Jessica Kopp

Where has May gone?

I just realized the May is quickly coming to an end and even though we have been doing tons of exciting, fun and crazy stuff, I've posted nothing on the blog. So instead of trying to play catch up, I've made a nice, big list of all the stuff we've been up to. As you'll soon discover, May was nothing close to boring at our house.

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. We had a huge storage loft built in our garage.

. Hauled 35 boxes of scrapbook stuff out of the basement. Can you believe I had SOOOOO much?

. Had a scrapbook yard sale in the rain.

. Started working on the basement. Let the dust storm begin!

. Celebrated my Grandpa Lasley's 80th birthday with a family party in Deweyville.

. Spent Mother's Day weekend in Tremonton with the fam.

. I got an amazing jogging stroller for Mother's Day. It plays music and tells me how far and fast I've ran.

. Abby gave me a complete set of flowers pens and Syd gave a small book for Mother's Day.

. It snowed a good 3 inches on May 24th.

. Derek started playing softball on Thursday nights. He already has a 'battle wound'.

. Evan is pulling himself up on everything.

. Abby, Syd and I went to see Alegria for girls night with my mom and sister.

. Starting a HUGE new project at work.

. Moved into my very own office at work and painted it a nice tan color with Derek.

. Evan went from eating 2 or 3 bananas a day, to spitting out every bite.

. Darci had her new baby girl Tatum Mae. She is so tiny and sweet.

. Derek got an ipad at work and is 'working' on it all the time.

. Evan has a constant bruise on his forehead from hitting it on everything.

. I've been obsessed with photography and taken some family shoots and read tons of photography books.

. Evan loved swinging in Grandpa's tree swing. The higher the better.

. Sydney is loving gymnastics.

. Abby did a great table display about Box Elder County for her end of year presentation.

. Spring soccer is finally over....I think we got to play in the sun once.

. Abby scored 2 goals in soccer and was an amazing goalie, while Sydney actually kicked the ball 4 times the whole season.

. As part of the Relief Society presidency I gave the May lesson on 'Getting the Right Priorities.'

. Derek took his whole office to see Iron Man 2 and loved it.

. Happy Birthday Grandma Lasley and Katelyn.

. Sydney has been busy finishing up an order of rice stuffies for her Grandma Stout.

. We booked Abby's ticket to Culver and she leaves in less than 4 weeks.

. Abby finished up piano lessons and is taking a break until fall.

. Derek and I said goodbye to "Lost". Now what do we do on Tuesday nights?

. Evan's newest tricks are clicking his tongue and saying 'hi dadadada'

. We got 5 yards of bark delivered and now our flower beds look fantastic.

. I've become a KSL classifies junkie selling and buying stuff.

. Derek has been stressed all month at work and had to work some pretty late nights.

. We finally closed and sold our rental property and are the proud owners of only ONE house.

. Our favorite neighborhood teenager Jordan graduated from High School. Congrats! Good luck at U of U.

. I took a tour of the LDS Conference Center Roof Gardens in the rain with some neighborhood ladies.

. School is out. Let the late nights and popsicles begin.

. Abby completed 4th grade and Sydney completed 1st grade. Both got fantastic grades.

. Sydney did the Hokey Pokey at the dance festival and Abby is now an export Turbo Hustler.

. Abby performed in the 4th grade Rock Concert and  went on a school field trip to Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum.

. Sydney went on a school field trip to the Hoogle Zoo in Salt Lake City. She loved the bus ride.

. The Slushy Shack in Highland opened and we stood in line behind 32 other people to get one. We love our Tigers Blood with cream.

. Took the girls to an amazing REAL Salt Lake Soccer game. Derek and Abby are now official HUGE FANS.

. Evan spent the weekend at Grandma and Grandpa Lasley's house. Now he is completely spoiled.

. Everyone is happy, health and ready to enjoy summer.

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And because this post is so text heavy, here is one of my favorite photos from May. I really wanted a photo with Grandma and Grandpa and all the grandkids and this is as good as I could get. Aiden and Grandma are the only ones even paying attention. Katelyn is looking at the parking lot. Sydney is cuddling with a rock. Abby is poking herself in the eye. Evan is eating Grandpa's watch. Grandpa is laughing. But everyone is happy....and that is all that matters.

 

Dodge Family

Look at this beautiful family. 

I was honored when I was asked to take these pictures. This is a very special family and they hadn't had a family picture together in over 9 years (before all the grandkids.) I had a great time, they were funny, silly and willing to do whatever I asked.

Here is a little sneak peak. Enjoy!

 

      

HUGE Scrapbook Sale

My house. This Saturday. You don't want to miss this sale. I've got over 30 boxes of amazing, brand new Making Memories product that has sat in my basement for too long. Everything is priced to sale. I've got everything you can think of and more!! 

Here are a couple of my amazing products:

    Brads: glitter, velvet, epoxy, shaped, jumbo sizes, minis

    Albums & Minibooks: multiple sizes, leather, chipboard, linen, binder style, sheet protectors

    Paper: packs & singles, glittered, diecut, flocked, coordinating collections

    Stickers: over 3 boxes full!! alphabets, shapes, tags, glittered, velvet, flocked, chipboard

    Embellishments: metal, metal and more metal, plastic, epoxy, tapes, chipboard

    Chipboard: albums, alphabets, patterned, glittered, tags, labels

    Card Making and Page Kits

    Idea Books

    Tools, Tools and more TOOLS!!

    Paint, Glitter, Brushes

And this is just a SMALL sample of what I unpacked yesterday. This will be the best warehouse sale you've ever been to. Tell your friends, bring your neighbors, you won't go home empty handed.

See you tomorrow!!

evan: 10 months old

This little guy is into EVERYTHING. He hasn't started fully crawling on his hands and knees yet, but he has one of the fastest army crawls I've ever seen. As soon as I set him down, no matter where he is, he turns and immediately heads for the dog food and water. He is also very interested in the stairs and anything small enough to fit in his mouth that isn't a toy.

It's the Little Things

• Sydney ran in the door from school last week and excitable yelled, "This has NEVER happened to me before....a boy I LOVE loves me back.

• Poor little Evan was distraught that I would actually shut the door and lock him out while going to the bathroom. He laid on his belly outside the door. Cried. And then jammed his chubby little fingers under the door trying to grab me.

• The girls set up a race track of gold fish around the kitchen table and spent the afternoon timing Evan to see how long it took him to eat the fish and make it all the way around. Evan's first attempt took 4 minutes, but he cut his time in half the second time when he took a detour under the table trying to pull the cat's tail.