the huge ladybug presentation

emery had her first big project/presentation in kinder.  she chose ladybugs as her topic.  she had to do the research, come up with a project and do a five minute presentation for the class.  she rocked it!
i got some pictures of her preparing her project, a painted book of the life cycle of a ladybug.

boys are 12 - birthday weekend

The highlight of the weekend was Kellen flew to Portland to surprise the boys and spend their birthday weekend with us!! This first picture was from this summer at our family photo shoot done by Leaving a Mark Photography. 
I adore this picture and adore these and could not be more proud of them!

girls halloween

the girls loved halloween trick or treating with bridget! lucia was a beautiful peacock and emery a masquerade girl!

Fall 2014

2nd Fall in Oregon. . working hard to make the best of it. . well most of the time. . other times i just cry.

every sunday we are trying a new awesome portland restaurant, since sunday is our sad day missing church and family.

smoothie bar after soccer saturday

sunny fall mornings at the bus stop

emery catches the bus the earliest at 7:05

starbucks dates for late start with the boys

many cross country meets

first lost tooth

soccer tournament in southern oregon

lucia's new bestie at the pumpkin patch

first middle school dance

happy hour sushi

50 middle school kids in our living room for wyldlife

all missing the same tooth

sweet niece was born!

first year coaching the CAVS - 5th in state

girls fall trip to spokane - fun time with cousins and grampy and grammy

2014 first day of school - middle school, first and kinder!

The boys started middle school! Lucia started first grade, the first day of going to school all day! Emery finally gets to join the ranks and go to Kinder. . real big kid school!

one last trip - labor day

we had to go back. . one more weekend at the lake before the craziness.  it is a long drive for two days but it was more than worth it. highlights included - sweet cousin hand holding, boy cousins throwing rocks, big community dinners, aaron and darcy corn hole champions (who knew), bloody mary bar every morning, morning chill telling us fall is around the corner, and simply family and friendships that mean the world to us!