I have fun picking out activities and little goodies for our advent calendar each day!
Tree lighting in downtown Camas!
My partner in Crime!
Fun times with the McCulloughs!
Tree lighting & fireworks!(video)
Someone didn't like the fireworks!
The tree lighting starts the Christmas season off for us!
Cuties!
Craft time fun!
They LOOVE checking the advent calendar each day!
The shoes are out for St Nick!!
The traditional Christmas jammies from St. Nick!
Our little astronaut!
Astronaut( video)
My little wrappers! Kyrie asks me every day what he can wrap!
These two wrapped almost all our Christmas gifts this year! Loved it!
Should I touch it????
I love our traditional Santa pictures!
Kyrie wrote Santa and got a letter back!
He was so excited!!
Christmas pj's!!
Took our cousin and friend to see Kyrie's friend, Olivia, perform in the Christmas Carol!
Love these fun things we do during the Christmas season!
Olivia did a great job and the show was soooo good!
Sleepover fun!
Movie time!
I love watching my kids sleep!
Sleeping beauties!
Dinner with the Mikenzies and the kids had a Just Dance party!
Downward dog!
Our little astronaut!
Kyrie and Mia made this backdrop for the basketball Christmas p;arty!
Love that the boys got into the photo shoot!
The girls, too!
The boys did their traditional poems for each other again this year! So funny!
One of the boys' poems!(video)
Nay enjoying her first ever very own cookie! She's definitely had
Sisters!
Nay is ready to cheer on the Bruins in her socks! Forgot her shoes!! Oooops!
One of Kyrie's favorite people at the Fox games!
Nay wore herself out running around at the game!
First time coloring!
Happy Birthday, Jesus party!
Gingerbread houses!
Mia perfectly lined up her candy, which is exactly what I'd expect from her!
Cookie exchange and Ugly Sweater party with 2nd grade mamas!
Good times!
The cutest little reindeer!
The surprise!(video)
Mommy-daughter date night to get pedis!!
Mia got fun reindeer art on her toes, which got smudged before we made it to the car!:(
One of our advent activities was to pay for someone's coffee in the drive through! Well we picked dinner time at one of the sparsest Starbucks' drive thru ever! So we waited awhile before someone came up behind us!! :) We ended up just paying for someone in the lobby, and of course right as we were driving away, someone drove up!
Another advent activity of making cookies for our neighbors!
Everyone's favorite thing to do is make slime!!
Tea at the Pomeroy House with cousins, aunties, and Yaya!
Sister time!
Love my nephew snuggles!!
Love when I can spend special time with this girl!
Mia wanted to hold Miles any chance she could!
More sister time!
This is our 3rd annual Christmas tea.....I think.....maybe 4th! Bad memory!
My girl!
Cousins!
Yaya & the girls!
Auntie & Kinley!
Fun time at the Mill Town Mamas group at church! We made both hot chocolate and cookie jars to give away! We added them to the kids' teacher Christmas gifts!!
I've really enjoyed going to this monthly group!
Chillin' at Sittee's shop!
Making reindeer food!
Fun with Daddy!
So we turned this hilarious video into America's Funniest Videos, but we didn't hear back!! And this was all Nay's idea btw!!!
Sportin' the belly!:)
Kyrie lost another tooth!
Mia decorated cookies with friends at the library!
Sugar high!!
Advent activity- snowball fight with socks!
Lovin' on cousin!!
Cousin time!(video)
Kyrie is ready for Sports day at school! Got all his George Fox gear, plus a cape!:)
I got to sub the last day of school before break at Fox with the kids on Sports day!
It was also the 5th grade volleyball game against the teachers!
It got super loud in here!(video)
Kyrie cheering on the 5th graders with his friends!
Date Blazer game with Daddy!
Kyrie was rooting for the Jazz, so Blaze wasn't happy with him!
Got a lot of the Jazz players' autographs, including one of his favorites, Donavan Mitchell!
