Mia's 1st CHS basketball game of the year! Special good luck gift!
Cheering on Mia at her b-ball game!
Apparently she just ate the white chocolate off the pretzels! ;)
Mia's first JV game of the season! They won by a lot!
Photos courtesy of Yaya!!
Yaya took Kinley out to breakfast for her bday, and Mia got to tag along!
Mia and Sophia volunteering to put together Christmas baskets for kids in coming out of domestic violence situations and/or homelessness.
Check out this local non profit! They are doing amazing work!
Sittee gets to cheer on Mia at her game!
1st day of advent goodies!
A felt Christmas tree for Nyla, candy/cookies for the big kids, and a reindeer stuffy key chain for Naomi!
1st advent treat!
Fun with the felt tree!
Adopt a Family gift shopping! This year we shopped for a 3 year old, Mom, and
Grandpa!
Grandpa!
Gifts for the 3 year old!
Gifts for the mom!
Gifts for the grandpa!
Decorating the Varsity Team room with other mamas for the first home game! Naomi even helped!
Mia's locker! Mia is playing both JV and Varsity this year! She has worked really hard the past 2 years to make it on Varsity for the first time!
Turned out so well!
Nyla helped decorate, too!
Nyla dancing with the b-ball mamas!
Naomi immerses herself into the high school section of course!
Mia's first Varsity warmup!
Mia's first ever Varsity game!
Mia's first time entering the varsity game!
She scores her first ever varsity basket in the first 30 seconds of entering the game on a great assist from Kierra!
Mia gets to start the 4 quarter and shoots free throws! She gets her third point of the game!
Varsity gets the win!
I had to document everything from the first game!:)
Mia has a poster!!
Proud of my girl!
One of our favorite Advent traditions, my grandma's Christmas countdown!
Ball pit fun that will last a few weeks before I gift it to the next family!
Indoor play park fun!
Free ride from Bo!
Another advent goody!
Thank you, Cousin Marlana for the Lumiere Funko Pop! He loves it and has added it to his collection!
All inclusive Christmas event put on by a wonderful Camas mom!
I was watching these two great kids overnight for a couple nights, so they got to come along, too!
Our Santa pictures! We are running out of room! Not sure how I'm going to fit another 16 years of photos until Nyla is in college!
Mia's vase she made in ceramics class!
Basket game #2!
Kyrie won the Sparkplug award from Beauty and the Beast. Voted on by the artistic team for the person that brings their character to life most!
St. Nicholas Day! The kids get their Christmas pajamas!
Naomi's last b-ball game!
Nay had fun defending her friend, Brielle, even though she was supposed to be on offense!! ;)
She may have double dribbled a time or two! ;)
Great season!
Second season coaching Naomi! Now all the kids have had Maco as a coach for at least 2 seasons!
Buddies since they were 3 and 2!
Last game of the season was vs friends from school!
Feeding herself yogurt for the first time!
Merry Christmas from the Hamiltons!
Christmas crafts!
Christmas tree hunting!
Picked out a tree for Sittee!
Nutcracker! Watching Kyrie's friend Piper perform as Clara!
Piper did a fabulous job!
Washougal Motorcross Park lights with the McCulloughs!
Christmas party with the nanny kiddos! Craft time!
One of the mamas made these awesome treats for all the kids!
Making reindeer food!
Santa craft!
Can't make everyone happy!
Ready for the book exchange!
Nay loves her books from Cam!
Nyla gets a book from Noah!
Date night to see John Legend's Christmas concert!
I could listen to his voice all day long!!
All she wants for Christmas is her 4 front teeth!!
Decorating the tree!
With our busy family, we had to decorate in shifts! Mia to decorate after b-ball practice!
Loves!
Kisses with her buddy Trace!
Kisses!
Nyla's new word- "Bubba" for Kyrie!
Kisses!
Mia's turn to decorate!
Don't ever tell Mia I posted this! :)
Nyla helping decorate!
Book Club Christmas party! Amanda Jura is an amazing hostess!
Little cheese and pretzel apps! So cute!
Snowman ranch and cheese dip!
Nyla got to join in on the fun!
Happy Birthday, Wendy!
I was sooooo excited Amanda served my favorite banana cake from New Seasons!
Snoop on the Stoop!!!
Even though the big kids complain, I have to get my annual Santa pics!
Nyla doesn't let anyone hold her these days, but she was fine with Santa!! I was shocked!!
I stole this white elephant gift at my book club Christmas party!
Santa waffles!
Reindeer food!
2024 kid ornaments!
Nay's 2024 ornament, Dorothy Fox Rocks!
Kyrie's ornament commemorating our mom/son trip so the beach this past summer!
