Hamilton Happenings......: April 2025

Mia on her way to Mexico for her first Courts For Kids mission trip!!

Going with the founder's son, Bryton! They have known each other since birth!

Also going with one of her BFFs, Sophia!

The group of Camas High School kids! Lots of boys and 4 girls!

So excited her Mia to have this experience!

The community's welcome for the group!

Early morning hike to see the sunrise!

The community members feed them all their meals and they sleep on the gym floor!

The work site!

The group helped make the handles for these purses the women make!

Lots of filling up buckets with rocks and dirt for the cement mixer!

Yoga!

Community garden tour!

Game time!

Learning a dance for the inauguration of the court!

The court! They finished it in 3 days!

Mia & Beatrice's reflection for the day!

The court inauguration!

Another amazing court made by CFK and the wonderful volunteers!

Basketball game vs the community on the new court!

The community put on a wonderful celebration!

On the group's day off they got to visit a Mayan Ruin!

After traveling all day, they have arrived!!

Kin and Auntie happened to be at the airport, so they waited to welcome home Mia too!

What an awesome group of kids!!

Ran into Aunt Jane at the airport!

The 14 year old is awake!!

Kyrie's 14th Birthday!!

Thank you Gunters! Love the card I chose for him?:)

Funko Pop from M & D

Thank you, Naomi!

Shopping spree from Mom &
Dad to buy t-shirts he creates online!

Thank you, Nyla for the Silent basketball! That thank you is from me!!:)

Birthday Dutch Bros Freebie!

Birthday mall fun with the bros! Gotta love Annie Anne pretzels!!

Kyrie's pick! Oreo chocolate chip cheesecake!

Our beautiful birthday song! :)

Getting ready for Prom! Just some last minute dress hemming by Genova's mom!

Making their bouquets!

Junior Prom 2025

The group stopped in PDX on their way to dinner for another photo shoot!

Date with my girl! Our favorite coffee shop and bookstore in Downtown Camas!

The bookstore owner let her have a mini Slumberkin!

Heading to Chicago to visit the Gunters with my baby

So thankful they moved my seat to the aisle and with an empty middle seat! So happy!!

We spent the last hour walking up and down the plane!

Cousins reunited!!!

Auntie/nephew/niece reunited!

Ahhh! cozy in Uncle's arms!

More rough nights of Nyla sleeping in a pack n play. So she basically ended up sleeping every night with me in my bed!

Fun at the science center!

Cousin kisses!

This face cracks me up!

kiss/high five/fist bump

My favorite pic of these two!!

Oh my gosh the best ice cream place! Soooo good!!!

I shared a tiny bit with Nyla!

Easter baskets! Katie was so sweet to get Nyla her own basket!

Easter morning!

Easter play doh!

They love their fist bumps!

Music and dancing time!

Miles has the moves!

Easter brunch!

Our little bunny!

Easter egg hunt!

So many kisses!

Dyeing easter eggs!

Easter twin jammies! Thank you Uma!!

The Gunter band!

Downtown Homewood for our favorite smoothie place!

The best smoothies!!

Lucy doing a somersault!

Yay Lucy!

Lucy teaching Nyla how to do a somersault!

Nyla trying!

Nyla trying to pull herself over for the somersault!

This is hilarious to me! We were pushing her bottom over to help her, so she was trying to pull her self over this way!

Leader of the band!

Lucy posing for the mirror!;)

The best picture we could get of the cousins the night before we left.

Playing our childhood game that Papa used to play with us. Guess what's in the basket? :)

Maco hid the kids' Easter baskets at home! First time I've ever missed Easter with my family! I think they survived just fine!:)

Lucy's beauty salon!

Walk in the sun before heading back to Washington!

Last kiss for the cousins!

Sad Lucy in the window when we left!

Excited to be heading home to Daddy!

After getting a window seat and no extra seat, I was so thankful to find another window seat next to an open middle seat! That 45 mins I was stuck with Nyla on my lap in the window before we moved was a struggle. The row we were in was the only row with an empty middle seat! Sooo thankful it worked out!

Getting cozy on the plane!

Beautiful picture from the window!

Take an Adult to Lunch day with Daddy!

Nyla gets her Easter basket from Sittee when we got back!

Nyla's Easter basket from Mommy & Daddy!

Ice cream date with Auntie & Kinley while Mom was in Chicago!

Sister date! Broadway LIfe of Pi!

The Millers visit Maco at Fox. So excited Aaron will be attending GFU in the fall! I have 2 BFFS that will have their kids there in the fall!

Park playdate!

Basketball team party at Big Al's!

Coach's speech about Kyrie!

First time seeing Sis after her 9 day trip!

Nyla loves her Bo!

Nyla loves wearing tank tops/sports bras around her neck! ;)

This girl loves avocado!

Yep I walked the dog with 3 kids today!

First time climbing up onto the couch!

Got herself up!!

Still loves cheerleeding!

Momo wins Male Athlete of the year at the GFU Georgies(Basically the ESPYs for GFU)!

So deserving! And Maco helped him connect with an agent to hopefully play professionally!

