Koch Family Blog

Student of the Month!

2011-02-25T13:10:00.001-08:00

We are so proud of our Halle Bear! She was student of the month for February! She has been trying all year to achieve this goal and she finally did! I knew she could! Congratulations, Halle, keep up the great work.

Haidyn's 2nd Birthday!!

2011-02-25T13:01:00.001-08:00

I can't believe my Haidyn Bear is already 2!! We had a fun birthday with a small family party with cupcakes and presents, then spent the day at the Renaissance Festival with Gram-D and Gramp-E. She has grown up so much in this last year. Happy Birthday, Haidyn, we love you so much!

Halle's 6th Birthday

2011-01-30T18:19:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my Halle Bear is 6 years old! This year we had a small family party with Grandma Wilson, Aunt Marcie, and us. I also took her and her BFF, Annie, to Chucky Cheese for some extra fun. She had a great time. I will always remember this birthday because of her birthday cake. I forgot that cake will expand and I filled the cake mold up to the rim. After about 20 minutes I smelled smoke and when I looked into the oven, it was like a cake volcano! The batter was oozing out of the top and all over the bottom of the oven and when it landed on the heating element it had started a small fire in my oven!! After moving the batter off of the element and putting a pan under the cake to catch the "volcano", I started to air out the room before the smoke alarms went off. I turned on the fans and went back to check on the cake when all of a sudden the birthday balloons got caught in the ceiling fan and just about popped. After all this, when the cake was finally done and cooled off, when I started frosting it, it just crumbled all over. It was not my best cake, but the evening turned out great and I was glad when the day was finally over. Happy Birthday, Halle. Next year I will buy you a great cake. ;)

Student of the Month!

2010-10-29T14:29:00.000-07:00

Congratulations, Hannah Bear! We are so proud of you!

First Day of School 2010!

2010-08-09T09:03:00.000-07:00

Halle started kindergarten this year and she did great! Hannah started 2nd grade and was a big helper showing her little sister around her school. Haidyn and I miss them both but are excited for our time alone together. Here's to a great school year!!

Cruise 2010!

2010-08-08T19:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics from our cruise this summer. We had a great time with my whole family. It was so great that we were all able to go, especially since my brother Jordan was leaving for the Navy the week after we got back. We had a blast!!

Happy 7th Birthday, Hannah!!

2010-06-20T08:22:00.001-07:00

Hannah turned 7 this year and her birthday happened to be at the same time we took our cruise. Although the cruise was for our family vacation, it was also a fun way to celebrate her birthday. They sang to her at dinner on the ship, then when we got off of the cruise, we spent the day at the beach, and had cupcakes and watermelon after to celebrate. Here are a few pics of her birthday. I will post cruise pictures soon. Happy Birthday, Hannah. You are a beautiful girl, inside and out. We love you!!

Halle's Graduation

2010-05-07T12:57:00.001-07:00

Halle had a terrific year for her final year in preschool. Miss Lisa and Grandma Joyce were awesome and we are going to miss them next year. We can't believe Halle will be in kindergarten next year, but we know she will do great. We love you Halle bear and we are so proud of you!

Halle and Miss Lisa

Halle and Grandma Joyce the Storyteller

Halle and her BFF Annie

Hannah's Cast

2010-03-25T13:42:00.000-07:00

Well, Hannah broke her arm over spring break. Let's just say that it IS possible to fly through the one little opening in a trampoline net. She was very brave and is doing quite well being left handed. We survived our first break, although I am ashamed to say that I did scream when I first saw her arm in an S shape, but I regained my composure and got her to the ER. Here's hoping for a quick and successful recovery.

Happy 1st Birthday, Haidyn!

2010-02-22T11:23:00.000-08:00

Haidyn turned 1 yesterday. Here is a picture of her at her party. We had a great time celebrating with family at her birthday BBQ. She has been such a sweet blessing in our lives and we can't believe how much she has grown. She has 2 teeth, weighs 20 pounds, claps, says hi, and although crawling is still her preferred way to move she can take up to 6 steps by herself. Happy Birthday sweet Haidyn. We love you!

Haidyn's First Steps

2010-02-05T12:31:00.000-08:00

Haidyn took her first steps today! I am trying to get it on video so that I can share it, but of course she won't do it again. I can't believe how big she is, she is only 2 weeks shy of her first birthday.

Here it is finally on video!

Halle's 5th Birthday!!

2010-01-26T09:20:00.001-08:00

Halle had a great "Tea" Party for her 5th Birthday! She had lots of fun with all of her friends from preschool and they all enjoyed their little sandwiches, mini fruit kabobs, cucumbers, mini cookies, and diamond shaped cake. Happy Birthday, Halle Bear! You've grown into such a beautiful, sweet, and silly little girl. We love you so much.

Happy New Year!!

