Hamilton Happenings......

Boys are at a b-ball tourney in Kansas, so the little girls and I head up for a weekend up north with the Inversos! Both girls asleep while I listen to my book!

Walking to the waterfront!

Movie & popcorn night!

Sitting in my favorite spot in the Inverso family room!

I love looking out at the Puget Sound in the morning!

This girl cracks me up!!!:)

Sunny morning on the porch!

Love this view!

Ellie & Nyla!

Walking to the waterfront coffee shop!

The Inverso house!

After our walk, Nay and I head to Walmart! Funny story! I forgot to put my suitcase in the car, which had Nyla and my stuff in it! Ooops! Fortunately on the way up to Tacoma I stopped at a consignment store and bought nyla a few tank tops, and I had 2 diapers in my diaper bag. So Nay and I got diapers, a pair of shorts for Nyla and a couple other things so we could make it through the weekend!

Waterfront for fish and chips!

Nyla loved this!

Nyla talking in up!

Loved our time with Betsy and Emily! So glad they came and hung out!

Breakfast at a new yummy coffee shop!

Cute little play kitchen at the coffee shop!

Nay finally got her wish! Time at the "beach"!

Thankfully I had also picked up a swimsuit for Nyla at the consignment store on the way up!

We always have the best time at our home away from home!

Came home from Tacoma and straight to happy hour and Phantom of the Opera with Hil and Kelly! It was sooo good!

May the 4th be with you!

Mrs. Savalesky's birthday!

The 16u team playing on the Under Armour circuit in Kansas!

Great weekend going 3-1!

Mia decides last minute to visit George Fox!

Mia visited with two of Maco's recruits, Braylen and Jaylen! :)

She had fun hanging with Paige while there!

Loved our outing with big kids to see the movie Michael! It was soooo good!! I was dancing ang singing the whole time!! So well done! Jermaine's son that played Michael was amazing!

Dinner downtown Vancouver!

Love this!!

Nay makes a basket!

Nay with the steal, pass and assist!

Woohoo!

Proud little sis!

Dorothy Fox Run for the arts ! Nay in the front this year!

Go, Nay, go!!

I had fun volunteering at the event!

Daddy & Nyla came to cheer on Nay while she ran!

Naomi and her buddy Amelia!

2nd grade friends enjoying their otter pop treat after!

Dorothy Fox 2nd graders!

Mrs. Savalesky's Class poems!

Naomi drew the illustrations for the class poem!

Amelia & Naomi reading their poem! She chose the Shell Silverstein poem, "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me too!" from Maco's Shell Silverstein book from his childhood!

Little sis support!

2nd grade friends!

Josie, Naomi, Amelia, Ellie, Julia, Fiona, Kaitlyn

Posing with the DFE fox!

Cheering on our favorite t-ball players!

Best buddies! Great game, Bo!

Great game, Cam!

Kyrie and Maco love to visit as many places as they can when they travel for basketball!

Kansas University!

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Bucket list item for Maco!!

Guess who won the NCAA men's family bracket????

Family football practice for Mia's flag football team!

PE with the nannying kiddos

Happy 40th, Mady!!

In My 40's Era!

Banana cake & New Seasons cookies for the birthday girl!

Happy Birthday, Mady!

Nyla wearing Daddy's shorts!

Naomi & nyla's handshake!

These two like to chill in the crib together before their nap!

Enid came to support Nay at her b-ball game!!

Subbing PE at Liberty!

Last game of the season!

Skyview vs Woodland

Got the win! 8-2!

Finished the season 17-1!

Supportive Auntie!

Spontaneous downtown Camas visit with the girls!

Stopped by our favorite coffee shop, Cafe Piccolo!

Fun at the new and improved Crown Park!

Brushing her teeth on her own! This is s huge feat since a lot of times she won't open her mouth to brush!

May 1st- College Decision day!

OSU for Mia(that's what we thought on May 1st.....)

Mia and her Core 4 besties!

Aubrey(UW), Mia(OSU), Kennedy(Utah), Genova(University of Minnesota)

Mother's Day!

Love that Maco had to leave early for a b-ball tourney, but he still took time to make me breakfast! :)

Mia surprised me with my favorite drink!

The one that made me a Mama here on earth!:)

Mother's day dinner with Auntie, Kinley, and Sittee!

Our gourmet chef making us a yummy chicken and biscuit dinner!

Maco had the kids all write 3 things they loved about each of the mamas! So sweet!

