Thursday, March 12, 2026

February 2026!




Happy 10th Birthday, Enid! Menchis!


Team b-ball dinner! Thanks for hosting, Farras!





Love these b-ball mamas!


Karaoke and games!

Fun games planned by Coach Lisa!


Love that one of Kyrie's besties from growing up, Olivia, get to spend time with Mia on the varsity team this year!


Pool party for Nay's classmate, Milo!



Ella's Senior b-ball night! So happy Mia was there  to support her!


Mia cheering on Ella with Aunt Cheryl!



Neighbor twinsies!


Happy Groundhog's Day! Nay got a goody bag from a classmate and goodies from her teacher! I've never seen a class so into Groundhog's day!


Happy Birthday, Daddy!








Yummy coconut cream pie and chocolate cream pie made by Sittee!







A family friend from growing up, Jean Ryland, mailed this bracelet to me. My mom had given it to her as a thank you for driving us around when she was sick. She thought we would like to have it. I can't believe she kept it for all this time! 32 years! So sweet of her to give it to us!


Skyview vs Camas


Kyrie with the assist!


Steal and layup!


Love these two life long family friends, Bryton and Kyrie, got to guard each other!




Skyview ties the game with no time left to send the game to overtime! Skyview was sitting pretty with only needing to pass the ball in and 2 seconds to go in overtime! But they passed it in and the player caught it and non chalantly ran back into the backcourt, and it was a turnover!  Camas had the ball and with .3 left on the clock threw up a long 3 and made it at the buzzer to win the game! It was such a bummer! I didn't get to watch overtime because I had to get to Mia's last home game!!!



Straight to Mia's game from Skyview! Her final game of her CHS career!



Guarding our HS friend, Alison Nicolay's, daughter Cameron!


Mia with the assist!


Mia with the defense!


Camas goes up by 2! 20 seconds to go!


Baylie gets fouled!


Baylie makes 1/2 free throws! Camas up by 2!



And the worst thing possible happened.......So sad!!
Unfortunately, Skyview hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer to also win tonight! 
2 buzzer beaters and GFU lost as well! Not a good night for the Hamilton household!



Had to snap a photo with my girl on the Camas court for one last time even though she wasn't happy about it!



Nyla getting her shots in!





Had a picnic in the front yard!


A little garage game fun!



Makeup time with Big Sis!


Love our new nighttime routine putting the girls down together!


Thank you Marna for a wonderful birthday dinner at the Cove on the waterfront!


Love their reading time!


Block building with friends!



Kyrie playing against his old club buddy, Chris, at Union!
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Nay's b-ball team winter session!


Kyrie was so excited for Nay! 
Giving her a big high five!


She was so happy to have all her siblings there to watch her!


Mia and the CHS team helping out with the Unified bball games!


Congrats Davon on becoming a doctor!!


Super bowl at Auntie's!


No one wanted photos!:)


Kyrie and I left the super bowl after the amazing halftime show put on by 
Bad Bunny to catch the Wiz! Our first time seeing it!






Nyla loving on 2 month old Jax!


Helping feed the goats and horses!


The goats wouldn't listen to 
Auntie to get out!



Fun times with Laurel!


Basketball lesson from her big bro!





Nay planned a surprise party for her friend Enid!


Surprise!



First post season JV tourney ever! Skyview got the #2 seed. After being up 19 at half, Lost to Union in overtime and missed a chance to play Camas again for revenge and the championship!


Final game of the season! Beat BG by 40!


Soooo.....I forgot shoes for Nyla! Ooops!





Bub's best cheerleaders!


Maco got this for Kyrie for the first game of the season!


Car selfies!


Nyla wanted a haircut like Mommy!




Valentine's Day party with the nannying kiddos!


Craft time!


Nyla's fine motor skills have gotten so much better! This skill is hard for 2 year olds!







Decorating cookies!







More decorating cookies!


First playoff game! CHS vs Olympia! 



Mia with the good defense and Eli with the 3 pointer!!


Mia with the steal!





Got the win!!!


Won by 12!!







Happy little b-ball sister!


Proud of Mia and her team!


Girls' GFU b-ball and Boys' GFU b-ball team bonding!


Bowling outing!



Fun photos taken by Tyler Mode Media!














Kyrie was asked to continue with varsity helping them practice on their playoff run!



Starting lineup!


Skyview got the win!


GFU gets the win vs Whitman!


Nay made her own Cafe Yum bowl!


Valentine's day goodies for the kids!





Naomi made some Valentine's day snacks !


Precious!



Valentine's Day pancakes attempt!


Maco was the the Whit's for b-ball games on Valentine's day as we always is every year! He called me on and asked if I could look in his shoe bin to see if his shoes were there because he thought he forgot them. I went to the bin and saw they weren't there and was sad he left them at the game! But after a second look, I realized there was a box! I was very surprised because we don't really do gifts! It was super sweet! 


A necklace with all the kids names on it!





Water color painting!



