The Killpack Clan

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Another Sick Car

Our Chevy Trailblazer wasn't the only car suffering this summer.

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For our Killpack reunion, we pulled the Killpack's four-wheelers on the back of our truck. On the way home, we noticed the engine running hot, and a loss in power. It seemed to be giving out, although it still kept running (thankfully). We made it home, but it just wasn't running the same as it had. And with the Trailblazer not being able to be a source of transportation, we were required to use the red Mercury Sable that James bought as an in town car.

Since we kept saying the truck was sick, we had to get Dr. Grant to come and take a look at it:

So cute, I must say. Anyway, shortly after this debacle, we had to get one of these:

A black Nissan Pathfinder. With Grant going to Brain Balance, and we do travel a lot, we decided we would get our own brand new car.

The dealership really wanted to sell us a car, and they wanted to sell it to us the same day we decided to get it. The kids went to the Killpack's while James and I sat at the dealers and went through the process of buying a brand new car. Lots of negotiating.

But we got it, and rolled away with it at about 9:00 at night. I got to drive it back by myself, and believe me, I was super extra cautious about deer while traveling at night in my brand new car. The kids came home with James 45 minutes later and we had to snap a few pics. We love our new car. :)

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Who is Ready for Some Baseball?

James and I tried to get one last trip in before school started. So we decided to take the kids to a Salt Lake Bees baseball game, and then to Hogle Zoo the next day.

Things didn't quite go as planned.

We made it to the game, and we had a great time. There was plenty of grassy area where we sat, so the kids could run around. They even had a little train that was taking little kids around the stadium, and a huge play park for the kids to play at if they wanted. We ordered a root beer, which was a big treat for Grant, since it is technically against his diet. The weather was perfect. We didn't need our jackets, and we could just sit and enjoy the game.

Which we did. Even when I wanted to round the kids up at about 8:30, James insisted we stay. The game ended at about 10:00, and the kids were tired. Look at all the running around they did:

Grant still doesn't know what to make of these characters when he sees them.

He had fun though. The kids were pretty tired by the time we left, and were sleeping soundly in the back.

We were almost to Paul's house in Lindon when, out of nowhere, came a buck, and hit our car right in the middle of town. Well that woke the kids right up. They didn't cry, just were a little startled. Then we had to fill out a police report, and wait for law enforcement, and all of that fun stuff. Luckily, our car could still run, so I was still thinking we could make it to Hogle Zoo. James informed me that with our vehicle being in the condition it was, we would be lucky to make it home the next day.

Very disappointed. I had really played up going to the zoo, and the kids were looking forward to it. When we didn't go the next day, they didn't seem to phased. They were more concerned that "our car is sick" than making it to the zoo. We had a mechanic look at it, and he said our car could make it back to Cedar, if we travel without the air-conditioning.

So we did. And it was a pleasant trip. There is something to be said about making the car as uncomfortable as possible. Both the kids slept most of the way. We made it to the zoo in September. :)

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Cooper's Best Friend

This summer Grant has really taken to Cooper. He wants everything to do with Cooper, but I am not so sure that feeling is mutual. Grant loves to wear Coopers harness, and will even have me hook up his leash to him while he pants like a dog. Here Grant set up a house for Cooper using his pet bed, and enclosed it. Cooper doesn't look too happy, but Grant totally loves it.

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Happy Birthday to Mommy

July 23, marked my 34th birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better one. One of the many things I liked about this day, was hearing both of my kids sing Happy Birthday to me.

James and I actually got to go out for my birthday. My visiting teacher at the time, her names is Valerie, came by to watch the kids. We went to a Star Trek movie, which we actually liked. For my cake this year, I wanted something summery, and strawberries on angel food cake with cool whip and pudding sounds very summery to me. It was yummy!

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A Play-Doh Mess

One of the things that Brain Balance recommend that we do often with Grant is play with Play-Doh. Which we do anyway. Since our stuff was all dried up, I took this opportunity to buy some more. The kids had such a good time, but the mess is so hard to clean up. I think I will put a table cloth on the table next time to make for easier clean up.

-Grant of course had to get in on the action as well. I love his placemat with the Presidents on it. Too bad it all didn't stay on the placemat. Oh well, it was fun.

Some of the instruments though, were kind of hard for my kids to manipulate. They will get better the more we play, but some of the cranks were hard to turn, and some of the play-doh got stuck in hard to reach places. Grant had a great time, and so did Audrey though.

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A Fear

This summer we have had some doozy summer storms. There has been lots of thunder and lightning in the afternoon mixed with some heavy rain. This has been going on for weeks. Poor Grant just does not like the thunder. Unfortunately, when this picture was taken, Grant had come back from Brain Balance and he was tired, but still didn't want to hear the crashing thunder.

Who sleeps with there legs crossed? :)

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A Summer Goal

Grant and I spent a few minutes this morning to make his bed. He is getting pretty good at it, once I can get him to actually do it. We wanted to take a picture of it, and Grant just had to get in it, and pose for the picture.