King Family Chronicles

More Christmas activities

2012-01-02T16:49:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-26T20:16:00.001-08:00

FHE with the Merrill's

2011-12-26T20:02:00.000-08:00

Basketball dinner

2011-12-26T19:55:00.000-08:00

December 2011

2011-12-26T19:46:00.000-08:00

Temple square with the Young Men and Young Women

2011-12-26T19:41:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-12-26T19:14:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2011

2011-12-26T13:40:00.001-08:00

Matt's Homecoming and then some

2011-10-30T14:59:00.000-07:00

Abby's Birthday Road Trip!

2011-10-27T19:33:00.000-07:00

After some indecision, Abby and I decided to take a road trip to Las Vegas to see my sister, Shelli, and spend some time with some of my other sisters, too. It was our school fall break and also Abby's birthday. We had originally thought of doing a famiy trip, but Kevin hasn't got much vacation time yet and Courtney was set to take the ACT. Abby and I decided we would go and we had a blast! When we finally decided to go, we threw some stuff in the car and we were off 20 minutes later.

This was the morning of Abby's birthday. I said it was her day and she could do whatever she wanted. She wanted to take some pictures so we did!

This is Shelli's new house. Isn't it darling?

Shelli had put a birthday sign up for Abby!

And she got to open a couple presents!

Birthday dinner at BJ's. This is the restaurant we always go to when we are in Las Vegas.

Abby and her cousin, Anna.
Bob, Shelli, and Jed
Abby got her very own Happy Birthday pizooki!
Jed wants to know when we will be done shopping!
Sisters! Missing Laurie (Matt got home that day from his mission!) and Karen (also serving a mission!) We missed you guys!
One of Abby's "must do's" was go to Yogurtland for yogurt with all the cousins and aunts. Check!
Cute cousins!

The Lazy river at Mandalay Bay.

Here we are relaxing in the cabana that some nice people let us use, because they were just leaving. We didn't have to pay a thing!

Shelli scored us Lion King tickets at a special "locals only" price. It was fantastic and I would love to see it again. Now I see why it won so many awards!

On the way home, Abby and I stopped at Cove Fort and took the tour. She said she had never seen the tour before and really liked it. It feels like we have been through the tour a million times with our kids. It is just another example of thinking all our kids have had a certain experience and realizing that the youngest hasn't!

Courtney- Homecoming dance

2011-10-08T23:02:00.001-07:00

Courtney went to Timpview's Homecoming dance tonight with Brett Fisher. She says she had a very nice time. Kevin and I enjoyed watching the BYU football game from his parent's seats. They have chair seats on row 20 on the 45 yard line. You can actually see the game. It was fun, and it didn't hurt that we won!

Surprise!

2011-10-07T19:11:00.001-07:00

Courtney turned 17 yesterday! Where does the time go??!! To celebrate the momentous occasion, we had a surprise party for her. Special thanks go out to her friends Alissa and Bailey for helping us keep her occupied! Happy 17th birthday Courtney! We love you!

The Provo Tabernacle Temple site!

2011-10-02T21:05:00.001-07:00

Mia Maid Outing to the Sperry's cabin

2011-10-02T20:50:00.001-07:00

Waffles and lots of fun at the Sperry family cabin with the Mia Maids. They are a darling group of girls!

The King family- redefining fun!

2011-09-05T14:13:00.000-07:00

"One Tough Gal"

2011-09-04T09:38:00.000-07:00

Those are the words that Dr. Jackson used to describe Courtney. She has been having significant trouble with her knee for about 6-7 months. She had an MRI last week that showed a meniscus tear in her knee. It was decided that the best thing to do would be for her to have the surgery right away. Luckily, we were able to do just that, thanks to Dr. Scott Jackson, a fantastic orthopedic surgeon who is in our stake and who has a daughter on Courtney's team. That was so nice of him!
When Dr. Jackson came out of surgery, he said he was amazed that Courtney had been playing on it (with a brace) and that she must be one tough gal to play with such a big tear. Yes, we are right in the middle of soccer season! We are hoping that she will only be out 2 weeks.

In the words of a Barry Manilow song, "Looks like we made it!"

