And the Beat Goes On

And it's a new year since our last post! This new year finds us full of new adventures and some challanges. Jacob continues to work at Blood Assurance as a Phlebotomist but is finishing up his last class and looking forward to looking for a new job when he graduates! Leisa is still working at the Dental Office as an assistant and is loving it.
Our first Christmas together was absoultly wonderful. We stayed in Georgia this year and spent Christmas with Jacobs family and had so much fun! Christmas Eve was spent with his family laughing and eating. Unfortunatly the pictures from that day and most of Christmas are missing in action on a memory card that broke. Christmas morning we spent together, Leisa woke Jacob up at 6:45 in the morning because she couldnt wait any longer to give him his gifts. We had so much fun opening gifts and talking. And then we headed out to see the rest of the family for the day. It was definitly a Christmas to remember.

Shortly after that Leisa underwent some surgery to remove some pain she was having and was diagnosed with endometriosis. She has healed well from the surgery and is grateful to all the help she received especially from Jacob and her mom who came down for a week and a half.

This last month a wonderful suprise happened to Jacob. We were called in to the Stake Presidents office and he was extended the call to be the second counselor in the Bishopric of the Brainerd Ward. Which also means that he would be ordained as a High Priest. Jacob was ordained that following week by his father Melvin Wimpee in a very humble and sweet blessing. We then got to spend the rest of the day with the family which was so great.

Here is a picture of our Beautiful neice Hope!
It truly was an incredible day.



A couple of weeks later we went hiking with the Tidwell family who is Jacobs oldest sister and their children and also his younger brother Aubrey. We had a great time hiking all the way down to a beautiful waterfall and then back up again.

Then a few weeks later Jacob and Leisa went out to Oregon for Leisa's grandfather's 80th birthday! There we got to see to Oregon coastline, all of Leisa's Dad's extended family, and meet the first nephew of the Newton family. Peter and Melanie's son Zach. The scenery was breathtaking and the company hilarious. It was a short vacation but well worth it. We stayed in a very large beautiful house 15 yards from the beach and went and expolred the ocean every day. It was so great to have everyone together and celebrate the life of Grandpa! Happy Birthday Grandpa!What an amazing place!

Jacob and I

The house we all stayed at


Leisa's Parents


Becky and Leisa

Everyone who came

Leisa and Zach (Peter and Melanie's son)



Becky trying to get Grandpa to smile

Peter, Melanie, and Zach

Our family before going to church.

The next time we will all be together Tim will be off his mission!

And several months later.....

Yes .. it is us... Jacob and Leisa....after several months we have returned..since it has taken us so long to get back on here we have decided to give you a little month by month play by play to catch you up!

Since our last post Leisa had her Bridal pictures taken and then the next day we drove up to Ohio where we met up with Leisa's grandparents and Leisa's mom threw a bridal shower.

The following month we were off to the Nauvoo Temple to be sealed for Time and All Eternity!!!! We traveled with Jacobs family and friend Brittany. Our trip in total was over 30 hours!!!

We were sealed June 2, 2006.

Both as much of Jacobs family and Leisa's family as possible were there. We are so grateful for their support and love.

Following our sealing we traveled to Ohio for the first reception, where it was held at Leisa's parents house. We were a little worn out already as you can see in these "After the reception" pictures. I think we are a little slap happy.

After that we headed off to Georgia for our last reception. Again we could not have done without our wondeful families and there preperations and hard work to make everything perfect for us! All of the food was beautiful and prepared by our families. From what we got it tasted good too! Here are some pictures from the reception in Georgia.

Jacobs' sister made both of the cakes in Georgia. In the south there is a tradition of also having a grooms cake which is chocolate!!!

After the reception we headed to Florida to the White Orchid Inn. A Spa/Bed and Breakfast right on the beach.

Then Jacob and Leisa traveled back home. Jacob started his new job at Blood Assurance as a Phlebotomist and Leisa continued to look for work. Here is us in front of our first Apartment.

Not even two weeks later Leisa went to the Church's Girls Camp for a week. She left her picture for Jacob. Luckily he came up and saw her at the end of the week.

Since then we have moved across town to Ringgold and Leisa got a job as a dental assistant. There Jacob got put right back in the Elders Quorum and Leisa in the Primary Presidency...but only for a couple of months until she was asked to serve in the Stake Young Womens Presidency as a counselor.

We have also gone flying on a Bi plane together...(those pictures are still on our phone) We went up to Ohio after Leisa's moms surgery to see her and they came down and Jacobs parents and Aubrey took Leisa's parents on a tour of the historic monuments in the area.

And Jacob got brave enough and actually asked Leisa who had never cut a guys hair before to cut his hair... lucky for Jacob it turned out alright.

For Thanksgiving recently we went up to Leisa's parents house. Where Leisa also took her parents portaits. And their dogs....Lady and Parker...

For Christmas we are staying here and enjoying the holiday with Jacobs family!

And that is all for now....or incredible long post has come to an end with a promise that a new one will be sooner and now as long!