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.