My Family

September, 2010 Issue 1

Members of My Family

I am going to tell you a little about my family members and what they do. I will

start with my dad. My dad’s name is Steven (Steve). My dad and I look a lot alike. The only

difference rally is that his eyes are blue whereas mine are green/hazel. That is pretty much

our only physical difference. My dad and I both like to play the guitar. My dad works as the

director of maintenance on the airplanes for Joe Gibbs Racing. Coming with that job is the

responsibility of making sure the important people like Joe Gibbs himself and his NASCAR

drivers get to their destinations. It is a big job but it comes with many perks.

My mom really likes history. She has a college degree in history and hopes to

become a high school history teacher. My mom and I don’t really have any physical

similarities but we do think and act alike. I got some of my athletic skills from her because

she played softball and basketball growing up like I do now. I love her and I am glad she is

my mom.

My brother comes next. My brother and I do look somewhat alike. We have different interests, but that is common in brothers and

sisters. We have both played on a basketball team before and he was even one of my coaches when I was smaller. We have been through

good and bad times together and fought with each other, but we do love each other either way. My brother is pretty tall. He goes to

Kennesaw State University in Georgia. He is going to graduate in December of this year and he is getting married. He is majoring in

foreign affairs which is seems pretty confusing to me. This will give him a chance to many great opportunities though. He will be joining

the Air Force soon so he can go to law school. He hopes to become a lawyer and I know he will be great at it.

My Family Continued:

“Mom what’s for dinner?”“You should try Texas Pete on your eggs…its good!” -Sydney Cole

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Racing mom!!!!!

Me, Matt, and Dad on Father’s Day

Matt!

Hope your enjoying my newsletter so far!

~Sydney

I am going to tell you about the pets I have because

I do consider them family. If you live near it and feed it, its

family. I have three dogs and one rat… yes I typed rat.

My dogs are really weird. They are definitely not normal but

they are good anyway and that’s all that matters. My dog

Buddy is an Akita and Australian Shepherd mix. This is

where the weird kicks in. Buddy has one blue eye and one

brown eye. He also has webbed feet… WEBBED FEET! He

is a good dog though no matter his quirks. My other dog is a

Doberman named Kenzie. She is the biggest chicken ever

even though she is big and a DOBERMAN for crying out

loud! She is a good dog though and I do not know what it

would be like without her… less entertaining probably.

My last dogs name is Moose. She (and yes it’s a she) is a

beagle-basset hound mix. She is small, but her bark really

isn’t. In fact, it’s REALLY annoying! At least she is our

personal siren so we know when someone pulls up to our

house. She is sweet though. I would definitely miss her…

but not that annoying bark.

I do have a rat and I know what

you’re thinking: “Ewe rat!” Well they are

definitely nicer than gerbils and hamsters by

the way to all gerbil and hamster lovers that

get bitten a lot…uh huh. I got Cheddar two

Christmas’s ago. Christmas 2010 will be my

third year with her… Cheddar is a girl.

Cheddar is one goofy rat though. She likes to

jump on the side of the cage and cling to it so

she can stare at you. It’s really funny. She also

watches TV. If you have it on, she’ll just stare

at it through her cage. She is really smart too.

She has gray fur even though she is called a

“blue rat”… I don’t know where they got blue

from. She is really nice and I am glad I have

her now that she doesn’t bite me anymore .(I

don’t have a picture of her though…

My AnimalsYes animals are family.

No I don’t eat them.

“I love my strange and

annoying animals.”

My animals continued:My rat.

Yes read it … RAT!

Me with Kenzie and Moose

Buddy!

regular cousins. He is pretty cool and we have a lot in common. I also have

a papaw who is my dad’s dad. I don’t see them much since Alabama is a ten

hour drive from here . My other grandparents are on my mom’s side in

Tennessee. I call them “Nana and Papaw”. They just moved to Tennessee.

My papaw is a retired army officer. He and my nana are originally from

Tennessee they moved back up there from Georgia. I see them sometimes

but not all the time like I want to see them and my family in Alabama.

Whenever I do see them though, we have fun and my nana and I go

shopping and my papaw takes me to a movie. We have lots of fun.

September, 2010 Issue 1

More Family

Grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles

My grandparents and cousins

live in different states. On my dad’s

side, my Grannie and Pop live in

Alabama along with my dad’s brothers,

sister, and my cousins. My Uncle John

and Aunt Ashley have Kayla and Alex

who are my two younger cousins. They

are little red-heads and the only red-

heads in my family for that matter (we

are all blonde). Then My Uncle Mike

and Aunt Carrie have Casi and Sofie

who are my youngest cousins. Casi is

the wild one since Sofie is still only a

baby. My Aunt Cindy and Uncle Charlie

just have my cousin Blake, the oldest

one of my cousins. I don’t see him much

but when I do, he is fun to be around.

Then there is my dad’s Aunt Dot (who I

just consider my aunt and not my great

aunt), Uncle Mike (another Mike), and

their son Graeme who is really my

second cousin but we just think of each

other as just

Sydney Cole’s newsletter on her family. Isn’t it great?!

Top left: AlexTop right: Matt, Grannie

(dad’s mom), and Alex

Bottom: Papaw (Mom’s dad)

September, 2010Issue 1

The End!!!Oh no!!! Why must it end?!

Yes my newsletter has come to an end. However, I do hope you had an enjoyable

time reading it or at least looking at the pictures of my family and pets!! So

umm… BYE!

“This is the end…DON’T CRY!” >Sydney

Sydney Gazette INC.Published by Sydney Cole

Edited by Sydney ColeWritten by Sydney Cole

Pictures by Whoever Took Them!Family by Family

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Me at a softball tournament!

Guitar hero battle! Me VS. Matt!

The editor at work!