Easter nanny party!

Easter goody bags!

Decorating cookies!

EAster egg hunt with the neighbors!

This is how we roll with the traditions as kids get older!:)

"Totally awesome like Auntie!"

Cheering on Sissy at her track meet!

Mia finished 3rd in her first 300 hurdles race of the year! She is not a fan of this race! :)

Mia competing in the triple jump! She even made it to districts in this event!

Little naked girl!; )

Reading time with Bo!

Told Nay she was starting tennis lessons this week. After 15 minutes of saying she didn't want to and she would miss out on neighbor play time, so went out and got a racquet and started practicing!!

This is from last summer, but just made this side by side of Kyrie & Macy's 1st chair pic to their last!

8 weeks and 13 years!

This girl loves her snacks!

Walk with Sittee!

1st time to the dentist!

Daddy took her! I had to nanny! She did great!

This month, Kyrie has really stepped up his daily workouts for basketball! He plays everyday after school that he doesn't have something. In addition to going to the gym to lift and play b-ball with Maco 4 days a week. He is prepping for high school summer ball and next year!!

Wearing Daddy's old shirt from when he was a toddler! All 4 kids have worn it now! I need to find all the pics, so I can do a side by side! ;)

Sportin' Dad's shirt with Nay's hat that Kierra made!

Happy 2nd birthday, Noah!

Happy birthday, NOah!

Bubbles!

Loving the nice weather we have ben having this spring!

Take an adult to Lunch day with Mama & NYla!

1st grade friends!

Recess!

Nyla loved her time at Fox with Naomi!

Happy Birthday, Noah!

Nannying friends!

Noah & Nyla-Buddies!

On way to story time!

Just chillin'!

Opening night for Seussical!

Kyrie's 8th grade Skyridge musical! Final middle school show!

Birthday party for Amelia at gymnastics! Pic with Brielle & Lily!

Happy Birthday, Jenn! Loved celebrating you and so thankful for our friendship!

Nannying friends!

Nyla wouldn't get go to Bo's hand!

Storytime with our nannying friends!

Walk with my buddy Trace!

Had fun watching Kadee win the 8th grade b-ball championship!

1st AAU tournament of the season in Boise!

Team visit at Boise State University!

Champions!! 4-0!

Maco coaching Kyrie's AAU team again!

Pedi and Mani date with Sittee!

Cute toys and fingers!

Champions of tourney #2!! 9-0 Undefeated so far!

Kyrie made this graphic to commemorate heir first 2 tournament championships!

Dropping off Kyrie for his last middle school musical.....hoping its not his last musical he ever performs in.......

Seussical!!

Kyrie-Cat In the Hat

Kyrie starts the show in the audience!

Nyla was super scared of Kyrie, but eventually started waving to him!

Ready to start the show! He does a somersault onto the stage!!

Below I tried to post most of Kyrie's scenes in order of the show!

Opening Number!

"Cat in the Hat"

Kyrie's great friend Clare was Mayzie and was amazing!

Dr. scene

Kyrie has grown up with Audrey since they were toddlers, and we never knew she could sing! Way to go Audrey!

Intermission scene

Shortened intermission scene from opening night

Piano scene

Piano scene different show and view

Auction scene

Palm Beach scene

"Pluck, Pluck, Pluck"

Court scene

Ending

Hat ending

Cast singing Green Eggs and Ham at end

The bows!

Finale!

Kyrie and a couple other 8th graders spoke to thank the directors!

Family opening night!

Nyla did amazing at the show! She loved watching her big bro!

Cat In the Hat and Mazie!

Such a proud little sis!

Hug from a former HS crew member!

Love when our whole family can watch the show together!

Love Graham and Henry supporting Kyrie!

Kyrie with his buddy, Cade, who played Horton!

Nay's favorite actress!

Helen did awesome!

Cat in the Hat Funko Pop!

Journey family coming to support!

Helping sell tickets!

Ready for show #2!

Such a cute candygram table!

Cousin Jake and Rae came to support!

Journey family came to support Kyrie and Clare!

One of Kyrie's fans! :)

Kyrie's Journey buddy, Gavin!

Kyrie's favorite Journey director!

Another fan!

So this was an ooops photo, but my son isn't a touchy feely kind of kid, so I'm gonna leave this up here to remember his embrace! ;)

So proud of Kyrie!!

Nay loved the show so much, she wanted to come back and watch it a second time

Closing show I was backstage! The cast all ready for the final show!

Kyrie and Tori-buddies since Kindergarten- Birthday twins!!

Snapped a photo from backstage!

More family support! Sittee, her cousin, Aunt Jane, and Nita!

More Journey friends!

More Skyridge friends- Henry, Ben, and James!

Ben gets an autograph! ;)

More autograph signing!

Middle school football buddies! I love that they have been supporting KYrie at his musical for years!

Posner support!

So many Journey supporters and friends!

Mr. Altmiller, school AD came to support!

Had to snap a picture of Kyrie with his middle school directors, Mrs. Sappington and Mrs. Mayes! The hat in the background makes me laugh! It looks like its perfectly placed on Kyrie's head!