Mia got in on the autograph signing, too!
Cousin Christmas pictures!
We were so excited to add Miles to the annual picture this year!!
The handsome Miles- 6.5 months old!
Another advent activity and annual Christmas tradition-gingerbread houses!
Nay even got in on the action.....well eating graham crackers with frosting!
This is very meticulous work!
The masterpieces!
Love these 3 so much!
Kitchen basketball with Nay!
Ice cream sundaes!
Game time!
Maco's place to secretively wrap gifts-the laundry room!
Our most precious package!
Mia spent her own money buying a gift for her good friend Chloe!
Chlo had one for her, too!
Game time with Daddy!
Kyrie got to go with Maco and the Bruins to Cali this month! He had a blast and the team picked up two wins while there!
I LOVE this picture!!!! I absolutely love that the boys do this during timeouts! And I love even more that Kyrie was in on it!
Delivering our cookies to neighbors!
Mini Maco!!
We got the classic toddler Santa picture this year!!!
Sister love!
Shopping for the school's Stuff the Bus donations!
Friends!
Snuggles with Daddy!
This girl loves her pasta!
Christmas light scavenger hunt on Christmas Eve!
Lovin' the lights!
Christmas Eve candlelight service!
Christmas Eve with the Eatons at Uncle Dan & Aunt Julie's!
Cousins!
Auntie & Kinley!
We had a hard time getting a picture with these two!
The kid gift exchange!
Kyrie loves reading about sports!
Family!!
Singing Christmas carols!
5 Golden Rings!!!!
It wouldn't be Christmas Eve without singing the 12 Days of Christmas!
12 Days of Christmas!(video)
!2 Days of Christmas #2(video)
Lots of singing!(video)
Nay wasn't into posing with Auntie!
We did a white elephant gift exchange this year for the adults and Uncle Jon brought a cake stand from Grandma Eaton! So special!
Mia found the pickle on the tree, so she won the Christmas book!
Christmas Eve snuggles!
Sprinkling out their reindeer food!
Ready for Santa!
Cookies for Santa!(video)
A note from Santa!
The traditional sleepover in Kyrie's room on Christmas Eve!
Ready for Christmas morning and Santa has been here!
These gifts are not all from /for us, just fyi!! :)
Christmas morning 2018- waiting on the stairs until all is ready!
Christmas morning on the stairs(video)
The rush down to see what Santa brought!
A Mini polaroid camera for Mia and a kids Kindle for Kyrie!
Stockings!
Mia was quick to start taking pictures!
And now Nay is awake to see what Santa brought her! The kids loved having Yaya & Papa here for Christmas morning this year!
Naomi wakes on Christmas!(video)
A rocking horse and push toy from Santa!
Santa gift!(video)
Daddy's annual gift to the kids-a sport calendar!
The kids were thrilled to get an Echo Dot for their room so they can listen to music! Thank you, Great-Grandma Cusack!
Our family on Christmas morning!
Nay checking out her stocking!
Mia's gift from Mommy & Daddy- a shopping spree! She is super picky with her clothes and loves one on one time, so thought she would love this gift!
Shopping spree(video)
The kids' ornaments! Mia & Kyriek have quite the ornament collection so far! And Nay has a good start!
Ornaments!(video)
Love when she does this squinty smile!
A little b-ball time with the uncles while waiting for breakfast!
Basketball(video)
Kyrie was so excited to pick out a gift for me! It was a sweet necklace and bracelet he picked out!
An Oregon sweatshirt from Yaya!
And Mia was also excited to give me her gift that she picked out! A new phone case and my very first pop socket! So nice of Sittee to take the kids shopping for us!
Sweet, Kinley!
Mia loves her zebra onesie from Kinley!
An ornament perfect for Auntie!
Mia loved her sleigh from Yaya & Papa!
A glipse into our Christmas chaos!
