December

Heather had her middle school concert.  She is in the jazz band this year.

Wayne and Cole had their Lake Region High School concert. Wayne is doing both band and jazz band as independent study this year.  He now plays tenor sax which means that the jazz band is almost all saxophone players.

Cole now plays baritone sax.  You can barely see him to the far right.

Cole is not normally part of the Lake Region chorus, but when the chorus spent the day travelling around the area caroling, he decided to go along.  Here they surprised us at where I work, Rock Insurance.  

Wayne and friends ran in the Santa Run.  

 Wayne placed 4th overall. Below he poses as 3rd for men.

 Heather had some friends over for a sleepover birthday party.  They did some sledding.

 Drank some hot cocoa.

 Made a giant batch of slime, which is all the rage now.

 They also made and decorated cookies.

 They ate some pizza and cake.

 Oops, these pictures are out of order.

 Played hilariously awkward game of twister.

And that pretty much brings us up to date until tomorrow - Christmas Day!

Thanksgiving

It was only about 6 degrees on Thanksgiving morning, but that didn't stop Wayne and Cole from joining their Lake Region Cross Country friends in the Barton Turkey Trot.

LR XC Coach Liz Chichester, Cole Royer, Wayne, Cole, Sam Robb, Josh Kelley, Gage Coe.

 Wayne finishing the Turkey Trot.  I didn't get a picture of Cole, but he placed 2nd overall.

 Heather and Joanie continued their tradition of making place cards.

 Food, food, and more food.

I guess I was too interested in the food to take any photos of people.

October

As a 6th grader, Heather was able to join the Glover middle school soccer team.

 I didn't get to go to very many games, so did not get a lot of pictures.

 After the regular Cross Country season, Cole joined the Green Mountain Athletic Association Junior Olympic team.  GMAA placed in the top 5 at the New England championship meet, which meant the team moved on to Regionals in NY.  There they place in the top 5 once again to advance to nationals in Reno, NV.  Cole really wanted to go with his team to regionals and nationals, but we were not able to do it.

Being part of the Jr. Olympic team gave him a taste of what some really strong competition is like.

For Halloween, Heather entered a pumpkin carving contest sponsored by the Chronicle.

 She won a prize in the category of "current events" for her carving of  a pumpkin in jail inside another pumpkin.

We also made this guy.

 For trick or treating, she dressed up as candy corn.

Catching Up

It's been a busy Fall.  Wayne and Cole are both on the Lake Region Cross Country Team. Cole is also playing soccer. Heather is on 2 soccer teams.

Together, Wayne and Cole are giving Lake Region a name in XC.  Here they run at a large North Country meet involving many schools.

Cole finishing strong.

Wayne is right behind him.

This is Wayne's new girlfriend, Kaitlyn. She's called Kait. She does not like to keep her shoes on.

Heather and I picked some apples...

...and made a pie.

Another XC meet, this one at U32 in East Montpelier.

Cole ran his personal best and overtook these two of his toughest competitors at the finishline.

Wayne also ran a personal best and overtook the runners on front of him for a strong finish.