Pipes and Marbles

Joseph recently brought home some clean PVC pipes from church that had been used in an activity. Joseph and Kimball have had a lot of fun the past few weeks building routes for marbles. Joseph and Kimball even took a special trip to Hobby Lobby, just the two of them, to buy some marbles. Kimball now asks for pipes and marbles everyday. So far we have managed to keep track of all of the marbles. Sometimes it takes a few days to find them.


First night with the pipes.


The creations are growing.


When Miriam's family visited even the girls got in on the pipe action. That is Joseph with Kim, Courtney, and Michaela with Miriam in the background.


Joseph even made a chair for Kimball. Joseph can build just about anything with pipes, dominoes, or legos.

The 4th of July

Here is a picture of Kimball from our 4th of July Breakfast that our ward had. After the breakfast we helped "coach" some of the softball games. Annette did her best with the kids and Joseph's coaching abilities helped the young men beat the adult men.

Kimball had a blast. He was cared for by so many other people we hardly saw him. To dress for the softball games and holiday he wore his Cardinals outfit from his Grandma. He got a lot of compliments on it.

It has been a few months since we last sent out an update. Time flies!





In May, we celebrated Joseph’s 28th birthday in San Diego. Joseph had his annual medical conference there so Annette when along. Annette enjoyed her first trip to California and the highlight of the trip was seeing Huntington Beach where Joseph grew up. Kimball stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Coffey and had a great time. For weeks after our trip he was asking for his grandparents and his aunts. Annette and Kimball were also able to spend some time with Annette’s family in Barnhart. We saw cousins, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles and Granny.




In June, Joseph went to the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track Championships in Fayetteville, AR. He had a great time watching the different events and athletes.



Joseph also attended 3 days of Scout camp and enjoyed the great outdoors.
We had a Coffey family reunion at the Lake of the Ozarks. We had fun being with family and Kimball enjoyed meeting his cousins. The weather was hot, but Joseph and Kimball loved spending time in the water, and Annette enjoyed the shade.



With the warmer temperatures we have taken Kimball outside for some water fun. He loves to be squirted with the hose.

Kimball’s vocabulary has really grown over the past two months. He is saying so many new words. It is fun to decipher what he is saying. He loves to help with the chores and is very precise in putting away his books and toys. They have to be “just right”. He is also turning into a climber. Sometimes we think we have a monkey for a child instead of a boy.