2011-08-26T16:24:00.000-07:00

It's the end of a long couple weeks and here are a few pictures to document not only that we are surviving, but we are thriving.

First off, coming out of the parking lot after a soccer game, there was a lovely sunset.

Next, here are a couple of our cute YW after we did baptisms for the dead a couple Wednesdays ago.

Then, the first day of school...

But wait, there's more. There was a gorgeous rainbow and cloud pattern last night as I was leaving Target. I wish the lamp post wasn't in the way in the cloud picture, but, oh well!

Lastly, Kevin got to take some time off to go scouting elk with Greg and Trevor. You have to look carefully. Since they are in camo, there are hard to see! (Ha ha!)

FHE, Br. Wignall, and Bocce Ball

2011-08-16T06:28:00.000-07:00

We spent a fun evening with our great neighbor, Br. Wignall, who made a bocce ball court in his backyard and invited us to try it out. We had a great time and capped it off with root beer floats afterwards.

Family Pictures

2011-08-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

I haven't been blogging much so I thought I would just throw in a couple pictures from the last little while. The first is a picture of me and my girls up at Camp. They have the benefit of sunglasses and I have the benefit of residue of my eyes swelling up in consequence of an allergy to something at Camp. (Maybe it is actually Camp that I am allergic to!)

Then there is a picture of us last Sunday with Maddy and Joe. Maddy spent part of Sat. and went to church with us Sunday.

Next is a preview of our family pictures that were taken last Friday night.

Then I thought I would throw in one of Casey with her boyfriend, Bryan. He has been here in Provo attending BYU for summer term but is now going back to Oregon, where he is from, and then to the University of Washington, where he goes to school. Bryan has been a fixture at our home these last couple months so it will be strange to not have him around. On the other hand, we will get to see a bit more of Casey before she moves out in a few weeks. Needless to say, Casey is pretty bummed.

We haven't posted about soccer lately.....

2011-08-05T08:14:00.000-07:00

Courtney and Ashley are both now playing for TImpview High on the soccer team, Courtney on varsity and Ashley on JV! We just watched them play against each other at the Varsity preview last night. Lots of fun! We will be eating, sleeping, and watching soccer these next few months!

Neighborhood party

2011-08-05T05:56:00.001-07:00

We had a great Neighborhood get together on the evening of July 24th. The weather got a bit soggy a little over an hour into it. We just moved the food tables into the garage and kept partying! We had to hold off on the fireworks until the next evening. A saying I have adopted from a friend is "Company trumps weather" and that definitely is the case! We are lucky to live among such great people.

Happy Pioneer Day!

2011-08-04T16:08:00.000-07:00

More Park City fun!

2011-08-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

Park City Fun!

2011-07-07T13:54:00.000-07:00

Pre-Fourth Festivities!

2011-07-03T14:17:00.000-07:00

Oakley Rodeo 2011

2011-07-01T09:59:00.000-07:00

Just reliving a few memories of the sights and sounds that the Oakley rodeo has to offer!

Family Time

2011-07-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

We did a little weeding for family night a few nights ago and I thought the event should be documented! Someone, who shall remain nameless, was not taking the photo shoot seriously!

Dancing With the Stars

2011-06-30T08:04:00.000-07:00

Our joint YM/YW Activity last night was a great success! We called it "Dancing with the Stars". Lee and Linda Wakefield headed it up. They used some of their students that are on the BYU ballroom dancing teams. They teamed up with 6 of our youth and they each presented a dance. Then they taught all our YM and YW some cha cha steps. Everyone participated and everyone had a good time.

It was so fun to see Ashley as one of the dancers. Her dance had lots of lifts and her dress was so elegant. It was fun to see her try something besides basketball and soccer. (Not that there is anything wrong with those!) It is always fun to bask in the afterglow of a successful youth activity!

New Family History Blog

2011-06-23T19:23:00.000-07:00

I have finally done something with the family history blog that I started 3 years ago! There is still a lot to do, but I am excited to at least get started! Take a look and tell me what you think. I still have to figure out how to get pedigree charts and family group sheets on.
Turning Hearts blog

Abby at State Meet 2011

2011-06-18T21:35:00.000-07:00

I will be posting some photos soon, but I wanted to get the video up first. Here she is.

