Of all the fish in the sea....

McKenna decided to ask her friend Gavin to the upcoming Morp dance at their school. (They will be going with a group of other couples... I can't wait to have them all over here for dinner! That means I will get to take LOTS of pictures and it won't embarass her too much!! Parents of the other kids...I promise to get pictures to you too!) I can't believe I didn't get a picture of Kenna before she asked him! We went to the party store and she picked out 15 balloons and had them put strips of paper in each one.... "Will you go to Morp with me? M C K E N N A". When we got to his house we had a random little girl take them up to the door for us so he wouldn't know who had brought them until he popped all of the balloons.

On Saturday morning McKenna opened the door to find his "answer" waiting for her! How cute is this?! A little fish bowl with "YES!" written on the bottomw with 2 goldfish and this note... She was really excited! Does Gavin know her or what?! This was the perfect way to answer her!This will be a really fun date for all of them... can't wait to see what the girls come up with. More to follow....

King Family Easter Egg Hunt 2012

On Saturday, April 7th we held our annual King Family Easter Egg Hunt. With Cheryl and Doug and their girls out in Kenosha, Tyler and Alex both working, and Greg and Angie attending a friends baptism... it was a rather small event! We had a good time and enjoyed our lunch out on the deck in the sunshine. Dan is going to really appreciate that I put this picture on here... My cute mom and McKenna...

We enjoyed "catching up" and of course our "Easter Bunnies" had to make an appearance! Dan holding Thumper...

Courtney and "Foo Foo"...

We then had the kids (Kenna, Courtney, Austin, Logan, and Matthew) go into the theater room and play "Just Dance" while we adults hid all the eggs... Luckily we have only weeded our front flower beds so far... so we had plenty of good hiding spots!

Courtney found the first of three "golden eggs"... she finds the one with $20 every year... I think everyone is starting to wonder if the whole thing is rigged! (P.S. it really isn't!!!!!)

Dan was working so hard to find his eggs... My mom came over and asked him if he was trying to get a tan. He told her he was hunting for his eggs. She laughed and told him she didn't think he would find them just laying there in the grass. At that very moment my sister-in-law Karen yells to him, "Hey Dan. Here is one of your eggs!" She threw it to him and he looked back up at my mom and said, "One." It was hilarious! A couple of minutes later...the same thing happened. "Two." Nice Dan....

With the ages of the kids here in Utah I think we should try something new next year... maybe do a "flash light Easter egg hunt"... Dan will have to work on sunburning his forehead another time!

How the Other Half Lives...

The same evening as Kenna was at the "80's Party" Dan was given tickets to the Jazz game. When I say tickets... I mean the 3rd ROW...CENTER COURT...close enough to reach out and touch the Miller family and all of the players tickets. It is a totally different experience when you aren't looking at the "jumbo-tron" all night to see close-ups of what is going on. Along with those tickets we had dinner in the "100's Club". For this, you take a private elevator up to the top of the Delta Center and have amazing views overlooking the city. They had a lady playing the piano and really great food. It was amazing!!!! I brought Courtney's camera so I wouldn't have to pack my huge one around all night...big mistake. I got 2 pictures and the battery died!!! I was so bummed! We brought our cute friends Ricky and Lynne Benham...and had a BLAST! The entire evening we kept saying... "so THIS is how the other half lives..." We knew we had "arrived" and had to be extra-special when the tickets we were given were plastic, not paper. Fancy. Thanks to Big-D for the tickets...and to the Benhams for a fun evening! Go Jazz!

Blast from the Past... 80"s Night!

McKenna's cute friend Taylor planned a big party and dance and the theme was "The 80's". I didn't save any clothing from my teen years... so I headed to Target to see what I could find for Kenna to wear. Was this meant to be or what?! The funny thing was that one of McKenna's other cute friends, Gavin, came dressed as Ferris! Taylor's mom pointed out that Gavin was "Ferris", McKenna could be "Sloan", and Taylor could be "Cameron". Apparently, Taylor was not a fan of that idea... I guess I don't blame him. They all had a blast! When she came out dressed like this with her hair all curly I felt like I was looking in a mirror. Except my hair was MUCH bigger and had a lot more hair spray in it!

Kenna... Just so you know....you look TOTALLY RAD!

Do you know where your kids are?....

They're all at Bishop Floyd's house weeding his flower beds!!!! A week ago Saturday we decided it was definitely time to start getting our yard in order. Not long after we began several of the kids on our street came down and asked if they could help. Dan LOVES teaching kids how to help and is a VERY patient teacher. He quickly put them to work! Camilla even swept the garage! Nice work!

The funny thing was that Camilla and Eli's parents were out working in their own yard! They eventually called them home to help... but of course they were too tired! (It's always more fun to help at someone elses house!)

This is Connor and Justice...

Eli cracked us up! As he was helping he told Dan.... "You know Bishop Dan, I NEED to do service. I am 8 now... and I am a scout!" (He is getting baptized on the 14th) His mom got a kick out of that one!

At one point I think we had 7 kids helping... Here they are cleaning up the sidewalk as we finished up the front yard...

They were soooooo cute! And very proud of themselves for helping! (And playing!!!)

Courtney and Camilla with "Thumper" and "Foo-Foo"....

And where were our own girls this entire time? Kenna had planned a surprise date for Courtney before we planned a "yard work" day. She took her to breakfast, for some bowling and laser tag, and then out to lunch. What a cute big sister! (And clever way to get out of weeding!)

The Young Women's Conference 2012

Thanks to my sister-in-law Karen, McKenna and I were able to get tickets to the YW broadcast at the Conference Center. This is one of my favorite traditions... we always go and then go to dinner at The Roof. It was amazing! We loved the talks... and loved spending some time together...

I can hardly believe it... but next year Courtney will be included in our night out! How is that possible?! I love my beautiful girl! Thanks for being such an amazing young woman McKenna!

Update on the new Metro Group facility....

We had a minimal Monday a few weeks ago so the girls and I decided to go see Dan and check out the progress on the new facility. It should be done in about three weeks... and today I went and saw him for lunch and couldn't believe how much more was done... but wouldn't you know it, I forgot my camera!!! Here are the girls with their hard hats on.... I have my own hot pink hard hat...sorry no pics! A view of the building as we are driving up. They won't be able to paint the outside until it gets warmer...so they may be moved in before that can happen.

A view of the bailer... the skylights are amazing. There aren't any lights on in any of these pictures. It will be a huge $ saver when it comes to utilities...

A view inside looking towards the offices...

A view looking the other direction...

This is the elevator shaft... they have to put an elevator in based on how big the building is and the fact that the offices are two stories hight. The kids think this is awesome! I doubt it will get used much... and today when I was there they finished installing the actual elevator.

We can hardly wait for this project to be done! The "big move" is coming!!!!! Nice work Dan!