Based on last year's interest from kids, we
now have a special kids division. This is very much in keeping
with the origins of this competition. Please note if you are
over or under 18 where indicated. Kids should fill out their
brackets as MUCH AS POSSIBLE by themselves. The Kids will
compete in the overall bracket AND their own special bracket
for kids only.
This pool is for the honor
and glory alone.
Overall Winner
Family Winner
Kids Winner
2017
2016
Eli Barnes
Laura Caldwell
Meredith Jones
2015
Emily Barnes
Austin Sparks
Austin Sparks
2014
Eli Barnes
Buff Winterer (3)
Lily Harrick
2013
Macon Thompson
Macon Thompson (2)
2012
Katie Egerton
Ashley Mcgowan (2)
2011
Hank Eimer
Macon Thompson
2010
Lela Thompson
Lela Thompson (2)
2009
Mike Glazer
Buff Winterer (2)
2008
Ward Warren
Britt Winterer
2007
Ashley McGowan
Ashley McGowan
2006
Billy Morton
Nick Tenney
2005
Travis Good
Lela Thompson
2004
Ted Roosevelt
Laura Caldwell
2003
Eli Burstein
Buff Winterer
2002
Mary Beth French
Mom Thompson
2001
Dad Thompson
Dad Thompson
Thompson March Madness 2017
Its back. Welcome to the Thompson
Family pools.
Based on last year's interest from kids, we
now have a special kids division. This is very much in keeping
with the origins of this competition. Please note if you are
over or under 18 where indicated. Kids should fill out their
brackets as MUCH AS POSSIBLE by themselves. The Kids will
compete in the overall bracket AND their own special bracket
for kids only.
Below are our historical winners. It is worth
noting that no one has won the overall more than once, but
Buff Winterer has won the family competition three times.
Quite strong.
Overall Winner
Family Winner
Kids Winner
2016
Eli Barnes
Laura Caldwell
Meredith Jones
2015
Emily Barnes
Austin Sparks
Austin Sparks
2014
Eli Barnes
Buff Winterer (3)
Lily Harrick
2013
Macon Thompson
Macon Thompson (2)
2012
Katie Egerton
Ashley Mcgowan (2)
2011
Hank Eimer
Macon Thompson
2010
Lela Thompson
Lela Thompson (2)
2009
Mike Glazer
Buff Winterer (2)
2008
Ward Warren
Britt Winterer
2007
Ashley McGowan
Ashley McGowan
2006
Billy Morton
Nick Tenney
2005
Travis Good
Lela Thompson
2004
Ted Roosevelt
Laura Caldwell
2003
Eli Burstein
Buff Winterer
2002
Mary Beth French
Mom Thompson
2001
Dad Thompson
Dad Thompson
Thompson March Madness 2016
The amazing Barnes
family domination continues as hearts broke across North Carolina.
Congratulations to overall winner Eli Barnes. Laura Caldwell
wins the family title, and Meredith Jones won the Kids Bracket.
Great work, see you next year.
Its back. Welcome to the Thompson
Family pools.
Based on last year's interest from kids, we
now have a special kids division. This is very much in keeping
with the origins of this competition. Please note if you are
over or under 18 where indicated. Kids should fill out their
brackets as MUCH AS POSSIBLE by themselves. The Kids will
compete in the overall bracket AND their own special bracket
for kids only.
Below are our historical winners. It is worth
noting that no one has won the overall more than once, but
Buff Winterer has won the family competition three times.
Quite strong.
Overall Winner
Family Winner
Kids Winner
2016
Eli Barnes
Laura Caldwell
Meredith Jones
2015
Emily Barnes
Austin Sparks
Austin Sparks
2014
Eli Barnes
Buff Winterer (3)
Lily Harrick
2013
Macon Thompson
Macon Thompson (2)
2012
Katie Egerton
Ashley Mcgowan (2)
2011
Hank Eimer
Macon Thompson
2010
Lela Thompson
Lela Thompson (2)
2009
Mike Glazer
Buff Winterer (2)
2008
Ward Warren
Britt Winterer
2007
Ashley McGowan
Ashley McGowan
2006
Billy Morton
Nick Tenney
2005
Travis Good
Lela Thompson
2004
Ted Roosevelt
Laura Caldwell
2003
Eli Burstein
Buff Winterer
2002
Mary Beth French
Mom Thompson
2001
Dad Thompson
Dad Thompson
Welcome to Baby Etta!!
