Koby's touchdown

Last night Koby scored his first TD in football. He always plays the positions that get no glory-blocking, hiking the ball, etc. But last night after hiking the ball, blocking and then trying to block some more a pass was thrown ...but no receivers were anywhere near it. Koby turned, reached up and grabbed the ball and then ran for about 30 yards for his first touchdown! He was awesome! Steve was so excited for Koby that he ran down the sideline right along with Koby. I wish we had the cameras there but ofcourse it was the night that we forgot! We were so proud of Koby and in his own very humble way I think he was proud of himself. I told him that he needed to brag just a little bit to his friends at school today.

Autumn leaves

Over the weekend we also got to go for a beautiful drive through Nebo loop-it was so beautiful! The leaves were changing colors and ofcourse I took lots of pictures-some are taken from the car as we are driving so sorry about the quality of some of them. We also had a nice picnic at Payson lakes-again nature is beautiful!

End of soccer season

Morgan had her final soccer game of the fall 2009 season on Saturday. Here are some pictures...she had a blast, loved the treats after each game, loved the medal she got and learned a little bit about soccer. She actually wore the medal for hours and had Koby get his old medals out so we could all wear one.




Koby was very excited to watch Morgan play-can you tell?

Changes

Just over a week ago our wonderful babysitter Zelia, informed us that she would no longer be babysitting. Zelia has babysat Morgan for the past 3 years and she loved Morgan and Morgan adored her. We knew that Morgan was well taken care of while we were at work. Zelia decided to take in a foster child that was severely abused and mentally handicap. This poor little girl needed complete attention immediately. And Zelia would only be able to babysit for us for three more days.

Plenty of reason for panic, right?

But guess what? I didn't panic. I think that when Steve broke the news to me he thought I would really freak out. But I didn't-honest.

It worked out amazingly well. Morgan gets to go to her aunt's house 2x's a week for preschool and time to playing with her cousin. (and ofcourse time to be spoiled by Aunt Mindy!)I am thrilled that we are finally able to get Morgan some 'preschool' without loosing our jobs or our minds. For the rest of the week Morgan gets to play with several kids at a home nearby. There are actually kids her age and she loves it at both places. She was excited to tell me that she got to play in the sand box, play on the playground and get on the jumpoline-which is what she calls the trampoline.

It worked out so much better than I ever thought it could.I also had several people from our ward offer to babysit Morgan so I even have back up babysitters now! Thanks to all of you who offered or provided information for me. I guess everything does happen for a reason and if I take a deep breath and do my best not to panic or worry then before I know it-things are all taken care of. Must be my Heavenly Father watching over me!

Game night

Last night Steve had scouts, Koby had football and Morgan had soccer and I had an opportunity to be a driver and cheerleader. Both kids won their games and more importantly they had a great time. Morgan scored a goal (we aren't telling her that it was for the other team) and Koby almost had an interception. I took pictures at both games but the one's at the football game didn't turn out. I think it was the combination of extreme zoom and a flash.


Anyway...here are the pictures from Morgan's soccer game-Grandpa Zabriskie came to watch Morgan and she spent a lot of time trying to pose for his camera rather than playing...oh well.

L is for leaf...

I have been trying to help Morgan be more prepared for school. We have been doing letter of the day(s). Yesterday's letter was L so we went on a leaf gathering hunt. When we got home I showed Morgan how to do a leaf rubbing. Soon we had Steve and Koby working on it too.



I did forget to take a picture of the final projects...oops!

Love, love, love my kids!

Recently my kids have really been making me laugh. I thought I'd share a few quotes and incidents just to brighten your day!

**Last night Steve went to Morgan's soccer game and I went to Koby's football game. Steve relayed the following conversation.
Steve: Morgan get out there and stick right with the ball, then kick it hard!
Morgan: I try but people keep getting in my way!(imagine indignation)

**There was a small hole in the soccer field, Steve said she constantly went out of her way to walk through the hole. She would look at the hole and just couldn't help herself.


**On the way home from football I looked over at Koby and he had his seat reclined, his eyes closed and his hand rested on his chest. I asked him if he was saying the pledge of allegiance as his hand was over her heart. He just gave the 'my mom is a dork' look.

** Later that night I asked him if he wanted to go for a bike ride with us or just wanted to hang at home (he had been playing football for the past hour and had run a mile at school.) I heard, "All right I need to go to the bathroom outside." What he really said is, "All right, I gotta go to the bathroom and then I'll decide."

**Morgan: Mom when I was your age, I loved to sing and dance!
Me: just smiled and thought about when Koby used to say the same thing-well the part about when I was your age...

**Me: Koby what did you do at school today?
Koby: we went to the library.
Me: did you get a book?
Koby: no...
Me: What?! Why in the world would you leave the library without a book? What is wrong with you? I really don't think I even know you anymore! Are you even my son?
Koby: rolls his eyes again with the look of my mom is definately a dork!

**Koby had to have a copy of his football plays attached to himself somehow. So we printed a copy, covered it in tape so it wouldn't rip or get sweaty and then he tucked it into his wrist sweat band. After Morgan's soccer game we noticed she was also wearing two of Koby's wrist sweat bands but they were tucked clear up on her biceps under her shirt.

And by the way Koby won his football game 33-0 and Morgan won her soccer game as well-Steve didn't say the score just that they won big. I sure do love these kids!

slow day

So yesterday was the first time this season that both Morgan and Koby had a game on the same day, and at the same time but at different places. After we rushed through dinner Steve took Koby to football and I took Morgan to soccer. As soon as Morgan's game was over we rushed over to the football game-where we got to see the last two minutes of Koby's game. Both kids won, though all the rushing made me feel like I had run a marathon...how do people do it when they have more than two kids?

After we got home, read scriptures, had prayer, baths and teeth brushing done, I was ready to fall into bed. However, I was a good girl and instead went on my 20 minute walk- in the dark (uphill both ways...=))I did that because my mom told me to buck up. Thanks for the pep talk mom!