Jonah's Third Grade Program

Jonah had his third grade program and even had a speaking part! He is our first child at that elementary school in five years to get a speaking part in one of these programs, so we were excited about it. Of course, he is the shyest one, so he didn't really want to do it, but he did it anyway. We're glad he did. We also got great seats because I had won the seats at the fundraising auction last year. The bottom picture is just me goofing off with the kids.

Children's Gardens and Aquarium at Fair Park

We were able to use our POGO passes on Martin Luther King Day and went to Fair Park in Dallas to the Aquarium and the Children's Gardens. We enjoyed our day. Westley was working, which is why he was not with us.

January Fun

Nathan is my shopping buddy while the kids are at school.  We had gone to Costco and we were hungry for lunch, so we grabbed some pizza and a drink to share.

Nathan was being silly after I had combed his hair straight up, so I took a picture

One evening while Corey was working, we had some ground beef in the fridge and I didn't want to make the sloppy joes that were on the menu, so we got creative and made cheeseburgers instead.  I had never made cheeseburgers before, but these ended up turning out pretty well and I was proud of how I had improvised.

Jonah and Annmarie had hat day at school.  Annmarie wore her Rainbow Dash (a My Little Pony) headband over her mouse beanie and Jonah wore our mad scientist hair with the Abraham Lincoln hat we have. 

Caitlin's Wedding

The first week of the new year, we headed to Arizona for Caitlin's wedding. Caitlin is Corey's brother Toby's daughter. She got married in the Gilbert temple on January 4th, so we drove out from Texas on January 2nd and 3rd. We stayed with my parents in Mesa and attended all of the wedding functions and then drove back on January 6th and 7th. The kids missed their first day back to school after the Christmas break, which was January 7th. But we enjoyed our trip. We got to spend time with Grandpa and Grandma Fowles (playing hopscotch) and see all of our King cousins and many second cousins and aunts and uncles we hadn't seen in a long time. It was a great trip! And congratulations to Caitlin and Connor--Mr. and Mrs. Tolman!

End of the Year 2019

Merry Christmas from the Kings 2019

We have survived another year in Wylie, Texas!

Westley is sixteen and driving.  He is in 11^th grade.  He continues to play the trumpet and has now joined jazz band in addition to the concert band he is in (called Wind Ensemble).  He is also working at In-N-Out now.

Caleb is now fifteen and a freshman in high school.  He is continuing with trombone and so far seems to like high school.

Travis is now thirteen and in 7^th grade.  He played football this fall for the junior high team and loved it.  He has continued with choir at school and I continue to force him to learn piano.

Eliza is now twelve and in 6^th grade.  She continues to take piano lessons from me as well as sing in the school choir.  She loves to write stories in her free time.

Jonah is eight and was baptized in March.  He is in third grade.  He loves gymnastics and has also joined the elementary school’s running club.  He also still takes piano lessons as well.

Annmarie is six years old and still does gymnastics and piano lessons from me.  She continues to delight us with her antics and keeps us on our toes.

Nathan is three, soon to be four (and have an actual real birthday on Leap Day!).  He loves preschool and has recently started writing his own name.

Corey is still at the Plano In-N-Out as store manager.   He is now serving as the Deacon’s Quorum assistant advisor (or specialist, as it is now called).

Jenna is the usual busy with preschool and piano lessons and managing the household.  It has been nice having an extra driver and next year we’ll have even another one.  Guess it will be time for another car as well! 

Our card this year shows Corey and Jenna at the In-N-Out kickoff dinner in February and a visit to the Fort Worth Zoo in October.

We hope that you find joy this Christmas season in celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!

Love,  the King Family

New Year's Dance

The stake invited all of the kids who would be fourteen in 2020 to the New Year's Dance.  I guess they decided that since the new year was only one day away that it was okay to invite them, so Travis got to go, since he will be fourteen next September.  The boys met up with another few boys in our ward whose parents were driving them.  We decided that since it was New Year's Eve and more people are often driving drunk that we didn't want Westley to drive.  The nice thing was that the carpool involved two other families and they both drove, so we didn't have to, other than dropping them off at one of their houses.  They had a great time!

Uncle Austin's Truck

Uncle Austin is a trucker and has his own rig, so the kids and I went to see it on New Year's because he was in town.