Trick Rider!!

Jacob has really come far with his bike riding skills. He hangs out with the neighbor Nick a lot who has taught Jacob how to jump the ramps. He's darn good!!
By the way....these pics were taken in May, Jacob has a new 20" bike now. :)

Spring Soccer

Jacob played on his first soccer team this spring. Mom was the coach and the team was a great group of boys. All of the games were at the Stenger soccer complex...another staple of growing up in Arvada, I think we've all played there!

At this age, they start out at 3 on 3. And most of the game they all just group up on the ball.

But as the season wore on, they all got the hang of it.

Here's Jacob anticipating the kick off.
Jacob wasn't always entirely eager to play.....

but with a little coaxing, and a bribe from dad to get paid for each goal, he was out on the field trying to score.

Even if it meant stealing the ball from a teammate....
or scoring in the wrong goal. :)

New Year...New Dog

New Years Eve has never been known to be a quiet one with the Simpsons...and this year...they got a new dog. Ask Jacob what his dog's name is and he'll tell ya "his name is Chesney. His last name is Kenny Chesney."

Welcome Chesney to the family!

Chesney was not ready to put the Christmas tree away...

Sledding with Jacob.

Blog vs. Webpage

Well....I'm sure that anyone who has checked out Jacob's website any time in the last year (ok...maybe longer) has noticed that I have not been as diligent as we all would have hoped about posting updates. Ok...I've been horrible at it.

A lot of that had to do with lack of time on my part, but some of it was also how time consuming it is to maintain a website. So I've been reading several blogs that my friends put together, as well as Cousin Reese's blog out in Kansas...and I figure that if Meghan can update a blog, complete with adorable pictures, then I should be able to easily (and often!) maintain a blog with more frequent updates.

Once I get this thing mastered, I also plan to teach Michelle and John how to log in and post their own comments and pictures and get Mom and Dad's perspective every now and then. :)

Shoot....maybe we'll even get Jacob to help us out!!