Christmas Letter
King Family News for 2015
Art and Ronda King sending you warm Christmas greetings! Our family Newsworthy Events chronicled here:
Dec ’14 Art’s 94-year old Mom, Lauretta King died after a brief illness. She and Frank were living with us the last few years. We grieved and no Christmas letter went out last year.
Feb We visit Bozeman and the 100th birthday party for Art’s Dad Frank King. It was easily the biggest birthday party of his life.
Mar Caleb’s WWVA varsity basketball team wins their local and regional playoffs and goes to the state tournament in Spokane. Sierra and Hannah’s basketball team wins the WWU intramural championship. Idaho spring break includes Pomerelle skiing and Snake river zipline. Ronda, Caleb and Willa enjoy New York City with the WWVA Orchestra.
April Art’s 40-year alumni reunion at Mt. Ellis academy involves having more fun than should be legally allowed.
May Rylee wins a silver medal on her cello at the Spokane MusicFest. Brenden takes a new credit union job in Medford, Oregon.
June Caleb graduates from high school. Sierra and Tyler graduate from college. Tyler as class president. For an adventure, Bethani hitchhikes from Sacramento to Walla Walla for the graduations. Adventure continues as Bethani and Hannah head to Annecy, France for the summer.
Jul Sierra and Tyler get jobs in Walla Walla and Sierra applies to graduate schools. Art and Tyler start work on adding an apartment for them to an existing building on our property. Taylor fights forest fires in California and north Idaho.
Aug Art’s Dad, Frank King dies peacefully at home in his easy chair at the age of 100.
Sep The family treks to Bozeman for Grandpa Frank’s memorial service. All his children and 15 of 19 grandchildren come to say goodbye. School starts. Hannah and Caleb at WWU, Ian at Walla Walla Community College, Theron at Mission Creek, Willa at WWVA, Rylee in 6th grade at Rogers School. Taylor flies to Haiti as a volunteer orphanage worker for the school year. Ronda’s Mom, Betty, moves into our house for care. Ronda’s Dad, Grover, still lives independently but comes here every day to see Betty.
Oct Willa makes the varsity volleyball team and they have only one loss all season. David and Elissa prepare to leave the Navy and Twentynine Palms, CA next spring. They hope to buy a dental practice in Montana or Wyoming.
Nov Most of our children are home for Thanksgiving. Hannah organizes the first annual “Hobble Gobble” 5K race. Tyler wins with a time of 22 min.
Dec Christmas snow fun with our children.
Wrap-up Through our tears this year, we still see much to be thankful for. We look forward to getting your Christmas updates. May the true Spirit of Christmas be with you and your family.
With Love from all of us; Art & Ronda, David & Elissa, Brenden, Bethani, Tyler & Sierra, Hannah, Ian, Taylor, Caleb (19), Theron (18), Willa (16), Rylee (11), Mossen (6), Cheyenne (5), Ryder (1)
Favorite Books of 2015
- Art: Inventing Freedom by Hannon, The Waiting by LaGrow
- Ronda: Little Princes by Grennan, The Waiting
- Elissa: First Family by Moss
- David: In Cold Blood by Capote
- Bethani: Deep by Nestor
- Sierra: The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
- Tyler: Wild at Heart by Eldredge
- Hannah: Cutting for Stone by Verghese
- Taylor: Sigma Protocol by Ludlum
- Caleb: Life of Pi by Martel
- Theron: I Kissed Dating Goodbye by Harris
- Willa: Unbroken by Hillenbrand
- Rylee: The One and Only Ivan by Applegate
- Mossen: BOB books
- Cheyenne: Berenstain Bears Make a Mess
Links from the original letter
- Frank and Lauretta King Memorial Links
- Family Youtube videos from 2006 forward
- June 2015 Graduation Photos
- June 2015 Quads in the Oregon Dunes Photo
