Hamilton Happenings......: November 2022

This is what Naomi does when Mom is gone for an afternoon!!

Kyrie doing a little tik tok draft! And don't go looking for this on Tik Tok cause we don't post them!

Action shots of my favorite coach!!

Shaving cream and food coloring fun!!

Oh my goodness!!!

Made some paper and art pieces!

Family Blazer game!

Nay wanted more food!!

The game got close!!

Fun in the leaves at storytime!

Date with Kyrie at Oregon Children's Theater, Dogman!

My date for dinner after the musical!

Celebrating her friend, Eleanor's birthday at Dizzy Castle!

GFU trip to Colorado!!

Dale, team trainer, Maco, and Adam, GFU AD

Kyrie's showcase dance for his foundations of dance journey class!

Book club Jen and I hosted!

Build your own Apple Nachos! Such a fun idea Jen had!

Sooo good!

Fun night!

Thanksgiving dinner at YoungLives! The kids and I are helping once a month with childcare for the sweet babies and kiddos so the moms and dads can attend YL club!

Eli and I twinning at the GFU game!!

Yoga with Sittee at preschool!

Got a wild hair to take 4 kiddos and meet our friend Soren at a pottery open house!

Of course we had to get a treat! We had a fun and exhausting morning!!!

Kyrie's free-throw-a thon fundraiser video!

Kyrie's "Break a Leg" surprise for opening night!!

Kyrie made this fun poster for the lighted room!

Happy birthday, Sittee! Dinner at Olive Garden on opening night of Shrek!!

Introducing our newest niece and cousin, Lucy Kathleen Gunter!

Born November 6th @ 1:39am! 8 lbs, 1 oz- 19 inches

Can't wait to meet her!! I just need to hold her!!

Heading home!

So thankful to be apart of Paige & Liam's baptism!

Paige and Liam supporters!!

Of course I won the show cookies!! 5 giant sugar cookies! I try and win them every show!!

Isn't she so precious????

Broadway musical, Jagged Little Pill! Soooo good and deep!!!

Helping me make sugar cookies!

These kiddos love painting!!

Got gas???

Sunset from our street!

28 years since my mom passed away. I have learned how to survive and get through the days, but still have so much sadness in my heart for all I have missed with her and she with me!

Naomi wanted to put a special flower with a purple ribbon of course on Cousin Caleb's grave!

Had to make a visit to our childhood home!

Remembering Grandma Kathy with Starbucks!

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Twins! Sittee had us over for dinner on Thanksgiving since Maco was out of town and the kids weren't feeling 100%!

Not the best picture, but this makes my heart happy!

Thanksgiving nannying party! Belated this year due to illness of course!!

Craft time!

We always make cookies!

Pumpkin Pie!!

And now they're ready for Christmas!

More cookie decorating!

Good luck surprise for Mia's 1st high school basketball game!!

Go Makers!!!

Pictures and videos to come next month! She is doing awesome and having so much fun! They are 4-0 so far!!

Naomi has been loving her Friday pizza/movie nights with the Mcgrews!!

Mia and her friends had a charcutier Friendsgiving!

Mia was so proud of Nay's pigtails!!

Daddy Daughter date to Disney on Ice!!

Neighborhood Turkey trot with Auntie, Naomi and Ceci! Big kids were home sleeping!

Mia had a fun weekend in Salem with the Gibsons cheering on Eli at her tournament, and then they got to cheer on the women of U of Portland!

The GFU team had a great Thanksgiving meal at MoMo's house!

Naomi set the table for our belated Thanksgiving dinner!

Happy Thanksgiving! We had a chill Thanksgiving and some of us may have been in our pajamas!!:)

The fionas!!!

Kyrie finds anywhere to play some b-ball! Even during rehearsals!!

Act 2 Shrek run through!

Kyrie loves his Journey crew!

Final run through Kyrie's 1st scene

Act 2 final run through scenes! Posting all these for Kyrie and because can't post any of the show!