Singin in the Rain at the Scera Shell

2011-06-18T21:31:00.000-07:00

Casey, Courtney, Abby, Grandma, Laurie, Natalie, and I went to Singin in the Rain at the Scera Shell. It was good. The problem is that we saw Singin in the Rain at the Hale Theater last year and it was so phenomenal that anything less just couldn't compare.

Yellow Pine 2011

2011-06-02T05:25:00.000-07:00

Ashley- Principal's Award

2011-05-22T19:25:00.001-07:00

Friday was the Centennial Middle School Honors Assembly and the last award given was the Principal's award which is given to four 8th graders who display outstanding qualities and effort during their two years at middle school. I am proud to say that Ashley was one of the four recipients of the award this year. Congratulations Ashley! We are so proud of you!

Family Easter Treasure Hunt

2011-04-24T20:21:00.000-07:00

King family Easter Party

2011-04-24T13:37:00.000-07:00

Enn Why See!!

2011-04-15T15:00:00.001-07:00

Courtney and I finally got to go to New York City! We have been planning to go ever since before Courtney turned 16, which was 6 months ago. We couldn't go in October because Courtney still had soccer, so we waited for Spring break. It was worth the wait. We had a fabulous time! Here is a brief synopsis of our adventure.

Saturday
We left Sat. morning amid snow flurries. We wasted time in Denver waiting for our flight and then we were off. We got into Manhattan around the time the sun was setting.

Sunday
It took us about 15 minutes to walk to church from our hotel. We went to Megan Atkinson's ward. It was fun to see her and catch up with her a bit. The church was on the 3rd floor and the 4th and 5th floors are the temple. There was a wonderful spirit there.
We took a bus tour and got a basic idea of where everything was after that. We ate in an Italian restaurant in Little Italy called La Mela's. Apparently, Joe Jonas, among other celebrities, had eaten there. The last picture is of what is going on at Ground Zero now. There are two tall buildings being built and some other construction projects going on.

Monday- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island

I got a little emotional thinking of my Danish ancestors coming through Ellis Island. I was there under very different circumstances, thanks in part to them.
We also explored the Trinity Church and Wall Street.
On this day, we had our quintessential NYC experiences: 1) watching some people get arrested 2) seeing a celebrity up close (Kathy Ireland came in to Serendipity after us and was seated before us and 3) walking into an area where they were filming a tv pilot. It was called "Weekends at Bellview" and we were walking in the area seconds before they were filming on that very sidewalk!

Tuesday- a rainy, drizzly day so we spent it at Madame Tussaud's wax museum (we had never been to one, and we thought it was cool!), and lots of shopping!

Wednesday- Broadway show day!

We did a little souvenir shopping in the morning, had lunch at Rockefeller Center and then went to a matinee of Wicked, a Harry Potter exhibition (which was very cool but taking photos wasn't allowed), and then we scored half-price tickets to Mary Poppins! Mary Poppins was great and our seats were on the 13th row. The shows were both superb. Sidenote- So, would you believe that the people we sat next to in Wicked were from Orem, Utah?? It's a small world!

Thursday-

After breakfast at Ellen's Stardust Diner, we spent our last morning in NYC at Central Park. The weather was finally beautiful.

Abby- GTC Meet

2011-04-02T21:34:00.000-07:00

The Big Two Oh!

2011-04-02T21:27:00.000-07:00

Our baby is turning 20!

2011-03-31T21:51:00.001-07:00

Our sweet little girl, our firstborn, is turning 20! Where does the time go?? We are so proud of the smart, organized, ambitious, responsible, kind, fun-loving, spiritual, capable, talented, darling person that she is. We are so lucky to have her in our family. What would we do without her??!! Did I mention that we are so proud of you?! You are everything we hoped you would be.

Happy Birthday Casey Marie! We love you so much!

