In November we visited Nicole up at WWU. It was great to see her and catch up. Kind of a trip visiting our niece at the college where we met. Avery met up with a friend there for breakfast and also ate with Nicole. We got to see her dorm and take her out for a couple meals. Makes me miss college!

Edens Hall, Nicole’s dorm

Fiamma Burger

Mallard Ice Cream

Avery liked the piano in the dorm

Nicole’s room

Flying the drone

Giant sequoia on campus

All dressed up for the wine gala at The Club

My friend got free tickets to Thunder Down Under at the Snoqualmie Casino. They even came with a meet and greet! Fun ladies night out, and we ran into a surprising number of friends there!

Thunder From Down Under at Snoqualmie Casino on November 18, 2022.

Snow in November! Layla and Kennedy

Silas, making himself useful

We spent Thanksgiving at Grammy and Papa’s again this year. The Avery’s came over from Pullman and Nicole came down from WWU. It was great to have the family together again, especially since many of us missed out on being together at Nicole’s high school graduation.



 

Playing Yahtzee

Avery and his team had a fantastic cross country season. It seemed like they PR’d almost every race, always pushing each other to do their best. It’s so much fun watching them set goals and work to achieve them.

Nike Hole in the Wall, in Portland – boys Varsity came in 1st in their division!

Girls took first in their class, best of the best!

Time for a dip after the hard work

Avery and Dallen, always sticking together

Team cheerleader

Senior recognition at the last home race

Districts at Lakewood HS in Arlington

State-bound! The girls team qualified, along with one of the boys, Drew. He chose Avery to be his roommate/wingman in Pasco. The girls finished 7th and Drew came in 30th. Avery hopes it is a preview for the boys team next year.

With Coach Crane

Avery was awarded the Kelly King (no relation) award, for being the team cheerleader.

Varsity and Freshman poster

Halloween looked a little different this year. Avery went to a party the week prior dressed as a pharaoh and hung out with friends on the day of. Kieron and Silas went trick-or-treating with friends, and that left us with just Layla on Halloween. It was a pretty easy night with a lot of coordinating.

Top Gun, hacker & leopard

With Kieron’s buddy, Liam

Scary crew!

Kurt and me

We stopped at our friends house to hang out for a while

The week prior Jonathan and I went to a Halloween party at our friends, the Cormier’s. It was 90’s themed, so I was Cher from Clueless & Jonathan was Kurt Cobain

“As if!”

With A.C. Slater/Rich Shepard

With the Pulp Fiction crew, Wendy & Blake

Kate and Avery, carving pumpkins

5th Grade Halloween party

1st Grade Halloween party