August Adventures!

On our way to our family beach trip with Sittee!

We arrived at Cannon Beach with beautiful weather!!

Running the sand hill!

Racing down the hill!(video)

We love playing in the inlet!

Helping each other cross the river safely!

Getting right to building sand castles!

After nap hair!!:)

Race time!

Haystack Rock!

Football with Daddy!

Football(video)

More football(video)

Even more football!(video)

High Fives!

Sisters playing in the water!(video)

Nay at the beach!(video)

The kids loved the organ at the beach house!

Playing the organ!(video)

Kyrie's original!:)(video)

Nay's turn!(video)

Maco made his annual beach peach cobbler!

Helping Kyrie build a pool!

Nay woke up super early one morning, so we went walking! Fortunately she fell back asleep!

Walking to town!

Of course we had to hit up the local bakery!

Sisters!

1.2.3 Whee!

Our favorite candy shop!

Trying to get across the inlet!

Kite flying!

Kisses!

Our only pic of all 5 of us on the beach!:)

Jumping the waves!

Nay Nay lovin' the beach!(video)

She went completely under and didn't even phase her!

Game time!

Googly Eyes!

The view on my morning walk!

Reading to Sissy!

Nay was infatuated with the horses!

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Cannon Beach 2019-Capturing this pic was challenging this year with a toddler!:)

Nay pulling them in!

More water fun!(video)

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Farmer's market! We found the orchard of one of kyrie's friends from GFU camp!

So yummy!

Shopping around town!

Headed to Seaside for the afternoon!

Go carts!

Nay cheering us on while racing!

Hanging out on Main Street of Seaside!

Merry Go Round!

Love this laughter!!

Merry Go Round fun!(video)

A Seaside tradition- the Fun Center!

Another Seaside tradition- air hockey!

Got free tokens from Jackson for this game in town!

Kyrie is really into Snow White right now with the MCT play they did last month. His goal was to find something Snow White related while shopping! He found and bought himself the Snow White book!

For the second year in a row Jackson's(Maco's b-ball player) family has invited us over for dinner!

Always some b-ball to be played!

Such a sweet babysitter and sis!

Nay was enamored with their dog!

After about 8 takes, this was the best family pic we could get!

One last hurrah at the playground before heading home after a fun filled 3 days! Looking forward to next year!

Aladdin movie date with friends! I love the Liberty theater with the cry room for Nay! She did great the first hour, then was pretty restless the second. I didn't realize the movie was so long! But we were able to hang out in there and not bother anyone!

A little bit of First Friday fun after the movie!

Watching Journey Theater's Newsies! Sooooo good! Kyrie is super excited about trying out his first actual drama class with Journey this fall!

One of the cast members from Newsies and teachers at the Journey camp these two went to this summer!

Trying on hand me down clothes silliness!

Baby came to Costco, too!

Kyrie's 4th year at the GFU b-ball camp! He is finally actually old enough for the camp!

Mia was persuaded to actually participate in the camp this year, and she managed the camp store, too!

Kyrie was excited to have 3 of his friends come to camp with him this year!

Competition time!(video)

Our newest transfer player, Zach, coaching up the boys at camp!

Bead work with toddlers!

Kyrie loved swimming with Olivia this summer!

Twinsies!

A little backyard brother/sister hoop game!

Love the view we have of the hills......for now.....It now has a huge 5000 square foot house in that spot!:(

Cottonwood Beach with our mom's group from church!

Playtime(video)

Lots of mamas braved this cold summer day!

After the beach we walked along the waterfront!

Backyard playgroup play date! Trying to prolong summer as long as possible!

Kyrie spent hours upon hours after seeing the musical Newies reading the playbill and listening to the songs!

Walked to downtown Camas and back! This is one of my favorite views of the river!

Mia was so graciously invited to dinner and the Lauren Daigle concert with the McCulloughs! My baby went to her first concert without me!

Thank you Jenn for spoiling Mia!

 Even though I missed the concert, we were so happy we could celebrate these two wonderful people getting married. Sammy and Thomas from Maco's GFU team! Love that we get invited to former players' weddings!

Such sweet speeches!

A night out dressed up for the two of us is a rare occurrence! Congrats, Sammy and Thomas! So happy we were apart of their special day!

When Kyrie heard Journey theater is putting on Frozen JR, he got all gung ho and made his own Olaf costume! Love his creativity!

Our sweet naïve boy, he thought he could actually use Monopoly money to buy things! :)

K9 dog show at the park put on by Camas Community!

Love running into friends at Camas events!

Cousins heading to the park!

Kyrie and Mia both earned their summer reading program award at the library! Unfortunately, Mia was at cross country practice, and couldn't make the library visit with us to get her prize!

Little Sis will gladly accept Mia's goodies on her behalf!

Mia did get drawn as a teen raffle winner and won a Camas mug filled with candy! Yay!

Cake Happy treats! Finally using our free cupcake coupons I bought in the CEF auction last winter!

And then we found a free hot tog lunch at IQ Credit Union! I love me some freebies!

Loved having happy hour on the Vancouver waterfront with some Eaton cousins and aunts and uncles!

So pretty, but cold!!!

Mia got to attend a free two day "Why I Rock" Girls Conference! It was a great experience for her with so many wonderful workshops! Very glad she had this opportunity!

Our stylin' guy!