General YW Meeting

2011-03-27T21:32:00.001-07:00

A new era

2011-03-26T07:12:00.000-07:00

On March 23, 2011, something extraordinary occurred. Casey's good friend, Caitlin MacKay, got married. We have been back door neighbors with the MacKay's since the girls were about a year old. She is the first of Casey's circle of friends to be married. They were married in the Mt. Timpanogos temple and it was a beautiful ceremony presided over by her grandfather, who is a sealer at the Salt Lake temple. He was able to perform the ceremony. Casey and another good friend, Maggie, were bridesmaids. Maggie was here from Washington and brought some friends with her who have also become Casey's friends. (Yes, I know. There are no pictures of the bride! But by the time we got to the reception, the dancing had begun.)

Abby's first competitive meet

2011-03-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

Abby had her first competitive gymnastics meet in Springville today. Her best event was vault. I am very excited because I have never been able to post videos before and I got it to work, so you can enjoy watching Abby compete. I will warn you that Amy took these videos. (Translation=I am not the best photographer)

Some random tidbits...

2011-03-13T15:27:00.000-07:00

The King family got together at Greg and Lynnell's for Brick Oven pizza and to watch the BYU-San Diego State game. We lost but it is not the end of the world, because we already knew we were going to the NCAA tournament. The game on Friday was about as exciting a game as there could be. We hadn't beat New Mexico for a while and we beat San Diego twice during the season, so the New Mexico game was a better one to win!

I was in SLC Thurs and Fri for an education conference. Our principal treated us to lunch at Buca di Beppo. I had never been there and I loved it. The food and atmosphere were fantastic!

I stayed at Laurie's on Thursday so I could spend some time with her and Mom. We got to go to "A Tale of Two Cities" playing at the Hale Theatre in West Valley City. We had such a fun time. The play was really good.

Here is a random picture I took of the crocuses finding their way out of the dirt and alerting us to the fact that spring is coming!Casey and I and Andrea Nelson and her mom, Julie, had a bridal shower for our neighbor, Caitlin MacKay, who is getting married March 23. I can't believe that a friend of Casey's is old enough to get married! When did they grow up??!!

I will also add some happy news. Kevin got a job! In fact, he is on his way to Virginia for some meetings and training this week! He is working for a local company called Ivey Ventures. This company has a contract with IHC and he works with doctors in our area to have them refer their patients to IHC for physical therapy and wound care! Happy day!

Paul and Karen- a call to serve!

2011-03-05T22:13:00.000-08:00

I guess I should add, for those of you who don't know, that Karen is my sister.

Paul Francis Smart, 50, and Karen Lucille Thomas Smart, four children, California Riverside Mission; Highland 13th Ward, Highland Utah Stake. Brother Smart serves as a bishop and is a former stake mission president, high councilor, ward clerk, executive secretary, counselor in an elders quorum presidency, Primary worker, counselor in a Young Men presidency and missionary in the Philippines Baguio Mission. Owner, Smart Capitol. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Grant Winters and Mary Lucille Hulme Smart.

Sister Smart serves as a nursery worker and is a former counselor in a stake Primary presidency, Sunday School teacher, nursery leader, counselor in a Young Women presidency, counselor in a Primary presidency, counselor in a Relief Society presidency, Primary president, enrichment leader and Primary worker. Born in Santa Cruz, Calif., to Glen Elwin and Thelma Marie Thomas.

http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/60561/New-mission-presidents.html

Family Jimmer day

2011-03-05T17:52:00.000-08:00

President's day 2011

2011-02-21T15:24:00.000-08:00

Courtney- Valentine Dance

2011-02-19T20:20:00.001-08:00

Exciting News for Karen and family

2011-02-18T04:36:00.000-08:00

http://glenthomasfamily.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-official.html

If you look real close....

2011-02-14T17:52:00.000-08:00

Kevin brought this to my attention. This picture is from the Sunday sports edition of the Deseret News. The sad part is that we lost this game. But if you look in the left middle of this picture, you can see Courtney waiting to come in!

Basketball and gymnastics

2011-02-13T16:50:00.000-08:00

Yes, I am aware that these pictures aren't good, but they are all I have, so I will document some of what we have been doing lately, which includes basketball games, soccer games (no photos of these!), and gymnastic meets. The girls might not be doing much in these photos but the action shots were too blurry to post!

Happy Anniversary to us!

