Koby's 12th birthday

As you know (if you have been following my blog), Koby turned 12 on Sunday. It was a great day. We had a lot of family around and it was a lot of fun to celebrate together. During Sacrament meeting Koby was called to the front and had to stand by the bishop in front of the whole congregation. I think he was ready to die of embarassment but I, on the other hand was beaming with pride. I couldn't help grin because I was thinking of how blessed I am to have Koby as a son. Right after sacrament meeting Koby was given the priesthood by Steve. Steve did a great job and the blessing was beautiful.




Koby's big day



The kids...


We had a great weekend with family visiting and plenty of cousins for the kids to play with. I love the picture of the kids reading.

Koby

Wow! My little Koby is going to be turning 12 this weekend. I thought I would share some pictures and memories of him-so you can see just why I love him so much!

Koby has always been a very handsome boy-just take a look!

Koby at 6 months, as a cow for Halloween at 2 and at 18 months



He loved cows and anything related to farming. Spent lots of time being Papa's little helper-Koby loves to tell people that he was driving a tractor by the age of 3! He often wore cowboy boots and loved to watch Disney movies. Koby spent hours at ball games from a very young age. He got to watch his uncles, aunt and Papa play sports year round. Koby developed some interested words that were inventive and memorable. Nuich-Pepsi, Wamu-Uncle Faran, Fire cookies-fireworks, and Grandpa Werry became Papa.

Age 3-4



Koby got to start going to Headstart Preschool when he was three. He loved it there and learned so much so fast. When he was four he asked me to teach him how to read and picked that up before he even started Kindergarten. He had tons of friends and made new ones everywhere he went. Koby also tried out soccer and really enjoyed it.

Age 5-Kindergarten picture!


This year Koby got a "new dad" and he adjusted to the new changes so well. It was as if Koby had been waiting for his whole life to have his dad around. They loved playing with race tracks and cars and riding bikes. He also decided to try t-ball and ofcourse he loved it.





As the years speed by we have been blessed to have Koby be in our family. He has grown and matured into a fascinating person. He has a stubborn streak that we love and he keeps much joy and love in our home. Koby is such a great young man who has a strong desire to be good and to help others. He is a wonderful big brother to Morgan. He loves his cousins and all the girls adore him and would follow him through fire. Koby is quiet and shy but if you get him talking about the right topic he can go for hours. He plays football, basketball and baseball. He likes camping, hiking and scouts. He still enjoys helping on the farm. Koby is extremely smart-he excels in every subject in school and is humble about it.





Happy Birthday sweetie! I love you Koby!

Surprise Pre-Birthday Party

This year for Koby's birthday we decided to get him camping gear. He enjoys it and since he will be a scout we figured more camping is in his future. Anyway we got his gifts early and wrapped them and hid them and planned to give him his presents on his birthday which is October 25th-Sunday. We later found out that Koby would be going on a campout for scouts on Friday night October 23rd. So we decided to give him his presents early! And rather than just open presents we decided to have a small party.

While Steve and Koby were at scouts Morgan and I decorated and prepared. We hung streamers, blew up balloons (maybe that is why I still feel light headed-about 20 balloons!), bought cupcakes and then waited and waited for them to get home.

I have to say that we really surprised Koby. He almost dropped everything he was carrying...



We sang to him and had him blow out the candle on his cupcake...


he opened presents and felt spoiled...







It was a lot of fun. I have to say I was pretty amazed that Morgan was able to keep the secret for so long-four days of secrecy for a four year old can't be too easy! Way to go Morgan!

Let's take a picture...based on a true story

Narrator: Once there was a mother who wanted to take pictures of all the great things that her kids did. She laboriously carried a camera around with her on a regular basis. She often took the camera into dangerous situations just to capture moments of her adorable children's lives. She braved the cold, stormy weather as well as the sweltering heat. She wasn't slowed down when she was required to climb on top of things or crawl on the ground to capture the perfect angle. She knew she was doing her motherly duty and did it without complaint. And tirelessly she attempted this throughout her life without expecting even a simple thank you from the aforementioned children.

Curtains open and spotlight shows Mother and young daughter entering stage left

Mother brings out camera and young daughter responds with a combination of the following comments:

Typical Comments:
"Mom take a picture of me doing ____!"
"Did you take a picture of me with ____?"
"I look so cute!"






And the mother smiles as she sees the joy that is brought into the daughters life by taking the pictures.



ACT II-A young nearly-teenage son enters stage right, the mother runs behind him anxiously trying to take his picture.

Typical comments:
"Hmmmph!" Accompanied by rolling of eyes. (OK so there is rarely ever any usable comments but there is a lot of body language going on!)Immediately the boy must advert his eyes and turn his back to camera. In dramatic fashion the grand finale is when the young boy/man walks away from his loving mother and her camera.






Narrator: Despite the mother's best work all she ends up with are "butt-shots" and an even grumpier near-teenager. AND the mother smiles because she knows she is doing her motherly duty of annoying the near-teenager after all that is what he thinks she does best!

THE END!

New do

On Thursday I took Koby and Morgan to get a haircut. Koby's needed to be cut so he would look clean cut enough to pass the sacrament and Morgan's hair was looking pretty mullet-ish. The both turned out great! Only Koby wasn't thrilled, but I need to be used to the teenage additude right?

Champions

Last night Koby's flag football team, the Cardinals, won the Superbowl and all bragging rights. They played awesome! Way to go Koby!