It's Christmas time!

I cant believe that another Christmas is here! Where has all the time gone? It seems like we were just celebrating Christmas of 2008! (Which was great by the way!) I would like to post pictures of our adventures over the last few months and current adventures, but my computer seems to be having issues. So, here's a little bit of what's been going on since my last post:

September: the kids started school and all seem to like their teachers. Shawna' is adjusting to Jr. High, it's been a little rough, but she's pulling thru! (Sounds like my new position at the school! LOL)

October: School is in full swing, the kids are doing great. Football is in full swing as well. The Bountiful Braves are doing great this year. Josh and I managed a week long escape to Arizona sans kids! We went down to my friend's wedding in Sedona. Can I just say beautiful?! OMG...the area is beautiful...as was the wedding. Not to mention the resort that we stayed at. Can you say room service! I would go stay there again any day!

We celebrated Halloween: Shawna' dressed up as Medusa (she won best costume at the school dance!), Dallin was a bloody psycho dude, Camryn was a vampire, and Will was a Star Wars Clone Trooper. They had a fun night of trick-or-treating! Tons of candy!!

November: A month to be thankful! We have some many things to be thankful for...and yet we all to often take them for granted! We celebrated Thanksgiving at my sister-n-law Vicki's house. Her family was in town for the holiday. We had a beautiful dinner! It was a wonderful day!

December: Shawna' had her first band concert, she plays the trumpet. The whole band played very well. For cub scouts, we participated in the annual Bountiful Light Parade. We pulled a trailer that the cubs decorated. We even had a fire pit (Yes, with a fire in it!) The trailer was packed full of boys! It was so fun, and cold!! We've had a few Christmas parties, and are enjoying the time together. (Well trying too!) Josh has the week off, so it has been really nice to have him home. He took the kids to the bubble...they wore him out! No that's funny!!

So, that's about it. I am ready for Christmas! Gifts are wrapped and we are counting down the days till Santa comes. The kids are excited...and I'm excited too!

From our family to yours: We wish you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

What have we been up to???

You may be wondering what we've been doing for the last three months.

Well, let me tell ya...we've been BUSY!

Since school has started, we've had nightly homework and reading, I've been working at the school, we've had soccer games and football games. We've had sickness, a wonderful vacation to Arizona sans kids, we celebrated Colton turning 17, partook in Halloween parties, pumpkin carving, and Trick-or-Treating. We've had Girl Scout meetings and Cub Scout meetings.We've gone to a corn maze. I picked up some extra hours at the school on top of what I was already working. Josh has been to Idaho every other week for work, then he pulled a muscle in his back. (He's ok now)

Did I mention cooking, cleaning, laundry, bills, running a house etc?

Well, that about sums it up...as you can see we've been busy.

Pictures and posts to come.

(Eventually!)

School has begun...

Ahhh....the first day of school....the end of summer frivolities!

The end of having no routine...no schedule...no plans set in stone!

No trips to the park with cousins...no trips to the bubble...no homework...no school!

How I love thee...how I miss thee...how I welcome thee change!

Shawna' will be in 7th grade!

Holy Crap...when did she grow up?!

And where did all this tween drama come from?

Dallin is starting 4th grade in Mrs. Glass's class.

Loves to play football every chance he gets!

Camryn is starting 3rd grade in Mr. Cassler's class.

Loves everything about her class...especially playing hockey in the class on Wednesday's!

Will is officially starting Kindergarten in Ms. Arthur's class!

Loves going to school to learn new things...loves seeing his mom at his school too!

The kids all seem to like school and their teachers. They have great teachers and go to wonderful schools...so that helps too!

Have a great year kids...I can't believe it's time for school...and that your another grade older!

And of course Colton is not pictured...cuz mom...that's so lame! I don't like to take pictures!

The boys get buzzed...

heads that is!

(The photos loaded backwards!)

How about Q-pi style!

He tormented the boys by only shaving some parts of their hair off and telling them that they were done!

Dallin was not having any of that!

