August Happenings!

1st trip to Tillamook Cheese Factory!

Trying the cheese samples!

Can't visit without Tillamook ice cream!

Neskowin beach trip with Sittee!!

Uno!

Morning hot chocolate date with Sittee!

Hamilton 2016

Our family plays some kind of sport on every vacation!

Love, love when they laugh and giggle together!

Their favorite thing at the beach is building sand castles!

We can't go to the beach without making s'mores!

1st in line for our favorite marionberry scones! We look forward to these all year long! Well at least I do!!!

Scone time!!

Found some gigantic leaves on our walk around town!

We found some blackberries on the walk!

Found a snake!

On to football!

One of our favorite games, Yahtzee!!

I love that Maco makes a peach crisp every year while we are in Neskowin! Sooo good!!

On to our next family vacation..... Sunriver with the Cusacks!! Running to Papa when we first got to Sunriver!

I can't believe Kinley can stand on her head like this! Impressive!

All the cousins sleeping in bunk beds together! This should be interesting! Oh and did I mention Maco and I got to sleep in the same room with them??

Familly game of Dominoes!!

Found some deer on our bike ride!

We biked all the way to my grandparents' old house in Sunriver!

So many great memories here!

 

Mia rode for about 90 minutes with all of us! She did awesome!

Cousins!

Playing Heads Up was hilarious!

Sister time at the SHARC! 

Unfortunately the weather wasn't that great, so the kids spent a lot of time in the indoor pool.

The kids loved the hot tub!

So many hours spent bike riding!

Lacrosse practice with Uncle Quinn!

Family walk to the Village!

Of course we visited the village bakery!

Mia & Yaya bike riding together!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Cusack(Su-cat as Mia said when she was younger) came and visited us! 

Grandpa Cusack was turning 93 a couple days after our visit.

Last family dinner in Sunriver!

Horsing around with Uncle Maco!

Pajama bike ride with Daddy!

Dancing with Auntie Katie & Uncle JoZef in the village!

And you can't visit Sunriver without getting Goodies ice cream!

Bumper car fun with Daddy!

Watch out for Mia!

Riding the train around the village!

Fun on the bounce houses!

Love our time with Auntie & Uncle! So hope they live closer someday soon!

Love our summer family trips!

Can't wait until next year!

Kyrie waited for this day for months! First day of George Fox basketball camp! 

While Kyrie was at camp with Daddy all week, Mia and I had a fun Mommy~daughter week!  

Bike riding around our neighborhood.

Smoothie date at a new coffee shop with cousin and friends!

Our little baller!

Movie date!

Of course we had to visit Cake Happy and get our favorite scones!

Cottonwood beach trip with friends!

Dancing on the green at a Concert for a Cause at Camas Meadows!

Fun night listening to the band!

Day #3 at camp

Last day of camp! He survived getting up daily at 6am, playing with 3rd-8th graders, and staying at George Fox all day! It was rough at times, but he did it!

Mia got to see Presto the Magician at Arrianna's b-day party while K was at camp!

She was picked first to pet the rabbit because she was such a good listener!

Happy birthday, sweet Arrianna!

Swimming with cousin for our last mommy-daughter date of the week!

We got to watch Kinley perform at the end of her dance camp!

Love supporting our cousin!

Water balloon toss at the water carnival at Crown Park!

Mia sliding on the giant slip n slide!

The fire truck came to spray everyone!

A must during summer..... Top Burger ice cream cones!

Date night out at a former player's wedding! Such fun!

Participating in the SHOC run for ovarian cancer to support the Inversos!

Sidewalk chalk while waiting for the parade to start!

The Gladstone parade!

The kids got more candy than they could ever need!

Waiting for candy!

Dinner with the Mckenzies!

Kyrie carrying Arri's veil during the wedding.

The 1st dance!

Movie out with Yaya & Papa!

Park time!

Neighborhood backyard play date!

Water balloon toss!

Papa even joined in!

 

All the kids playing at our Union basketball reunion dinner! 

Miss all these kids, coaches, and wives!

Last soccer practice of the summer!

Wilson girls having dinner with us during our monthly date night swap!

Dentist date!

Open gym at Vega! The kids earned free passes for completing the reading program at the library!

Cousin date to get the biggest shaved ice in town!

Kyrie chose this water bottle so he could squirt it like the professional football players do! He copies everything he sees professional players do!

End of they year soccer ceremony!

We love Coach Spike and are so sad this will be his last season coaching Kyrie!

Like Father, Like Son!

Skamania County Fair~ we got to check out our friends animals they were showing!

Kyrie's favorite part of the fair, using the walkie talkies around the fair!

Painting at the fair!

Rides!

Can't go to the fair without an elephant ear!

Love summer time with my kiddos, even on this 100 degree day!

Watching Inside Out with cousins in the park!

Smoothie date with mama!

Mia got to see the BFG with friends!

We showed up on the wrong date for a wedding, so we had a date night at Portland City Grill overlooking Portland instead! I don't know how to make a sad face!

This was the best picture we could get at Portland City Grill!

Birthday fun at JJ Jump!

Happy birthday, Destin!

American Girl Doll fun with friends!

Trying to use up all our Payback book coupons before they expire! So cinnamon rolls at the coffee shop!

You would have thought it was Christmas when Kyrie was gifted this football jersey!

Races down the driveway!

Play date with friends to end summer!

Kyrie drew up a full court! to play on with his favorite team's logo!

Camping in Cougar! This is the first time we have camped in 7 years! And Kyrie's first time ever camping! Unfortunately, Maco couldn't come because he had to work!

Of course Kyrie made friends with the neighboring campers!

Hot cocoa to warm up in the morning! We were so spoiled and got to stay in the trailer with the McCulloughs!

The kids loved playing together!

Playing Farkle!

Of course the American Girl Dolls had to come with us camping!

Movie time for the kiddos in the trailer!

Pillow fights!

We took a trip to the Ape Caves! Ready to go in!

The meatball!

Ape Caves group!

Such a fun weekend!

Camas pool fun!

Fun in the park after swimming!

Making a Kindergarten countdown chain because he is so excited to start school!

Kyrie had fun playing with some future kindergartners at the park before school started!

Our last time together as a playgroup! So much fun together these past 3.5 years!

Cousin date to see Finding Dory!

Meet Shayna's dog walking service!

Back to school night! Almost ready for Kindergarten and 3rd grade!

Kyrie is so excited his friend and next door neighbor, Eliot, is in his class!

Can't believe she is going to be in 3rd grade!!

Kyrie will have Mia's Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Sawyer this year!

Mia gets a new teacher from Alabama, Mrs. Jarrell!

So excited for the year!

Cartwheels on the way home from back to school night!

What a great summer we had! I can't believe its already over! Happy Fall!

It's time!! First day of kindergarten!

First day of school-September 6, 2016

We had to drive to school because it was pouring rain!!

1st day picture with the fox!

Friends!

She wanted to go in all by herself this year! 

Meeting all the kindergarteners in the library for a story before school!

Another friend in class with Kyrie!

I went out to one of my favorite places, Pine State Biscuits, on my first morning with both kids in school!

Kyrie was so excited to show me his Fox "Paws" itive he earned on the first day!

I met the kids up at school to walk home for the first day!

Mia and her BFF, Heidi, have been in class 3 out of 4 years since kindergarten. They are so excited to be in class again together this year!

Kyrie & Natalie's first day of school handshake!

And the traditional giant 1st day of school cookie!! I think it's going to be a great year!!