Adam's Birthday

At the end of February we celebrated Adam's birthday. Adam is such an amazing boy. He is fun loving. He loves fun and adventure. The bigger the better.

He is so smart. He remembers things so easily. He figures things out so quickly. He can argue a point and makes it very difficult to argue with his logic (even if I still think he's wrong!).

He loves sports. He knows so much about college sports it's scary. Who knows (and who cares) who the mascot of Northern Texas is? Adam! He could definitely be a great sports journalist (if only they didn't work Sundays). BYU still rules all college sports in his book, and we are quite happy with that. He plays basketball. Sometimes I think he would make a better coach than a player. He remembers plays and is able to figure out what each players strengths and weaknesses are very quickly. I think sometimes it's hard on him that his team mates don't always play the plays (or even remember them). He is a great strategist.

He is talented at music as well. I love listening to him practice the piano each day. We have not loved his piano teacher this year so Adam took it upon himself to learn a piece by himself that he really wanted to learn. It is Mozart's "Turkish March". Now he can practically play it in his sleep. My fingers have never moved that fast. He has also really started to enjoy singing (much to my delight). The great thing is, he is good at it and isn't afraid to perform. Show choir, Church choir, Waukee Idol, and now "Oklahoma" the muscial have all been a part of his year.

He is also very social. He goes to the "Y" with his friends as often as he can. I think he participates in a lot of things because it means more time with friends. He has been home less this year than any other previous year.

Adam is also a good kid. He tries to do the things that are right. I know I have made him sound practically perfect. He's not. He is pretty awesome though! We are so happy to have him as our son. Happy 13th birthday Adam! You are our first teenager so you can expect us to make a lot of mistakes. You will teach us as much as we teach you.

Greg was out of town on Adam's birthday, but he still wanted to do presents. Yeah, Adam knows how to Jimmer.

Adam wanted some nice basketball shoes for the season. He lucked out when these Kobe's were on sale.

Cream soda is his favorite. It is hard to find without caffeine, but I found this at the store the other day. He enjoyed every drop, making it last nearly a week.

When Greg came home from his trip we finished up the celebration with Mexican Chocolate cake, ice cream and pizza. He didn't want a party because he didn't think he could get the head count down to 8 like I wanted without leaving someone out, so instead we told him this summer he could take one friend to Adventureland (the local amusement park) with him. Now he is considering SkyZone instead.

What would a birthday post be without embarassing pictures?

Here is Adam as a baby.

This is Adam at 21 months enjoying his dinner very much.

Adam is on the right. This is just after we brought Lizzy home from the hospital, so Adam has just turned 4.

Adam on Christmas 2004, 5 years old.

Adam, 7 years old. Summer of 2006.

At the end of 1st grade, 2006, when Adam was 7, he got glasses. Now he wears contacts so we hardly ever see him with glasses anymore.

This is Adam right at the beginning of second grade. He is 7 and finally lost his first tooth.

Here is Adam with his dad on a very important day, his baptism day. He is 8 years old.

Adam the pumpkin ninja. 8 years old.

Adam posing before the Jr. Bix road race summer of 2008. 9 years old.

This was also a special experience in Adam's young life. He is wearing his shepherd's costume for our ward's production of "Savior of the World". He is 9 years old.

As he has gotten older it is harder to find pictures of just Adam. He generally avoids them. This is Adam at 11 years old.

I love this picture because you can really see Adam's hazel eyes. All the rest of the kids have blue eyes. This was just last summer. 12 years old.

Just for fun.

This is from our Thanksgiving adventure to Texas.

Last, a good one from Christmas time. He really is handsome, too.