March 2024

 

Ice cream for getting to school on time for 2 weeks! Yes, she struggles with this! It's so early for our late to bed kids!

Quick trip for Maco & Kyrie to Vegas for the Mountain West conference tournament!

My little buddy walking the dog with me!

Everyone wants to get in on feeding Nyla!

April 12, 2024

Just starting to sit on her own!

Fun season for these boys!

Take a parent to lunch day!

Book Fair!

Recess fun!

Kinder friends in line! I save these pics to recreate for 5th grade graduation!:)

Kyrie grew his hair out to get it twisted!

Before!

After

He loves it!

First time eating solids!  She isn't so sure about the pureed food!

Solids!!

First time Dad fed her!

She loves to feed herself or at least suck on the spoon!

Oscars party at the Porters!

On the red carpet!

They actually watched for a few minutes!

Walking the red carpet!

Maco got to cheer on his BFF from college, Jebron, in the championship 4A basketball game! They won!

Birthday party at Vega for Fox friend, Kaitlyn!

Journey theater's Sponge Bob! Rylan, Kyrie's buddy from Shrek & Wonka!

We can't miss a single Journey show!

Spencer!

Katie! Love these older kids and how the include Kyrie and the younger kids!

Kyrie was asked to speak at Journey's VIP Fundraiser dinner! 

I'm always in awe of how easily Kyrie speaks in front of people! I think there were 200 people at this event! 

So proud of him!

Our former pastor and pre marriage counselor, Eric Knox! Eric has decided to retire after coaching the girls at Benson Tech for the past 11 years! They have done extremely well each year since he took over, losing in the semis this year! I always look forward to his crazy suits every game!

Nyla loves bath time without the bathtub

Nyla laughing!

First bottle that I've given Nyla!

Talking girl!

Carpel tunnel surgery on my right wrist! So thankful to finally have all the numbness and tingling behind me!

Recovery was pretty easy! Left hand coming up in June!

Love holding her while she sleeps!

If you give a mouse a pancake!

Mia's friend Addie's parents rented a 15 passenger van to drive the girls up to the Camas b-ball state championship game!

Kyrie and middle school friends somehow made it to the front of the Camas student section at the state championship game!:)

Camas Girls' Basketball-State Champions!

Our girl, Eli getting to cut down the net! She's only a freshman and got playing time in the state championship game!!

Yay, Eli!!

Love that their motto all year was "Unfinished" after losing in the championship game last year! This sign is the best with the "Un" crossed out!! Yay!!

The Inversos came to watch with us! Nay loves braiding everyone's hair!

Dinner at Chik Filet! Happy Birthday, Tharen!

2nd visit of the month to Tacoma! Got to stay with the Inversos for Kinley's state gymnastics meet!

Lovin' the sunny morning overlooking the water with the doggy!

These besties made us a pancake breakfast!

Tennis fun in the beautiful sun!

Girls walked from tennis along the waterfront to get ice cream!

Fun in the sun!

Supporting Kyrie's Journey friends at James and the Giant Peach!

Earth Worm! Kyrie played the same role in the Skyridge school musical last Spring!

Marli & Naomi loved the show!

"When I'm 100......I will have wrinkles, I will wear a bowtie, I will watch TV, I will have cats, I will have glasses!" 

Nay didnt' want to dress up as a 100 year old, but the teacher put her pic in an app to make her look aged!

Naomi--------------------Nyla

Naomi--------------------------------Nyla

Our first family road trip in the "new" mini van seating 8!! Mia gets the back to herself! All the kiddos sleeping on the way to Spokane for state!

Our newest driver!

Chillin' at the hotel!

NCAA conference tourney games!

7th grade Washington State Championship!

Kyrie is one of the best hype men!!

Ready to play!!

First game!

Kyrie with the Layup!

This steal was one of my favorite plays of the weekend!:)

K with the assist!

Kyrie with a layup!

Loved this assist!

Jump shot!

Excellent passing around by all ends with a 3 pointer by Kyrie!

Won the first 2 games of the day to it into the quarter finals!

Our 2 mile walk in the sun with the girlies for a Starbucks treat!