Born February 26th to Macon & Lindsay
Thompson (and big sister Gray). Weighing in at 4 lbs 4 ozs
and 18.25 inches long.
I am sorry for the extreme delay in
getting this out, but I want to congratulate this year’s
winners.
The Barnes family has dominated the last two years.
This year’s winner was Emily Barnes. Last year’s winner?
Eli Barnes. Very impressive folks. Good work. The kids
AND family division was won by Austin Sparks.
Below I have pasted in our historical winners. It is
worth noting that no one has won the overall more than
once, but Buff Winterer has won the family competition
three times. Quite strong.
Overall Winner
Family Winner
Kids Winner
2015
Emily Barnes
Austin Sparks
Austin Sparks
2014
Eli Barnes
Buff Winterer (3)
Lily Harrick
2013
Macon Thompson
Macon Thompson (2)
2012
Katie Egerton
Ashley Mcgowan (2)
2011
Hank Eimer
Macon Thompson
2010
Lela Thompson
Lela Thompson (2)
2009
Mike Glazer
Buff Winterer (2)
2008
Ward Warren
Britt Winterer
2007
Ashley McGowan
Ashley McGowan
2006
Billy Morton
Nick Tenney
2005
Travis Good
Lela Thompson
2004
Ted Roosevelt
Laura Caldwell
2003
Eli Burstein
Buff Winterer
2002
Mary Beth French
Mom Thompson
2001
Dad Thompson
Dad Thompson
Its back. Welcome to
the Thompson Family pools. All are welcome to join in
HERE.
Based on last year's interest from kids,
we now have a special kids division. This is very much
in keeping with the origins of this competition. Please
note if you are over or under 18 where indicated. Kids
should fill out their brackets as MUCH AS POSSIBLE by
themselves. The Kids will compete in the overall bracket
AND their own special bracket for kids only.
This pool is for the
honor and glory alone, for those looking for a paid
tourney, head here.
March Madness 2014
What an incredible basketball tournament.
No one saw this developing the way it did with seven
seed UConn beating eight seed Kentucky.
Congrats to our winners! We have several winners we
want to acknowledge. First, our overall winner Eli Barnes,
and our runner up Knox Tate. Eli and Knox both had 81
total points but Eli won the tiebreak with ten teams
in the sweet sixteen. Buff Winterer finished third overall
and wins the prize for highest ranked family member.
In the ‘little kids’ division which I think we will
reprise in an expanded format next year Lily Harrick
took the title. Good work.
I hope you all enjoyed and hope to see you compete
again in the search for a March Madness title next year.
Its back. Welcome to
the Thompson Family pools. All are welcome to join in
HERE.
Based on last year, we have changed
the tiebreak slightly. It is now as follows.
1. Picked champ?
2. Teams in Sweet Sixteen
3. Points in final game
Go Blue!
This pool is for the
honor and glory alone, for those looking for a paid
tourney, head here.
March Madness 2013
Congrats to Macon Thompson for winning
the Thompson pool! This is his first win since before
2001 and given his role in starting this whole thing,
very historic.
All that being said, i need to acknowledge
Reeves Davis who had as many points as Macon, and picked
the winner, but by the tiebreaks in place finishes second
(picking the winner was not a tiebreak, macon won on
the second tiebreak which was most teams in the sweet
sixteen). Based on this, i think i will change the rules
a bit for next year and make thwe tiebreaks as below.
1. Picked champ?
2. Teams in Sweet Sixteen
3. Points in final game
Its back. Welcome to
the Thompson Family pools. All are welcome to join in
HERE.
Go Blue!
This pool is for the
honor and glory alone, for those looking for a paid
tourney, head here.
Colby Makes her Picks
Turner Westray Battle
IV
Was born Thursday, October 23rd at 1:00pm,
weighing 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measuring 19.5 inches.
We are so happy for the new parents Katie and Wes and
wish them all the best in this new adventure.
March Madness 2012
Its back. Welcome to
the Thompson Family pools. All are welcome to join in
HERE.
This pool is for the
honor and glory alone, for those looking for a paid
tourney, head here.
