December 21, 2012 Lehi Frenzy Meet

Tonight Courtney had a swim meet at our pool... Grandma and Grandpa King, Grandma Denice, and Uncle Brent and Aunt Karen (King), all came to cheer her on! She was so excited!

 

Here she is with a couple of her friends on the team... doesn't she look so tiny!!!! These girls have been swimming for 5 or 6 years... our little Torte has only been swimming for about 6 months!!!!

 

 Getting ready to swim one of her events. The half naked white boy in the background is a little distracting....

 From up above... Torte doing the breast stroke...

 The same stroke from the side... Thanks Brent and Karen for taking pictures! I was head timer and Dan was training to be an official...

 Our little "Torte-pedo"...

We are so happy that Courtney has found something she loves so much... and is so good at! Keep swimming fast little fish!

Courtney's Class Christmas Party! ELF!

For Courtney's class party this year I decided to do an "Elf" movie party. I got permission from the principal... and had to promise we wouldn't watch the entire movie... because if we did we would need a permit... and we had a BLAST!

 

First we presented her teacher Ms. Albaugh and the aide with their gifts. I can't believe I didn't take a picture of them!!!!! DUH!!! We got a small Christmas tree and I put lights on it. Then I had the kids send in Gift Cards or money for me to purchase gift cards and I attached them to ornaments and put them on the tree. I added a tree skirt... and it was adorable! She LOVED it!!!!

 

 We popped a ton of popcorn and put it in bags for each kid... I made two of these huge thermos's of the "Worlds Best Cup of Hot Cocoa"... I brought pop tarts...candy canes, candy corns... AND....

 Spaghetti with SYRUP! The kids begged me to do it... so I did. They actually liked it!!!

It was so much fun! I really wanted to make it a fun party... being that it was the last one they will have at school. Next year they head to Jr. High... and they won't get to have these fun class parties any more. They will definitely will remember this one!

Youth Activity... Temple Square!

Wednesday the 12th, we headed to Temple Square for a combined activity to look at the lights. The kids were so excited! We took McKenna, Courtney, Andrew, Gavin, and Camilla in our car....

 

We ended up making a quick stop at Riverton Hospital to give a blessing to a new baby of someone that works for Dan. The husband used to be a member of the LDS Church... his wife is not... so it was a BIG deal that they asked. Dan was more than happy to go give this sweet little baby a blessing... and she is doing much better now. It is so hard to see little ones struggling with sickness!

 Courtney and Camilla... right after this picture I had to take Courtney to find her food. She had come straight from swim practice, and hadn't had time for dinner... so she is starving. Looking at this picture I can totally see it in her eyes....

 Afterwards we met back in the parking garage for hot cocoa and donuts....

 Teenage boys... what can I say... I guess Camilla has a donut hanging out of her mouth....

We have a great group of kids... and it was really fun to spend the evening with them!

Floyd Family Christmas Party : December 7th & 8th

This year for the Floyd Family Christmas Party, it was decided that we needed to do something totally different. With having lost Fred this year, we needed to make some fun family memories and get Denice out of the house!

 

Travis and Amy had gone to some different cabins in the Timberlake area above Heber with her family so we decided that would be a great place to go. We rented a cabin for Friday and Saturday nights. Dan had to come back home for a "special meeting" where Elder Scott came and spoke to Bishops and Stake Presidents in our area. Because of the bad weather and amount of snow up where we were, Dan left at about 3:30 in the morning and didn't get back until about 4:00 in the afternoon. He said the meeting was amazing and totally worth drivng all the way back home for.

 

 

 

 Friday night we all visited for a little bit before opening gifts...

 Dan's mom took a moment to let everyone know what she expected of them while we were staying here... and that everyone was responsible for their own children... "you" break it, you pay for it.

 Austin makes a lovely clown...

 McKenna got a gift card from her cousin... all teenagers love gift cards!

 Then we made all of the kids go upstairs to the loft to play.... while we did a giant white elephant gift game...

 Greg and Angie... don't they make a lovely couple...

 Creepy Elf?....

 Saturday I couldn't keep Courtney away from the pool table. It is all she wanted to do! I can't remember why she drew on the mustache with a marker.... weird...

 Saturday night the kids got to play a fun game...

 First they pulled out all of the kleenex from a box...

 Then we put 3 (or more? I don't remember for sure) ping pong balls in the boxes....

 And then duct taped them to their back sides...

 Turned on some music and they had to try to shake the balls out of the boxes...

 The littles wanted to try too.... this game was hilarious!!!! And the kids loved it!!!

 Sunday morning we headed home... what a fun few days with the family! This is what we came to know as "Travis Pass"... on our way up Friday this is where we found him off the road in his Tahoe. It was too late to pull him out so we decided to wait until Saturday when it got light. Unfortunately he was towed late Friday night... $600 later he got his Tahoe back... not the best moment of the weekend!

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012.. Kenna's Birthday!

McKenna is 17!!! Why does that sound so old to me? It just seems so different and I don't know why. This morning she came out looking gorgeous! Happy Birthday beautiful girl!

 This is one of my favorite things our Young Women do for the girls on their birthdays. I had several calls again... being that we are on the corner... asking if McKenna was getting asked to a dance or something.

 I went and grabbed her from school and took her to lunch at Kneaders. It was nice to spend some one on one time with one of my favorite people in the whole world! That cookie looks good!!!!

 For dinner she wanted to go to Teppanyaki. We took her friend Heber with us... the food was great!

 Then we came home and she opened her gifts...

 And blew out all the candle on her birthday cake...

Happy 17th birthday my sweet girl. I am so glad I have the privledge of being your momma!

Bye Bye Bunnies....

It's a sad day at the Floyd house... Courtney decided... on HER OWN I must add... that her bunnies were starting to be neglected. With her swim schedule she just wasn't spending the time with them that they deserve, and she knew it. She deicided we should find them a new home... so late Saturday night we posted them on KSL and LITERALLY within 3 minutes we had a call. The family that we gave them too wanted bunnies that would be good with kids and were so excited! They came the next day after church and were thrilled to also recieve the most amazing bunny cages ever constructed!

 

 

Although Courtney was relieved they would be going to a good home, she was really sad too. She loved these bunnies so much.

 You can see in her eyes how sad she was... she had spent many hours crying... but she knew it was best for them...

We miss you Sweetie and Foo Foo...

King Family "Grandkid Movie Day"

The first Saturday in December has become the official "King Family Grandkid Movie Day." My parents started the tradition of taking all the grandkids to a Christmas movie... but becasue they were pretty little when the tradition started, they "made" us parents come along. Now we all still go... and we love it! This year we saw "The Gaurdians"...

 

 

We also brought a couple of extras with us this year... Camilla and Eli were going to be home alone because their grandma was in the hosptial and their mom was taking care of her... and their dad was working... so we included them in the fun! Mckenna, Courtney, Camilla, Eli, Karen, and Brent...

 

 You can kind of see Logan... Angie... Grandpa King...

 Tyler, Matthew, Austin and Logan... teenage boys... need I say more?

 This was also December 1st... which is the day for one of our favorite family traditions... "Dinner in the Dark". We turn off all the lights except the Christmas tree and candles on the table. The kids love it!

What a great way to kick off the month of December!!! Merry Christmas!