November Memories!

Mia started tennis this month!! Can I say I was just a little bit excited???!!

She even gets to do it with her friend Grace!

Brother/sister story time!

Kyrie's stay up late birthday night on Nov. 1st!

Dress up!

The Cubs win!!!

Kyrie had to represent at school the day after the Cubs won!

The muddiest/last soccer game of the season!

Auntie came to support mia in the pouring rain and mud!!

Oh my goodness!!!

Soccer end of the season pizza party!

Mia loved playing for Coach Mach! So proud of her effort and her respectfulness to the coaches!

Love that we got to reconnect with old friends while playing soccer this season!

Glow in the dark mini golf family date!

So glad when we can squeeze in intentional family time during the season!

Kyrie started hip hop this month, and is really enjoying it!

Cousin twins!

Kyrie voted for "Teacher" in his kinder election, but Duck won! Boo!

Fancy day at school!

Kyrie's Kinder fancy class!

Mia helped me with some work her teacher sent home for me to help her with!

We've got a pirate!

Loved that we were able to reconnect with our friends Josiah at Tammi this month! It's been soooo long, and he was one of Mia's friends from birth!

Go, Giants & Seahawks!

Pillow fight!

Playgroup dinner/movie night!

Love that when Maco works late, we have our little village to hang with!

The Inversos visited for Veteran's weekend! We decided to brave Chuck E Cheese for some game time!

Friends just 4 months apart!

Doesn't everyone allow baseball in their family room???

We shall see how long these sleeping arrangements last for the night!

Girls made it all night, Macy & Kyrie-not so much!

Girls day in Downtown Camas-First stop-our favorite Camas bakery-Cake Happy!!

Strollin' around town!

Jamberry nail time!

While we were having a girls' day, Kyrie and Daddy were having fun at the Duck game with some friends!

Making memories at our yearly family Blazer game!!

We got the sticks!!

Love when they hold hands!

Such a fun memory, and they won!!

Kyrie finally gets to start having his own friends over for play dates. This is his first little kinder friend that came over to hang!

1st game of the season! GFU vs Portland State~Some of our loyal fans!

So excited for the upcoming season with the best group of guys!

Kyrie participated in the half time musical chairs basketball game! They dribble around the chairs and when the music stops, run and make a basket, then run back to a chair. Kyrie was the youngest, which made him the fan favorite! He made it to the top 4, which he was pretty pleased with!

Love seeing Daddy after the game!

The kids had their own b-ball game after the GFU game!

More play date fun!

Turkey Bingo at the Lacamas Lodge!

We didn't win a turkey, but the kids both won prizes!

Kyrie had his first job-cleaning out Auntie's kitties' litter box! He loved it! Ha!

Snuggle time with my boy while Sissy and Daddy were gone!

Mia loves her slumber parties at the Farley house!

And who wouldn't love chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast?

Mommy~Daughter date at the ice rink!

Man, it was cold! And my feet hurt after about 30 minutes! Not sure how people last a long time on the rink!

On our way out of the rink!

Can't ice skate without hot chocolate!

Happy birthday, Sittee!! Had dinner and dessert at our favorite Pazookie place!!

Fun cousin night out at the MIchael W. Smith/Amy Grant Christmas concert!!

These singers were two of my favorite while growing up!

Jordan Smith(Winner of the Voice) even joined them! He is amazing!!

BFF twins!!

Love how Mia's teacher posts lots of pictures so we can see what they are doing! Lunch with the teacher is so special!!

Kindergarten Thanksgiving feast! Also posted by Kyrie's teacher! I love technology!

Our first trip to Newberg for a home b-ball game!

Team shoot around!

Kyrie is a part of the team!

He even got to run a drill with them, which put him on cloud 9, but unfortunately video doesn't show up on phones, so didn't post it.

Love how the boys are with the kids!

Hanging with Jess, the team manager extraordinaire!

One on one!

Kyrie joins the team for the National Anthem each game!

This year he gets to join the team introductions!

The men's basketball team room that Maco redid. Love all the quotes he has on the walls!

My first visit to the team room!

D.W.W.D~~ Do What We Do! One of Kyrie's favorite sayings now!

Kyrie paid for and put together a new lamp, since he broke the previous two!!

End of the season football pizza party! What a fun season it was! The team was even undefeated!

I subbed in Kyrie's class today and got to help them make their veteran men! "Thank you for protecting our family!"

Wear Red/Foxy shirts at school today!

Tennis exhibition at the Rose Garden with the Neslands!

We got to see John Mcenroe, Andy Roddick, James Blake, and Mark Philippoussis play! Kyrie loved it, and kept yelling out to the players! I had to teach him the etiquette of tennis!

Daddy even joined us after practice! Mia was at a birthday party, so didn't get to come with!

Blake vs Mcenroe!

Kyrie went all the way down to the front on his own and got Mcenroe's autograph! And now we can't find the hat!!

Mia got to see Trolls at her friend Natalie's birthday party!

Rainiest flag football game of the year!!

Kinley Ann's 5th Frozen Birthday Party!

Such cute decorations!

The cutest cupcakes from Cake Happy!

Kyrie wanted to dress as Olaf to be the mascot for the party!

Happy birthday, Sweet niece!

Cousins!

Welcome to the American Girl doll world, Kinley!

Karaoke singing "Let it Go"!

Paint  your own turkey cookies made by the fabulous Miss Lily!

Thanksgiving fell on the 22nd anniversary of my mom's death this year, and Maco wore a Kathy pin that he apparently found in my jewelry box! Meant so much to me!!

Love when Mia will let me take pictures of her!

So special celebrating Thanksgiving with family!  Since the Rapisardas didn't have any family in town, we were happy they could celebrate with us this year!

Thanksgiving cuties!

Maco made the best turkey this year!!

Older cuties!!

Sooooo good! So nice that everyone chipped in and helped with the cooking!!

Kyrie made up some games for the kids to play and these two won the prizes!

I love helping out in the kids' classes, and I get to visit them at lunch!

Recycled craft morning in class!

We made it to a MOMs club event this month! Our first in awhile, since it was on an early release day! DIY Divas! We designed mugs with oil based sharpies for Christmas presents! So fun and cute!