Shrek?? :)  Nay put eye shadow all of Nyla's face!



Hail!







Mia making some cafe Yum bowls for her and kin!



Subbing PE and ran into my buddy and former nannying kiddo, Bo!


Love when my kiddos read the scrapbooks I've made!!


Bruin cheer camp!


Happy birthday, Eli! I made special Crumbl copycat cookies for her and the team!


Birthday shenanigans for Eli on the way up to playoff game #3 vs. Puyallup!
Girls lost playoff game #2 vs TAhoma. I wasn't able to make it to the game this time!


CHS vs Puyallup!






Puyallup takes the lead with 8 seconds to go!


Won at the buzzer! It was soooo exciting!!!



Nay's last b-ball game! Love watching her defense!


Defense!


Nay with the basket!


Nay with the shot, the rebound, the shot, the rebound, the shot, the rebound!! :)

Another day and another drive to Seattle for Mia's playoff game! Early departure! 645am today!!


And for this basketball game I remembered Nyla's shoes, but forgot her clothes! :) I left it on the stairs!!


Its normal to wear footie pajamas to a basketball game, right?:)


Off to Auburn for playoff game #4! Girls have to travel for the 4th time to Seattle in 10 days!


The cutest survival kits Jada's mom made!




Game time!








Inversos came to cheer on Mia and the team!


Look at how tall this girl is next to Mia! She is 6' 4"! And soooo good!


This girl is soooo tall!! So hard shooting over her, but at least she was fouled!



Senior Baylie Farra's last 3 pointer of her high school career! What a career she had!
Unfortunately the game didn't end the way we had hoped!


Sad  senior mamas that aren't ready for the season to end!


CHS loses by about 8. The loss was really tough! We weren't ready to be done!


The girls are all so sad!




We're gonna miss this team!



Senior night! 
Corey was a great addition to the team for the past two years! He will be missed!
Nyla and I drove straight from Mia's game in Auburn to Newberg for the Bruins last game! It was a crazy day of driving for over 7 hours and being gone from 6:45am-9pm, but so worth it for the memories!!








 

Kyrie consoling Mia after her bball career is over!!


The girls got together to watch the Boys' team play their playoff game!


After 6.5 years, I finally have my wedding ring back! The center stone, my mom's diamond(sooooo sad!), fell out right before Covid, and I never got it fixed until now! So happy to finally have my ring back!!


I fell!! I was picking up Naomi at her appointment and the stairs to the building were flooded out. So I walked down the grassy hill to get to the door, and slipped and fell. Heard a pop in my ankle and laid there until the doctor saw me in the mud 5 minutes later! It was actually quite comical! I couldn't put any weight on it and she had to help me to the car.




Got home and it immediately swelled up.


Maco got me set up with goodies from Fox!



Fun times! Reminds me of my childhood!





Persevered through the ankle injury and subbed PE! 


Kyrie's b-ball banquet! He had the most assists for the team this year!





Kyrie was voted as Most Inspirational by his teammates!


The ankle a few days in. Trying to let the swelling come down before going in for xray.





Buddies heading to storytime!



So glad we made it back to story time after not being able to go for awhile!


Nyla taught herself how work her buckle!



Donut date!!


Next Dough Neighbor goodies! We got the mystery box they offer right before closing for half price!!


Girls having fun!

Nighttime stories!


5 days in!


Breakfast with Tharen and Ellie!



Supporting Kyrie's Journey friends in "A Year with Frog and Toad"! 
Kyrie is Gavin's hero!! They were in Willy Wonka together!! So cute!!


Marquise did an excellent job as Toad!!


Cason was my favorite character! Snail! He and Kyrie did Willy Wonka together and now they go to high school together!





Day 8 -Xray shows a fracture!


 CHS glow yo dance with the b-ball team!


Mia helping babysit the littles!


Bath time at Sittee's!


This is how I roll! Icing the foot while the baby sleeps on me!


Love the bond this team has!!


Superbowl party with teammates! They all brought charcuterie boards!



Super bowl fun!!




Naomi helped make Mia's birthday ice cream cake!


Happy 18th birthday, Mia!!!!


Family birthday dinner!



Game time!



Happy 18th to the sweetest girl!!


Does something look funny about this picture??


Cause this is what it originally looked like before AI changed it! :)








The birthday decorations are set!!






The birthday girl is awake!!






Birthday german pancake! Mia's fave!!!






Birthday flocking surprise!


When you break you foot the night before your daughter's 18th birthday, you suck it up, get some crutches and crutch through downtown PDX for her birthday dinner!


Surprise dinner at Din Tai Fung!  Mia's favorite! Nay and my first time!!


Just the girls and I! The boys had sports!






Nay loved her night celebrating her big sis! She thought downtown Portland was amazing and apparently doesnt get out much!:) She was sooooo happy she got to come along! 





Her favorite dessert!!


All the family is back! Time for presents!






Mia wanted a leather purse!


Isnt she cute and stylish??















































































































 

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