Welcome
to the Laurie 'Beaver' Thompson Memorial Lacrosse Pick
Em Tourney 2010
The rules are simple, pick your teams. They will score
points for wins (1,2,4,6 by round, with one point for
upsets in the first round). The tiebreak is most teams
in the final four, followed by closest points for the
final game.
There is no entry fee, LTandLela.com is offering a
$50 cash prize to the winner. One entry per person please.
(please note all unseeded teams are seeded as a nine
(9) seed)
I apologive for the delay this weekend.
I had some unanticipated major technical difficulties
this weekend (as we traveled to Vermont to visit the
Rutland Thompsons and witness the baptism of our beautiful
new niece and god daughter Charlotte!).
Welcome to the 2010 LTandLela.com/Thompson
Family March Madness College Basketball brackets.
This tournament has been held in some fashion or another
for many years, dating back to about 1989 or so, when
Macon Thompson started posting brackets for family members
in Trumbull, CT. In 2000, we moved the tourney online
and opened it up to the general public and the enthusiasm
it has received has been wonderful. Ever since then
masses of people have gathered to compete for the title
of champion.
Some ground rules. I am often asked what the entry
fee and prizes are. There is no entry fee, this is a
family style competition, with much at stake along the
lines of dignity and pride, but no money changes hands.
There has been a prize for the last several years, as
there will be this year.
PLEASE NOTE POINTS CHANGE BELOW
The rules and scoring are simple. Points are given based
on round (1,2,4,8,12,16) with underdogs being ten seeds
or less getting extra points (2,4,6,8,10,12). The first
tiebreaker is most teams in the final four, second tiebreaker
is most teams in the sweet sixteen, and last tiebreaker
is total points in the final game. if that does not
decide it we will put the winners in a room with Moose
and the first person he licks will be declared the winner.
All reports are up. Good luck. Much
more on the home page above or go right to the current
standings.
Thanksgiving
2009 and Cousin Ashley Married!!
We had a wonderful family vacation,
the highlight of which was the marriage of cousin Ashley
to Geoff Mcgowan. Congrats Ashley and Geoff, and welcome
to the family Geoff.
With all these kids coming,
its easy to forget the dogs, and thats just not right.
I know a bunch of people that have gotten new dogs recently.
What pictures i have are below. I dont have any pictures
(yet) for mom and Dads new dog, or the Jones new dog
Lilly.
Bucko Thompson (Macon)
Pepper Roosevelt
Winston Davis
David Hallar
Bowman
Congrats Nathan and Adair!
Davis Carson
Egerton
congrats Katie and David!
Davis was born on Friday, February 20, 2009 at 12:12pm.
He weighed 8lbs 11oz and 20.5 inches long.
Baby
Boy George Wiliam Calvillo
Congrats Kris and Sean! Are you going
to name him?
Charles
Vasgaard Bowman
4/26/09. Congrats hootie & Paige,
Mary Alice and Thomas!
ONE GREAT
BIRTHDAY, TWO NEW BABIES
William Price Burchfield (BELOW)
& Anna Frances Fiedler
Congrats Andy and Kim &
congrats to Josh and Lisa Fiedler, both
born April 21st.
George
Merrit Cavanna
Congrats Tiernan and
Kieran!
Rasmus
Svensson Ricci
Born Friday morning at 8:36am. 7lb 12oz
21inches. Everyone is well. Congrats Max and Sara!
Banks Christopher
Lovern
Congrats Ryan and Chris!!
Banks Christopher Lovern was born 3-18-09
at 2:14 pm. He weighed 8lbs 5 oz. and 20 inches tall.
Fletcher
David Vandegrift
Born february 17, 2009. 8 lbs, 4.5oz,
21 1/4 inches long. Whoo hoo! Congrats!
Dean Voight
Calvillo
Born March 8th. 8.7 Pounds 22 inches
long. Congrats
Katie and Justin!!
Davis
Carson Egerton
was born February 20, 2009 at 12:12pm
Congrats!
Mary Prather Huegerich
Born Monday the 22nd, congratulations
to the Huegerichs on the birth of their beautiful little
girl!
Lucy East
Congrats Chad, Jennifer,
and Olivia!
Ned Warren & Charlie
Branan!!
Congrats to Ward and Katie and Meg and
Bart!
William Read Morton Jr!!