2011-02-08T05:58:00.000-08:00

The weekend was pretty busy with lots of things so we didn't really get to celebrate. So, I took a personal day Monday and Kevin and I spent the day together. We did some sealings at the temple. (I was proud of myself because I actually did a family name. It has been a while since I have been able to do this, probably since I started teaching school! I have been searching for a marriage date for this couple for a few years now. I finally found it and I think that is due to the indexing that is being done in the church!) Anyway, after the temple we went to a movie, "Midway to Heaven", which was pretty cute. We got some things in preparation for Kevin's job interview in Los Angeles this week, and then we went to lunch at the Pizza Factory. It was a nice day and a great way to celebrate 23 years of marriage. It hasn't always been easy, but it is definitely worth the effort!

Ashley at 14!

2011-02-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

What an amazing and adorable girl our Ashley is! It is hard to believe she is 14 and now a Mia Maid! It will be fun to have her in our fun little group. Here are some of the things we love about Ashley: self-motivated, quietly determined, athletic, has beautiful hair and can do cute things with her hair and others, sensitive, a problem solver, has an uncanny ability to find thins that are lost, a good leader, willing to work to get something she wants, and many other things!

I got to spotlight Ashley in Young Women since she is now a Mia Maid and I shared the above information and I also included this little story: Ashley was born while my mom and dad were serving a mission in Nauvoo, Illinois. I was sad that they wouldn't be here for the birth. A couple days before Ashley was born, I was talking to my mom on the phone and she said she had a dream and that the baby was a girl and she had red hair. We had not had an ultra-sound so we didn't know what we were having. Lo and behold, she was born and she was indeed a girl. She wasn't born with a lot of hair but it was red and is still red to this day. I think that was a very sweet tender mercy from Heavenly Father to bless us since my mom and dad were in His service and couldn't be with me.

Las Vegas Getaway

2011-02-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

I know this is a little after the fact, but I did want to at least mention our Vegas road trip from a couple weeks back. We went over Martin Luther King weekend and had a great time. Ashley had a soccer tournament and I decided that if we were going to go, then we should at least take a full car. Those of us who went were: me, Casey, Ashley, Abby, my mom, Jenni, and Allie. We left Thurs. night and went as far as St. George. Jenni brought every snack imaginable for the ride! Friday morning, we played at the spinny park before heading to Las Vegas. After checking in at the hotel, we met up with Shelli, Jed, and Joe. (Joe also happened to be in Las Vegas so we got an added bonus!) Friday was spent playing and enjoying being with Shelli and Jed. Saturday was spent at the soccer games. We didn't do so well but we did have fun. Ashley did very well. Sunday we went to church with Shelli. We spent the day at her place, enjoying the loud music and singing of her neighbor across the way! Shelli made us a yummy taco soup dinner. I forgot how yummy taco soup is. That evening, we went back to St. George and stayed the night there. In the morning, we did some shopping before heading back home. It was wonderful to spend some time with such fun family members that we don't get to be with as often as we would like. Did I mention that the sunshine was splendid!

Bowling with the Greg King family, for real!

2011-01-01T08:17:00.001-08:00

I know there is already an entry about bowling, but that was Christmas eve and we didn't end up getting to go, so we had a wii bowling tournament. This time, we decided to go to an actual bowling alley, not just a virtual one!

Sledding in a Winter Wonderland....

2010-12-31T13:04:00.000-08:00

Thomas Top 10 for 2010

2010-12-31T08:52:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to Amy's extended family blog: http://glenthomasfamily.blogspot.com/2010/12/thomas-top-10-for-2010.html

King Christmas card 2010

2010-12-28T09:09:00.001-08:00

Our online Christmas greetings will have to do this year!

Merry Christmas to our wonderful friends and family!

It has been a wonderful, yet challenging 2010 and we look forward to what the new year will bring us.

Abby 10, is in 4th grade and continues to love school and all that goes with it. Her main focus this year has been gymnastics, where she has been spending the majority of her free time. She loves it and is getting pretty good!

Ashley 13, is the Beehive president in our ward. She is the Student body historian at Centennial Middle School this year and continues to excel at whatever she sets her mind to. She is still playing basketball and soccer. Her favorite sport is whatever she is playing at the moment.

