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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

A "Smile" stone


Feel free to mute the singing, but the video speaks for itself! Enjoy!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

100 Things...


1. My full name is Jaime Lee Killpack.
2. My maiden name is Dougherty and I was super happy to get rid of it!
3. I married James when I was 2 months shy of my 21st birthday. I thought I was so old, but I was really young back then!
4. I met James while working at ZCMI. I worked in Housewares and he was a "dockboy."
5. We have been married 8 years this month.
6. I teach first grade. It's the only grade I have ever taught!
7. My favorite place is Disneyland. Can't wait to take my family.
8. I recently had my first child, Grant James, on April 8th, 2008.
9. I have a pug named Cooper.
10. I have been to Mexico and Canada, and can't wait to venture to Hawaii sometime soon.
11. I faint at the sight of blood (especially my own-yuck!)
12. I was on the tennis team in high school, but didn't really learn how to play until I took a class in college.
13. I have managed to get pulled over 5 times and have never gotten a ticket!
14. I have been in 5 car accidents, and in 3 of them I was the driver.
15. I once snuck out of the house with one of my friends, and stayed out most of the night.
16. My sister told my mom the next day.
17. I love old movies! So classic!
18. I love to travel places with my husband.
19. I'm terrified of heights, but have managed to go on the scary roller coasters after coaxing from James.
20. In the eight years we have been married, we have moved 6 times. UGHHHHH!
21. We tried for four years to get pregnant and finally conceived Grant after 7 artificial inseminations, a laporoscopy and D and C, 2 fallopian tube checks, and 2 months of being on Clomid, 2 years of taking those ovulation kit tests, and 9 months of taking basal body temperatures every single day. (It was so worth all of it!)
22. I have been on a cruise to Catalina Island, and Ensenada Mexico. I had already been to both places before the cruise.
23. I have spent 18 hours in a hatchback economy car in the middle of July with my two older sisters in the backseat with me, and without air conditioning. How did we survive?
24. I was the youngest and then, surprise! My parents had another baby. I have a 12 year old younger brother. (You just never know!)
25. I caught my first real fish at Ferron Reservior when I was 23 years old.
26. I have been towed home from a family vacation twice! Both involving the same car.
27. I spent a week with my grandparents in Tooele, Utah when I was 14, and I loved every second I got to spend with them.
28. I hiked Angel's Landing, but I think I am too afraid to do that again!
29. I was never a dog lover until we had trouble having babies. Now I can't imagine life without Cooper!
30. James and I went to a James Bond movie on our first date, and then chatted about the top ten TV shows of the century.
31. I have kissed two people.
32. I learned how to snow ski when I was 13 at a friends birthday party in Brianhead.
33. I found out the church was true for myself when I was 17 years old.
34. I love having the missionaries over for dinner.
35. James and I want to serve a mission together someday.
36. I love mexican food.
37. I am the first in my family to live out of the state of Utah.
38. I took German for two years in high school and don't know how to say a single thing.
39. I learned to ride a bike when I was 11 years old.
40. I took dance for 6 years.
41. I felt fine during my pregnancy and threw up after I had had the baby.
42. I love Christmas more than the average person. I still like to get up early and look at all of the presents.
43. For me, the holiday season starts with Halloween and ends on Valentines Day.
44. I have read the whole Harry Potter series at least five times. Pathetic, I know!
45. When I am home alone at night, I turn on every light in the house.
46. I started my first job when I was 16 years old. I worked as a hostess at Los Hermanos.
47. I've been to Disneyland too many times to count! I love it!
48. I have a tendency to start projects and never finish them.
49. I love to read.
50. I used to sneak in Wendy's Kids Meals into the movie theater.
51. I adore being a mom. I think it is my calling in life!
52. I have gotten stitches. Thirteen in my finger when I was thirteen years old!
53. I have never broken a bone (knock on wood!)
54. I love to go on shopping trips with my mom! We have such a good time!
55. I love going out to eat. James and I usually try to go once a week, but with the baby, we have been staying home. Oh well. We'll save money!
56. I have a very eclectic taste in music. My family jokes that I should have been born in another time.
57. I love to crochet and put together puzzles.
58. I love to go fishing with James. He puts the bait on my hook and everything. It's great!
