Sept 2017

My birthday weekend! We went to the beach and hiked Ecola State Park.

Gorgeous day in Cannon Beach!

And good thing Nicholas and Zach found some cell service.

David and Gabe thought it was warm enough to play in the water. 

Zach thought he was faster than Mike, but he wasn't.

Nicholas would rather read a book. 

Brooke had fun with my phone in the car. 

Zach's yummy breakfast for me, a day early. 

Presents...

And yummy Costco cake at Nissinens.

First day of school!

Brooke is in 6th

David is in 4th

Zach is in 9th

Nicholas is a junior

Driving to school. 2001 Honda CRV (Zach would rather take the bus.)

A nice layer of ash on the suburban from the Eagle Creek, Columbia River Gorge fire that burned 50,000 acres. 

Gabe is so excited to start kindergarten!

And now all my kids are in school!

Except for Lilly.  Lilly is at home with me. 

Gabe's first time on the bus.

And coming home from his first day!

Mike narrowly missed a head-on collision.  A car swerved into his lane, he swerved out of the way, but the car still scraped the back of his car and then hit head-on into the car behind him. 

All dressed up for a Cure Juvenile Myositis fundraiser dinner!

Steven and Cindy, Mike and me, Mindy and Garrett, Gabe and Dave (and her brother)

Mismatch Day
Jacob, Ben, Nicholas, Tommy

We drove with Aaron, Terri (and Joe) to Rexburg, ID to take Rosie her mission call.  She opened it (going to Michigan) and then we all went to the temple with her the next day.

Our boys stayed with the Podwys'
Nicholas, Beau, Zach, Dante, Sarya, Kai, David
Brooke and Lilly stayed at the Noels. 

Zach, Beau, and Nicholas before the Homecoming football game. 

Nicholas at Homecoming with Taylor Pitts.

Anya, Brayden, Andie, Taylor, Jenna, Jenna, Nicholas, Pierce
Ashley, ... Grace... Abby

David's soccer team with friends, Ji-uk, Donavan, Ji-su, Mason, and Rylie

David going after the ball

Gabe's team with Coaches Jessica and Sarah and friends Eleanor, Kinsley, and Kylah (not pictured)

Kinsley, Gabe, and Kylah (orange)

Ji-uk and David swimming

Brooke swimming with Amaya

August

Girls Camp! My first year as a leader.
Lilly, Grace, Malia, Courtney, Briana, Jessica, Jill, McKenzie, Nicole, Avery. Kortney, Bro. Nadauld, April
Kate, Olivia, Maggie,  Myah, Miriam, Charlee, Kali, Kayla, Ashley
Bishop Millett, Paige, Rebecca, Lydia, Marji, Bro. Lloyd, Kimberly

Had so much fun with these leaders!
Kimberly Noel and April Merrill

At our "Joseph of Egypt" cabin

Mike came the first day to drive up the trailer with all the luggage. His job was to keep the water buckets full.
As you can see, he is egging Jessica on!

Zip line!

We spent every afternoon playing in the man-made pond because it was 100+ degrees every day.

Brooke got to hang out with Naomi in Nampa.

They worked on blankets for Naomi's new nephew.

Ta-da!

Intel Summer Picnic!
David, Gabe, and Kai hitting the snow cones first thing. 

David and Gabe on the bouncey-slide

Gabe climbing the rock wall

Nicholas and Beau playing some basketball

Gabe at the mini golf

Me looking cool with my new shades

Kai, David, and Gabe going down the humongous water slide

Me on the rock wall

David riding the electric motorcycle

Zach and Ryan with with snow cones

High Adventure for Mia Maids and Laurels!
Kali, Kayla, me, Kimberly, Audrey, Rebecca, Lydia, Maggie, April, Miriam, Bro. Lloyd, and Bro. Robison.
We stayed at Mt. Hood Village, this was a short hike at the top of the ski lift.

Ski lift up

Mt. Hood in the background

Alpine slide down!

Go carts
Kayla and me

Bungee jumping for the first time!

And some river rafting on the Deschutes

We took up two boats.

We lost my hat and Bro. Nadauld.
We did get Bro. Nadauld back in the boat.

At one point on the Deschutes, we got out and rode down a natural waterslide

We took a beautiful hike near Mt. Hood.

David at swim lessons.

We had to jump out of swim lessons early to catch the solar eclipse.

Solar Eclipse!

Young Women's activity at the Cluff's pool.
(Brooke got to tag along.)
Ashley, Charlee, Lilly
Brooke, Paige
Lydia, Audrey, Kali, Nicole, Avery

Nicholas got a job at Wendy's! Doing drive-thru.

16-years-old and making the big bucks.

Just a boy and his dog.

Ashley and Brooke at the Enchanted Forest.

David invited some friends over to cool off with our make-shift waterslide.

Gabe, Ji-uk, Cooper, Kai, David

Squirt guns!

Zach earned his Life Scout!

Proud of this guy

Neighborhood picnic. Playing "9-square" with Noels, Podwys, and a few others.

Zach's first football game this season.  Being a tough lineman.

David's Back to School night and meeting Mrs. Armenta.
(A new teacher to our school and he will end of having her for 2 years.)