Kory and Shay Dopp: Ok, so here's a real update!

Monday, March 7, 2011

Ok, so here's a real update!

*I just added a new feature that will email you ever time I update our blog (Jenn kindly showed me how). If you would like to be added to the email list or taken off, please let me know and I will do so. Enjoy and welcome. :)

So I realized that it's been a while since I posted an "actual update" on the family and not just a million photos of Sydney. Not that seeing pictures of Sydney is bad because I know that's really the reason you read our blog, am I right? ;) hehehe But for the sake of journaling, I will update you on us big people as well.

We are enjoying our new life here in Alpine; the new place actually looks like a home now. I love the extra room and storage space! (Pictures below.) Kory has started his Ideal Protein program. So far he has lost 13 lbs in 2 weeks. We have loved eating healthier and ironically, there are lots of meals on this program that I enjoy too! Such as Chicken (or Pheasant) Lettuce Wraps, Chili-Lime Pork Chops, Asian Tacos, and a plethora of yummy salad dressings. It seems to be working well and he plans to be on it for about 2 months. We'll see, depending on the results. He says that even though it is a diet, he never goes hungry and always feels full. I am excited for him.

Kory has also started pre-gardening! Here is the beginning of our beautiful artichoke babies. Our backyard has a decently sized plot made for gardening and we plan to plant artichokes, green beans, roma tomatoes, green leaf and romaine lettuce, green peppers, jalapenos, zucchini, cucumbers, onions, cilantro, basil, watermelon, and maybe a little sweet corn.

We also got the photo-shopped Family Pictures back and they look awesome! I will be ordering it soon so I can finally put it on the wall! Here they are: (let me know if any family members want a good hard copy.)

Shay has a calling already. I am now the Young Women's Sports Coach. You're probably asking, "what is that?" Well, what they told me was that I would act kind of like a YW Sports Coordinator's assistant since the YW Sports Coordinator doesn't know hardly anything about sports. haha. Too bad basketball just ended. But that's okay because softball starts soon. The bishopric said they will be giving me another calling. They also said that they are still throwing around Kory's name, so more callings are probably on their way.

And finally an update on Sydney (of course) ;) She got her first set of immunizations today :( I know I'm slow getting her in, but we waited for a couple different reasons. It was sad to see my baby cry and I couldn't help her. I wanted Kory to come because I have gone to watch her get pricked the whole first week after she was born for her biliruben tests and he didn't. But then he made a good point that it wasn't fair to make daddy do it because it wouldn't be nice to have daddy become the bad guy and have her associate horrible things with her dad, especially since he can't make it better by feeding her or putting her to sleep. So I let him off the hook again. (But I will get him back somehow...) jk. Anyways, she is still a wonderful healthy baby! Here are some pictures with her favorite necklace. She is for sure teething (my mom said all her children teethed around 5 months so I'm expecting the worst). We have two teething rings for her but she seems to like the necklace the best. :)

Pictures of our new Duplex as of January 2011:

4 comments:

Austin and Amy Smith said...: LOVE the house - thanks for the photo tour. I have to find an excuse to come up there :)
We just got our stuff to start pre-gardening. You're making me feel behind!! :) We ran out of time to plant last night, but hopefully will do it today or tomorrow. We are going to do:
tomatoes (2 kinds), watermelon, peppers (2 kinds), onions, garlic, strawberries, lettuce (2 kinds), carrots, peas (a must have for Cade), and sunflowers in the spot where the chickens used to be. We're moving them back towards the garden, once we get them...; March 8, 2011 at 5:13 PM
Jenn said...: Cool! Love the new house (looks bigger than ours), love the gardening, love the healthy eating, LOVE Sydney!!!
Also, just an FYI - there is a limit on the number of emails you can add to that list...I think it's around 10.; March 8, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Shaylin Dopp said...: THANKS Jenn for the warning about the number of people we can email. :)

And Amy, we DEFINITELY need to share our spoiling in the end! ;); March 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM
Brittons of Provo said...: Sidney is the cutest! I am jealous that you get to garden, I am still trying to figure out how that will work. Despite having a house and a yard, there is not a lot of useable space for a garden. Our yard is almost always shaded and/or flooded. Hopefully we can figure something out. Enjoy the new house, it looks awesome!; March 9, 2011 at 4:16 PM

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Our Story...

Kory and Shay found each other at Brigham Young University at a Ward Choir practice, and they have been inseparable ever since. All except for the year and a half that she decided to follow Kory's lead and serve the Lord as a full time missionary, where she did so in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 2007-2008. Kory valiantly served in the New York, New York South Mission during 2003-2005. Now that they have been majestically reunited, they finished their college degrees while initially living in Provo, Utah. Now, they reside in Alpine, Utah. Two turned to three when their gorgeous daughter, Sydney, entered their lives September 2010. They currently live a challenging, yet happy life, and await for the next turn life's path brings them.