In an age when everyone is consumed with their computer or their game console I guess it makes sense that Jakob is very into video games.
What started out as a love for educational VSmile games has turned into a passion for Xbox. Anyone that knows Jakob’s dad can see where he might have gotten his [...]

A little over a year ago Jakob and I went into the pet store to pick up some fish food and we came home with a ferret.
I don’t know how it happened but it did. Jakob’s dad was not the happiest person in the world when he got a call at work telling him about [...]

From time to time Jake can be found outside in his “workshop” building a deck or a swing set. He just loves building things (or pretending to build things).
Jake didn’t dress up for the camera in this picture. No, no, no. He was out there hammering away and I just popped out with the camera. [...]

Well, in normal rainy day fashion Jake was just itching to get out in the yard and float his boat.
This time he suited up in his professional rain gear which consists of a Spiderman rain poncho, sweatpants, and knee high rubber boots. He was dressed for boating success.
He did stop to ask, “Mama…I look [...]

Last spring, to everyone’s amazement, our then four year old boy learned how to ride his two wheeler bike without training wheels. Today…he’s gliding down enormous hills and loving every second of it.
At first all he could do was stay up for a few seconds. Those seconds turned into a few pedals worth of [...]