William
Read Morton, Jr. was born at 11:33 pm on Monday evening,
October 20. He weighed 5 lbs 14 oz and was 20.5 inches
long.
Congrats
Billy and Jenny, we are so excited for you all.
HLT V
It is hard to express our joy! We have
been blessed with a healthy boy, Henry Lawrence Thompson
V. Born Tuesday May 27th at 9:43 AM. Seven pounds and
15 ounces at birth, 20 and a quarter inches. Mom and
baby are healthy and at home.
Amazingly,
That is not the only news from the Thompson family
Nicholas Jenkins Tenney,
Jr.
Born less than 24 hours
before Henry. Congrats to Nick and Becca! Nick's sister
was born less than 24 hours from me
Ryan Harris
Deguire
Last week. Thats all i know. Congrats
Heather and Phil!
Ethan Rohlen
Barnes
Wow, another Deerfield
baby. Ethan was born May 6th, 10 lbs and 4oz (big),
in typical Barnes fashion (not in a hospital, no need
for that). Congrats Barnes family!
Cotie
(Côtes du Rhone Pinkerton Thompson III)
February 24th, 1994 to March 28th 2008
Beloved Thompson matriach, taken to
be with her maker. She was a good dog and the leader
of the pack. She was Lauries finest pastoral collegue.
Liked snow, cuddling on carpets, and did not pee inside
until the very end. She was a member of the AKC, PETA,
and People for Poodles organizations and worked tirelessly
for orphaned poodles and poodle rights. She has multitudes
of surviving family including Chewy and baby Kiri, as
well as many Winterer dogs and other related Essexians.
This is Will Banks (Holy Trinity Preschool
Class of 2009) conception of a ginger bread man (woman?).
Awesome. Should not date any of my daughters though.
I know everyone saw this on ESPN when
it aired, but just in case....I loved every single second
of it. For those of you who want to skip to the picks
io would recommend you move to 5:30 (1:45 left) or so
for the intro and pregame speech. The actual pick is
at 7:15 (:45 left). I only wish i could find a
clp of Corso talking about his visit to Clark Art. Herbstreit
looked at him like he was some kind of alien.
Apparently when Corso asked the lady
at the Williams in where the 'stadium' was, she laughed
at him. Haaa
Margaret May married
the wonderful Kevin O'Leary of Boston on May 5th in
Wilmington, NC. The bride was striking, the ceremony
was beautiful, and the reception a whole lot of fun.
After a very wonderful week of giving thanks, we were
blessed with a special arrival on Saturday November
26. At 1:52 AM after a beautiful labor, Kelley Rose
Calvillo was born to Katie and me. She is 19 inches
long and weighs 6 pounds 6 ounces. We came home from
the birthing center later Saturday morning and have
had a great time introducing Kelley to her new home
and extended family. Both Katie and Kelley are doing
beautifully and I am confident that I am the luckiest
guy in the world. We want to thank everyone for your
blessings and good wishes.
With much love,
Justin, Katie, & Kelley
Virginia Parker Etheridge
Dear Family and Friends,
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Virginia
Parker Etheridge, born on Wednesday, November 2 at 8:40pm.
Virginia was 20 inches long and weighed 6 pounds, 15
ounces at birth. Meredith and Virginia are resting comfortably
and will be heading home later this week. Thanks so
much for your prayers and good wishes.
Best regards,
Brian
Mary Alice Bowman
8 lbs. 1 oz.
21 inches
James Asher Vaughn
(J. Asher Vaughn). He was born on 10/08/05
at 8:17 pm. 7lbs, 3oz and 19.5 inches long. Ten fingers
and ten toes, blond with blue eyes. Mom is a bit tired,
but doing better than i could have imagined. What an
amazing experience! JV
I had to say it all fancy like that
because Matt is from Great Britain and speaks the King's
English. It is okay though, I have interviewed him extensively
and can assure you he supports continued independence
for the colonies.
Congrats Meg!! You have one of the best
Matt.
Andrew Ramzi Harrick
Born Monday the 29th at 10:06 a.m. Andrew
weighs 6 lbs. 12 ounces. Both mother and child are doing
great. Congrats Tania and Chris!
Elizabeth Gray Thompson!
Congratulations to
Lindsay and Macon. I am so excited to greet our newest
niece! Gray was born January 5th at 3:22pm, tipping
the scales at 6lbs and 12oz and measuring 20.25 inches
in length. All are well.
