Merry Christmas!

The last few years I have put my annual Christmas letter on my blog. So here is family letter 2008! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!


Dear,
A. Family
B. Friends

Well, here we are at the end of 2008 and instead of the typical Christmas letter we decided to give you a multiple choice quiz.

Brian and I are still
A. Married
B. Speaking
C. Breathing
D. Very happy

Brian is
A. Working very hard at the newspaper agency
B. Still coaching basketball and loving it
C. Making progress on his “honey do” list for the new house
D. Still a bronco and now a Jazz season ticket holder

Kim is
A. Very busy with 3 growing kids and their growing schedules
B. Fully recovered from donating her kidney to a friend this past summer
C. Going to an average of 4 to 5 basketball games a week
D. Trying to keep up with the laundry, the NEVER ENDING laundry!

Trevon is
A. Eight years old
B. HUGE! At least a foot taller than any kid in his second grade class
C. Playing basket ball and LOVES it
D. A very sweet and helpful kid. (I don’t know what I would do without him)

Jackson is
A. Six years old
B. Enjoys riding the bus to kindergarten and is becoming a very good little reader
C. Awesome on the drums for the Rock Band play station game
D. Always making us laugh

Taylor is
A. Almost four years old (next month)
B. ALL GIRL!!
C. Taking dance classes and started preschool this year
D. A quiet girl who never says a word or speaks her mind

Looking ahead to 2009, we wish you
A. The happiest of holidays
B. A healthy and prosperous new year

All our love to you,
Brian, Kim, Trevon, Jackson, and Taylor Allfrey

All the above multiple choice answers are true except answer D for Taylor. That choice is SO false! That girl never stops talking. And who are we kidding, she pretty much runs this house!

To keep up with us and our family please feel free to email us or check out our blog.
Allfreyfamily@msn.com
AllAboutTheAllfreys.blogspot.com

Biggest Loser

This is from a friend of a friends blog. I am totally going to participate. Anybody want to join me? It should be a lot of fun. The lady who is running the contest is from right here in Utah. If you want to check out her blog it is www.utahtib.blogspot.com




Alrighty then - I have decided to do a Biggest Loser 6. I had enough people twist my arm! I will only be using first names and last initials this time around - and I will be BCC'ing all contest information and results. This is all in an effort to maintain a little more anonymity for contestants. The rules are pretty much the same - so if you are interested in losing some weight - and maybe winning some money while you are at it, let me know!

So here are the deets:

In case you didn't get the chance to participate in Biggest Loser 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, now is your chance! And if you have no clue what I am talking about - in April 2007 I decided to compete with my pals to see who could lose the most weight with some cash as the reward. As it turns out - money is motivating. I like me some money and this is the perfect thing to keep me on track. There is something about having to report my weight to dozens of other women that keeps me from eating garbage! Now, nobody actually sees your weight - they see a percentage lost from the beginning - but mama likes to see a minus sign in front of her percentage every week!

Here is the info in a nutshell:

We will kick everything off on Friday, January 2, 2009 with the initial weigh-in and before photos (to get your starting point). The first official weigh-in will be Friday, January 9, 2009 and the contest will run for 12 weeks from there. The final weigh in will be Friday, March 27, 2009.

The entrance fee is $25 per person. Hopefully we can get a big fat pot for extra motivation this time around! The last round was $1850! I think there will be a lot of competitors with New Years resolutions and all.

If the pot is over $1000, it will split it into a first, second and third place pot. 1st place will get 60% - 2nd place will get 25% and 3rd place will get 15%. So if we have 60 participants and the pot is $1500 then 1st place gets $900 - 2nd place gets $375 and 3rd place gets $225. If we only have 36 players and the pot is $900 then everything goes to the first place finisher - there is no prize for 2nd or 3rd place. I will be taking a 10% Administrative Fee for myself this time around. It is a lot of work to organize the contest and I haven't exactly been winning any of the pots. I will take the 10% fee off the top of all the money collected and then the prizes will be based on the remaining pot. (I hope that makes sense).