Courtney 16 and a sophomore at Timpview High, played on the varsity soccer team and is currently playing varsity basketball. She just got a job working for one of our ward members. She keeps us all entertained with her quick wit.

Casey is loving the college life at BYU, which gives her the best of both worlds since she is close enough to come home whenever she needs to! She is majoring in humanities and is still working in the MBA office. We are proud of the wise and responsible young adult she is becoming.

Amy: recently released as YW Camp director but still 1st counselor in the Young Women presidency. Working at Edgemont as the special education facilitator, which is more administration than teaching but still gets to work a little with some great kids.

Kevin: Continues to earn “Father of the Year” award for supporting all the kid’s activities. Still especially loves co-coaching Ashley’s basketball team.

As a family, we squeezed in a couple camping trips and a Lake Powell expedition. We enjoyed a Thomas family celebration of Amy’s mom’s 80th birthday in October. You can keep up with us at our family blog: kevinkingfamily.blogspot.com. Please give us your blog address and we will follow you, too.

Well, we wish you a wonderful 2011! We testify that among the challenges of life, the hand of God is still apparent in the daily details. We pray for your health and happiness in the coming year.

Love,
The King family

Christmas morning

2010-12-27T12:52:00.001-08:00

Christmas eve with the King's

2010-12-27T12:49:00.001-08:00

Annual Christmas eve bowling tournament

2010-12-27T12:44:00.001-08:00

Christmas FHE with the Merrill's

2010-12-27T12:34:00.001-08:00

Edgemont Christmas program

2010-12-27T12:32:00.001-08:00

Food and Care Coalition King-style!

2010-12-27T12:15:00.000-08:00

Welcome Home McKenzie!

2010-12-27T12:12:00.000-08:00

Basketball at Kearns

2010-12-27T11:36:00.000-08:00

Young Women helping at the Food Care and Coalition

2010-12-14T20:20:00.001-08:00

The Scarlet Pimpernel

2010-11-26T13:34:00.001-08:00

Mom and I have been planning to go to The Scarlet Pimpernel for almost a year. We wanted to go when it was at the Hale Centre Theatre in West Valley and didn't get a chance. Then we waited and waited until it was finally playing at the Hale Theater in Orem. Then, I waited too long and almost didn't get tickets! Well, Mom and I went and I also got tickets for the girls, too. It was a fabulous show. The Hale Theater always does such a great job. Well, gotta go. I want to go look up the music on itunes!

Thanksgiving with the King's

2010-11-26T13:23:00.000-08:00

Courtney makes ink!

2010-11-24T11:26:00.001-08:00

Courtney was mentioned in the Daily Herald in Saturday's edition:
http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/high-school/basketball/article_a65d16b9-9321-5a1a-86d6-3e1f4e0301e5.html

Last night was supposed to be Timpview girls first home game, but, because of the impending storm (that fizzled) it was canceled!

Court-Sport on the court!

2010-11-11T18:50:00.000-08:00

I don't have a picture of Courtney but just wanted to report that we found out today that Courtney made the varsity basketball team at Timpview!! Yay Courtney! We are proud of you! Let the basketball games begin!

Annual Pumpkin Carving FHE

2010-10-30T12:16:00.000-07:00

SNOW!

2010-10-30T11:55:00.001-07:00

This is what we woke up to Wednesday morning.

Abby =1 decade!

2010-10-23T11:33:00.001-07:00

Can it be true that our baby is now 10 years old?!

Here are some picture highlights of the week long celebration. As a family, we celebrated on Sunday, since her actual birthday on Wednesday was going to be too hectic. We capped it off by a birthday party with her friends on Friday afternoon/evening.

That's 10- count'em- 10 years old!

Timpview Soccer State play offs pt.2

2010-10-23T11:27:00.001-07:00

Courtney's second play off game was at East High. We were thinking that since Courtney's number is 14 and Troy Bolton's number was also 14, and we were going to be playing at East High where High School Musical was filmed, that it would be a good omen. (Did you follow all that?) But, alas, it was not to be and East High won. On the bright side, Courtney had a lot of fans there to cheer her on. Grandma Thomas, Laurie, Allison and Sophie all came (besides her family). They were all there to see her get a bloody nose after her nose collided with the ball and an opponent's head. (Amy gets extra credit for not running on the field when Courtney went down.)