Thank You For Your Prayers For Chris
Mom and Kelly have set up a CaringBridge
page which is probably the best place to get ongoing
updates, though I personally do really appreciate
all your calls and emails of support and hope they
continue!
Congrats to Serena and Ted on the
birth of Katharine Eleanor and Anna Clare.
Henry Scored a goal in his first game the other day
and ran down the field in a ridiculous celebration.
Walker Elisabeth Morton
Was born August 22nd, congrats
Jenny and Billy!
Warthen Willis Thompson
May 17th, 2012
We are so excited for Chris and Kelly and Aila and
ChaCha as they welcome a son into their household
and we can not wait to see him!
Matthew James Harrick
Congrats to the Harricks!
7 lbs 5 ozs, 21.5 inches long, everyone is well.
Wes and Katie
Boca Grande, FL
October 22nd, 2011
We had the very special pleasure of attending the
marriage ceremony of Katie Camp and Wes Battle in
beautiful Boca Grande Florida in October (i apologize
for my delay in posting, especially to Mr. Battle).
It was an amazing event to match the amazing people
we were gathered to celebrate. From a beautiful rehearsal
to a great day on the water with Mr. Camp. To Friday
nights pirate party (we now have pictures of Lela
with various pirates scattered around our house. "Real
pirates?" the kids ask), and the beautiful ceremony
and celebration saturday. All capped by Club Battle
late saturday night. It was a special weekend and
a great time to reconnect with all sorts of old friends.
Congrats to Katie and Wes, we wish you the best in
your marriage and look forward to many times together.
Born November 25th and already looking good. Beautiful
family shot here.
Congrats to the Heyworths, we are so excited for you
all.
Congrat to Carrie & Paul Gates!
The Sparks family gained a wonderful new brother
in law as my beautiful sister in law Carrie was married
in a wonderful wedding in Bluffton, SC last weekend.
Congrats!
Boy Banks
Properly titled Tucker Matthew Banks, born May 3,
2011 at a whopping 8 12. Congrats to Michael, Will,
Kate, and especially Andi.
Holy Cow There are THREE!
Congrats to Davey & Amber!!
Hansel is a MAN MACHINE!!
Val too. Congrats to the Hansels on boy #2. Nolan
Stuart Hansel. Born 3/4/11 at 12:49pm weighing in
at 7lb 6oz and 20 inches.
A Girl!!
Isabelle Gray Morton arrived at 7:24 this AM (12/9/10)
weighing 6lbs 5oz.
Congrats Jenny and Billy, Will and Bodie and Hooper!
Another Little Man
William Fulton Smith
William was born on November 19th at 1:39 am, weighing
in at 6 pounds, 2 ounces and he was 19 inches long.
Congrats to Dave and Emily on their beautiful baby
IT IS A BOY!!
Congrats to Serena and Ted!
Brother Lyons!
Congrats Meg and Matt, and Blake! Name to come.
Now named!
Noah Thomas Lyons
Liam Brian McGowen
Congratulations to
my cousin Ashley and her husband Geoff on their new
baby!
Another New Niece!
And we really like
the name. Lela Susan Caldwell. congrats Laura and
Dave!
Our New Niece!!
Charlotte Bennett
Thompson
Was born Sunday, September 27th and is named after
her Great Grandmother and a Ladabouche relation. We
love the name, and are so excited for Chris and Kelly!
Congrats guys! Charlotte weighed in at nine pounds
and nineteen inches. We can only imagine how excited
Aila is!
Congrats to Dale and
Lindley on the birth of their baby girl! Born Wednesday
August 26th.
Jack Thomas Vannoy
Born at 5:52pm on August 11th. Congrats Brandy and
Mark!
Cole McCrae Sparks
The Sparks Family keeps growing! Congrats to Lori
and Steven the twins and Emma on the birth of baby
Cole July 23rd. Seven pounds six ounces.
Peter Harris Eimer!!
We are so happy to hear the news of
Harris' exciting birth. Born 7/14/09 8 pounds 13 ounces
and 20 1/2 inches. Congrats to proud parents Hank
and Regan!
Brooke Isabelle Paquette
Born June 16th weighing 7lbs 6ozs. Congrats to Jared
and Kristie and Brady!
