hate, hate the hat BJ is wearing and if anyone wants to steal and destroy it, there is a hefty monetary incentive in it for you!

School pics.

Ever since I got my camera, I just don't see the point in buying the awful school pictures that the school takes, so I always do my own and have them ordered for the girls.  Alex is not a fan of having pictures taken so we got an acceptable shot the first time around (only because she was not even going to consider re-doing them!)  Sam, on the other hand, took 3 photo shoots to finally get one that she liked!  I am probably the only parent that Photoshops their kids school pictures!  Sam had tons of mosquito bites on her legs that had to go and Alex had a sore on her nose.  Oh well, it's done for the year and I got them ordered tonight!  Drumroll...

Family night!

Last night I had my niece, Nicole, my nephew, Josh, and my nephew, Dana, spend the night with us.  It is a rare occasion that all 3 get together because of their hectic schedules.  We had a really good time.  The older two, and I visited the local winery that just opened up in town.  It was quite comical because Nicole and I didn't like most of the wine that they poured for us to try and we both handed most of it off to Josh, so I think he had a pretty good wine buzz by the time we left!  I also tortured them with family pictures while they were here!

This is my youngest nephew, dana.   He is 16 years old, and did not appreciate me forcing him to do a photo shoot!  He would have much rather stayed home and watched football!

This is Josh.  He is 21 years old.  Josh was pretty cooperative about the pics.  He was happy with the way they turned out and was glad to get some pics of him and his siblings.  Josh has always been my buddy!  He used to stay with me a lot when he was younger and we always have a great time when we are together!

This is Nicole.  She is 24 years old.  Nicole is much too sweet to tell me I was making her miserable, but was obviously not loving the photo op!  

Finally!!!  It's about time I got Alex to let me take her pics for the new school year!  I have been trying to get them since I did Sam's back in the end of July!  

Isn't she beautiful?  And doesn't she look so innocent... don't let her fool you!

Sam got new glasses last week so she decided to wear them in the photos.  Her dad couldn't believe how old she looks in this pic!  They are both growing up so fast!

Some group shots...

I am usually the one behind the camera, but Josh played photographer for me so I could get a shot with me and my girls!  I have to say, he did an excellent job posing us!

Like mother, like daughter!

Well, unfortunately, it looks as if I have passed my horrible eyesight on to my daughter.  Samantha is a bit nervous about going to school this morning in anticipation of wearing her new glasses!  She made it 1 year later than I did, I had to get glasses in the fifth grade.  Why couldn't she have gotten BJ's eyesight?  Even as  terribly old as he is, (ha ha!) he still has perfect eyesight!

Yard Work

I have been so busy with work and the kids starting school that I have not had any time to update the blog. BJ has been home for 4 days because his truck is in the shop so we have been doing a lot of work around the house and property.  We spent 2 days running fence for the horses and setting new poles.  BJ leveled the huge mound of dirt that was left in our backyard after the construction of the garage and moved gravel to the parking area.  It is amazing how much bigger the yard looks now!  The girls both seem to like school really well.  I haven't managed to get the time to take them out and do some school pics yet, but I hope to accomplish this task this weekend.  Real Estate is really busy right now.  I have 4 contracts pending right now on top of managing all of my listings and trying to get my continuing education credits in before the end of September.  

Back to school...

I can't believe that summer has come to an end.  I guess with having moved this summer time really got away from us and it doesn't seem like summer was very long.  We did manage to take the kids to "Fun City" last weekend.  It is a huge indoor/outdoor water park in Iowa.  I didn't get any pics to post because I didn't take my camera for fear that it would get wet or stolen.  I am hoping, now that the house is in order and the garage completed, we can get some trail riding in before winter hits.  My poor horses have had minimal attention all summer!  Getting back into the school routine without Clara was a little strange... and even though she was always the last one out the door, we still managed to be late today!  Miss ya Clara!