Jessica Kopp

7th Annual Lasson Family Spring Break

We look forward to spring break with the Lasson Family in St. George all year long. Even though we didn't have the best weather and the plumbing backed up in the basement, we didn't let it stop us from having an amazing time. We hiked, we laughed, we explored, we swam, we watched movies and we are already looking forward to next year.

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2012 LASSON FAMILY SPRING BREAK STATS

8 adults + 14 children • 5 bedrooms + 4 bathrooms • 5 days + 4 nights • 1 round of golf + multiple games of racquetball • 2 plumbers + 1 carpet cleaner + 4 servepro professionals • 2 dozen striped pool towels • 20 pool noodles • 1 really really rainy windy day • 4 mac Laptops • 7 iphones + 1 blackberry • 3 pies • 150 calorie lemon yummies • oatmeal every morning • lots of chocolate covered nuts • 1 movie night + 5 bags of popcorn • lot of redmond meat • homemade & not so homemade pasta sauce • 0 cliff jumpers • 3 hiking backpacks • 5 large pizzas • 4 excited moms about the gap • 4 delicious special ordered caramel apples • 5 geocaches • 2 rhinos + 10 helmets • 14 quesadillas • LOTS & LOTS OF LAUGHS

 

Last Weekend

Before we jump into this weekend, I wanted to make sure and document all the amazing fun we did last weekend. We ran around like crazy people from activity to activity and loved every minute of it. With Derek and I both working full time, usually our weekends are full of cleaning and yard work and laundry. Last weekend showed me a little glimpse of what life would be like if I got more organized and did more house stuff done during the week (or if I hired a maid, a cook, and landscapers.)

Friday night Abby and I hit snuck out with some neighborhood friends to watch Hunger Games. We had both read the book and were very excited to see the story on the big screen. It did not disappoint. It's fun to go on 'girl dates' with Abby. I love going out together and experiencing new things that we are both excited about. I'm also grateful for friends who put fun night like this together.

Saturday morning we loaded the whole family up and headed out on a grand adventure. For years I've been seeing pictures and hearing about the Color Festival at the Krsha Temple in Spanish Fork canyon. We also seem to be out of town or forget, but this year I got it on the calendar early and even pre-registered. It was an amazing experience. At first the kids weren't sure what was going on and why people were throwing stuff at them, but it only took a couple minutes and they were playing right along. It was a great outdoor festival with live music and lots of happy people. Evan was a huge hit. Several people wanted their picture taken with the crazy color throwing 2 year old. Abby got super brave and even did a little crowd surfing. This is definitely a new Kopp family tradition. Anyone in for next year?

We finished off the weekend with a little double date with the Dowdles. We grabbed some burgers and fries and then headed to the REAL soccer game. Even though the game wasn't very good (we lost) it was still fun to spend time with friends and reconnect. We sure miss them across the street but are glad they hummor us in our REAL soccer obsession.

 

right now. 03.23.2012

listening to evan dig through piles of new legos 

wearing a bright pink shirt in honor of the warm weather

drinking  a cup of ice cold milk with a straw (of course)

thinking sydney is so good to always play and include evan

wishing i had my work done and could go play

reading my long to do list and a couple blogs

eating a bagel thin with strawberry jam, but wishing it was key lime pie

wondering how abby's huge presentation on egypt is going at school

enjoying the sunshine and blue skies  

feeling excited for the weekend. movie. color festival. REAL game.

wanting someone to come and do all my laundry

needing to take more pictures with my 'real' camera. loving these i snapped of abby. they make me smile. she was styling this week in skinny jeans, a neon shirt and bright pink aviators.

Happy Birthday Sydney Lou!

Today is Sydney's 9th birthday. She has been counting down for over a month to this glorious day. I think she started making her birthday list the day after Christmas and has spent the last few months tweaking and refining. This morning she woke up to balloons, cake, flowers and presents and has spent the whole day giggling, skipping and smiling from ear to ear. She wasn't very excited about getting new pants and a shirt, but she is super excited about a new horse for the stable, a bell for her bike, a LaLaLoopsy baby, itunes gift card and a new sleeping bag.

I forced Syd to answer a couple of questions this afternoon. Below are her answers. It's so fun to get a little glimpse into how that mind of hers works. I was surprised by several of her answers.

Happy Birthday Syd! Love you! Can't wait to see what the next 9 years bring, the last 9 have been an adventure I'm glad I've got to experience.

Favorite color: purple, white, black

Favorite toys: Monster High Dolls

Favorite foods & drinks:  chicken cordon bleu, fruit punch & circle toast

Foods I really dislike: spicy foods & anything minty

Best show on television: Sponge Bob & iCarly

Favorite movie: Lorax

Favorite thing to eat for lunch: pizza

Favorite outfit: Peanuts Woodstock t-shirt with yellow twirl skirt and leggings

Favorite game/sport: Barbies, Poptropica & Guess Who?

