Phoenix & Ice??

It got below freezing here in Phoenix last night and when we got to church this morning this was what we saw. Hopefully you may have come to the same conclusion as we did... Phoenicians DO NOT know what to do with ice... They had salt down, but evidently that is not enough... we need cones here to warn you of where to walk. Even the missionaries were out front herding people into the front door so people would not walk on the ice. Yeah we got a good laugh out of it too. :^)

Movin' On Up...

Well Jovin is moving on up to "Big Boy" status. For Christmas we got a bunk bed for him. We got it at IKEA!! (And as we found out when they say assembly required they aren't kidding... it took Cory 4 hours to put together... but it was worth it.) Jovin really likes his new "Big Boy" bed. He has not had any huge problems with it except for the one night he somehow got his head stuck under the bottom rung on the latter and the bed. We have since fixed the problem. We don't have a picture of it either because it was 3am and that would just be cruel... :^)

We also came home from our Utah holiday trip with a new member to our little family. Quesi! (Cory's family cat.) The trip home was very interesting with Jovin and Quesi in the back seat. It made for an even longer ride home. Quesi does seem to like it here. We are still trying to teach Jovin to be soft with the kitty and to not pull his tail. Quesi likes to curl up with me on the couch and on our bed. (yes, that is my big tummy that Quesi is laying against in the picture below.) He is quite fun to have around the house.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Well we had a wonderful holiday season and we hope you did too. We spent the past week in Utah for Christmas to visit with family and friends. We tried to visit with everyone we could, but if we missed you sorry. We came home New Years Eve. It was a fun trip and since I am tired and I don't want to get into all the details I'll just make comments along with some pictures to highlight the trip.

This picture is actually our Christmas in our new home before we left on the trip...


Here is Jovin's real first experience with snow... He really liked it...


Us at the top of the Joseph Smith Building in down town Salt Lake to look at the pretty lights


One of the many things I miss about Utah... Snow, trees, and sunsets behind actual mountains. :^)

A New Adventure...

So it's been a while since we have posted... There is something that most of you know but not all of you. It is one of the main reasons why it has been a while since a post has been done.
Cory and I are homeowners now. We found a home not too far from out apartment. But it is just outside of our ward boundaries. It is a 3 bedroom 1 bath with a great front and back yard. We actually closed on the house the beginning of November, but we have been working on the house before we move in. Our lease isn't up on our apartment until the end of January so since we don't have to rush and move we can actually make the house look the way we would like. Which means, Ang hates the colors of the walls and decided it would be a GREAT idea to paint pretty much the whole house. (That last sentence is to be read with much sarcasm...) Cory has spent a lot of time scrapping off the popcorn ceiling and re-texture the ceiling and the walls. We are now onto actually painting the rooms. Ironically the paint color we chose for the ceiling is called "popped corn"... Weird huh? But now I'm realizing what A LOT of work that it is to get it all painted.
We could probably get it done quicker if it was easier to get babysitters for Jovin. We have great friends that have been taking him a lot and one of our friends daughter has been making quite a bundle of Christmas money off us on the weekends to tend Jovin. During the week though we have to take turns as to who goes and works on the house. Cory and Jovin recently have gotten sick which has slowed the process of things down a little too. Luckily I haven't gotten sick, and I hope it stays that way.
Next week we hope to actually start moving stuff over and be in the house before Christmas.
Once it is all done we'll post some before and after pictures. I'm hoping some of you will justify for me that it was a good idea to paint the rooms different colors. Anyway that is the latest and greatest with what is happening in our little world.

Savor the Moment - Day 3

Well here is the last day that we were at Disneyland. We were all up early and ready to hit the park and get as many rides and do as much as we could before everyone had to head for the airport or for us start our 5 1/2 hour drive home.
First here is a picture of the whole family in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. I wanted this picture at the top of the post cause it is so cute...Well we didn't know that the "early entry" days were Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Since our last day was Wednesday we got into the park early but only as far as the shops. They had it roped off so you couldn't get to any of the rides... Hence the huge mob we were standing in for 20 minutes until it was 10am. Jovin didn't want to wait... He wanted in right away as you can see.