During the haircutting process...(and what a process it was!) the boys decided that they didn't want a Mohawk anymore. So Josh did what nay normal dad would do.

Classic!

The boys decided that they wanted to have a Mohawk for a summer hair cut!

What do High School Football Players eat for breakfast?

So, what do high school football players eat for breakfast you ask?

Well, let me tell you...

Servin up some grub

Half of the JV Bountiful High Football team!

There was hash browns, eggs, sausage, cheese, steak and maybe more. It's hard to say...I left for fear of being overrun. Well, not really, they're good boys. Maybe it was fear of what my kitchen was going to look like!

Summer Garden 2009

After reading my sister-in-law Abby's blog about her garden, it inspired me to post about mine.

So here's a peek at what's growing at Casa Kilpack.

Yellow pear tomato's.

These are so yummy, I have to keep my eye on Dallin, he could eat them all day long!

We have 2 red and 2 yellow bell peppers growing this year.

Basil...need I say anymore?

Some wild flowers from a mix that I got.

This is a marigold from Abby's garden. I grew it from some of her seeds.

Ahh...the piece De resistance!

Tomatoes! There is nothing better than home grown tomatoes (or any produce for that matter!)

I am so looking forward to a BLT!

Jalapenos! The next best thing. We like to make poppers with ours.

I have about 20 jalapeno plants this year. I'm going to try making some jalapeno jelly!

Dallin's cabbage plant.

This picture does not do it justice for this cabbage is freaking HUGE!

Yellow squash and zucchini.

Some flowers that are blooming in the backyard.

My raspberries! I've only had one or two so far this year, but boy were they tasty!

Some onions.

And right up there with the tomatoes and penos are cucumbers!

I'm drooling just writing this.

I love my garden!

June Roundup 2009

Well, June is now over, and what a busy month it has been. We've celebrated 2 birthdays, had some Girl Scout activites, had lots of rain with some occasional hail, some beautiful sunsets, Will dragging his butt, and so much more!

Here are some photos to fill you in on the last month.

This is a big post, so be prepared!

You've been warned!!!

We've had some beautiful sunsets!

This is Will...

Will decided that after dinner he needed to show us how a dog drags it's but across the floor.

The pictures don't quit capture exactly just how funny this was!

Dallin with his awesome face painting!

In my last post I mentioned that we had some hail and that the cabbage took it pretty well.

Since last month, the cabbage has doubled in size!

Some of the hail.

We harvested all of our Sugar Snap Peas.

Boy were they tasty!

This was the second bowl of peas!

Camryn at her scout awards.

She earned 6 badges and won the elephant for selling over 500 boxes of cookies.

Gotta love the Girl Scouts!

Some playhouse modifications.

We've added two bubble windows (you can sorta see one is the left corner) and what playhouse wouldn't be complete without a pirate flag!

(the pirate flag says: Pirates for Life)

Shawna' attended week long Girl Scout Camp.

The family drove her up to camp to drop her off and see her off.

Camp is located up above Park City.

It is beautiful!

View from the deck.

The main lodge.

The lake.

Camryn and Will at Camp Cloud Rim.

Shawna' participated in the Road Trip Camp.

The girls who went on this camp (about 10 of them) all had to agree on the trip and plan it out.

They choose to go to St. George, see some of the area attractions, hike in Zions National Park and have tons of fun, which she did!

(Let me tell you that the lodge and surrounding facilities are just beautiful. There are some cabins around there as well. Girls Scouts know how to camp!)

(I also have to note that Shawna' knew absolutley no one on this trip! She went solo and met some great girls! I am so proud of you Shawna' for being so willing to do new things on your own!)

At the end of the month we had the awards ceremony for Shawna's troop.

We held it up Mueller Park Canyon. It was pretty up there!

Connor and Will hanging out on the big rock.

Some more beautiful sunsets!

Shawna' receiving her awards.

One of the projects that the girls earned a badge for was making a scrapbook.

(I helped out with the cover page)

Well, now that June is over, what will July bring for us?

Stay tuned!