It all started with this cute lil fella named Beau! When Heather adopted Beau, she told him, "buddy it's just you and me until you find yourself a dad". So he did! Jacob instantly had a bond with Beau. Beau loved that Jacob purchased 1/2 his monthly pay in tennis balls just to play over the fence. That was an easy win for Beau, but Beau's mom was another story. Jacob didn't give up. He took every chance he could to talk to Heather. Randomly placed bouquets of flowers on her back porch and took empty garbage bags to the trash in the alley, hoping to catch Heather's eye. Persistence paid off when Jacob worked up courage to ask Heather on their first date, Shrek the Play at the Missoula Children's Theater. Who was more nervous, Heather, Jacob or the main actors in the play....it was a toss up!