Oh here is one of the only pictures of Cory and I together in the same photo...



As soon as it was 10am wonderful music plays and they FINALLY let you into the rest of the park. We did Small World and other fun rides in Fantasyland. We didn't count on it being hot so I had put Jovin in a long sleeve shirt and well it was about in the 80's. Since everything was packed already and in the car we had to buy him a shirt. We got him a Pirates of the Caribbean shirt that he will be able to grow into for the next couple of years... :^) On our way to find him a shirt we came across Woody and Jesse from Toy Story 2... Jovin was SO excited that he couldn't decide on which one to look at.We caught up with the whole family and had lunch at the Orleans Cafe. I highly recommend the Monte' Cristo Sandwich!! (I'm pretty sure that is what it was called.) We then headed over to Tomorrowland and the adults did Space Mountain or Star Tours. Cory took Jovin on Astro Orbitor which he LOVED!Jovin FINALLY took a nap in the stroller and Cory, and I got to do Splash Mountain again with Tyler, Jenny, Tasha, and Orson. In the picture you only see Orson, Tasha and Me... Cory is behind me, then Jenny, then Tyler. Mom, Tash, Chad, Angie, Kip Kristin and their kids had to bolt off to the airport to make their flight. We had bought Jovin Mickey ears and we then bought some Santa Mickey ears for us and had our picture taken in front of the huge Christmas Tree they had up near the front of the park. We then went to Downtown Disney and did some souvenir shopping and got some dinner and headed on our long trip home. It was a lot of fun to 1) go to Disneyland FINALLY, but 2) to share that experience with the Killpack family. Those are memories that we can all share together forever.

Oh, and if you ask Cory, I am already bugging him TO GO BACK TO DISNEYLAND! :^)

Disney Day 2

With Day 1 under our belts, we crashed hard that night at the hotel... well I did, Ang still couldn't sleep from the excitement and Jovin woke up early (as if it were Christmas) but as he was sneaking a peak to see if mommy and daddy were awake, I snapped this one and caught him by surprise -

We headed off to DCA which we had never been to. We liked the Soaring over California, and tried Bugs Land (which put Jovin to sleep)

so we went to the rapids which turned out to be a hit. After lunch be broke up and I did the screamer roller coaster and Ang and Jovin went to Toon Town with the rest of the family.

Then we closed off the day with a few more rides in Fantasy Land and Tomorrow land and Dinner at Naples Italian in Downtown Disney.

It Does Exist!! - Day 1

Well we just had a wonderful 3 days with the Killpack side of the family. We had the first annual D & T Killpack Reunion. We went to wonderful and exciting DISNEYLAND!!! Those of you who know me really well know that I am a HUGE Disney fan and even though I am almost 26 I had NOT been to Disneyland yet. Well I am here to tell you that I've finally been and "It Does Exist"!

Cory, Jovin and I drove Sunday morning to Anaheim, California which only took 5 1/2 hours. We also decided that California drivers are the worst in the country so far! The rest of the family caught up with us by flights from Utah and Oregon. I was so excited to go to Disneyland that Sunday night I didn't sleep much. I was too excited.
We got to the park and once we were actually in Disneyland I saw the Mickey face on the grass and heard the band playing Disney music and I started to cry. I was so happy to be there. We went and hit some rides, like the Haunted Mansion, and Splash Mountain then we had lunch all together as a family.