59. I love diet vanilla coke. I can't wait until I stop breastfeeding so I can enjoy that again!
60. I once blew up a gas oven with my friends Brinda and Mindy on our Senior year camping trip.
61. I love having friends over and playing games!
62. I have never smoked or used alcohol.
63. I have never dyed or highlighted my hair. (I probably should though!)
64. Instead of biting my fingernails, I have the bad habit of ripping them when I am nervous.
65. I once drove to school on a flat tire and didn't notice until I got to school and someone mentioned that it smelled "like someone got here on a flat tire."
66. I took an art class in college and loved it!
67. My sister Stephanie and I used to play marathon games of Monopoly. They would last for days, because we would let each other keep "passing go" for our payments.
68. I developed preeclampsia before I delivered Grant and the HELLP syndrome after I delivered.
69. I love to watch baseball games live.
70. I loved being pregnant and secretly wonder if I will ever be that way again.
71. I love the smell of rain, Russian olive trees, and laundry just out of the dryer.
72. I miss playing badmitten with my mom on warm St. George nights.
73. I thought I was prepared for what motherhood had to bring, and then Grant arrived, and I found out I wasn't prepared at all. I'm just winging it!
74. I love being all cozy in my house during thunder storms.
75. I love to watch reruns of The Andy Griffith Show. I totally got this from my mom. James won't admit it, but he enjoys watching it too! He laughs more than I do!
76. I love taking naps on Sunday afternoons.
77. I once bought a pinata for a first grade class party, and was surprised to find out (once my first graders broke it open) that you have to fill it yourself. They don't come already filled!
78. I love the season of fall. I like to watch all the leaves change color!
79. I wish I knew how to cook better. I only know what I am doing if I follow a recipe.
80. The farthest east I have ever been is South Dakota when we went to Mount Rushmore.
81. The theme for my classroom is Treasure Island, because I love decorating my room in pirate decor and teaching my class about water, ships, maps, and exposing them to different genres of the subject through literature.
82. I love to cuddle with my dog Cooper. He sleeps next to me and it is just wonderful!
83. Ever since I moved to Wyoming, I never thought how much I could miss family and friends. We live too far away.
84. I have a new appreciation for moms everywhere since having Grant. How did they do it?
85. I love to watch decorating shows on TV. I could leave it on HGTV all day and that would be just fine.
86. My favorite food is chicken enchiladas.
85. I still have my tonsils, although I don't know for how much longer. I have gotten a lot of sore throats lately.
87. Since having our baby, James and I love spending time with him at home.
88. I wish I had taken better care of myself when I was young. Particularly with the sun. Since all the sunburns I have had I'm constantly concerned about melanoma.
89. I love the ocean and want to have a beach house someday.
90. I have a fear of driving in the snow.
91. I was locked in the bathroom with my 2 older sisters.
92. I lived in Tooele, Utah for 8 years and moved to St. George. I loved the weather, but missed my grandparents.
93. I was a business major before going into education.
94. I attended Dixie College and then Southern Utah University.
95. James and I only dated for 3 months then he proposed and we were married 3 months after that.
96. The longest place we have ever lived is Cedar City, Utah, where we stayed for 3 years.
97. James and I were married in the St. George Temple on May 26, 2000.
98. I am constantly cold. James and I battle at the thermostat. (I almost always win!)
99. I would love to live back in St. George, but don't know if that will ever happen.
100. I love to watch shows I have already seen, and I read over and over again books I have already read. (Don't know why I do this.)

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Blessing Weekend

Well it finally happened. James and I blessed Grant last Sunday. Such an amazing weekend. We had our families from Utah here at our house, and it was just so fun to see everyone. More importantly it was fun for everyone to see our baby! Grant got so worn out from being passed to everyone, and he looked so handsomely adorable in his little blessing outfit. We had our families over for a luncheon after sacrament. Unbelieveably we had enough room seat everyone. So fun. Although I have to say, that I am glad he's blessed, but it also makes me feel sad, cause I know he is growing up. Silly, I know, since he is only 2 months old, but the time goes so fast. Anyway, we have such an amazing family to travel all the way up here to see our little boy. We are truly lucky!