End of Year Survey

 Nathan: 17

Elizabeth: 14

1. What is your favorite color:
N: Hanford Purple
E: Green, pink, blue

2. What is your favorite toy?
N:  Computer
E:  Phone

3. What is your favorite fruit?
N: Apple
E: Pineapple

4. What is your favorite TV show/movie?

N: The Batman and Dune 2
E:  Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch?
N: Tuna and Grilled Cheese
E: Good pasta

6. What are you looking forward to next year?

N: Track and my last year of cross country 

E: Spring sports

7. What is your favorite game?
N:  Fallout 4
E: Minecraft and Sims

8. What is your favorite snack?
N: Chunk of bread
E:  Goldfish

9. What is your favorite animal?
N: Squid
E: Brontosaurus

10. What is your favorite book?
N: Red Rising
E: Shatter Me series

11. What is your favorite subject at school?
N: Likes them all-currently Marine Biology
E: French and biology

12. What is your favorite sport?
N: Running
E:  Cross Country

13. What is your favorite thing to have for breakfast?
N: Pancakes
E: Egg and cheese sandwich

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside?
N: Biking, running and Photography

E: Running

15. What is your favorite drink?

N: Water
E:  Sprite

16. What is your favorite holiday?
N: Halloween
E: Christmas

17. What is your favorite thing to have for dinner?

N: Burritos
E: Chicken and Yellow Rice

18. What do you want to be when you grow up?
N: Engineer
E: Businesswoman of some sort

Late Christmas

The kids came down with terrible colds just a few days before Christmas. We delayed Christmas and just opened some presents at home. 

The kids opened some presents on Christmas Eve. 

A few days later, Papa Norm and Gram and Auntie Laura came down for a few hours to open presents and have some ham. 

 

Christmas

Jeremy and the kids went up to Selah to have the Wakeman side of Christmas the weekend before Christmas. 

Brady and Beau did surgery on Nathan. That was Nathan's desk when he was little! 

 

Thanksgiving

 

I didn't get many Thanksgiving photos. We drove up to Royal City. Auntie Laura and Grandma Pam came too! Here are these 2 eating chips and ranch dip. 

Cross Country Banquet

The kids had their cross country end of the year banquet and awards ceremony. 

Nathan up with the sophomore boys. 

Nathan posed outside under the purple and gold lights

Elizabeth's group of girls. I didn't get a picture when she was standing up front as I only got the video which is below. 

 

Orchestra Concert

 

Elizabeth had her first high school orchestra concert. It was a combined group of the freshman and sophomore orchestras. She's on the right side kind of in the middle. 

Bonfire

 Jeremy and Nathan went up to Ellensburg for a bonfire. Elizabeth was really sick and I stayed home with her. Jeremy took a few photos. Nathan said he really loved Grandma Pam's new kittens! 

WSU Orchestra Festival

 Elizabeth's orchestra had an orchestra festival at WSU. It was all day on a Friday. Luckily, it was a half day of school due to conferences so she didn't have to miss much school. Jeremy went along as chaperone. It was a long day as they had to leave at 5 am, but Elizabeth said she really enjoyed it! They put the freshman and sophomore orchestras together. 

Top of the library

Unloading the bus at Kimbrough

You can see Elizabeth in the middle

Warming up in Bryan Hall. 

Jeremy found the marching band display. 

Top of library view

Hanford Orchestras

Hanford Freshman/Sophomore Orchestra

Night Before Cross Country State

None of the boys from the Hanford Cross Country team made it to state this year. It's a TOUGH district. However, the state course is right here in our backyard in Pasco. The night before state competition,  all schools from around the state are allowed to come run/walk the course. Even though our team didn't make it, they went and ran the course anyway! They do this every year. So even though Nathan can't make state, he does get to run the course every year to pretend he's running at state. 

Fun fact! If Nathan had gone to my high school, he would have made it to state this year as an individual! I went and checked all their district times to figure this out. Royal ran the Walla Walla course for districts so I know about what time he could reasonably run there and it would have put him into state no problem! 

 

Halloween

Elizabeth is still dressing up for Halloween and trick or treating. She went with a big group of friends this year. They all put a lot of effort into their costumes. She was a pirate! 

 

Nathan Pumpkin Carving

 

Nathan went to the Dive Club's underwater pumpkin carving dive. Sarah carved pumpkins underwater. He did not. He carved on land. 

MCC Championship Meet at Leslie Groves

The last meet of the year was the MCC Championship at Leslie Groves Park. Our high school put it on. Elizabeth had another big PR and got her time under 26 minutes! She ran a 25:54!  Nathan still wasn't feeling the greatest and ran an 18:48. 

The boys teams from both Richland High Schools gave flowers to the girls as they finished their final race. Here's Elizabeth with some of her besties group of cross country runners. Their other friend was warming up for her varsity race. 

These pictures are backwards again but here is Elizabeth running into the chute for the finish line. 

Warmups before the race

Nathan and friends putting spikes in their shoes. 

The highlight of the race was Aunt Karen's appearance! She came out all the way from New York to visit for the weekend! She cheered on the kids and we have a fantastic time visiting with her. 

She brought rockets!!! 

Nathan's finish line sprint

Another one of Elizabeth cheering on Nathan as he sprinted for the finish line. 

Cheering squad. They were quite loud. 

More of her friends

Boys JV getting instructions before the start

All the Richland and Hanford JV boys runners. There are a lot! 

Kids and Aunt Karen

The kids with TWO fantastic aunts! Hi Auntie Laura! 

Papa and Gram were there too. 

Here are some photos from parents with fancier cameras.