2010-01-01T07:21:00.001-08:00

Well, I think I did pretty good on my resolution last year to keep a blog. Although at times there were months in between posts, I did pretty good for having a new baby. 2009 was full of happiness and fun. Haidyn has been a true blessing in our lives and we have really enjoyed having a little baby around the house... especially since she is just a good baby. She is growing up way to fast. Halle has been growing up a lot too and is having a great time in preschool and can't wait until kindergarten. Hannah has been doing great in 1st grade and was even the student of the month for November. We are truly blessed and thank God everyday for trusting us with them. For 2010, my resolutions are to lose those last 15 pounds and to enjoy my girls more while they are young and not worry so much about the little things... and of course keep up with the blog. Happy New Year everyone!

Student of the Month

2009-12-09T07:20:00.001-08:00

Hannah was student of the month for November. We are so proud of her! She has really grown into a responsible and smart little girl. We love you Hannah. Keep up the great work!

Christmas Cards For Sale

2009-11-07T12:46:00.000-08:00

This year I wanted to make Hand-Stamped Christmas Cards to sell. Here are pictures of 4 different styles to choose from. It's hard to see in the pictures, but each card has several beads or jewels. Envelopes are included and also stamped with a Christmas image. I am asking $1.50 each or a dozen for $15. Plus, I will stamp a Christmas phrase of your choice from the list below inside each card. I can also ship them to you for $2.50 per dozen. Contact me if you are interested. Thanks.

Joy

Tree

Lights

Rudolph

The phrases you have to choose from are:

1. Joy expressed, Love shared, Miracle celebrated.
2. Wishing you a never-ending season of love and peace.
3. Warmest greetings of the season and every good wish for the coming year.
4. Think of Christmas - Think of Snow - Think of Santa - Ho! Ho! Ho!
5. May the true spirit of Christmas fill your heart with peace, your home with love.
6. Jolly surprises, a tree shining bright - Mistletoe kisses, a home filled with light. Hearts that are merry, a time of good cheer - Wishing all this and a Happy New Year!

Soccer 2009!

2009-11-07T12:39:00.000-08:00

This is the first year the girls have played soccer in a league. They are having fun and getting better. Today Halle scored 3 goals and Hannah scored 2!!

My Princesses!!

2009-11-07T12:34:00.000-08:00

Hannah and Halle wanted to play dress up with Haidyn. I love having girls!

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T10:24:00.001-08:00

Farewell sweet Lovie!

2009-08-25T16:07:00.000-07:00

The girls turtle passed away today. She will be truly missed. As a tribute, here is a photo of her with the girls when we got her. Good-bye, Lovie.

Back To School!

2009-08-17T15:43:00.000-07:00

It's back to school 2009!! Today was Halle's first day of preschool with Miss Lisa. She had a great time making new friends and painting a palm tree with her hand print. Hannah actually started 1st grade 2 weeks ago, but since I broke my elbow while roller skating with her just 2 days before she started, I wasn't able to share her pic until now. Hannah's teacher is Mrs. Hampton and she really likes her. We are looking forward to a great year.

Happy Birthday Hannah Bear!!

2009-06-18T13:35:00.001-07:00

Hannah turned 6 on Sunday the 14th. Pictured below is her with her birthday dinner of choice, corndogs and fruit, and with her favorite present, a $3 miniture dog. Kids are so easy to please. Happy Birthday, Hannah. We love you!

Great Grandma Meme

2009-06-18T13:21:00.000-07:00

We had a chance to go and visit Jim's Grandma while we were visiting his parents in Northern California this summer. She is 91 years young and is still able to get around with a little assistace from a walker and live pretty much on her own at an assisted living facility. All of us really enjoyed our time with Great Grandma Meme.

MY RED CARPET NIGHT!!

2009-04-27T22:25:00.001-07:00

My sister Marcie and I went to the Red Carpet event for the premiere of the X-Men Origins movie here in Tempe. It was so AWESOME!! Not only did I get to see Hugh Jackman, but I got his autograph. Everyone was starting to leave towards the end of the event but I KNEW Hugh was going to come back out one more time, so as people were leaving I got all the way to the front of the stage and sure enough here he came. I was right there holding my dollar bill and he grabbed it, looked at me, and said "oh, thanks" and pretended to put it in his pocket. Then he laughed, signed it, then gave it back to me. We had a moment. It was soooo fun. Thank you to Jim for staying home with all the kids so I could go out with my sister. Here are some pics of all the Hollywood Stars that were there.

My Autographed Dollar

Hugh Jackman who plays Wolverine. So nice and SO HOT!

Ryan Reynolds who plays Deadpool. Pretty Hot too!

Liev Schreiber who plays Sabretooth

Taylor Kitsch who plays Gambit

Lynn Collins who plays Silverfox

Will-I-Am who plays John Wraith

Time sure does fly!!!