Favorite after school snack: vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup

Favorite animal: giraffe

Favorite song/music/musician: Taylor Swift

Books I’m loving right now: Alien’s on Vacation &  Magic Treehouse

Best friends: Emily, Alexi, Lauren, Avery, Leah

Favorite cereal: Fruit Loops

Favorite after school activity: watch tv and play with friends

Favorite thing to do outside: jump on trampoline

Favorite holiday: MY BIRHTDAY

Favorite subject in school: math

Least favorite subject in school: science

When I grow up, I’m going to be: an architect and design places for people to live and other buildings

If I could go anywhere, I’d go to: Hawaii

Most embarrassing thing this year: at recess a mouse crawled over my shoe and I FREAKED out.

Most prized possession: a really thin rock in my rock collection

Looking forward to this year: going to 4^th grade

Who do you look up to: Abby

Coolest person on the earth: Daddy

Three words that describe me: pretty, smart, cool

The best thing about being Sydney: having a trampoline

If I had one wish it would be: I could have a pet monkey

a bank, a grocery story, a bowling alley

Sydney LOVES field trips. They are the highlight of her school year. She loves getting to go explore new places, eating a sack lunch and riding on the bus. She espically loves when Derek or I come along. I was the lucky lady this year and even though I came home completely exhausted and with a pounding headache, I loved every minute of our little adventure. I got to meet tons of Syd's friends, watch her flirt with the boys and hold her little hand on all the tours. We hit 3 very exciting places: the bank, the grocery store and the bowling alley. By far, bowling was our favorite stop, but they did give us some free samples at the grocery store.   

perfection

Last weekend was pretty close to perfect. 

It started off with a NO WORK + HANG OUT WITH DEREK day! Every month at work we do a team building activity. We've done all sorts of things like bowling and go-carting, but this month was skiing for Paper CoterSKI Day.(Get it Paper Coterie, Paper CoterSKI.) It was an absolutely beautiful day at Snow Basin. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the wind wasn't blowing. My kind of skiing. It was even more perfect because Derek came along as an honorary team member. At the end of the day the cold, wind and snow started blowing in, but that was okay becuase we hit the road and had a delicious burger at the Shooting Star Saloon.

Grandma and Grandpa Lasley also came to visit for the weekend. It was great to just hang out and relax. On Saturday we played games, read books, went swimming, did a little shopping, showed grandpa the wonders of the ipad, watched movies and enjoyed a tasty Cafe Rio dinner. Sunday, after church, we had family home evening, played more games, had ipad competitions, ate more food, and laughed and laughed and laughed. 

Merry Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 was a success.

Shopping and wrapping where finished early. No major toys to construct. Treats were eaten. Books were read. Lucas, our elf, came to visit. Beautiful music. Lots of parties. Lots of presents. Lots of trains. Italian Beef. Bowling. Santa dropped by. Buzz and Woody were delivered.

It was wonderful. It was magical. We are blessed.

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Sorry for the blogging break, I actually have a real excuse this time. For Christmas I got a broken laptop! (Kind of.) I took a couple days off from the computer for Christmas and when I finally decided to get back to work, my computer was DEAD. All my files, all my stuff, all my photos......gone. It's been a very painful couple of weeks without my little buddy, but I'm happy to report that this week I'm back in business. My new laptop is nice and shinny and fast. I have learned from this little experience to always, always, always back things up. I ended up loosing very little, but it could have been horrible. I've got lots of pictures and stories and obsessions to share so I'll be back soon.

 

Last Night

Evan says the sweetest prayers. He doesn't like any help and comes up with the best things to be thankful for. Here is his prayer from last night.

Dear Heavenly Father.

Thank you for food.

Thank you for Woody.

Thank you for popcorn.

Thank you for friends.

Thank you for Abby.

Thank you for Sydney.

Thank you for food.

Thank you for Daddy.

Thank you for Mommy.

Thank you for blue blankie.

Amen.

**This is Evan's new smile. I get it every time the camera comes out. Crinkled nose and squinty eyes. 

Memory Lane

I just spent the last 2 hours reading my old blog posts. I have come to the realization that I have a HORRIBLE memory and I'm so glad I've gotten so many sweet moments documented. Even though some of the entries are only a couple of months old, I've already forgotten so much. Tonight I've smiled, I've giggled and I might have even gotten a little misty eyed. I can't imagine what this will all mean to me when I'm gray haired and really wrinkled.

I recently came to the conclusion that I was over the blog. No more posts. But after tonights little trip down memory lane I'm more committed then I've ever been. I know I've said this before and then proceeded to fall off the wagon, but I've decided it's all about getting back on, time and time again.

If I didn't have this blog I don't think I'd always remember how hard I laughed when Evan put together this ensemble all by his self on Saturday and then insisted on going outside to play. Toy Story pjs. Elmo slippers. Striped scarf. Green hat on backwards.

And I'd hate to forget how horrible of a cook I really am. This was a super easy recipe for making brownies in your waffle iron. As you can tell....it didn't turn out perfectly. We almost just threw the whole iron away it was so bad. At least the batter was tasty.

And the best reason to keep posted to my blog....it will make my dad happy!

Photo Friday: Silly Syd

Syd was parading up and down the street in this outfit the other day. Along with the hat and scarf, she was wearing 4 shirts and 3 pairs of pants.