Kingston Chronicles

2011-06-01T12:36:00.000-07:00

UPDATED!!!

2009-10-27T18:55:00.000-07:00

Wow!!! Can you believe I finally updated? Traejen turned 8, I turned 40, and Quincee turned 13....all in August. It was a busy month...with school starting as well. All the kids are in school now-where did the time go? My 3 hours of freedom are easily filled...

Xavier is 15!!!

2009-06-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Xavier is now 15. He is currently taking driver's ed. He is such a great example to everyone in our family, but especially to his two younger brothers. This picture is about 5 years ago. He used to read Bionicle comics to Traejen and sing to him to help him fall asleep. Happy 15th Xavier!!!

Brevin is 5!!!! Happy Birthday

2009-05-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

I can hardly believe that Brevin is 5. He is full of energy and enjoys life. He is really into coloring and painting right now. He loves video games, webkins, digging in the dirt or sand, playing with friends and cousins picking dandelions and sneaking cookies. I just registered him for Kindergarten and he is very excited to go to school with Traejen on the bus. He is reading well and prints very neatly. He has recently started playing t-ball with his friend Pyper. Dane says they are ultra silly together....I can't believe that!

Easter-09

2009-05-04T12:23:00.000-07:00

The kids are smiling all at one time....can you believe it? We hunted for Eggs at the Caldwell Egg hunt, then went to the last part of Traejen's soccer game, then had our annual egg hunt that evening. We had an extended family dinner at our house the next evening.

Xavier-tennis

2009-05-04T12:13:00.000-07:00

Xavier just finished his tennis season. He and his friend Connor placed 1st in Boys' Doubles at the Columbia Freshmen Tournament earlier this season. Xavier moved up to JV about half way through the season. He finished 2nd in a JV tournament in Parma later in the season. He played Boy's singles toward the end. He improved a lot and had a good time.

Home Teachers

2009-03-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

The lizards came home teaching last weekend. We have great home teachers and they have geckos that Quincee loves and begs to keep. They have brought them to visit a few times and have really gone out of their way to make the kids happy. I do not enjoy the scaley guys, but fortunately, Quincee put one right in my lap last time. I did survive.

Traejen basketball

2009-03-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Traejen had fun in basketball with Dane coaching. He often wore a headband to keep his hair out of his eyes. This is a comical picture of him running down court. He had 10 point in one of his games! Here are some pictures of the three oldest playing slam dunk and posing in their uniforms.

Basketball is over?

2009-03-20T06:48:00.000-07:00

Basketball is over for the most part. Xavier is now playing part of the time on his school AAU team in between tennis matches. He is now just under 6 feet tall. He will out grown Dane this summer I am quite sure. He is playing part of the time on the Freshman tennis team and fills in on the JV from time to time. Quincee has now started tennis on the "A" team at her middle school. Traejen has started soccer, but wants to go hit the tennis ball every day...so he is usually out hitting the ball against the garage. Brevin will try tennis this summer and likes to try to hit a few.

2009-02-14T07:49:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox greeting

Crazy Quincee

2009-02-09T09:37:00.000-08:00

Quincee went to a birthday party and came home like this....Xavier asked if it was permanent!

Brevin new 'do

2009-02-09T09:25:00.000-08:00

Brevin has a new 'do.....Most people have commented on how much he looks like Xavier. We always thought this, but most people who have made this comment have not seen Xavier in a bowl cut when he was 4! Brevin looks a lot older.

Busy Life

2009-02-09T09:15:00.000-08:00

Alright......(Hallie)-I know we are all busy.....Here are some current photos. Xavier is just wrapping up his basketball season. He and Quincee start tennis in 2 weeks!!! Traejen is in the middle of his basketball season (Dane is coaching). Brevin has one more Mini Vikes -Sharks soccer game (Quincee is helping me coach with Travis Palmer and Kim Tuckett). Dane and I

just returned from 5 days without kids in San Francisco. The weather was about 70 every day and no fog or rain. We biked the bridge and beyond....about 20 miles in a day. That was my favorite part of the trip. When we returned, I had a huge PTA activity I was in charge of at Quincee's school. It went off successfully and now I can kind of catch up....:)

The holidays over!

2009-01-06T13:45:00.000-08:00

This picture sums up how we all feel after our fun holidays. Brevin fell asleep in his stadium seat on Christmas night. We hope everyone had a enjoyable holiday season:)

Kingston Cousins

2009-01-06T13:34:00.000-08:00

Look alike cousisns...
Brevin & Missi Kingston

Addison & Traejen

Kingston

All 18 Kingston cousins

with Gma & Gpa

Kingston and

GGma Stock!

December Sledding

2009-01-06T13:18:00.001-08:00

The kids got to sled and be pulled by the 4-wheeler quite a bit in December. It is great to have a big yard, an empty field behind us, and some great neighbors (Gpa & Gma Roedel) who happen to have a few hills to slide down.