Kevin Edward O'Leary Jr.
Born 6/21 weighing 8.7 lbs and 21.5" long. Congrats
Lil Sis and Kevin! On Fathers day no less!
David Wainright (Wright) Britt
Born June 13th, 7 lbs 20.5 inches. Congrats David
and Adria!!
Emmett Boyer Thomas
Congrats Mike and Laura!
James Neismith??
At this point, I am sure many of you are wondering,
who is this Dr. James Neismith that has won this years
March Madness pool? And why did his spell the name
of the founder of basketball incorrectly?
Congratulations!! I had a good talk with Mikey at
the Champions dinner (see above, only past winners
invited) and I have to convey his enthusiasm over
his victory. “Take that you chumps, the Chimp is finally
victorious ” was the message he wanted me to deliver.
In the Thompson Family category, we have to really
acknowledge Buff Winterer. For the FOURTH time he
has won the family division, this is unprecedented
and amazing. Great work Buff. You are truly the John
Wooden of Thompson Family Basketball.
I hope everyone enjoyed themselves, and hope you
will play again next year.
Welcome to the 2009 LTandLela.com/Thompson
Family March Madness College Basketball brackets.
This tournament has been held in some
fashion or another for many years, dating back to
about 1989 or so, when Macon Thompson started posting
brackets for family members in Trumbull, CT. In 2000,
we moved the tourney online and opened it up to the
general public and the enthusiasm it has received
has been wonderful. Ever since then masses of people
have gathered to compete for the title of champion.
Some ground rules. I am often asked
what the entry fee and prizes are. There is no entry
fee, this is a family style competition, with much
at stake along the lines of dignity and pride, but
no money changes hands. There has been a prize for
the last several years, as there will be this year.
Past
Winners
Ward Warren, Britt Winterer and Deb Tenney (2008
standings)
Ashley Tenney (Family and Overall 2007
Standings)
Billy Morton and Nick Tenney (2006
Standings)
Travis Good and Lela Thompson (2005
Standings)
Henry Oakey and Bill Winterer (2004)
Eli Burstein & Bill Winterer
(2003)
The rules and scoring are simple.
Points are given based on round (1,2,4,8,16,32) with
underdogs being ten seeds or less getting extra points
(2,4,6,8,10,12). The first tiebreaker is most teams
in the final four, second tiebreaker is most teams
in the sweet sixteen, and last tiebreaker is total
points in the final game. if that does not decide
it we will put the winners in a room with Moose and
the first person he licks will be declared the winner.
On beautiful Chappaquidick
Island, Serena Torrey married my great friend and
freshman year roomate, Ted Roosevelt. It was an amazing
weekend and the bride, as you can well see, was beyond
beautiful. Congratulations Ted and Serena!
6/24/2008 at 4:14pm
19" long
7lbs 9oz
and everyone is doing well. Congratulations to rthe
Von Allmens!
Aila Mae Thompson!!!
I am an uncle yet again, but for the
first time on the Thompson side. We are so proud of
and excited for my brother Chris and his wife Kelly
on the birth of their first, a girl! Aila (7 lbs.
4 oz., 19 inches) was born at Rutland Regional Medical
Center this morning, about nine days early! Mother
and baby are doing well.
Welcome to the 2008 LTandLela.com/Thompson
Family March Madness College Basketball brackets.
This tournament has been held in some
fashion or another for many years, dating back to
about 1989 or so, when Macon Thompson started posting
brackets for family members in Trumbull, CT. In 2000,
we moved the tourney online and opened it up to the
general public and the enthusiasm it has received
has been wonderful. Ever since then masses of people
have gathered to compete for the title of champion.
Some ground rules. I am often asked
what the entry fee and prizes are. There is no entry
fee, this is a family style competition, with much
at stake along the lines of dignity and pride, but
no money changes hands. There has been a prize for
the last several years, as there will be this year.
The rules and scoring are simple.
Points are given based on round (1,2,4,8,16,32) with
underdogs being ten seeds or less getting extra points
(2,4,6,8,10,12). The first tiebreaker is most teams
in the final four, second tiebreaker is most teams
in the sweet sixteen, and last tiebreaker is total
points in the final game. if that does not decide
it we will put the winners in a room with Moose and
the first person he licks will be declared the winner.
