Days with the Dorans

Well~ we FINALLY got to have our XC Banquet for Joey but like everything this year, it was a bit different... It was in the auditorium and of course there was no eating. The catch-phrase "Every Child, Every Day" has become "Some kids, Some of the time" to some of us teachers... :-P I shouldn't be so jaded. I am thankful that they got to do this recognition. It has been a LONG time since Joey has been inside his high school and I was thankful for that (even though I'm still a little bitter that they wouldn't let him run Regionals- and that has historically been a PR for him). The seats were marked so that the boys could sit by each other- this is as close as it got. You can see that Joe and Brad got to sit next to each other but there had to be two seats between them. Later on stage though, they stood next to each other and got their awards. I was really proud of Joey! He made the top 50 All-Time fastest runners in the school history. His coach talked abo...

We were looking forward to the XC Banquet! We obviously knew that Joey would be getting his second varsity letter, but we also knew that we were going to get some yummy food! I had been thinking about it for days and it didn't disappoint.  Joey wanted to recreate this picture from last year (weird but I figured he may want to see it here again). I loved listening to the coach talk about all the boys. HERE is what he had to say about Joey. Just like last year when we were surprised by the Varsity letter, this year we were surprised to learn Joey was a scholar athlete (I guess I didn't know what Scholar Athlete entailed but super proud of Joey). Now all we have to do is get this kid to train and there's no telling how fast he'll be! So proud of him!!

 Joey's Cross-Country Banquet fell on the same day as Z's first band concert. Since we knew there would be more concerts, Jeff and I went with Joe. The banquet was at a local golf course and the food was really good. This was our first "Banquet" for high school and it was really nice. Joe sat with friends and we sat with parents who were very nice. When the coach started talking about the JV runners, I went to the back of the room to film but he never called Joey! Jeff and I looked at each other unsure if he forgot or if Joey actually earned his letter! Not only did he earn his letter he was the third fastest freshman (Number 1 and 2 were our fastest runners on the team!). They'll be really good if they keep getting stronger! Joey also got the most improved runner. It was awarded to two runners. The boy on the right took SEVEN MINUTES off his time which is amazing but the coach said it's harder to peal off time when you're faster and Joe ended ...