Some other specifics:

1. You must be a legal resident of any country of the world.

2. You must be honest about your weigh-ins. There will be no lying to the Tibster.

3. You must e-mail me a picture of your scale with the weight on the first and last weigh-in. SOMEONE ELSE must take this picture. Please have a friend or spouse take a picture of your weight on the scale - I must also be able to see your hands in this picture - sorry to ask for 3rd party verification of your weight - but when the contest reaches a certain size we need to make sure that people are being honest. You must also send before pictures from the front, back and side. There will be no exceptions to this rule. If you do not provide pictures then you cannot participate. Nobody but me will see your pictures. Unless you win, in which case, you must agree to allowing your before and after pictures to be sent out.

4. You can choose any weight loss diet, except for anything requiring surgery. This includes weight loss surgery such as lap bands, liposuction, gastric bypass, etc. I will not be responsible if in this process you actually gain weight or if you lose too much weight. Choose your program wisely.

5. The whole purpose of this contest is to lose weight in a healthy way and change your lifestyle. You may not take any weight loss drugs. This includes but is not limited to: Alli (Orlistat), Phentermine, Meridia (Sibutramine). If you chose to use a weight loss drug you will be disqualified. Herbal supplements are acceptable. If you have questions whether something is allowed, please contact me before you begin taking it.

6. Weigh-Ins will be every Friday. You must weigh-in EVERY week and email your weight to me by NOON on Friday. If you do not weigh-in you will be eliminated! If you are going to miss a weigh-in, just let me know and you will retain the same weight as the prior weigh-in. Please email me with your weight every week. I will compile a percentage lost chart every week after I get everyone’s numbers and email it out to everyone no later than Friday evening.

7. Weigh in wearing your bathing or birthday suit.

8. You must start and end the competition on the same scale.

9. You must be at least 6 weeks postpartum.

10. If you drop out of the competition, money WILL NOT be refunded.

11. If you get pregnant or injured during the competition, money WILL NOT be refunded.

12. Participation in this contest is contingent upon participants agreeing that any dispute (whether stated in the rules or not) will be decided by a majority vote among the then current participants. Adam and/or Tiburon E. shall not be held liable for any monetary loss (including entry fees) that may result from a rule violation or dispute.

13. The final weigh in day is Friday, March 27, 2009.

If you are interested in participating - please leave a comment or email me at nunyabusiness@comcast.net. The more the merrier and the richer the pot! If you don't have anything to lose but know someone that might be interested - please pass this along! Even if you only have a little bit to lose - I have found that a little healthy competition can help to keep you on track! Please post about this on your blog - the more people we have the bigger the pot!

If I have enough interest I will also host a Mens competition. That is part of the reason I am posting about this so far in advance. Let me know if any man in your life needs to lose a few ell bees!

Here is a chance to put your moola where your mouth is instead of some fattening food! Live it up now - for January 2nd - WE COMPETE!

THEY'RE DONE!!! YEAH!!

*** UPDATE!! Correction: For those of you who have read this already I made a mistake on the high school that the performance is at. It is NOT at Hunter it is at GRANGER high school. (Thanks Jenn for pointing that out. I was totally picturing Granger in my head but wrote Hunter, Duh)***

This year I was asked by Taylor's dance teacher if I would make the costumes for her class for the holiday recital. And this morning I brought all ten of them to give to each of the girls at the dress rehearsal. What a relief to be all done! I really couldn't have done it without my mom's help and expertise. Thank you so much mom for all your help with them!

Her dance is to a song called I want a hippopotamus for Christmas. They have these stuffed hippos that they dance with for the second half of the song. ( I also had to make ten hippo costumes.) It is really cute. This year they have two performances and I would like to invite anyone who would like to come, to come. The first performance is at Trolley Square on Monday Dec. 8 at 7:00. The main performance is at Granger High School on December 13 at 10:00am. Santa is going to be at the performance at the high school, so it should be really fun. So am inviting anyone who would like to come.

Below are some pictures of the girls this morning trying on the costumes. What do you think? Again I am just glad to be done with them.

Jazz Tickets Anybody?

I just wanted everyone to know that if they ever want to go to a Jazz game we have tickets. This year we share with the Lambs 6 season tickets to every Jazz home game. Sometimes we go together the four of us, but almost always we have at least two more seats available. And since we don't really want to go to all 42 games this year we will sometimes sell all six seats.

If you are interested just let me know (or Jenn Lamb). The price of the tickets are $10 a piece. Face value of the tickets are $16 each. We have already paid for all the tickets this season and are just trying to make a little bit of it back.

