A little bit of this........

Ok.....so, I have been under the impression that I need to have pictures in order to actually blog. But I guess not! Really, I don't write very often because I don't have much going on...but in reality there is so much going on in this little head of mine, why not put it down! especially since I found out that you can publish your blog into a book easily through blurb.com

So this is what I realized lately, Hardly anyone on my side ( friends and family) know Jacob and then a lot on his side do not know me! So here is a little bit about the both of us....

1. Jacob and I met in Chattanooga at institute. I had an internship there creating programs for people with disabilities. He was working third shift in the ER and finishing off college.

- The first time I met him was at a fireside and he was wearing a white sports coat and black suit pants. And I literally thought to myself, "I could never date someone that dresses so WEIRD." Little did I know..( and he was wearing it as a joke..)

- I was there 4 months and he didnt ask me out until I had two weeks left, then we saw each other every day. I moved out to Provo and he came and visited me.

- The first time I thought, " I could marry this man" was when I visited him for thanksgiving and saw him interact with his family.

- The first time he thought "I could marry this girl", was our first date.

- I put a taco bell sauce in his backpack when he flew back home that said, "Willing to relocate."

- I moved back to Georgia and 6 weeks later we were engaged.

- We were sealed in the Nauvoo Temple. And Jacobs parents, brother Aubrey, and sister Dana and her husband Bruce and kids joined us in Nauvoo, along with my entire family but Tim since he was on his mission, and my Aunt Janice also came.

- We drove the day we were sealed, 10 hours to Ohio and the next day had our reception, then we drove down 8 hours to Georgia and had a second reception.. (TOO MUCH DRIVING!) and then Honeymooned in Flager Beach, FL at this place....

http://www.whiteorchidinn.com/

A LITTLE ABOUT JACOB

- He is 6"5 and is an incredible basketball player.

- Some claim his photos make him look very quiet and shy! Believe me he is anything but! He is one of the most outgoing, friendly people I have ever met.

- I have never heard him raise his voice

- My family all loves him, my mom swears that she knew him before this life and conspired with him to marry me.

- He would do anything for anyone at the drop of a hat

- If you are looking for him at a family function, he will always be surrounded by all his neices and nephews climbing on him and teasing him and playing with him.

- He is the 5th of eight children and has grown up in one city all his life.

- He loves to be involved in decorating our house

- He hiccups when he eats hot things ( love it, i think its so cute)

- In the last three days I have heard 3 different people say, "he is so hot" not realizing i was his wife..(LOL)

- He is very down to earth

- he likes to be adventurous and spur of the moment as long as there is a safe plan behind it

- He has dropped everything to come help me with things ( ex...driving across town twice in a week when we were engaged because I locked my keys in the car, driving two hours to come rescue my sister and I stranded on the side of the road with a dead car)

- He LOVES to mow the lawn and take car of the outside stuff of the house, he feels its his meditating time.

- He loves to take a moment, lay down and just look at the stars.

- He's played most sports and loves hiking and camping.

- He wants to give me everything in life and tries to find a way to make it happen

_ He is a manager currently working for Blood Assurance over the training and Protocol of their ALYX machine.

- If he had a million dollars he would want to use it runing around doing secret acts of service for people ( buying them a new car and putting it in their driveway)

- He is fascinated with mythology and would like to go to Greece someday, along with Alaska and the new England states.

_ He served his mission in the Phillipines

_ He paid his way through college by himself semester by semester

- He is often the one family and friends go to for help

- He loves cars and someday wants to rebuild a black 1978 Trans Am with the yellow firebird on the top

- When he laughs these incredibly handsome crows feet show on his eyes

- Before he dies he wants to go to Alaska, fly an airplane, and travel the US in a motor home

A little about Leisa

- I have lived in Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Ohio, Tennessee, Georgia, and Ontario Canada

- I love to run and play volleyball

- I love to cook and would love to become a gourmet cook someday

- The first time I ever made a pie was with my friend Missy and somehow we totally forgot to put the water in to form the dough and had to piece it together in the pan, after that I was hooked and LOVE to make pastries

- I am the oldest of four and am best friends with all my siblings and parents

- One day I want a house with a driveway that no one would come up unless they were on their way to our house, and during Christmas time I want to be one of those houses everyone comes and sees. And on the fron porch I will sell my Christmas pastries!

_ I love photography and the light that filters in to reveal the content of the pictures. And own my own standard film darkroom and equipment, however i do now prefer digital and own a Canon xlt.

- Ive always wanted to run a marathon and do a triathalon

- I love playing the piano, I can't really play technically but I love to play from my heart and have my own music recording equipment and a Christmas CD that I have composed and recorded with my friedn Stephanie singing.

-I love love the water and could swim laps all day, for our first anniversary Jacob took me jet skiing and I dumped us because i was to scared to go fast and did a 360 EXTREMLY slow and just tipped us off

_ I am terrified of birds, especially geese. I broke my wrist after being on roller blades and was attacked by one.

- I have the craziest stories of getting stuck places with no way out, like coming from canada and not having a ride back into the us, my airplane always seems to take off before me on my connecting flights and fo course with no more flights going out that evening, my car blew up in nowhereville Idaho in the middle of the night, etc....oh it really goes on and on.. I just laugh!

- I have had some of the most AMAZING people influence my life and have been so blessed by their friendships.

- Jacob is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me

- I wish I had majored in photography

- Someday I want to go to the Macy's day parade

- I love having a clean house but hate cleaning the bathrooms

- If my mind gets stuck on something I never give up until its done

- I love Utah

- I went on a mission to Toronto, Canada

- I tend to let people take advantage of me and suck me dry

-I would love to get dressed in a beautiful dress and have my hair and makup done just to go to a really fancy dinner

_ I love to read

- I study my scriptures with about 6 books of reference including the Hebrew bible and enjoy translating hebrew

- I loved college and if I could have been a student for life if that was possible

- I gained my testimony at BYUI with help from my incredible friend Reta and its has just been on fire since

- I love doing crazy things and can't wait to have kids and open this creative world to them

- My new favorite store is Kirklands

- I have worked at Taco bell, as a receptionist at a Chiropractors office, Wendys, a potato plant, for Banc One Home loan service, Safelite autoglass taking insurance claims, as a contact lens manager at an eye doctor, cleaning a behavioral unit for children, outdoors backpacking with troubled teens, as a medicaid home health aide for two elderly women and a child with cerebal palsy, for the city of Chattanooga creating programs for people with disabilities, as a dental assistant, for Olan Mills touching up pictures, and finally for a school with 3-4 year olds who are cognitively disabled.WHEW!

- We both want to build our own house one day and work with our own hands on it

- I love love love Christmas and all it brings