King Christmas 2013 ~ Part 1

Haley and Lauren go for a snowmobile ride

Kennedy Barta... loving the snow.

Uncle Eric takes Lauren, Allie and Austin on a ride!

Aunt Joyce joins everyone in sledding.

                                    Snowmobile Rides

Eric giving us rides back up the hill... the perfect way to sled!

Jessie Birch and Steve King racing down the hill.

Austin and Joyce take Sadey for a ride.

Jaime Barta all geared up for the snow.

Gavin and Elise double teaming it.

                                        Lauren down the hill!

Lauren and Allie

Greg takes Kennedy down the hill for the first time...

There they go...

And.... they crashed, Kennedy flew off with a bunch of snow in her face.. and she loved it!

I love this picture of Lauren... that girl always has a good time!

Austin Barta , Lauren, Gavin Barta, Allie Barta and Elise

     Elise, Gavin and Austin racing... Gavin and Elise crash at the end.. it's great!


                          Lauren's wipe out!

Jaime and Greg having fun!

I think Greg is winning.. just sayin'

 Alli's B-line into the tree.. she's a trooper.. and that was the last time she went down the hill that day!

This was hilarious.. Joyce rode down on Jessie's back... they almost ran into a tree!

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   Joyce and Jessie... this is great.. Joyce slides under the tree branch just in time!

Jessie and I about to race...

Of course I had to cheat towards the bottom because she was about to win.. so I was grabbing her sled and trying to shove her behind me and trying to pull her off... she still won!

Jessie, Austin, Gavin and Greg.. the snow train!!

Early out at school on a WARM winter day!

This was taken just a few days ago on February 1st, the kids had an early out from school (12:35).  It was 62 degrees outside and it felt like late spring.  The sun was out, the kids were running around and screaming like mad people and all was good.  We have a LOT of girls in our neighborhood and just about every 5 minutes or so somebody was telling on someone else to me, or crying... or mad, but I really think they had fun!  After a while Jayden and Nathan Davis joined the group along with Nate Hasso and TJ Anthony, there were TONS of kids in the back yard!

Olivia Freundl, Gabi and Giada Grimes, Elise, Caroline and Ella Murphy, Lauren, Natalie Freundl and Lauren Wood.  Olivia is our youngest kiddo at just over 3 years old and Gabi is the oldest who is 8 1/2.