Naomi's teacher uses the awesome Slumberkins to teach her students different character traits. Nay brought in her Slumberkin unicorn and got to the read the authenticity story about to the class!
Mia gets to do the tip off for JV!
Love watching Mia tip the ball! I think Camas has won the tip every game! Mia even got the basket after the tip!
Another basket!
Up early heading to Dallas, Texas with the GFU b-ball team for 8 days! Naomi is doing school work by choice at 6:30am!!
Nyla is ready to go on the plane!
Passing the time!
Our ride for the week!
Naomi loved her movie time on the bus! Our bus driver, Miss Nancy, even went to the store and bought more kid movies for Naomi!
Nyla had to wake up at 5am for the trip and didn't fall asleep all day until the minute she got into the car seat at 3pm!
First stop....Costco to get tons of snacks for these giant college boys!!
Terry Black's BBQ-One of the top rate BBQ spots in Texas!
Soooo good!
Naomi was the assistant bus driver for the week! She loved it!
Naomi finds fun in all she does!
Hotel #1- Longview, Texas. Unfortunately, Nyla woke up every 2-3 hours all 7 nights a the hotel, which was rough for this mama!
Team dinner watching college football!
The pool was closed, but that didn't stop Naomi from going in!
The water was freezing!!!
The water was freezing!!!
Naomi is so crazy!!
Naomi lasted about 15 minutes!
The girls and I rode in style to Starbucks thanks to our amazing bus driver, Miss Nancy!!
Hotel #2-Marshall, Texas
Wrestle mania!
Game day gear!
Game day nap!
This girl loves her messes!
Team Meditation before the game!
Letourneau University- Nay had to take a pic of this arena that had the same name as her teacher, Mrs. Solheim!
Kyrie loves sitting on the bench with the team!
Dad and all his kids on the bench pre game!
GFU vs Letourneau University!
Well Nyla threw her glass bottle down, and it shattered on the tile! I didn't bring any extras, so thought it would be a great time for a natural break to bottles. But after a rough night of no sleep, we made a pit stop at the store to buy new bottles!
Hanging out at the East Texas Baptist University Campus enjoying the sun with our bus driver extraordinaire!
Walking around campus!
We discovered a fun pond with ducks!!
Naomi got to feed the ducks!
Like bro like sis!
Coach bonding!
I love watching my kids sleep!
This guy works all hours on these trips! I don't know how he does it!
Waffle House!! Naomi loves all her time with the boys!
Playing "Heads Up" with the boys!
Nyla loved giving the boys high fives walking off the bus all week long!!
High 5's!
Snuggling with my girl!
AP bought these hats for Naomi and himself! She loves it!
Sleeping beauty!
GFU vs East Texas Baptist University!
Kyrie joins in on warmups!
Yes, I do do my kid's hair, but her hairbands broke, and I didn't have any extras......all day!! It was hard for me, but I survived! :) And now I carry extras in the diaper bag!!
This arena was so cool! You sit all around it up top looking down, and I loved walking all around it while watching the game!
Kyrie giving the coach some advice! :)
Wait, apparently I found a hairband! That must have been a different day that I didn't have any and her hair also looked crazy!! ;)
Won the game!
Loved that Nyla slept while I walked in circles watching the game!
Even took the advent goodies on the road with us!
Pizza place named after Kyrie! Bubba's!
Dallas Maverick's game! Got some goodies for being first time attendees!
Nay and I shoe twinning!
Go, Cavs!
We were literally the top row of the arena!!:)
In the Cav's locker room!;)
Welcome, George Fox University Men's Basketball!
These two didn't even play!! Boo!!!
Fun at the game!
"Dada" game with Daddy!
Game #3- GFU vs University of Dallas!
My goal was to get this girl walking by the end of the trip! We had lots of people helping us with this!
AP doing some pregame warmups with Nyla!
Kyrie even got to wear an actual uniform(one of the player's is injured) and warmup with the team!
Kyrie warming up!
Nyla cheering on the boys during warmups!
Dancin' Queen!
Greg, the trainer, helping Nyla learn to walk!
Kyrie stepping in for Tre!
Love this pic of Corey with his arm around Kyrie during the national anthem!
GFU came out slow and went down 0-12 and ended the half down 21 points! Here is the start of a comeback!
They rallied back and came back to tie it and go into overtime!
Overtime and GFU gets the win by 7!!! It was so exciting!!!
83-76!
Nay giving all the boys high fives after the big win!
High fives for the winners!!
Lunch at the Dallas Cowboys Raising Canes!
The bathroom!
Kyrie's favorite picture of Nyla! First time trying juice!
Her face trying lemonade is too funny!
I like this one of Nyla!! She smiles on cue! I have her trained!!