All my babies!! Nay has a pant leg on her head! ;)

All family helping Mia with her football skills for flag football tryouts!

Love the sunny days when all the kiddos can play outside!

Georgia and Isaiah playing pickleball!

The littles attempting to as well!

Mia and I have started watching a new Dorothy Fox 5th grader, Isaiah!

He is a great kid!

Pickleball!

So happy to be back to story time with these littles, after a long bout of missing due to a broken foot and a baby that slept a lot!

So excited for pickleball this summer!

Kyrie's first job! Refereeing the 3v3 games! Not much to do, but hey its a job! ;)

Nay's superstar fans!

Naomi loves playing with the littles!!

So happy I got to chaperone Naomi's 2nd grade field trip to Downtown Camas!

Even happier the bus ride was only 5 minutes!!! ;)

Our group! Jackson, Josie and Nay! They always wanted to lead the pack!

1st stop-Backpacker Pizza!

Welcome Dorothy Fox!

2nd stop- The Fire station! Our visit was cut a bit short since they got a call!

3rd Stop- City Hall-The Mayor's office!

City Council members

Nay got to sit in a council member's chair! Hopefully this is one we agree with!;)

Mayor Hogan

Answered questions!

4th Stop- The Camas Library

5th Stop- Safeway

Inside the delivery truck!

Inside the dairy cooler!

Of course they had to walk down the candy aisle!

Walked by Uncle Quinn's law office!

6th Stop- Riverview Bank

All squished in the vault!

Loved that I got to go on this with Naomi! They didn't do this field trip with Mia, and Maco got to do it with Kyrie. So this was my first time on the 2nd grade field trip!

The walk up from downtown Camas to Crown Park for lunch and play! Yes, I totally got approval from my doctor to walk for hours in my boot around Camas and up the hill to the park!!:)

Nay making chocolate milk for the littles! She is such a good helper!

Nyla loves her big sis!

Princess & the Pea

Skyridge MS musical!

Loved supporting Helen and Josie! Wish I had my theater sidekick with me, but he was in Cali for b b b-ball!

Helen was fabulous!

The cast did such a great job!

Ended their "late over" with some DQ that Nay got for everyone with her gift card! Love her generosity!

It's normal to go to 2 musicals in one day, right?? Since Kyrie was in Cali and couldn't make it to see his Journey buddy as Troy Bolten in High School Musical, Nyla and I went to see him perform! Love that we got time with our favorite director, Beka!!

This little one has already seen her fair share of musicals in her 2.5 years!!

Mia's senior skip day to Cannon Beach with her BFF's!!

Senior hike!

Naomi used her DQ gift card to buy ice cream for the family!! Love her heart!!

Due to Mia's car being in the shop, I drove her to school.

I rarely ever took her, since Maco did, but I was glad I got to this one last time!!!

There she goes! Her last weeks of school at CHS!

Nay had a month of 3 v 3 bball games with Dad as her coach!

This girl is so independent! She packed herself!!

Time with Sis while Mom subs!

Just another evening with Naomi!; )

AAU tourney in Auburn for the 15 U team! Boys lost in the semis by 1!

Team bonding at Dave & Busters!

Sportin' her new shoes we got on the way up!

The little siblings!

The boys!

Love the magician that comes around!

Maco and the girls had a race! Maco made the girls cry!!:)

Snuggles in the hotel!

The girls' favorite part of the trip! The Pool!

Boys lost in the semis by a basket!

My helpers in putting together Kyrie's bed!

The finished product!

I had a morning off and Maco surprised me with a german pancake in bed!!

Nay with all of Kyrie's medals on! Their a bit heavy!!

Skyview Baseball banquet! Team finished 17-1! Only lost to Camas in extra innings!!!

The JV squad!

Spontaneous park playdate! Girls were so happy Kyrie came along! They love to spend time with him!

Kyrie was living out his elementary days!

Underdogs from big brothers are the best!

So independent!

So proud of herself!

Race around the playground!

Helping me bake cookies!

10 miles in the running program! They run at recess and get feet charms for every 10 miles they run! Nay has since made it to 30 miles for the program!

Finally got to sub at Dorothy Fox for Coach Dunn in PE! Didn't get to have Nay in class, but she came and hung out!

Finally after years of solicitors bothering us to redo our roof, we finally got it done! Our roof was 26 years old!! Feels good to be responsible homeowners!! :)