Returning Champs!

Go Team! Trever played in the annual "Lace 'em Up" 3 on 3 basketball tournament this last weekend. Every year they draw names out of a hat for teams. His team won last year and he was on the winning team this year! He LOVES this tournament. Our friend, Jeff Lacey, started this tournament 13 years ago and it is still going! It is so much fun for the adults and the kids! They get to play a little ball too!

Talan getting ready to take a shot with Berkley "anticipating" his every move! YES! Count it!
Quinn (friend), Talan, and Ryder! They are getting ready for their turn to play some hoops!

I could like this!

So, I visited a friend's blog and it was so cute! It had that little add up in the left hand corner, so I decided to try it out! It was so fun! Thanks Jonette!

On another note, I'm not so good at posting videos apparently. It worked right after I did it and now there isn't a video to view. Crazy! I'll keep playing with it. This stuff takes time to learn. Be patient with me please as I figure this out!

This is for you Kevin!

The girls were blessed to have amazing Sunday School teachers. Kevin and Kristen Evans won the hearts of all the kids. Kevin was also gifted in his dancing skills. The kids and the Evans' shared their last night together bowling. The Evan's are moving to Dallas. SO SAD!!! So, here is the video of Kevin and his gifted dance moves!

4th Of July!

Talan, Elli, and Berkley with their cousin Hunter posing for the camera :)
Ryder doing something...were not quite sure what.
Elli, Berkely, Abi and Tayla all watching the fireworks.
Abi is in awe!

We decided to take a vacation to Yakima to watch Skyler play in his baseball tournament! It happened to be over the 4th of July weekend so we went to the local fair and watched the fire work show there! It was so much fun!! And an awesome way to spend time with eachother!

SUMMER FUN!!

Talan Learning to wakeboard
Ryder's first time wakeboarding!!
Talan is getting so good!
My boys!!!They had so much fun on the boat
Berkley getting some help from Aunt Deanna to get started!

All my boys had such a fun time at Moses Lake! They all got up on the wakeboard, some with a little help from Aunt Deanna, and were so excited to be just like there dad!! They were so cute learning.

EFY!!!!!

Tayla and her new friends, Sarah and Kayla!
Tayla and Skyler(her cousin) after they finished making a hat! They went to the same session and somehow got put in the same company! Crazy huh? Their counselors even paired them up without knowing.
This is Tayla with the cafeteria Grandma...Gerty! Gerty was in love with their group and they all signed her Book of Mormon!!

Efy was a wonderful experience for Tayla!! She loved every minute of it. Prior to leaving Tayla was just involved in the church slowly growing but now she is fully committed and learning to find ways to keep that commitment!

Girls Camp

This Tayla with her two friends Cady and Stephanie from our ward!
This is Abi and her best friend Paige!!


Tayla and Abi returned home from girls camp just a little while ago and had a blast. They said they were freezing there booties off the whole time!! Abi jokes that Tayla didn't need clothles cause she wore her blanket all week :) But it was a very great experience for the both of them and they both grew so much in the gospel!

I think she is pretty nervous! They just announced her name!
So official! It made me very nervous! My stomach was so sick!
After their victory!
Elli was one of the team captains so she was able to hold the trophy!

STATE CUP CHAMPIONS!

Our little Elli's soccer team won the State Cup Finals today! That is her holding the trophy! It was a great tournament and we are pretty proud of her and her team! GO SYNERGY!!!!

Thanksgiving Fun!

Here we are after the Turkey Bowl! Grandpa Banker, or Bishop Banker, made sure that the game ended in a tie. As you can see from Tayla's sweatshirt, there were some spots of mud!
Ryder, Talan, and Berkley enjoying their new pj's from Mrs. Claus!
Tayla, Abi, & Elli in their new jammies from Mrs. Claus!
The kids love this tradition of getting new jammies and a book from Mrs. Claus on Thanksgiving Eve! The only problem for mom is that I can hardly get them washed in time so they can wear them every night!

Trever's Glory!

Jeff, Bryan, & Trever! Look at these "older" boys hoopin' it up! Our friend, Jeff Lacey, holds an annual 'Lace 'Em Up' tournament every year and Trever was invited to join it last year and this year his team won the whole thing! These boys work hard! It starts on Friday night with a 3 point contest and then they draw names out of a hat to form 8 teams of 3. They play a round robin that night to place everyone for Saturday. Then Saturday it starts! Non-stop games until they have a winner! All of the wives and kids come and watch and cheer on their daddy! Tayla calls her daddy "Fat Boy!" She thinks she is pretty funny! Good times for everyone!

Pumpkin Patch! My Favorite!!!!

Tayla, Abi, & Elli! These girls are FUN!!!!! Wish me luck!
I thought this was funny that Ryder happened to "catch" me taking his picture!
Berkley wanting my approval on his pumpkin!
Berkley, Talan, Trever & Ryder! My boys!

We hiked Snoqualmie Falls which are so beautiful! Fun! Fun!
I forgot to add this one of Berkley at the ocean with a crab leg!

Ocean Trip Summer 2007

Berkley getting ready to skim board!
Trever & Talan building a "sand dinosaur"!!!!!
Rees (a family friend) Tayla, Elli & Abi!
Here's a front view of the dinosaur!
Trever, Talan & Berkley

Fall 2007

This is Tayla. She started High School this year! Yikes!
Here is Elli and Talan. Abi had to do some leadership shirt wearing thing so I don't have a picture of her!
I bought Berkley a really cool black spiderman costume and he insisted on being a clown for his school party!
Elli is a witch, Talan a skateboarder, and Berkley and Ryder are "black spiderman"

Here are some photos from school starting to Halloween! Enjoy!

I made the executive decision that I will not be sending out a Christmas letter this year! I'm not sure why, except that I just decided to rebel! I love getting all of yours and would hope that you all continue to be more "law" abiding citizens! I seriously feel like a rule breaker! Here's our photo and maybe I'll send some little blogs about each child! We hope you all have a great Holiday Season!

Another Family Photo

Get real, taking a family photo with six kids is, well, HILARIOUS!! I think the hardest thing to do is to get everyone there. Trever seems to be the hardest! I'm pretty happy that after three hours of church we were able to smile!

Ryder decided to copy his big brother! They thought this was pretty fun!

GingerBread Houses YUMMY!!!!!

Berkley is REALLY enjoying his gingerbread house that he made!

Turkey Bowl

Every year the Banker family has a little "Turkey Bowl!" This year we had a lot of fun and we were very wet and cold! Daya broke her finger on the first play of the game and spent the rest of the game in the ER! She's sure there will be a replay on ESPN! The kids had a blast and so did us "big" kids!