Advent goodies!
Free riding on the suitcase!
Naomi gave Miss Nancy a thank you Starbucks gift card!!
We love you, Miss Nancy!
Naomi's new BFF! Thanks for a fabulous week, Miss Nancy!
Nay loved her opening/closing the door job on the bus!
Last stop on our way out of Texas was at our friend Jordan's house! He and Emma hosted our entire team over for lunch and an afternoon of relaxation! It was really nice!!
All hands on deck in helping Nyla walk!
Naomi, Hugo, and Zane had a blast playing with the boys!
It had been a long week and the boys felt so comfortable here, they all took a much needed nap while watching football!
Even Coach B got in a nap!
Thank you, Walbridge family!
I love how the team engages Naomi so much! Here is Jake and Nay throwing her squishmallow back and forth while waiting for the plane!
And now the suitcase is helping Nyla learn to walk! She pushed this thing all around the gate!
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Happy Birthday, Jesus party at the McCulloughs!
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Love when the big kids interact with the littles!
Fun game Jenn and her kids planned!
Game booty!
Reading "The Story of Christmas" They have read it every year since Paige was a baby!
Our Christmas storyteller, Paige!
Nyla is making her walking debut at the McCulloughs!
Her first time actually walking on her own!
Making of a snowman!
Make a snowman challenge!
Getting into mischief!
Naomi wanted to be made into a snowman, too!
Mia wrapping Christmas gifts for families to earn $ for her Courts for Kids trip!
Christmas girls!
Nyla getting assistance from her big sis to walk!
Christmas with the Eatons!
Family!
Singing Christmas carols of course!
Nyla shockingly let Uncle Jon hold her, but she was pretty shy in his arms burrowing her head into his shoulder!
Since Naomi is into puggs right now, she and Uncle Jon read this book about puggs written by his friend!
Kyrie got to go to GFU for his friend, Coop's, b-ball bday! He even won the 3 point contest!
Christmas goodies courtesy of Uncle Jon!
Movie night watching, "The Star", at the McCulloughs!
Love our chill winter break time!
'House down the street from us. The girls and I sat outside for 15 minutes enjoying the songs and lights!
Look at the lights, Sissy!
Date night on the river ! So thankful we found time for this during b-ball season!
Marna kept the big kids overnight and it was just like when we were first married with just one little! Breakfast in bed!!
PIR Winter Wonderland lights!
My favorite part!
We listened to the "12 Days of Christmas" while going through this part of the show!
Naomi loved reading through the keepsake I made Maco before we got married!
"All the reasons why Shayna Marie loves Maco Anthony! "
"All the reasons part 2"
Christmas with the Kaadys!
All the Kaady second cousins that were here!
These kids give Mason a run for his $!
Poor Mason!
Cousins having fun!
The Kansas City Joke gift for Mason!;)
Mason is NOT a Kansas City fan! He is a Raiders fan!!!
Mabel's own book!!!
Kyrie was so excited to get a Lumiere shirt!
Christmas tree stacking game!
Another fun game planned by Cousin Jess!
Game winner for the kids!!
Kids and I stayed to watch Ella's Clackamas team win the tourney in overtime!!
Inversos came through for breakfast on their way down to Salem! So great seeing them all, especially Siri home from college!
Kisses with her friend Trace!
Kisses!
Noon Year's Dance party at the library with friends!
(It bothers me that these pictures are out of order, but I don't have the energy to move them all!:))
I took 5 kiddos and we met the Mcgrew and Connor families there!
Dance party!
Nyla has the moves!
NYE ball drop!
Walking with big sis!
Naomi helping me make the NYE desserts!
NYE at the Neslands!! Our traditional NYE fun! Playing a bouncing ball game!
Sibling competition!
NYE family pic! Naomi was at Aunt Jane's for a sleepover with cousins!
This Christmas bow game was crazy! I opted out!! :)
Of course there has to be an around the world ping pong game at the Neslands!
Countdown!
Cheers to the new year!!!
Naomi playing dress up on NYE at her sleepover!
Fun playing against Seton and Mia getting to guard an old friend, Kingsley! ;) Camas won by 40 or 50!
She also guarded her old friend, CJ #4, but I couldn't grab my phone quick enough when they were out together!
1st time walking on the court at Mia's games! I thought I wanted this, but now I'm not so sure! ;)
This is how we roll at my hair appointments! Nyla did awesome!
Nay with her cute teenager look! ;)
Sitting in Sittee's chair!
Walking all over the place now! At Daddy's game!
Player entrance only! Maybe she will play in this gym someday!
Mia wasn't feeling well and Naomi is so compassionate, she made her toast and other goodies in this basket she took up to her. She told her she would take care of her all day!
