Halloween 2010

Tonight was our wards Trunk-or-Treat... Yea! All of us dressed up this year. Here are the pictures of the family... I'm gonna go sneak some of my kids candy... ;)
Cor and the Boys
Ang and the Boys
Ang as a Pirate Wench
Cor as a Soccer Dude
Jovin as Woody
Mayer as Diego
Pierce as Mario
Tjay as Eeyore

Hmmmmmmmmmm, candy.... aaaggggghhh.... *drool....

Growing Up

Okay so I've been like the BIGGEST slacker EVER about blogging lately. So here's the latest.

4 kids under the age of 4 1/2 is really hard. I'm not gonna lie and sugar coat things. It's hard. But, it will get easier. At least that is what I tell myself about 100 times a day. Okay make that 101 for today, Mayer just dumped the goldfish crackers all over the floor and Pierce just walked in them... It will get easier, It will get easier...

Anywho, I took Pierce and Tjay in for their check-ups. Doing that with 4 kids whoa! Not fun. They both needed shots, and Jovin and Mayer kept trying to get out of the doctor's office.

Pierce is doing great. He's now 20 months old and weighs, 31 pounds (93%), and is 36 inches tall (98%)! He's is talking and doing everything he can to drive Momma up the wall by pretending to not listen to what I ask him to do. He's a cute little stinker.

Tjay is doing great. He's 3 months old now and weights, 15 pounds (90%), and is 25 1/2 inches long (90%). He loves it when his brothers talk to him and he LOVES being held. He'll snuggle with you all day if you let him. :) He has the cutest smile and laugh now. He is also sleeping a good 6 to almost 7 hours at night. (Now watch I just ruined my good luck.)

Just so you know... Mayer is turning 3 this week, and loves to play on the computer and wii. Also, along with Pierce the whole pretending to not listen. Why they think it is funny. I'll never understand.


Jovin is 4 1/2 and just got glasses. He was having a hard time seeing things and tilting his head to focus. So he has joined the club of 4 eyes. :) He can't wait to start school this August either. Like Mayer he LOVES playing the wii and computer, and helping Momma whenever she'll let him. :)

Well that's it for now... Hopefully I'll be better at this. (We'll see...)

Halloween 2009

Our new ward had their "Trunk or Treat" last night. So the boys got to wear their Halloween costumes a little early this year.


Jovin LOVES to play Mario Kart on the Wii and he is REALLY good at it. So this Halloween when I asked him what he wanted to dress up as I shouldn't have been surprised that he wanted to be Mario. He then talked Mayer into being Luigi. I know it would have been more appropriate to have Jovin as Luigi since he is taller but since he is older and actually cares about dressing up as someone for Halloween I didn't push the issue.


They were a hit at the ward party. Everyone including the other kids loved that Mario and Luigi were there. Eeyore was a hit too. Pierce was just too cute as my little Eeyore. :)

Much thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Johnson for finding overalls that will fit the boys and helping get their costumes ready. With us moving and living down here in Phoenix overalls were hard to find. :)

Something to Share...

Two Kids and the Zoo...

Last Friday I took Jovin and Mayer to the zoo. Oh, boy was that fun. :) Jovin does really well staying near me and I never have to chase after him anymore. So I put Mayer in the stroller, it was almost nap time anyway so I figured he'd sleep in the stroller. Boy was I wrong. He wanted to walk around like Jovin. So I figured if I let Mayer walk around for a while he'll get really tired and want to ride in the stroller. Wrong again! He walked the whole time we were at the zoo. :) He stayed near me and held hands with Jovin too. It was really cute.


They went and played on the little playground they had there. It was cute, I think they did that longer than the time we spend looking at animals. :)


We got to ride on the carousel too. It was pretty windy there and they closed it after our ride. I'm glad they waited until we rode, cause I promised the boys we'd ride it before we left the zoo. :)
It was fun, we missed Cor and Pierce they were spending some time at home. :) We'll take them with us next time. :)

On the way home we got stuck in traffic. It was really upsetting to Jovin. He kept telling me to go faster and move into another lane so we could go faster. I'm a little concerned about when he gets to the age to drive. I think he'll have some road rage problems. :) This is a pic of him yelling at the drivers around us to "Get out of my Momma's way!" (Isn't he sweet!)

Then the last 20 minutes home they both crashed. :) Ah, the quiet part of the trip. :)

Sunday Best

It's not that often that I can get a picture of the boys, all dressed up and cute, before we rush out the door to get to church on time. Actually, Cor took these pictures while I was trying to finish getting ready. Aren't they handsome!?! I'm not sure why Pierce is fully dressed and in the baby tub, you'll have to ask Cor about that. :)

Look Who's 2!?!

Yesterday was Mayer's 2nd birthday! Yea! It started out with opening some presents that Jovin picked to give Mayer... hence they were things that Jovin wanted to play with. He also got a digital camera. So most of the day was spent breaking up fights between Jovin and Mayer. :) Last Friday we took Mayer to Build-a-Bear to make his own friend since he keeps taking Jovin's Monkey that he made at Build-a-Bear. He picked a teddy bear and enjoyed watching it be stuffed. He picked overalls for it to wear, they are the same ones as Jovin's Monkey, so their friends match. He calls it "Eee Bear" or sometimes it sounds like "Eet Bear".