2009-04-14T14:40:00.001-07:00

I warned you that my post would be scarce. Here are some pics from the last month.

Almost the whole Wilson family. Unfortunately Aunt Dana couldn't make it.

All the girls with Gram-D

Gram-D and Haidyn

Haidyn and Uncle Keith

Andrea, Nikki, and Haidyn

All three of the girls were blessed in this dress which was made by their Gram-D (Jim's mom.)

Haidyn's first Easter

Aunt Lissa Comes to Visit

2009-02-28T13:03:00.000-08:00

Aunt Lissa came to visit us girls this weekend. Of course that means all the girly stuff she doesn't get to do at her house of boys--like hair , lip gloss, and fingernail painting! Haidyn got a bath and then we all took pics together. Yeah for little girls!

Kissy Face!

Beautiful Hannah!

Beautiful Halle!

Beautiful Haidyn!

Here's a little video of Haidyn getting her hair washed--she loved it!!

IT'S A GIRL!!!

2009-02-24T10:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics of our newest addition. Haidyn Lee Koch was born on Saturday, February 21st 2009 at 10:00 A.M. She was 8 pounds 14 oz and 21 inches long. Both Mom and Haidyn are doing well. Keep checking the blog for even more pics as they come.

Watch Me Grow!!

2009-02-13T14:45:00.000-08:00

Well, I am scheduled for an induction on Thursday the 19th at 11:00 P.M. - so 1 week to go!! As you can see, I am huge and ready to pop. We are all very excited and can't wait to finally know if this baby is a boy or a girl. So, here are some pictures of my growth during pregnancy. I will try to post newborn pics as soon as I can, but I'm sure all of you will understand if my posts become a little scarce.

3 months

6 months

9 months

12 Hours of Pain!

2009-01-25T12:18:00.000-08:00

Jim and his brother, Keith, competed in a 12 hours of pain mountain bike race yesterday. They teamed up and had to take turns completing a 7.5 mile loop (some paved, most mountain terrain) as many times as they could in 12 hours. The race was from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and in that 12 hours the 2 of them did 19 laps, averaging about 70 miles each for the day. They came in 4th place. Awesome job guys. We are all so proud of you. It was a fun day with a live band, bouncers for the kids, bbq, friends and family.

Our Week Full Of Birthdays!!

2009-01-25T11:25:00.000-08:00

Halle and I had a great week and a lot of fun for our birthdays. Here are some pics from our week.

Jim and I at the Balloon Glow on our weekend off. Thanks mom and dad for taking the kids for a fun weekend at Grandma and Grandpas.

Halle's pink heart shaped cake and lots of presents.

Goofy Golfing at Golfland.

Happy Birthday, Halle Bear!!!

2009-01-21T08:20:00.000-08:00

Today Halle is 4 years old. She has really grown up in this last year. She was so excited to take cupcakes to her preschool today. We are going to have a little family celebration this year. She has requested blueberry and chocolate chip pancakes for dinner and a heart shaped cake with pink frosting. Grandma and Grandpa Wilson will be here this weekend to help us celebrate through the weekend. We love you, Halle. Happy Birthday Sweetheart.

The Big 30!!!

2009-01-17T11:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to me!!!! I am officially in my 30s now. I didn't think it was going to be too big of a deal, but I guess the fact that I am carrying around 30 extra pounds and almost need a cane to walk is making me feel old. I just need to remind myself that it's because I am 35 weeks pregnant, not because I am 30. For my birthday, my mom took the girls for the weekend and Jim and I get to just take it easy. Nothing big planned, just sleep in, go out to eat, watch some movies, and stay out as late as we want. I am loving it!!

Our Baby Turtle, Lovie

2009-01-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

Ok, so we had a virus try to destroy our computer last week, so I got a little behind on posts. I will try to be better at keeping the blog updated. Anyway, the girls wanted to add this post a while ago. This is our baby turtle, Lovie. She's a fun turtle. When the girls take her out of the water, she crawls all over the floor and will even go through tunnels the girls make for her. We are happy we stopped in Payson with Aunt Marcie to get one.

Hannah's First Report Card

2009-01-12T11:28:00.000-08:00

Hannah got her first report card this week. She is doing an excellent job both academically and socially. She is really enjoying kindergarten. We are so proud of her. Good job, Hannah!!

Happy New Year!!

2008-12-30T15:46:00.000-08:00

One of my new year resolutions was to create a family blog, so here it is. We had a great 2008 with Jim finishing residency, moving back to AZ, going to Disneyland, taking a cruise, and many more exciting things. We are looking forward to 2009 with a new little one on the way, due February 27th, and being close to our families again. I hope 2009 brings all my loved ones much joy, happiness, health, and safety. Please keep checking our blog and send me links to yours if you have one. Have a safe and Happy New Year!