Papa had matching pillow cases made for Kyrie & Miles! So cute!
Auntie surprised Uncle Quinn with tickets to the Rose Bowl!!!
Auntie surprised Uncle Quinn with Rose Bowl tickets!
Yaya's favorite-golf accessories!
Kyrie picked out a special backpack for Kinley! The kids all drew names this year!
Naomi's ornament from Yaya & Papa!
Uncle Quinn
Nay's gift from Brooke!
Uncles!
Movie money for Uncle JoZef!
Uncle Maco loves his snuggles!
Mia had fun snapping photos throughout Christmas!
Carson & Nay!
Nay opens presents!(video)
Chuckles perfect for Chuck!!
Nay loves her piano from Yaya & Papa!
Love my sisters! Thanks to Kelly for getting us all special onesies for Christmas morning!
Our annual stocking picture with the kids and grandkids keeps getting bigger every year!( had to include this pic too because kyrie is eating Miles' hand!
Love these two in their onesies!
Christmas afternoon at Sittee's
Mia helping make whip cream for the waffles!
Time for presents!
Mia loves her Beach House from sittee!
So excited to read MIchelle Obama's book from Marna!
Opening gifts(video)
Kyrie was blown away with his gift of a hover board from sittee!!!
1st time on the hover board!(video)
Dad even got in on the action! It was hard!!
Love getting to relax on Christmas afternoon at Sittee's!
Brunch with the Kaadys on the 26th!
Aunt Sandi and Rae!
Just a glimpse into Christmas with the Kaadys!(video)
A special Catherine Creek hat for Aunt Jane from the Chasteens!
Cousins!
More cousins!
And more cousins!
Nay is ready for the pinata!
Still snapping photos of these 10 day apart cousins!
Loves!!
More loves!
And more cousins!
Mia was so happy we got a fun hot chocolate and mugs gift in the exchange!
The annual Christmas pinata!
Pinata fun!(video)
And it's open!(video)
Cousins!
So many cousins!!
Cousin fun!(video)
Cousins ready for their gift exchange!
Auntie Jess loves snuggling with these two!
Kyrie has already gotten so much better on the hover board in just a day!(video)
Nay enjoying her gifts!
Our last night with Auntie Katie and family!
Papa & Miles!
The Gunters spending time with cousin Caleb!
Kyrie getting an x-ray at urgent care(which took over 4 hours) on December 27th! He broke his toe when jumping off of Kinley's gymnastics beam!
Broke his big toe!
Has to wear a walking boot for a few weeks! No basketball for awhile!:(
Lots of icing! Kyrie's favorite thing!
The kids play crutches came in handy!:)
Naomi loves wearing these necklaces that she got from the Kaady Christmas!
Cheering on the Ducks in their bowl game!
Kyrie forgot about the Christmas gift he made us until after Christmas! It is sooo cute!
On the back is his "Where I'm From" poem!
Trying sushi for the first time! She liked it!
Trying out facial masks to get smooth skin!
These kiddos love their onesies! And yes, I make Kyrie wear a bootie over his walking boot! What can I say
Kyrie finally convinced Maco to get out his old Xbox 360 so he could play Madden 11!:) Wait, actually Maco couldn't get it to work, but Kyrie somehow did!
Our new neighbors invited the street down to the caldesac on New Year's Eve for a fire pit and s'mores! It was so fun! Kyrie is happy the daughter, Brittan sits next to him in class!
New Year's Eve hangout at Aunt Jane's! Our first NYE without Mia! Thankfully she had a blast, but we missed her!
Cousins!
We were so excited to hear that these two are going to have a little brother come May!!
I tried hard to get a pic of all the little girls, and this was the best I could do! Missing Mabel!
Hanging at home the evening of NYE!
How we roll in bed ringing in the new year! We woke Kyrie up at midnight to celebrate!
We weren't with them, but I thought it was a pretty cute picture of Papa & Yaya on NYE!!
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