Good luck!
Baby Lyons!!!
Congrats to Meg and Matt on their baby boy born yesterday,
the 28th, at 7:35 am London time weighing 3.62kg or
nearly 8lb. No name as of yet but we will update when
we find out more....
Despite what you may think, this is
not actually Serena's face upon receipt of the 'question'.
In fact it is (deliciously) the only picture we have
on file here at hltiv.com. If anyone can supply a
more timely picture, preferably from the exact moment
of proposal, i would love that.
I would also like to say that it is
exciting to see some of our favorite people tying
the knot.
I did receive a snapshot from the
day of the engagement, and this is great. What do
most people do when they get engaged? Wear silly hats
and spin each other around of course!
And finally moments after engagement...
Chris & Kelly Married!!
And Now They are
HAVING A BABY!!
Chris and Kelly were married September 15th in a
beautiful ceremony in very beautiful Chittenden, VT.
Lots of family on both sides and an awesome amount
of friends from all walks of life made it for the
event. It is hard to imagine anything more special
than seeing your brother get married to an awesome,
amazing, beautiful woman. Welcome to the family Kelly!
We love you.
We were able to attend
the amazing and beautiful wedding of Max Ricci and
Sara Svennson in Malmo (congrats!) and then spent
some time in the fishing village of Torekov and then
Copenhagen. An amazing wedding and wonderful trip.
Winslow Peter Winterer was born this
week, mother and baby are doing well.
Henry Irving Platto
Arrived Thursday, April 12 at 7:33 pm, weighing 8
lbs, 7 oz, and measuring 22 in.
Oliver Jerome Burstein!
Oliver was born Monday the 9th at
his 7 lbs, 12 ounces and 21 inches. All are doing
well. Congrats Eli & Rebecca!!!
The Madness Begins
Welcome to the 2007 version of the
LTandLela.com/Thompson Family March Madness College
Basketball brackets.
Congrats Ashley!!
For the first time in years, we have
only one champion as Ashley Tenney (my cousin, born
the day after me) takes both the Overall and Thompson
family brackets on the back of Florida. She also picked
the final four and seven of the elite eight. good
work. Ted Roosevelt and Lowey Sichol took runner up
honors.
This tournament has been held in some
fashion or another for many years, dating back to
about 1989 or so, when Macon Thompson started posting
brackets for family members in Trumbull, CT. In 2000,
we moved the tourney online and opened it up to the
general public and the enthusiasm it has received
has been wonderful. Ever since then masses of people
have gathered to compete for the title of champion.
Some ground rules. I am often asked
what the entry fee and prizes are. There is no entry
fee, this is a family style competition, with much
at stake along the lines of dignity and pride, but
no money changes hands. There has been a prize for
the last several years, as there will be this year,
and the odds are this will be a highly sought after
LTandLela.com shirt.
Past
Winners
Billy Morton and Nick Tenney (2006
Standings)
Travis Good and Lela Thompson (2005
Standings)
Henry Oakey and Bill Winterer (2004)
Eli Burstein & Bill Winterer
(2003)
The rules and scoring are simple.
Points are given based on round (1,2,4,8,16,32) with
underdogs being ten seeds or less getting extra points
(2,4,6,8,10,12). The first tiebreaker is total points
in the final game, second tiebreaker is most teams
in the final four, last tiebreaker is most teams in
the sweet sixteen. if that does not decide it we will
put the winners in a room with Moose and the first
person he licks will be declared the winner.
So good luck!
Margaret Wilson Davis (Maggie) was
born on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at 2:00 pm. She
is 7lb 11oz and 20 inches long. She and Katie are
healthy, happy and ready to get home. Caroline says
"baby's cute."
Some of you may have heard about my
newest toy, a GPS equipped watch, which i use for
anything from running to biking, hiking etc. One of
the amazing things about this device is how you can
log and then share your activies. You can click on
the link below, or use the RSS feed.
A Christmas Baby! Welcome to Brady
and congrats to Mom and Dad.
Brady was born at 7:16 pm, December
27th 2006. Weighing 8 lbs, 6 ounces and 20 inches
tall. Brady is healthy and Mom is well.
Chris Thompson Engaged!!!
Chris (on a visit to Hickory no less)
has announced his engagement to Kelly Ladabouche.
