Snowflake made her appearance at our new house the night after Thanksgiving and went on all kinds of adventures this year. Follow her as she brings the Christmas spirit to the kids every morning. Of all our Christmas traditions, this is probably my favorite! Kudos to Crystal for it is her creativity that inspires Snowflake each night!
Brendan and I took a walk down to the lake to enjoy the beautiful weather outside and took a few quick pics. He is growing up fast!
Sad day in the snowboarding world as Jake Burton lost his battle with cancer yesterday. Jake was a huge figure in my life growing up and continued to be when I worked at Burton.
This timeline that the Burton team posted is a great read on the history of Jake and his life:
https://www.burton.com/blogs/the-burton-blog/remembering-jake-burton-carpenter/
He also did an interview with Guy Raz for the “How I built This podcast that I really enjoyed: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/559034228/burton-snowboards-jake-carpenter
My first Burton snowboard circa1991. #Burton #RideonJake
It is never easy getting these two to sit still but we managed to get a few pics for the holiday card! Full album on SmugMug
Each year the Mt. Bethel PTA sponsors a fun run to raise money to support the school. When Brielle heard about this she was excited to signup – her first official running race. As a former runner, I was happy to see and support her enthusiasm for running!
The event offers a 5k, 1Mile, and 1/2 mile (kindergarten) options:
The gun went off and it was a mad sprint! We found some room to run and got into a steady pace. Brielle powered through the last two hundred yards to finish with a time of 4:15.7!
Since they ran the boys and girls together it was hard to tell what place she came in but when they got to the awards they announced that Brielle got 4th place!
