Winter Odds and Ends

 Some odds and ends from the holidays and this snowy winter:

When it's below zero so pickup soccer has to be moved inside.

NYC trip for Emily and her Mtown besties.

Elizabeth is so extra.

Christmas Eve pick up

Christmas Eve at the farm.

All grown up, but stuck in the backseat for holiday road trips.

Taking this photo every year will never get old.

Visiting TikTok famous Nitro Bar in Newport.

When the girls say that Lee looks like a baddie....

Emily got to play lots of pick up over winter break

   Making 2026 vision boards on NYE

Newest cook in the house.

Elizabeth was called into work at both Starbucks and the farm for all of our winter storms.

So much snow and cold

When it's so cold in Potsdam that SnapChat puts Emily in an ice cube!

Unintentional latte art

Emily was one of four business students invited to a dinner with the largest corporate employer at Clarkson's job fair.

When you know the baristas at Starbucks...

Visited Kathleen last weekend.

Champagne and shackles

Elizabeth's last day as a Starbucks barista!

Beau's last ride with Elizabeth.

Weekend in New Hampshire

We spent the second weekend of the month in New Hampshire. Emily arrived home from school just in time to travel with us to Joe & Karen's to celebrate family Christmas. We then headed to stay with Grammy, sharing food and gifts on Sunday morning. We went to visit my parents and Grampy in Boscawen and then fit in some visits with other relatives as well, before heading to Brown's (in a snow storm, of course) so that Elizabeth could get in her yearly fix. All in all, an exhausting but lovely weekend.

Brown's during a snow storm is a completely different experience than Brown's in the summer.

Holiday Odds and Ends

End of the fall semester, celebrations, pick up soccer, long drives, and a big day for Lee and the Special Olympics all make up the last odds and ends of 2024.

Catalina

All dressed up for her biggest presentation of the semester - and she killed it, getting funding for her new company.

Lee and Nick spent the fall training a Special Olympics athlete for a powerlifting competition and he had a great meet!

Lots of sleep over Thanksgiving break.

Back with NWC besties.

Sporting besties reunite over Thanksgiving break.

I drove more than 50 hours in less than a month - beginning the Tuesday before Thanksgiving and culminating on our round trip to New Hampshire on Christmas Eve.

Dinner in the hotel lobby - soccer tournament style.

The roads around Potsdam are always snowy.

The rest of Elizabeth's college classes are online - she is not happy, but at least she graduates a year early!

Morning runs in the snow and cold.

Hanging out with Kathleen and Peter while Peter recovers from knee surgery.

Lots of pick up soccer over the holidays, even thought the weather was always well below freezing.

When Elizabeth does something, she does it at 100%. Starbucks' Partner of the Quarter for the last quarter of 2024.