Since I am prego there are some rides I can't go on so I went with those who couldn't/didn't want to do the wild rides. We took the kids and went to the not so wild rides. Along the way we saw Woody from Toy Story. Now those of you who know Jovin, KNOW that he is a HUGE Toy Story fan. He was so excited to meet Woody that he wouldn't look at the camera. I actually got kissed on the hand three times by Woody. :^) The rest of the family caught up with us and we did a bunch of rides together. Cory and I really enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean. Jovin seemed to like it too.
Disney started their holiday season already so the park was decked out in Christmas decorations and attire.
The firework show was spectacular! Jovin's response was "WOW" to pretty much all of them. At the end of the fireworks we got snowed on by bubbles. We were lucky to have a hotel right across from the entrance to the park so the walk to the hotel was not so bad. We were all pretty tired from the day so we crashed pretty hard.
And that was Day 1...

"Well, it's pretty obvious..."

Happy Freakin' Halloween!!

Well it is Halloween. This year I dressed Jovin as Eeyore. I figure he can't tell me what he really wants to be, and he can't argue either. Plus you can't beat eight bucks on disneyshopping.com. I tried to get a good picture of him with the hood on, but that was tricky. Every time an ear would go near his face the hood came off.




Cory went to work and the party as... Well you guessed it, Napoleon Dynamite! He was the hit of the party. I really didn't dress up, but I did draw a skeleton baby and put that on my tummy. Some people liked it, and others didn't. I thought it was funny. I was supposed to be a skeleton also to make it funnier, but I didn't have the time.

Tonight was our wards "Trunk or Treat". They had a chili cook off which Cory participated in, didn't win, but it was delicious! I made some eyeball cupcakes for the cake walk and I decorated the trunk of our Jeep for the "trunk or treat". It was a lot of fun. Jovin just wanted to run around. In which he did. He got a lot of candy too. :^) (which is mainly for Cor and I... ha ha ha)


Anywho, Happy Halloween!

A Kid and His Blocks

Need I say more???

Ta Da

Jovin has learned a few new things. He can point to his nose, ears, head, hair, and toes. (Although if you do toes and nose too close together he will get them confused.) He also likes to find his belly button. He will yank his shirt up and poke at it over and over again until you tell him to find something else. Also if you even say the word "button" he thinks you are talking about his belly button.



Jovin has also learned that he can get his own snacks. He likes to reach into the bags or boxes of snacks that we have and retrieve his own snack. But, if he can't reach them he will get frustrated and dump the box or bag over spilling the contents all over the floor. The other day I left the room to get him more juice and when I was back he was doing the mexican hat dance on the goldfish crackers we were eating... ("funny... but wrong..." -Steve Martin, Cheaper by the Dozen) :^)

Coming Soon to a Killpack Family... Not Near You.

In the beginning there was Yoda aka Jovin Roy, now there is Obi-Wan aka we don't have a name picked out yet, and we don't know what sex it is either... But we do have another addition coming to our family April 6th 2007.

Campin' Time!

Well it obviously has been "really long time" since we have posted anything... That quote coming from family and friends. So here it is...

We went on our ward campout Friday and Saturday. It was up in Prescott, Arizona. It is about a two hour drive and it was absolutely beautiful up there. Once we got to the camp site the temperature was about 72!!! Which for us was WONDERFUL!!! We found a great place to pitch out tent and start "campin'". While Cory and I put the tent up and got all our stuff out of the Jeep we let Jovin wander around the site near us. He loved every minute of it. He picked up pine cones and the pine needles and he would sit in the dirt and play.



We ate dinner and sat around the camp fire. Jovin really wanted to touch that fire cause it looked so cool. It was great outside but the wind did pick up and then it got really cold. Jovin had enough and it was really dark so we headed to our tent and let him walk around inside and play with the lantern.


We turned in and we all slept pretty well that night. According to Cory, Jovin woke up once but went right back to sleep. I didn't even hear him! Jovin was up at 6 am cause it was nice and bight outside.




We then went and ate breakfast with the ward and then we broke camp and headed home. We wanted to stay longer and do the zip line and play games but we needed to be home.
Jovin crashed really hard on the way home. He had too much fun.