Annual Christmas tree cutting at the farm! It was a beautiful day!
Weekend trip to Tacoma to cheer on GFU b-ball and friends!
Always gotta got out for a treat!
Sneaking a peak at Daddy!
Got to see one of our favorite GFU alumni! Yay!
Kyrie rode up with the team and helped coach!
Baking cookies with Macy!
8th grade buddies!
Nay loves all of her big sister's friends!
Camas Tree lighting!
Ran into some Fox friends!
Isn't it normal to race friends at the tree lighting? :)
So excited after 9 years of using the third car garage for a ping pong table we used about 5 times per year, we decided to make it into a workout area! I even got a free treadmill on our amazing buy nothing group! We added lights, mirrors, and mounted the TV. Bought and cut horse stall mats for the flooring! So excited to have a place to workout instead of the kitchen!
Advent crafts!
Making Christmas countdown chains!
Decorating Kyrie's room tree!
Puzzle time!
My favorite advent calendar is back! This was the kids' Great Grandma Eaton's! I loved it at her house when we would go there durign Christmas!
Advent goodies! Decorations for their tree! The kids were adamant about matching ornaments this year. We didn't for our family tree, but they got to for their room trees!
Daddy-daughter date to Jamba!
Kyrie gets to be ball boy for some of the Jefferson HS games!
Kyrie was lucky enough to go to Cali with GFU for a couple games! They got their own private tour of USC! He met some awesome women on the b-ball team! They even gave him two pairs of brand new Kyrie Irving shoes they didn't want!
Kyrie was super excited to meet Isaiah Mobley!
They found Santa!
Annual Cusack girls' Christmas tea at Myrtle's Tea House! We were happy to be back in action after last year doing it in our garage, but missed Yaya & Auntie Katie!
Gotta get the "tea" sign in the background!
Championship indoor baseball game! Finished 2nd!
We all thought this was a home run because it hit above a certain line, but the umpire didn't agree!
Mia's friend group had an outdoor Christmas party! They even did a secret santa gift exchange!
This friend group loves to be active! They ran a 5k around the neighborhood just for fun!
Wrapping Christmas gifts to earn $ for DC!
Bestie sledding & sleepover
Spending our day at Fox!
Playing b-ball during shoot around!
Girls and I walked to coffee shop!
GFU campus!
We love being back at GFU for games! We are 2-1 in conference right now!
Still loves sleeping with us!
Snow day!
Auntie daycare means giant cookie!!
These were the most amazing cookies that we were given for Christmas! Giant and so yummy!! They know the way to my heart!!
Nannying Christmas party! Craft time!
Cookie decorating time of course!
Game gift exchange!
Sports Day!
Mia's vball team!
I may have been a little overzealous bringing home 7 blankets to cut for the 5th grade blanket project!
5th grade making blankets to donate!
Annual gingerbread houses!
Kyrie bought 10 of his friends gifts with his own money! I love his generosity!
Even wrapped them up for everyone!
Muddy buddy, Mia's favorite!
Advent goodie-Santa socks!
Happy 15th Birthday, Josiah Anthony!
Cupcakes and birth video to remember our first born!
Nay helped make Josiah's cupcakes!
The kids were thrilled with even a tiny bit of snow!
Naomi, Mom, Mommy!
Ugly sweater day!
Last volleyball game! they finished with just 1 loss!
Pajama day!
Grotto lights with the McCulloughs!
Puppet show!
We used color chalk on Nay's hair! She wanted it off 5 seconds later!
Trying to capture Nay dancing!
Advent-new ornament for the tree!
Another advent activity-sock snowball fight!
More advent fun- snowflakes!
Belated thanksgiving turkey cookie making!
St Nick's day! Annual PJs!
Advent activity- Table at Beaches to watch the Christmas ships! Games to play while we wait!
Chrismas boats & dinner at Beaches!
Santa!
Christmas Ships!
My favorite childhood ornament!
Shopping for the family we adopted with our Cusack/Irvine family! Love this tradition we started a few years ago!
Gifts for the mom!
Gifts for the dad!
Gift for the son!
Helping decorate Mommy & Daddy's tree!
Decorating the family tree!!
Kyrie's turn to put the star on!
Tree topping take 1!
Tree topping take 2!(Actually more like take 6!):)
Lebron James
The annual b-ball Christmas party was back this year! Maco made his famous Chipotle burritos for everyone!
More cookie decorating!
The chaos of wrapping!
Advent-unicorn hot cocoa and making hot cocoa bombs!
More snow!!
Kyrie's team won this game to make it into the championship!
Some b-ball action from day #1
Lunch break! Love their bond!
Championship tip off!
Our team on the right! So little!! Seattle Rotary is the real deal!
Nay gets a little half time action!
Advent-New ornament for the tree!
Hot cocoa bombs!