Happy Birthday, Jeryln! Friends, trying out a new take out spot on the water, hot tubbing and a beautiful sunset! What more could you ask for?

Welcome back to soccer BBQ- Mia is starting her 8th season with this team and coach and has been playing soccer since she was 3.5!!

Mia is excited to have her good friend Aubrey join the team this year!

Friendly player and sibling soccer game!

Game time!(video)

This girl loves her watermelon!

Date night out with my girl to see Charlie & the Chocolate Factory!

Had so much fun with her!

GFU b-ball team dinner and fun! Spike ball tourney!

Chloe hung out with the boys, too! Semi Twins again!

Gotta play some b-ball of course!

Spike ball tourney((video)

Bounce, bounce!(video)

Kyrie really wanted to play, so the winning team took on Maco and K in a quick game!

The girls didn't want to be left out!

Maco made lasagna for 18 boys! That's a lot of lasagna!!

The new GFU Men's basketball 2019-2020 team! We have 7 new players this season!! I see great things in store for these guys on and off the court!

Sleepover!

Nay gets a coffee date with Mommy and Jenn!

Kyrie headed out to GFU for the Bruin Kid Sports day!

Summer workbook time!

Kids bowl free! We at least try and get in 1-2 games a summer! This time with cousin Kinley! Papa and Yaya came to cheer the kids on, too!

Menchies for the win after bowling!

Mia decided she wanted to earn some money, so she washed my car and did other stuff around the house!

Another b-ball BBQ-this time our annual Union coaching staff BBQ! So glad we have made this a tradition for the past 6 years we have been at GFU!

The kiddos are all grown up now!

The first Union boy's b-ball coaching staff ever!

The b-ball fanatics!

strawberry shortcake!

S'mores!

We had all the kids here! Super impressive with high schoolers and one about to head off to college! Love they all made time to come!

Our monthly family dinner at Aunt Jane's! Happy birthday, Tyler!

Happy Birthday, Ang! Aunt Jane is the best ever and always makes each person their own birthday treat!

Hugs from these almost 2 year old cousins!!

This is Nay trying to give a hug! Choke hold!:)

My fave!!!!

90 degree day with friends and neighbors!!

End of summer fun!(video)

Movie time!!

Swimming in Papa and Yaya's condo pool here in Vancouver!

 

Walking Mia to the bus for her all day 6th grade orientation! She is so excited to ride the bus, since she hasn't since kindergarten!

Waiting for the bus with her friend/neighbor, Natalie!

She gave me the look back like I requested!!:)

6th grade assembly! Mia and Chloe smiling big in the middle!

The parents got to come and meet the teachers at the end of the orientation day! Locker time!

Maile and Mia!

6th grade cross country buddies!!

Kyrie had "Back to School" night the same day!

So excited he has Mia's amazing teacher from third grade, Ms. Jarrell! He is in a 2nd/3rd split this year. He is excited about being in class with some 2nd graders for the first time!

Kyrie is bummed he isn't in class with Jameson this year, but excited for recess! And the mismatched socks is a style choice, not lack of clean laundry! :)

Traditional fox picture!

Kyrie is excited to be in class with his sweet friend, Thomas, this year!

Week before school, and Kyrie has all his outfits picked out for the next 8 days!:)

Contact flag football has started!! Gonna be a fun season!

And the next American Idol is.....(video)

Nay sings!(video)

Mia and Chloe putting on a skit! It was 7 mins long though, so couldn't put it on the blog!:(

Watching the play!

Love their creativity!

Park time!

Movie in the Park! We made it to the last movie in the park just in time for summer to end!

Nay even came for awhile!

Ready for the show!

Daddy even came for a bit!

The girls made us all pancakes in the morning! Best sleepover ever!!

Go, Ducks! First game of the season!

School clothes shopping and smoothies with my girls!

This was cracking us up our entire grocery shopping trip! Nay just wanted to keep kissing Kyrie!:)

This is how Maco rolls on game day while working!:)

Besties walking down hand in hand!

Turtles!

School clothes shopping and Menchies date with my boy!

Picked up the Inverso girls in Vancouver and headed up north to their house for the weekend!

We hit up a local festival and concert!

Face painting!

Dinner and concert time!

Game time! Mia & Ellie!

Kyrie!

Fun times!(video)

Obstacle course for Nay!

Obstacle course!(video)

Obstacle course #2(video)

Nay loves bounce houses!

Ga ga ball! A new game that's all the rage, and I don't even know if that's how you spell it!:)

Ga ga ball (video)

Nay loves the puppies!

Movie time!

All the big kids in  the same room! This always goes really well!:)

Kisses!

Our traditional 8 day apart kiddo chair picture! Started this when they were 8 weeks old, and now they're 8!!

Sidewalk chalk with Macy!

Helping Auntie Tharen get her kinder classroom ready!

Nay enjoying the kinder kitchen!

I was crazy and took 5 kids to the mall!! First stop, Macy's! Of course we had to get a pic with our very own Macy!!

Night out at the Rainiers game!

Baseball dance party(video)

Kyrie finally used a birthday gift card to get this stylin' new outfit!

Hanging out at the playground at the baseball game!

It wouldn't be a Tacoma visit without a stop at a local bakery! 

Hanging out at the water front and farmer's market!

We had a great weekend with the Inversos as always! Until next time!

Sweet sisters! Trying to get Nay to fall asleep on the way home!