There was someone dressed up as big grassy Bigfoot. That's kind of random!

How old do you think this line judge was??
Courtney trying to get her nose to stop bleeding so that she can go back in.

Timpview Soccer State play offs pt.1

2010-10-23T11:00:00.001-07:00

The first game was against Maple Mountain. It was 0-0 at the end of regulation play and went into double overtime. When there was still no score it went into a shoot-out. We ended up winning thanks to some great moves from our goalie, Nish!

Happy Sweet 16 COURTNEY!

2010-10-17T17:54:00.000-07:00

Courtney turned 16 on Oct. 6 and had a pretty fun day! Her day started with some cute Senior boys bringing her balloons and flowers to her first class of the day. Then we had lunch for her and some friends at home. We opened presents later on in the evening. She got an iPod touch which she was pretty happy about. Amy and Courtney were going to go to NYC during Fall Break, which was the same week as her birthday, but it didn't work out because of state play-offs for soccer. Hopefully, we will be able to make that trip during Spring Break instead. Happy Birthday dear Courtney!! We love you!

Grandma Thomas' Birthday

2010-10-05T21:01:00.000-07:00

Stewart Falls Hike

2010-09-16T18:20:00.001-07:00

The bad news is that I didn't take my camera on the hike to Stewart Falls with the Mia Maids and Teachers. The good news is that Rob Moon took his camera and took pictures that are way better than anything I could have taken! As you can see, the fall colors are gorgeous!

Sunday dinner

2010-09-12T16:48:00.001-07:00

After a great stake conference (broadcast to 150 stakes in Utah County and originating from the Marriott Center) we had Casey and her room-mates over for dinner. It was short and sweet but nice to meet them and get to know them a little better.
Casey, Alana, Karissa, Janelle, and Kristen (one is missing)

Goodbye, Summer!

2010-09-06T13:37:00.001-07:00

We tried to stuff our Labor day weekend full of all the things we love. It was a soaring bird spotting, crawdad catching, firemaking, fresh air breathing, BYU football watching, family chatting kind of weekend.
Sadie loves to find fresh manure and roll in it, for some reason.

We interrupt this camping trip to bring you the BYU-University of Washington football game. (BYU emerges the victor 23-17. It was sweltering for the first half of the game, by the way.)So while we took time out for football, Courtney and some of her club soccer friends got to be the ball girls for the Real Soccer team Sat. night. She said it was a blast!

Casey just hanging out.....
Grandpa shows us his ladderball skills.

Grandpa getting in one last hug from McKenzie, who will be leaving for BYU-Hawaii in just a few days.
Everyone hovering around Trevor's crawdad bucket.

Abby got in plenty of gymnastics on our trip. Here she is on her "balance beam".My contribution to Sunday supper was dutch oven potatoes.
Abby patiently waiting for some warm chocolate cake with ice cream.

Abby and Holden
Scott and Nicole
Grandma King

Kevin and Amy
Trevor and one of his crawdads.
Greg and Kevin

Grandma and Grandpa King came out on Sunday afternoon for dinner.
Apparently, Holden loves to "drive" Grandma and Grandpa's car.
A hawk of some sort that we saw on our Sunday evening drive.

The mighty bird takes flight.
Kevin and Ashley got up early to go spot some elk.
Abby and Brody and their fire.
Scott holdin' Holden.
Greg trying to soak up some sun.
We were all astounded at how much the colors had changed from our drive out on Friday evening and the drive out on Sunday! Who know leaves could changed so much in only roughly 48 hours??!!

And the last item on the agenda, brunch at the Hub Cafe in Heber.

Summer is officially over

2010-08-30T21:52:00.001-07:00

Casey moved out again and is living with some fun girls. Their place is quite close to campus. We miss her already!

First day of School!

2010-08-28T17:43:00.001-07:00

Well, it's been a busy week, to put it mildly! Here are pictures of Abby, Ashley, and Courtney, and me on our first days.