As soon as Cor got home we opened some more presents from the Grandparents and played with them. Oh what fun!
He got books, a truck, and a Care Bear from his Grandparents and Aunt. He loves the Care Bear cause Jovin has one and now he does too. :)

He got a tent with a tunnel to play in from his Grandma and he loves it!! Going in and out of the tunnel and then he likes to stand in the middle of the tent and spin around.



Mayer was excited to blow out his candle and he even tasted the frosting right after he blew the candle out.

I can't believe he is 2 already. He's talking a bunch. Loves to read books, watch Phineas and Ferb, along with Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Little Einsteins. He enjoys drawing and coloring. He LOVES to snuggle still. I think that is my favorite thing. :) In the mornings, and after nap, he will come to me with both his blankets and come cuddle with me for a while. Also if we are watching one of his favorite shows he likes to sit with me. He's VERY helpful too, he likes to help clean up toys, and get things for me and help cook. He's a wonderful, happy spirit that we are glad is in our home.
Happy Birthday Smushy! We Love YOU! :)

New Things Happening

Jovin has really been into playing Mario Kart on the wii. He used to only do the battles cause you don't have to stay on a set course. He can now do the races too. He's gotten really good at it. He begs me daily and multiple times a day to play.


Pierce is doing GREAT sitting on his own. I would always start him out with the boppy around him cause he's so chunky that if he just started to lean a direction he'd fall right over. Well now he immediately rolls off the boppy and goes and sits himself up somewhere else and plays with toys. I took the hint today and not once used the boppy. He did great. Caught him self twice and once really smacked his head, but Jovin was jumping to make him laugh so he didn't cry too much. :)

Mayer got a new hair cut the other day. I miss his curls, but it was getting SO long that it was time for a trim. He looks older to me, but that could also be because he turns 2 tomorrow. :)


Pierce is pretty much crawling. More still scooting around backwards but he has made it forward a couple of times. He is all over the place and getting suck places now too. Oh the joys. It was funny the first day he figured that he could move around I had him in the boppy on the floor and I went in the kitchen to start lunch when I came back in the living room I couldn't find him. I started to panic, I know he couldn't walk out the door but how do you loose a kid in a house!?! Jovin then started laughing at me cause I was walking from room to room calling out "Chunkers where are you?" and Jovin laughed and said, "Momma he's stuck by the couch" while pointing to the spot where Pierce had wedged himself between the wall and the couch. He just BARELY fit. :) I walked past him like 3 times and didn't hear him or see him.


This really isn't a "new" thing but it was cute. I tried to get a picture of him asleep at the end of his nap but I woke him up. Oops!

Simpsonized Killpack's '09

Just thought I'd update what we'd look like in Simpson form. :)

Boys Getting Their Groove On

Oh, this is Clap Your Hands, by They Might Be Giants. :)

My Little Guys

So I'm tired of having my little gripe session about my birthday be the thing that pulls up on our blog so time for something new... so here are some pictures of the boys that I took today. Enjoy! :)

Jovin, Pierce, and Mayer actually all looking at the camera and smiling.
Mayer (hands in mouth), Pierce (hands on legs), Jovin (finger in nose)
JOVIN
MAYER
PIERCE

Rub-A-Dub-Dub....

Three boys in a tub! :)

Oops!

I really shouldn't be laughing about this still, but it's funny to me.
The other day I as vacuuming the living room. Now Jovin runs out of the room with his hands over his ears when I bring the vacuum out. He's never liked it. Mayer is okay with it he thinks it kind of neat. Pierce really doesn't know what to think right now. I'm just glad he doesn't cry like Jovin did at that age.

Well Pierce was in the exersaucer and Jovin was in his room sitting on his bed with his hands over his ears waiting for it to all be over. Well I THOUGHT Mayer was in the kitchen playing with toys. So I'm vacuuming the rug and I bring my hand back and SMACK! I hit Mayer in the head with the handle on the vacuum. I didn't know he was behind me. I hit him hard too. You know you throw your weight around to push and pull the vacuum. I knocked him flat on his butt and he just looked at me all wide eyed and didn't know what to do. So I turned off the vacuum and picked him up. He hadn't started to cry yet cause I was laughing my head off. Now Cor says I always laugh when someone gets hurt. I don't believe it, but the main reason I was laughing so hard about this was that in my head I kept saying, "I hit my kid with a vacuum! I bet no one has ever done that. What kind of mother am I?" After I laughed for a while Mayer did too until the pain sunk in then the laughing turned to crying. So if Mayer grows up and has memory problems or walks funny we'll know that it was the combination of me and the vacuum cleaner when he was 1 1/2 years old. :)

Utah Trip (part 3)

On the 29th we went to the Children's Museum. It was a lot of fun. The boys really didn't want to leave at all. I think Jovin's favorite part was the grocery store. He loves to go shopping with me and buy the food. So he thought it was so neat that he could do it on his own. Mayer really enjoyed the big building blocks he would pick up a shape and carry it around yelling what shape it was. Pierce really didn't care much for it, but I think that was more cause he is 5 1/2 months old and really just likes to be held and fed. :)

Mayer seeing Cor through a window
Jovin peaking through a door
Pierce really enjoying himself :)
Jovin with the big building blocks
Mayer playing with the balls
Jovin and Mayer shopping at the grocery store