Shrek dress rehearsal photos!

Full Company

The amazing crew!

The Fairytale characters!

Farquaad & the Knights!

The Fionas!

Townspeople!

Setting up the lighted room!

My awesome Makeup & hair committee chair!!

The lighted room is all ready for the leads of the show! This is where I hang out when I'm helping with hair and makeup!

Megan gave each lighted room kiddo a special present!

Kyrie was "forked" by his Journey friends! They put forks all over the grass and paper plates with fun messages! He was actually forked twice this show, and he loved it!

Megan framed the lyrics of one of Donkey's songs, Dont Let Me Go! So sweet!

Mgan

My view when I help in the lighted room!

This photo cracks me up! I loved helping backstage and getting to know the kiddos!

I loved this shirt!!

Taught these two how to play the card game of Speed! They loved it!

Journey VIP night! We hosted a table! I was so happy to have family at the table with me! Uncle Dan, Uncle Jon, Marlana & Kody, and Marna all came to support Kyrie and Journey theater! We had a fun night of food and even got to watch the final Shrek dress rehearsal!

Final bows on VIP night!

Kyrie was asked to speak at the VIP event about his love for Journey!

He forgot his notecards for his speech in the car and did this all off the top of his head! Just like his dad!

Uncles!!

Opening night!

These 2 girls with buttons supporting their favorite character!!

Opening night! They did such a great job!!

Nay was so proud of her brother!

Proud Little Sis!

Kyrie's journey BFF! Hope Olivia can do the next show with him!

Nay loves Fiona!

Kyrie's art teacher, Mr. Sanchez, and the Skyridge music teacher, Ms. Sappington, came to watch Kyrie! Kyrie isn't even in Ms. Sappington's class, but she came to support him anyway! And now for trimester 2, he has joined the Skyridge choir!

Kyrie loves the "Meet & Greets" after the shows! He loves talking to everyone!

Shrek's music director

Friends from school came to support!! Addy, Ella, and Henry!

So proud of Kyrie and his performance on opening night!!

Aunt Jane!

Aunt Alice & Sittee!

Shrek ears!!!

Kyrie signing a kid's playbill! He has dreamed of this day!:)

Late Opening night party at Burgerville! They had a blast singing and dancing and having fun!

Director, Beka, getting her groove on !

Congo line!!

The Posners came to the show!

I love that they ended the show with Believer!!

Mrs. Chase and family! Kyrie's 2nd grade teacher!

Selfie with my favorite Shrek character!

Shrek & Pinocchio! Judah was an amazing Pinocchio!

These 3 were fabulous! And became such good friends!

Sneaking a pic from backstage!

More friends!! The Sangallis and more!

The Mikenzies and Spikes came to watch, but couldn't break through the lines to see Kyrie!:)

Mr. Condon, Kyrie's track coach at Skyridge!

Blurry, but had to include! We didn't know if Maco would be able to make a show since he was out of town with the team for one weekend and had games the other weekend! But he made it even on time and got to see the whole show! I was so happy, and Kyrie was, too!

Camas boys!!

Bryson & Owen!

They all had to get ears!!

The McCulloughs!!

Nay loves Baylie the dragon!!

Another friend from school, Tyler!

Cousin Jess!

Kyrie and his crew buddy, Zach!

The Inversos drove all the way down from Tacoma to catch a show!

So sweet of them!!

Kyrie's friend, Clare!

Steph, Jacob & Rae came to watch, too!!

Awards ceremony!

Kyrie was given the Sparkplug award for bringing the character to life!!

"Brought the most life to his/her character and a spark to the show!"

This was Kyrie as donkey to a T!!

The Chambers Family!

I was so blessed to be at all 6 shows, plus 2 dress rehearsals!! I watched 6 and helped backstage for 2! I was so thankful that I got to be in the audience for so many shows! The last show I even got to sit up in the tech room and had fun up there dancing around and watching with the crew kids!!