Four of the six tickets are in Section 120 Row 14 Seats 1-4. The other two tickets are only two sections over in Section 118 Row 19 Seats 3-4.

We will pretty much have at least the two tickets for sale to every home game. And I don't think you will find them any cheaper any where else. It makes for a fun and fairly inexpensive night out. Let me know if any of you are interested. You can email me, call me or just leave me a comment. THANKS!

Happy Halloween!

Sorry this is a little late, but better late than never. This year for Halloween the boys were Jedis and Taylor was Princess Leia. I didn't see anything I liked in the stores so my mom helped me make these for the kids. THANKS MOM!! They turned out great.

DRESS SALE!!

NAME BRAND DRESS SALE!

The "Dress Party" is coming to our area- this week only and is having a SALE!!

Don't miss seeing designer girls dresses originally $60-130 in catalogs and Department stores.

Now they're on SALE for $20-37.00

Factory Direct 1,000 to choose from!!

Sizes 2T - 14 and infant

Girls: 2pc. skirtsets and dresses

DATE: Today November 3, 2008

Time: 4:30 to 6:30 pm.

Place: Sherrie Allfrey Residence
3843 W 11970 S
Riverton, UT 84065

Call me (Kim) if you have any questions (801)824-1874

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!

A Very Special Day

Trevon got baptized on Saturday! The weather was gorgeous everything went smoothly, it was such a great day. Brian did a great job. His words brought tears to my eyes as he blessed Trevon at his confirmation.
I am so proud of Trevon's decision to become a member of the church. He is growing up to be such a wonderful kid. He is so sweet and sensitive and caring, I really couldn't ask for anything more. I love him so much! He got some new scriptures with his name on them from Grandma Jo and Papa. And he got some scripture stickers from the Lambs. So on Sunday him and I put the stickers in his Book of Mormon together. It was nice to spend that time with him talking about the different stories in the Book of Mormon. We had a wonderful weekend.





The whole gang! Thanks to everyone who came. It is so nice to know how loved and supported Trevon is. We really appreciate everybody who came, thank you!
Goof Balls

TJ and Wendy
Kella and Brooklynn
Madison and Taylor
Brad and Robin
Katie
Trevon, Braden and Hailey

Bronco Cake

I have to just take a minute to brag a little because even I can't believe I actually made this! Thanks to Becky and her awesome instructions I attempted to make a bronco cake for Trevon's birthday yesterday. And it actually turned out pretty darn cool if I do say so myself! It took me a long time, but I did it! I didn't burn it or drop it or anything. I am so proud of myself.




I also made this basketball one because we were having 23 people over and I didn't know if the bronco one would be enough.

Trevon is EIGHT!

Trevon turned eight yesterday. My little baby boy is eight years old! Trevon is such a great kid, I really couldn't ask for anything more. He is a fantastic helper to me and is a genuine sweetheart. I love him more than words can express! We had a little birthday slash bronco party last night. (we won't talk about the bronco part) The party was fun. It was nice to have our family and friends over to enjoy a nice evening together. We ended up with 23 people over last night to enjoy pizza and blimpies and cake and ice cream. It is so nice to have a house large enough to be able to do that. I am so blessed!

Pumpkin Patch

On Saturday we made our annual trip to the pumpkin patch. It was a success! The kids always have such a good time picking out just the right pumpkin. This year there seemed to be a lot of particularly nice looking pumpkins which made it even harder to decide. Brian just kept filling the wheel barrow with more and more pumpkins. I think we ended up coming home with NINE pumpkins! Now our front porch looks like a pumpkin patch!







Taylor didn't want her picture taken until Brooklynn was there.
This picture makes me laugh. The three youngest kids are screaming their heads off and there is Jackson in the back making a peace sign.
Trevon is pouting because he didn't want to pose for a picture for me. Little stinker.


Here is Trevon pouting, and Taylor doing the pee pee dance.
Nice top of the head shot of Jackson.

Random Pics

As I downloaded my camera I found a few pictures that just made me smile. So here they are.


This is what happens when Jackson gets creative with a roll of scotch tape. I don't know how he could breath with that stuff on his face. And it is a good thing his eyebrows are so blond you can't see them anyways because I don't think he had any left after he ripped the tape off. Crazy kid!
This was relaxing with Grandma Becky and Papa Bob during conference.

Being crazy at the circus.