Just thought I would share...

three of my favorite pictures from this weekend of me and my favorite little man. I promise to get the birthday pictures posted soon.







I just love him to pieces!

What a weekend....and I'm beat!

We certainly had a weekend full of lots of excitement and many lasting memories shared with our dear loved ones. To start our weekend off, we had a wonderful Halloween evening strolling the neighborhood streets collecting lots of yummy candy. By the end of the night, the kids were weighing their bags on the scale....some posting over 10 pounds. It was certainly a fun filled night with several exhausted trick-or-treaters ready to collapse as the night came to a close. Here are just a few select pictures I wanted to share from our Friday night adventure.

Here's our pirate:

Our Evil Jester:


MawMaw and the Pirate:


The Pirate and her Spider Witch Friend, Riley:


The Evil Jester with his Friday the 13th Jason buddy, Drew:


A picture of the Dad's:


A picture of the girls:


A few of the neighborhood buddies:


Just a few of our trick-or-treating crew, but I have to ask....what in the world is Lauren doing to the right? Is she throwing a spell on someone, or is she having her own little spiritual witch seance?


How do you like Tonya and Matt's costumes...pretty scary, huh?


And a big thanks to my Uncle Paul and Aunt Irma who stayed back at the ranch and passed out candy to the trick-or-treaters who came to our door (you know I have to put you on my blog somewhere :)


And finally.....an exhausted Jester at the end of the night:

My little family had a great time and thanks to everyone who joined us and made that happen. There are many more pictures to share from our fun-filled weekend, but folks, I'm exhausted and feeling like Jacob in the picture above, so the rest of our weekend adventures will have to wait for another post. I think "Life on White Oak Lane" is winding down and this little crew will be heading to bed rather shortly to ensure a good nights sleep for the Monday that is just around the corner.

Hugs and Kisses to All!

We have our first of the year....

CITIZEN OF THE MONTH!




Can you guess who?......



Don't peek and look below....



Take a wild guess.....

Are you sure you know?......



It's our one and only......



You guessed it.....





Once again, my favorite little man is Citizen of the Month!! WAY TO GO, JACOB!! As always, Mommy and Daddy are very proud of you and everything that you continue to accomplish. It takes a lot to play sports, especially football which involves practice 4 nights a week, and keep up with the grades you continue to get. Keep it up, Buddy, and you'll be going to any college you choose....they'll be hunting you down.

We Love You!

Mommy & Daddy

And yes, I did make Jacob sit down and read this post since it is directed to him. He got to the bottom about college and all he said was, "YES!" Then he went back to running up and down the hallway catching his football....typical boy!

A good time was had...

at our Halloween party last night, so I thought I would just share a few pictures.

A few with the kids before we left:

















Most of you know Rob and Rodney...

There were many more pictures, but most of them were of people you guys don't know. We also finally made it the to the Halloween store today to buy Jacob a costume. After seeing the hot dog, he has now decided that isn't what he wants to be, so Mommy was right again. I have no idea where that idea came from and I knew he would change his mind. He kept telling me to just buy it, but I wasn't going to spend $30 on a costume that come Halloween night I knew he wouldn't wear. I think we stood in the aisle staring at the costumes for what seemed like hours waiting for him to make up his mind. I have come to the conclusion that he's more indecisive then me, if that's possible. After much thought, he finally made a decision, so stay tuned.....

In Special Memory of...

Reece Life is Box of Chocolate.

She was one special girl, and although life was cut a little short, she lived a life full of love and happiness thanks to her 2 very special caregivers.

RIP, Reece....you will be missed!

12/1/06 - 10/17/08

"Mommy, Mommy...my leaves are here!"

Those were the excited words out of a happy little girl after she opened the mailbox to discover the leaves her Aunt Julie and Uncle Ti-Ti promised her, and my....there were plenty of beautiful autumn leaves. For those who don't know, Ellie's teacher asked the kids to contact their relatives up north and ask them to send down some fall leaves for their upcoming studies of the autumn season. Well folks, we don't get much further north than Tennessee, so our Aunt Julie and Uncle Ti-Ti kindly said they would pack up some fall leaves and send them to our special little girl....and they arrived today. Here are a few pics:

It's like Christmas....and the anticipation of opening presents:

And a special little video made just for our Aunt and Uncle:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Ellie is very psyched that she gets to take these leaves to school on Monday, and it's all thanks to our Aunt Julie and Uncle Ti-Ti.

Hugs and Kisses,

Ellie

It was a girls day out!

About 2 weeks ago, my friend won some tickets to see Elmo Live at the Kravis Center and she graciously decided to invite Ellie and I to join her and her daughter, Elisa. The show was actually very cute and the girls (and Mom's too) really enjoyed it. The show was all about what the Sesame Street characters wanted to be when they grew up. I just thought I would share a few pics from our special girls day out. Daddy and Jacob got to stay home and work on a school project, in between all the football watching that I'm quite sure they did.

Here's Ellie all dressed up and ready to go...isn't she cute?

Here is Ellie with Elisa:

A shot of the entire Sesame Street clan...

And we had to take a picture of Cookie Monster because he wanted to be a fireman. This was a special pic just for Daddy.

And last but certainly not least, a picture of Mommy and her little girl at the show:

It was lots of fun and big thanks to our friends, Nicole and Elisa, for asking us to tag along. We enjoyed it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRESTON!

A big "Happy Birthday" shout-out and special birthday wishes are sent out to our nephew, Preston, who is....am I really saying this....15 today!! Man, am I getting old. Pres, we wished we could be there with you to help you celebrate your special day, but since we can't, here is our birthday song to you filled with lots of love many miles away!

We love you, Pres. Happy 15th Birthday and hope to get to see you again real soon.

Love You Lots!

XOXO,

Todd, Julie, Jacob and Ellie

Would someone please help me understand....

how my husband thinks it is fair that my son is playing football against kids this size?



Yeah, now you know why I worry every day at practice and game days. Okay, so maybe they aren't all this big, but there are a vast majority of them that are. For the most part, Jacob is having fun and I guess that's what it is all about. Plus, I have to admit that he's doing pretty darn well for being one of the smallest kids in his division.

Here's a supportive sister sporting her Eagles attire....




and a proud Mom supporting her son....



And...the best part of all...we captured our first win yesterday! The team had a very big fan club proudly cheering them on as they walked off the field with their first victory in over 2 years. Way to go, Eagles!!! Here are just a few other snap shots of Jacob's game.

Jacob at wide receiver getting ready for a pass:



Look in the background of this picture and you will see Todd tieing Jacob's shoe without even taking his eye off the game:



Another pass...



Here's a sequence of two pictures where Jacob almost recovered a fumble. Here in the first shot you will see the ball pop out of our runners hand:










and here is Jacob on the ground trying his hardest to recover the ball, but unfortunately, the ref's ruled it a Buc's ball:




Although it's a little hard to see him, here is Jacob running the ball (just look for the ball and you'll find Jacob):




And instead of a game of finding Waldo....can you find Jacob?




They are so happy I think they are about to hold hands :)



and finally....proud Daddy and Son:



We needed that win and I, personally, think that's a good notion of things to come. It's only going to get better from here.

On a side note, the above are more pictures once again taken by my own professional photographer, Matt (aka Mathias Mullins Photography). Ha...that's a joke. I might think he's my own personal photographer, but in reality, he's just a super nice guy doing me and my husband a tremendous favor. As always, we owe you one! I don't think the little lunches and dinners that we keep buying for you are really any consulation for what you are doing for us. Thanks again!