Soccer!

Adyson and Sydnee play soccer all year round which keeps us hopping and we have lots of tournaments!  It is fun to watch them learn and grow.  They are both on competitive teams and Sydnee played for a team for a bit that won most of their tournaments and also were in the Northwest Champions League.  Adyson played for a team where she got to play up to 7 different positions in one game.  It was a great experience for her. Avery played this past fall too and just took off as a player. She was all over the place!  So fun!

Cute Girl!

Dog Pile

Speedy Adyson

Girl's got moves

Sydnee battling it out.

NWCL game in Seattle.

Family Pictures!

We finally had family pictures and it was a lot of work getting everyone ready!  We had fun and I was so happy to get some updated photos of our family. The kids have grown so much!  We took the pictures at Heritage Park near Lacamas Lake.

My cute girls!

Shoes!

A boy and his dog :)

Avery

This is how it usually is...

Adyson

Sydnee

Rick

Love this guy!

Miss Abigail

Is this what they mean by stair-step kids?

Family!

Real Life...

Mt. Adams

We decided to take Rick and Adyson up to climb Mt. Adams.  It was so beautiful, so hard, and so fun!  Rick and Adyson were rockstars!  They did such a great job keeping up and leading us at times...they carried their heavy packs and didn't complain a bit.  We hiked up to lunch counter on a Friday and camped overnight.  We got up and headed to the false summit before trekking across a saddle to climb up the true summit.  That last bit felt sooo long! We had a blast though and made great memories. We got to glacade  down which was a blast. I wore too thin of pants so it hurt my backside like crazy! We then had to pack up camp and hike all the way out.  We were sooo tired!  Totally worth it though.

All ready to go!

Hiking through the burnt forest.

This was one of the steeper slopes we hiked

Camp!  Cold!

Would have been a great picture except for that hat...

Rick ended up with a poop bag on his head :)

We felt buff on the summit.

My Love

Rick attacking me while glacading...

Beautiful Mt. Adams

Honor Society

Adyson never ceases to amaze me as she strives for excellence in all she does.  That girl juggles so many extracurricular activities and still manages to get straight A's in advanced classes.  She is a joy and a wonder.  It is so nice to have a child that you do not need to worry about doing her best in everything!  She got invited to a special ceremony where they invited her to be in the National Honor Society. We are proud!

Adyson and her cute friends Kaylee and Sydney

Goofy Girls!

Proud parents

Close up...

Being 8 is Great!

I cannot believe that four of my children are baptized!  We had such a fun day celebrating Avery's birthday and baptism all in one.  We rented out the whole stake center and had a party and dinner after she was baptized.  Too many people to fit in our house :)  I am so proud of Avery and how serious she took this big decision in her life.  We really enjoyed teaching her about the importance of baptism and sharing our own baptism experiences with her.  A few of Avery's favorite things are, Food: Beef Stroganoff crepes, Movie: Cars 2,  T.V. Show: icarly, Book: Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, Color: Turquoise, Sport: Basketball.

Avery got a journal!

Avery and her Daddy.

They are getting so big!

Love this one!

The whole family!

Avery asked for a cake with color balls inside so we made it a skittles cake :)

Easter!

It is so fun to celebrate Easter!  We love our traditions and having family time.  The kids love hunting for their baskets, decorating eggs and easter egg hunts.  We love the focus on Heavenly Father's plan and the Savior.  It brings light and peace into our home.  I feel so blessed to have been given this sweet family to learn and grow with.  Life is good!

Adyson was pretty excited when she found her basket!

Rick was pretty tired haha!

Once Abby figured out what she was looking for she was pretty pumped :)

Funny how only half of them are dressed for church...

Eggs!

Another basket picture.

The kids decorated cupcakes with Nana. Super cute!

Miss Abigail

  

Adyson is 12

I say this all of the time, but time flies!!  I am really trying to embrace it, but sometimes it is a little heartbreaking to see my children get closer to leaving my care.  You would think that with 5 of them I wouldn't give that as much thought to that reality, but allowing time to go by and letting go of babies and childhood is a big trial of mine.  Adyson is such a joy to watch grow up.  She is so independent and responsible.  She is such a high achiever and loves to be involved in everything!  She is so helpful and such a great example to her siblings.  A few of her favorite things are-Spicy meatball pasta, Reading-I cannot keep enough books around for her, running, soccer-she is great at both! She enjoys piano and trumpet and loves to be in leadership.  She loves arts and crafts too and is great at drawing. We love her so much and treasure her influence on both her family and all those who know her. I took her out to get some make up for the first time and got her eyebrows waxed too.  Big girl stuff! On her birthday we went with her brother, Grandpa and Grandma Dyer and her friend, Sydney Ogata's Family to do baptism's for the first time at the Portland Temple.  It was so fun to have her so excited to go.  It was her only request for her 12th birthday and she had been planning it for over a year.

At the temple in front of the fountain.

Cute kids!

It was a late night...and a school night :)

Cute goodie baskets at her party.

We had a cupcake decorating war.

Presents!

All grown up!