At first, when told Kelly was a native Vermonter but
did not know how to ski, I was a bit worried. However,
having gotten to know her better over the last few
months I can vouch that she is a wonderful person
and will perform her duties as wife (and aunt) admirably.
Welcome to the Thompson family Kelly. We are so excited
for next September.
Born June 12th, 2006 at 7:04 AM after
six hours of labor. Twenty inches tall and eight pounds
seven ounces in weight. Mom and baby are doing very
well and anxious to get home (today wednesday). Stirling
has anointed the baby as 'Peach' for whetever reason.
On a beautiful fall weekend, Meg Blakey married Matt
Lyons in Hickory. From a hilarious rehearsal dinner
to a beatuiful ceremony and a wonderful reception,
everything was perfect and everyone had a great time.
Unfortunately our camera battery died, so we can not
bring you the full depth of pictures our viewers deserve
but.....here is what we have.
We can not wait to visit the new couple in England
some day soon. Go Bristol City!!
After much thought and careful consideration,
my brother decided to take up bullriding as his new
hobby (the word on the street is that crotcheting
came in a close second).
His first ride is below, he stayed
on 5.8 of the required eight seconds, but had the
best time in the Novice division and won $144 bucks.
The man cleaned up.
He also rode a second time. Stayed on less time,
but check out the bull charging him about midway through
the video.
Born April 29th at 9 in the morning.
Weighing in at eight pounds and 13 ounces. Mom and
Dad are doing very well. We got to visit on sunday
and the baby is beautiful and mommy and daddy ar radiant.
Congrats CJ and Jenny!!
Congrats Laura and Dave. We are so excited to have
another beautiful cousin to play with! Callie was
born April 20th at 10:45 PM, weighing in at 8 lbs
9oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Laura is doing well, though
the labor was long and hard before the docs called
for a C-Section. Lela was on hand and loved every
moment.
In an amazing 1-2 finish Billy and Jenny Morton proved
themselves a dominant force in this years Tourney.
Congrats to Billy for the win, as well as Nick Tenney
for taking Thompson bragging rights. Thank you everyone
for playing
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Welcome to the 2006 version of the
LTandLela.com/Thompson Family March Madness College
Basketball brackets.
This tournament has been held in some
fashion or another for many years, dating back to
about 1989 or so, when Macon Thompson started posting
brackets for family members in Trumbull, CT. In 2000,
we moved the tourney online and opened it up to the
general public and the enthusiasm it has received
has been wonderful. Ever since then masses of people
have gathered to compete for the title of champion.
Some ground rules. I am often asked
what the entry fee and prizes are. There is no entry
fee, this is a family style competition, with much
at stake along the lines of dignity and pride, but
no money changes hands. There has been a prize for
the last several years, as there will be this year,
and the odds are this will be a highly sought after
LTandLela.com shirt.
Past
Winners
Travis Good and Lela Thompson (2005
Standings)
Henry Oakey and Bill Winterer (2004)
Eli Burstein & Bill Winterer
(2003)
The rules and scoring are simple.
Points are given based on round (1,2,4,8,16,32) with
underdogs being ten seeds or less getting extra points
(2,4,6,8,10,12). The first tiebreaker is total points
in the final game, second tiebreaker is most teams
in the final four, last tiebreaker is most teams in
the sweet sixteen. if that does not decide it we will
put the winners in a room with Moose and the first
person he licks will be declared the winner.
Riley Swaim Caudle was born Jan. 28th
at 2:23 p.m. She weighed in at 5 lb. 9 oz. and 19
inches long.
Apparently the parents are giving
a photo exclusive to www.bryanrjones.com, even though
the webmaster over there has not posted anything in
years. Literally years.
Charlotte Britt
Born Dec 8th at 5 lbs.
6 oz. and eighteen inches long. Little baby girl is
healthy and Mom is doing well. Congrats to David and
Adria!
Oakey's Have a Girl!!
Rumored to be Tech Fan
Martha Hooper Oakey came on Friday
12/16 at 4:21 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 13 oz and was
21 1/2"
long.
She looks beautiful, congrats.
Double Announcement!!
Andrea and Greg Engaged
(See news on at link below)
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Welcome
to the Laurie 'Beaver' Thompson Memorial Lacrosse Pick
Em Tourney 2010
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