Bridge over the Merrimack

 

New MacBook

 

A new MacBook Pro was a pricy gift, but this guy got high honors (Straight As) for the first two quarters of tenth grade including Chemistry and Math Honors!

Christmas Eve in Rhode Island

 

RDU Airport - Christmas 2023

 

Henry doesn't like getting his picture taken anymore.  Here is RDU at sunrise before a flight to New Haven CT, the on to Rhode Island.

Thanksgiving 2023

 

We didn't do the Wilcox Family tradition this year for Thanksgiving.  For the first time since the pandemic year of 2020, we had a quiet Thanksgiving at home just the three of us.  (I did manage spend two day in the kitchen cooking, though!)

Selfie

 

So rare.  Henry's at an age where he hates getting his picture taken.  But he took this one.

Endoscopy

 

Henry's an adult with adult problems.  We had an endoscopy performed at UNC to look for reasons for Henry's reflux and stomach issues.  Everything looked fine (we're relieved for that), but poor poopy had to get put under.  He was a trooper.

All the school pictures 2011-2023

 

Thirteen pictures since pre-school.  Only two more to go! 

School Picture 2023-24

 

                                                      Tenth Grade.

Pottery Class

Liane has been taking pottery all year.  Memere and Pepere came to visit in October and they did a tour of the pottery studio.  Henry and Memere got a turn "on the wheel".

The Famous Picture

 

And here we are.  Eleven of these first-day-of-school pictures since kindergarten.  Only two more to go.

First day of 10th Grade

 

New England Summer Trip 2023

 

Henry and Liane made their annual July pilgrimage to New England and only managed to get in one photo!

St. Martin views

Views from our house on the top of Mount Rouge.  The second photo is a sunrise at 5:45 AM.

Henry in St. Martin

 

Hard to get pictures of a teenager, but Henry said the first picture of him and mommy on Grand Case beach should be framed!  Henry spent a whole lot of time in that pool at the house.  The place with the palm trees is downtown Phillipsburg.  The last photo is me and Henry navigating the scary roads in our jeep.

Maho Beach

 

Maho Beach is St. Martin's most famous attraction - the beach right next to the airport runway where jets fly right over your head.  No lie: Henry showed me pictures of this beach six years ago in third grade when he was really into airplanes and aviation.  He was SO thrilled to actually see this place that is so famous on the internet!

More St. Martin miscellaneous

 

Top to bottom: the bar/pool area of our house; the mountainous island of Saba 27 miles from St. Martin; another great shot by Henry under the pier at Grand Case beach; mommy & Henry at Grand Case; some shots of the interior and exterior of our lovely house.

Lolos

 

Lolos: our favorite place to eat.  It's an open-air shack right on Grand Case beach on the French side of the island.  Appetizers included stuffed crab shells, curried shrimp and beans n' rice.  On our second trip there, Liane and I had grilled conch and grilled spare ribs cooked on an open-pit smokey grill!  

Grand Case

Henry takes the best pictures, plus he's got the most high-end iPhone.  He took these shots at Grand Case beach, our favorite spot on the island.  We had lot of big iguanas at our house, but they were all gray.  Only in Grand Case did we see these bright green iguanas.