Friday night after a long week and I was still working away at school, so Kevin and the girls surprised me and brought dinner. We had a nice dinner together! I thought that was cute of them!

More soccer...

2010-08-16T07:15:00.000-07:00

We had soccer on two ends of the state this weekend. Ashley's team took 2nd in the Sparta tournament in SLC. Ashley's highlight was scoring the only 2 goals for her team in the final game. Unfortunately, they lost 3-2.

Courtney spent the weekend in St. George with the Timpview High soccer team. They played Hurricane and lost on Friday, but came back and beat Dixie the next day. Kevin went down to do some work and also catch the games.

And what did the rest of us do this weekend? We cheered our athletes from the sidelines! (In between Ashley's games, we took in the Living Planet Aquarium. If I get some time, I will add a picture from that.)

Have I mentioned that Courtney made the varsity soccer team??!!

2010-08-11T21:44:00.000-07:00

We are so proud of Courtney! Tonight was the first pre-season game. It was against Lone Peak. Courtney got plenty of playing time and held her own. The score was 2-2 at the end of regulation time and TImpview ended up winning 3-2 with a sudden death goal just 48 seconds into overtime. It was a great way to start the season!

On a sidenote, yes, I know these are not good pictures. The soccer field is too far away to get any good shots without a telephoto lens but at least you can kind of tell they are her. I didn't get any good pictures last year when she played on the jv team. I would rather have blurry pictures than no pictures at all, I guess.

Park City

2010-07-26T12:00:00.001-07:00

A few weekends ago, the whole King family spent some time in Park City. It was so cool and it was great to get away for a bit. Lots of fun walks, swimming, shopping and the Alpine Slide.

Lemonade Stand

2010-07-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

Okay, so we have a primo place for a lemonade stand just down from our house and since it is starting to get pretty toasty outside, Abby thought it would be a perfect time for her and her friend, Madison to get out the ice and lemonade and don't forget the pixos. They also sold pixos! They had a great time! Ah, childhood!

Oakley Rodeo

2010-07-02T22:51:00.000-07:00

The King family drove out to Oakley for the rodeo there. It was a lot of fun. Everyone had a good time. We haven't been to a rodeo for a long time. I think this was Abby's first. I forgot how fun they are. The animals and athletes are very skilled.

Lake Powell!

2010-07-02T07:31:00.001-07:00

We spent some glorious days at Lake Powell this week with the Greg King family and the Todd and Jill Moulton family. It was a fun trip. Other than some boat malfunctions, it was a great trip but we probably could've used another day. (That's what they all say!)

Highlights:

Yummy food, as always!

Cliff jumping

Group swim and cannonball contests

The waverunners

Watching the World Cup, Wimbledon, Nacho Libre and The Count of Monte Cristo

Wakeboarding

Bob, Shelli, and Jed in Las Vegas

2010-06-26T21:33:00.000-07:00

Courtney, Abby, Mom, and I took a quick trip to Las Vegas to check in on Shelli and family to see how they are doing in their new home. We weren't able to stay very long but we had such a wonderful time with them. We hope to get back very soon. We saw their new apartment, which is very nice, and went swimming. Mom treated us to dinner at BJ's and that was delicious. Courtney and Abby babysat Jed while we went to the Las Vegas temple.

YW Camp 2010 is history!

2010-06-23T21:22:00.000-07:00

A perfect summer kick-off!

2010-05-31T17:14:00.000-07:00

We just spent a fantastic weekend at Yellowpine Campground just outside Mountain Home, Utah. We were there with Greg and Lynnell and family, Lynnell's brother, Brandt and his family, Lynnell's mom, Scott and Nicole's kids, Brody and Bentley, and our friends, the Mitchell's. (Grandma and Grandpa King came for dinner Sunday) Saturday was forecasted to be cold and rainy, maybe even some snow. So we were pleasantly surprised to have it only be mildly cold and no rain! It was lovely! Our whole family ended up a bit burned!

It was a weekend of everything we love: family, friends, food, fun (the dam hike, ladderball or lasso golf, whichever you like to call it, Corn Hole, fishing, sitting around the fire, church at the Moonlake ward, biking, etc.) What a great way to welcome in the summer season!