Jacob Ammon

Our Jacob was born Oct. 2nd, 2001. He is 6 years old and in Mrs. Buck's A kindergarten (which meets all day every Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday) at Butte View Elementary. Jacob is a great student and got "outstanding" reports at his last conference. He is a talented artist. He can often be found alone drawing or coloring or looking through books. He is a thinker. He likes to know why things happen and how they work. He is quiet much of the time but will surprise me by asking some deep question that he has been mulling over in his mind.

Jacob was named after his dad's brother Jacob Leo Bevan, and his mom's brother Ammon Ashby (both awesome guys and great missionaries). He is learning how to be a hard worker. He usually sticks with something until he is completely done. He likes to build things with legos and tinker toys and anything else that he can make fit together. He has always had a thing about weapons. When he was only 3 he told his dad, "Dad, I love weapons. I love sowds (swords), and guns and knives, and awows (arrows), and light sabers..." This love for weapons has not diminished. (We are thinking along the lines "Armies of Helaman" or Captain Moroni types rather than Gadianton Robber types in his future ...)

Jacob usually does what he knows is right without a lot of directing from anyone. Most of the time he only needs to be talked to once about something he did wrong. That seems to be enough punishment for him. He seems to internalize things more than most kids. Jacob and Eric are best friends and he is greatly missed when he's at school. We love our Jacob so much!