We struggled making these way more than last year!:)
Making cards for friends & family!
Kyrie was so excited to get his vaccination!
Vaccination treat!
St. Lucia! This crown is 20 years old from my first year of teaching when we celebrated holidays around the world!
Advent-Christmas on Franklin Street! We watched Journey theater carolers and flash mob!
The boys were cracking me up as they were singing a long!:)
Ended the night with our first visit to Crumbl!
So delicious!
Nay had a sleepover with Kyrie during Christmas break! Daddy fell asleep with them!
This was the best we could do for Santa this year!
Visiting Santa with the Chambers!
Advent-Happy birthday, Jesus party!
"Happy Birthday, Jesus!"
Hilarious cotton ball game!
The story of the birth of Jesus!
Christmas zoom with the Eatons!
Our annual 12 Days of Christmas Eaton style!
Advent-Washougal MX park lights with the McCulloughs!
Hot chocolate & popcorn for the ride!
It was cute, but definitely not the PIR show! We supported local though!
Used our projector for the first time to watch the Polar Express! It's a must see every holiday season!
Love that we can use the workout area as a family!
A little nighttime snow!
Nay wanted to be like the big kids and sled down the hill!
Christmas Eve!
Christmas Eve at Auntie's-It was a different year this Christmas without Yaya, the Gunters, & Uncle Quinn & Uncle Cole, but we made the best of it! Hopefully next year we will all be back together again!
Even Auntie got matching pajamas!
Gifts from Yaya & Papa!
Cousin gift exchange! Thank you, Miles!
Ornament from Yaya!
Merry Christmas, Miles!
Advent-Christmas light scavenger hunt!
Preparing for Santa!
Sprinkling out the reindeer food!
Christmas Eve family movie!
Christmas has arrived!
Santa stopped by!
Xbox games for Kyrie!
Mia finally gets a phone! She has been waiting 2 years for this! Pretty sure she was the last 8th grader to get one!:)
Bike for Nay Nay!
Maco always has his last minute wrapping on Christmas Eve!
Always gotta start Christmas morning on the stairs!!
Rushing down to see what Santa brought!
Mia was thrilled with her phone!
Kyrie has been waiting for these new games!
Yay, Nay has a bike!
The kids love opening their stockings!
Airpods for Kyrie! He was a little excited! He loves to listen to music while he shoots baskets in the backyard!
Nay loves her Star Belly Dreamlite!
Kyrie made us a sock snowman!
Mia got a shelac nail kit!
Papa came over for Christmas morning with us!
Mia got Kyrie some Oregon socks and Blazer hat!
Dad's annual calendar gift!
Kyrie got Naomi a fun game!
Thank you, Great-Grandma Cusack! He can't wait to go shopping at Target!
Nay was so excited to give Mia the shirt she got her!
Had to get Maco's favorite!
Thank you, Great Grandma Cusack! Nay loves playing this game!
Mia's gift to Naomi!
Got the family "The Adventure Challenge-Family Edition"! Looking forward to doing fun family adventures together!
Another gift from Great Grandma Cusack!
Kyrie's gift for Mia!
Nay Nay got Kyrie an Annie's Pretzel gift card since he loves pretzels so much!
The Adventure Challenge-Couples Edition! It's already been tons of fun!
First adventure-Staycation at the Camas Hotel!
Surprise!
Chill family Christmas this year! So nice and relaxing!
Christmas afternoon at Sittee's!
Stockings!!
Got to see Aunt Alice on Christmas!
Christmas BN(before Nay!) 2015/16?? Christmas AN(After Nay!) 2021
Introducing Sittee to Heads Up!
Brother/Sister selfie!
Christmas entertainment provided by Naomi Marie!
Nay loves this Christmas present! She gets to put makeup on the doll head!
Kyrie was so sweet and created gifts for everyone in the family! His gift for Naomi was that he would play with her for one hour every Saturday!:) Dates with Mom & Dad to take us out with his gift cards he got!
Nay loves drawing on her "TV"!
Saw Sing on New Year's Eve!! It was so cute!
Made New year's eve/College football whoopie pies for NYE!
So much fun hanging with the Neslands & the Gibsons for NYE!
Around the World Ping Pong!
Crazy Eli & Bryton!
Spent the last 15-20 years with these beautiful women! So glad we still find time to get together even with our busy lives!
Love that Nay fits right in and the age difference of 10 years doesn't matter one bit!
Our staycation at the Camas Hotel!
Trying our first adventure challenge! We had to create a comic strip telling the story of our relationship. Using pictures and words to create, but the catch was it had to be written in Chinese. Had so much fun working on this together and learning how to write in Chinese!
Loved our time away, especially during the b-ball season! So thankful for the family and friends that heled us with the kids to make this night possible! Loved starting off 2022 this way!
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