Coloring for the first time!
Remembering Josiah on his 18th birthday! Watching the video I made that we watch every year.
Giving Big Bro kisses!
Naomi gets very emotional every year when we watch this. I just love her sensitive heart!
The 5 pieces of our heart!
Sparkling cider and a cupcake for Josiah!
Mia went to San Diego with the CHS b-ball team and ran into this guy! One of our faves from GFU, JJ and Aly Lacey! Staying at the same hotel and playing in the same tourney! Crazy!
They won 2 out of 3 games!
Fun at the Pier!
Shopping of course!
The girls try and get us to let Mia get snap chat! Unfortunately for Mia it didn't work!:)
Roomie matching jammies!
Made it to the beach on a cold day!
Boise State game vs San Diego state-Kierra Thompson, senior on the team is playing b-ball and Boise next year!
This Lumiere was on the top of the cake at the BATB party Kyrie's friend Clare had. They had it made into a very cool keepsake for Kyrie!! He absolutely loves it!!
Baby girl started walking on Christmas Eve! Looks like the week in Texas did help!!
Walking!
Christmas Eve fun! Christmas movies and books!
Christmas Eve breakfast! Grandma Cusack's Monkey Bread! Our giant family practically ate the whole thing in one day!!
Christmas Eve at Auntie and Uncle Quinn's house!
Papa & Nyla!
Cousins!
Matching PJ cousins!
Sisters!
Papa's new Camas hat!
Cheese!
Cousin gift exchange!
Game time!
This girl is a walking machine now!
Thank you, Miles!!
Nay loved her seater from Miles, too!
Dad made everyone hot chocolate!
We love our little present!
Opening Yaya's presents!
Thank you, Yaya!
Naomi wanted a Squishmallow and a pug, and Yaya found a Squishmallow Pug!
Ornaments from Yaya!
Christmas Eve movie night-Elf!
Cookies out for Santa!
Kyrie and Nay made a fort to sleep in for the night!
Santa brought Naomi a slumberkin!
Kyrie got UGGS from Santa!
Santa has been here! Mia got some UGGS also and Nyla got a floor piano!
Naomi and Kyrie came up with a Xmas to do list in their fort for the night! I thought it was pretty cute!
Christmas morning! Ready to go downstairs.....They waited until 9:30!!
Slumberkin Fox from Santa- Slumberkin unicorn from when Nay turned 3!
The kids love their stockings!
Duncs from M & D
One of our family ornaments from our Texas trip!
Dad's annual calendars!
Kyrie's traditional Nutcracker!
Nyla loved opening gifts this year!
Thank you, Great Grandma Cusack!!
Mia's gift for Kyrie! I love that they get gifts for each other! It gets more expensive when we now have 4 kids!! I think next year they will use their own $!
I got Maco one of his favorite treats!
Kyrie's gift to Maco! Although now with the Duck loss its not as exciting! Boo!!
New outfit from M & D!
Mia got Naomi a new lunch bag and lunch bags and picnic sets for her dolls!
Naomi loves Puggs and blankets!!
Taking my Broadway loving boy to see Six in May! Can't wait to see it again and for Kyrie to experience it after a couple years of listening to the soundtrack and memorizing all the songs!
Beach waver from M & D
Pugg stuffy from Bubba!
Our family 2024 ornament!
Very determined!
Little Sis got some pink Nikes from M & D, too!
Nyla got Naomi her yearly snow globe to add to her collection!
Makeup from Great Grandma Cusack! Thank you!
Thank you, Yaya! Shopping spree in Mia & Kyrie's futures!
Kyrie and I twins with our new slippers! Mine from Maco and Kyrie's from Naomi!
More makeup from Kyrie!
You probably can't imagine how much all these little makeup things cost?! It's crazy!
Cross necklace from Papa! She loved it!
Gifts that Papa picked out!
Papa and his Pacific NW grandkids!
Thank you, Yaya! Nay loves the sweatshirt!
Picnic with her dolls!
Christmas 2024
Couldn't get a good one of Nyla!
Outfit from Sittee!
Baby doll from Sittee!
Feeding the doll!
Another Funko Pop to add to his collection!
Clothes from Sittee!
New airpods! Mia has been using only one airpod for a couple years since she lost hers!
A bag of musical instruments! We will keep these at Sittee's! Ha!
Family pile on! Missing 2 kids!
Stylin' in her new Nike outfit and loving her cart from Sittee!
Also loving her Tonie from Papa for Christmas! It plays songs, read books, had learning activities depending on what characters you have to put on top!
So much walking at b-ball games now!
Gingerbread houses! Naomi is the only one that wants to make these anymore!
These wouldn't stay so just made flat houses! ;)
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