Traejen-Citizen of the Month-December

2009-01-06T12:54:00.000-08:00

Traejen was selected a the Citizen of the Month for December. This is a great honor at his school. The student can't have any missing homework, any discipline problems, have been absent or tardy and also must have been a citizen of the week one of the previous weeks. We are very proud of Traejen.

Christmas Trees and Gingerbread Houses

2008-11-30T21:03:00.001-08:00

We trimmed two trees-one to go-and got most of the decorating finished...Dane even got some lights put up...2 gingerbread houses completed....two to finish...and some shopping done...all after having Thanksgiving at our house. Thank goodness my Mom did the turkey, gravy, cake and sweet potatoes. Quincee helped a lot this year. She helped make a lemon cream pie, crescent rolls, stuffing, hot corn dip, candied carrots and mashed potatoes! Dane did a lot of the clean up:). We are worn out!!!

Happy Turkey Day

2008-11-30T21:00:00.002-08:00

Brevin and Traejen playing Pilgrim and Native American.

Quincee basketball

2008-11-30T20:58:00.001-08:00

Quincee is in the middle of her season. She is on the 7th grade "A" team and is having a great time.

The Clowning Cluprit

2008-11-16T15:59:00.000-08:00

Quincee has been writing a lot of poems for her Honors English class...here is one:

As I walked into that weird looking house, I swore I saw a floating blouse

But it soon did disappear and as I did fear the clowning culprit was definitely here

I suddenly felt dizzy and the pop on the table got all fizzy

You shall see just how funny clowns can be a voice said to me

I toss and I turn but accidentally run into a blown up fern

I sat down on a couch just to get a rest but up came a huge gigantic laughing fest

A thud and a thump I landed on my head and got a big bump

The couch was just a hologram powered by a grapey jam

I saw the culprit and he started to throw a fit

Why aren't you laughing or just a smile he kept on saying for a while

Then a great idea came to him and then he said just watch my limb

His limb turned green and out of nowhere out came a County Fair

How did you do that I had to ask a bit of magic will do the task said the man in the mask

Now just think of anything I thought of him being the clowning king

Sure enough he turned into royalty, I dreamed he looked exactly like me

The next moment Bam!!! He turned into a little lamb

How could that be....Did he really look exactly like me?

I looked down to see a snow white soft fleece

I started having a craving for cheese

Pop pop pop-I turned into the swiss kind and out came mice

I would have never been able to find

I turned into a chocolate cake being put in the oven ready to bake

A sweet smell of chocolate just delish, I smelled the perfect dish

The smell brought me to my senses and I awoke right next to some fences

It was all just a dream no matter how real it just did seem

my nap now over I was vunerable to the chocolate rover

A perfect sensation just right to take on vacation

I ran inside just in time to grab the piece that looked like a lime

A bell started to chime as I bit into the perfect lime

But I fell asleep and dreamed I was in a jeep

It was all from the clowning culprit to good to be true

I felt the air as across the road the jeep flew

To remember I was part of the load as the jeep was being bumped across the road

One big family on vacation wishing for a great sensation

Pirates

2008-11-16T15:28:00.000-08:00

Dane and I went to a Murder/Mystery dinner party with a Pirates of the Carribean theme. He was given the part of a witch doctor. I was assigned to be a tattoo artist. We had fun and I must say I was very impressed with his acting...(no I'm not kidding). He did the best impressions of the night.

The week of Xavier

2008-11-16T15:17:00.000-08:00

Xavier had a great week! First-He got his braces off after 23 months.....and he made the Vallivue Freshman boys' basketball team!!! Congrats! We are very proud of him:)

Game day

2008-11-08T22:52:00.000-08:00

You will always know it is a game day at our house! Usually even Brevin and I are decked out in blue and orange. Dane, Xavier and Traejen go to every game and we rotate the other ticket. BSU blew out USU today. Even though Dane and I are both USU grads...we now root for the Broncos.

Halloween

2008-11-08T19:49:00.000-08:00

For Halloween we carved pumpkins with power tools, which is so much faster. We went trick or treating with the Mills cousins to the relatives and then went with our friends the Dialogues and the Johnsons to our old Nampa neighborhood. This year Xavier's friend Connor joined us. The older kids stayed and handed out candy and played Rock Band. We have been doing this for about 10 years. It was the warmest Halloween I can remember in a long time.

2008-11-08T15:01:00.001-08:00

Brevin is 4 1/2 and loves games and friends.

2008-11-08T14:57:00.001-08:00

Traejen is 7 and loves all sports and school.

2008-11-08T14:53:00.001-08:00

Quincee is 12 and loves nature and animals.

2008-11-08T14:22:00.000-08:00

Xavier is 14 and loves basketball and tennis.

1st Post (Xavier)

2008-10-19T21:02:00.000-07:00

Hi, it's Xavier. Firstoff, the blog was MY idea. It just took a while to gain support. Anyways, I just moved into my new room, and I don't have to share it. It is decked out all Boise State, so of course it is the best room in the whole house! I'll post some pics later.

-Xavier-