Love it when she chills like this in the ergo!

Nay loved her pool time with the b-ball siblings!

B-ball mamas!

Tickle time with Daddy!

Daddy kisses!

Baby girl!

This is how we roll as a family of 6 in a hotel room these days! 2 double beds, a blow up twin in the middle for Nay, and a pack n play by the window for Nyla! We borrowed a slumberpod to put over the pack n play to make it dark, which was a total game changer!

Quarter final game-3 pointer-3rd game of the day was tough! 

Played a really good team and lost.:(

Pizza party after a loss in the quarterfinals!

Elsa & Naomi- Nay finally felt comfortable to start playing with the siblings at the last tourney of the year!

Working on sitting up!

Precious!

Waffle house! Ice cream waffles for breakfast!

Family walk along the river in the sun!

My heart!

Last game! 

Fun tourney with the boys! They ended up going 2-2 for the weekend! 

Best little b-ball fan!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Love the beautiful sunny days to walk up and get the kids from school!

Fun at the school park!

We try to enjoy the sunny days as much as possible! I remember doing our neighborhood walks/rides when Naomi was little passing the evenings while waiting for Maco to get home from work! Now Nay rides while I push Nyla! Love it!

Love this cute little summer outfit!

6 month doctor appointment!

pounds, ounces

Poor girl! She doesn't know what's coming with 4 shots!:(

So many band aids! She did so well though! Only cried for a few seconds!

Started watching Maco's former Union player and good friend, Oz's, little boy this month! Trace is 5 weeks older than Naomi!

I envision lots of fun times for these two!

CHS track has started! Mia is doing the triple jump for the first time! The long jump and 300m hurdles!

Love watching her compete!

Um gross!!!

Take your parent to lunch day #2!

NCAA tourney time!! 

I think I have a picture of all 4 kids in this position for March Madness!!

Nay has started doing her own ponytails! Love it!

Way to go, Nay!

Loves peanut butter just like her mama!

She also loves bananas!!

Kyrie dance party with himself!

Date with my boy for CHS musical, The Addams Family!

Mia's friend Inca played Wednesday and did a great job! The whole cast was great!

Naomi trying to get Nyla to stand!

Kinley's state Gymnastics meet in Tacoma! Here she is on the vault!

VAult

Floor routine!

So fun cheering on Kinley at state! She did great!

I remember a picture on my dad's head eating his hair about this age!!

Baby chicks at school!

This is how Naomi does her hair!

Dropped this girl off for her first day of softball practice!

We fit in a 45 minute date bowling in between kid drop offs and pickups! My worst game ever!!:)

I guess this is how it works feeding twins!

Doing baby led feeding this time around! Not really purees like I did with the others! I like it!

Of course she loved graham crackers!

Totally 4th kid! Pretty sure I didn't give crackers to Mia until at least a year!;)

Naomi decorated this plaster fox for her teacher!

Mia & Dad doing the Hamilton family hand shake!

Kyrie's turn!

Scrambled eggs for the first time with Dad!

Easter egg hunt at the neighborhood church! Kyrie helping Nay this year!

Dad gave her part of a donut!!

Cousins trip up to Tacoma for Kinley's state!

Wearing Daddy's Superman shirt from when he was a kid!

Wearing Mama's outfit from when I was little!

Birthday party at Vega gymnastics for Kaitlyn's b-day!

Starmites cast!

Belated birthday breakfast with Dad!

End of season Bruin banquet! First year the kids and I haven't been able to go in all the years at Union and GFU!

Kinder friends!!

Easter!

Nyla

Naomi

Kyrie

Mia

Easter egg basket hunt!

The hunt is on!

Nyla's 1st Easter

Our little Easter bunny!

Painting an Easter canvas!

Dying Easter eggs!

Easter kisses!

Kyrie kisses from Nyla!

Cute Easter outfits from Sittee!

So adorable!

Celebrating Kyrie's b-day with family a day early on Easter!

Easter brunch and Kyrie's birthday celebration!

13!!

Nyla Easter photo shoot!

Easter Family game time!

Last night with my sweet 12 year old!

Easter twins!

Happy Easter!