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Posted by Michelle on Jun 14, 2014 in Hayley
Hayley played soccer in the spring but since she ran XC in the fall, she filled in some for the track team when they needed help.
3/4 of the girls 800 relay team
3/4 of the girls 800 relay team plus Grayson
With Catherine
Talking with Coach Reid pre-race
Posted by Michelle on Jun 10, 2014 in Hayley
A friend of Hayley’s had a Quinceanera. It was a lovely event at a local historical house and the kids had fun getting all dressed up.
Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Genealogy
The odd thing is the house at 1923 Metropolitan Avenue in Pittsburgh that my great-grandparents owned was listed in her name on town plot maps I found. I found out the deed was given to her, not both of them. It was the nicest house on the street and had two other small rental houses on the land.
Since their home no longer stands, I couldn’t find the records online thru the Dept of Real Estate for the county. It’s now part of a much bigger lot that is industrial warehouses. I contacted a guy there and he helped me figure it out. I found out the owner and he helped me access the file. He told me, “Helen took title individually from John Klein in 1922. She had to convey it to a third party, then in turn it was conveyed to herself and Fred on October, 1926.”
What the heck?? The home was valued at $5,000 – that’s a lot for a women in 1922 to have. She’d have been mid-20s then, this was a woman that had a 3rd grade education and was a homemaker. How did she end up with this house? More on my great-grandmother’s mystery,
The curious case of Helen Z. (or S.)
Two different views of the house and land my great-grandparents owned in Pittsburgh.
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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in pups & other pets
So our new adorable puppy is named Lilly. She was born on St. Patrick’s Day and came from Bennie’s Dachshunds down in Wilmington – thanks to Ms Donna there for everything! She is a black and cream, long haired, miniature dachshund.
Lilly weighed 3.3 lbs on her first visit but she ended up having a little medical condition we had to get fixed immediately. Luckily our wonderful vet took care of it and the puppy is doing great.
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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Hayley, pups & other pets
It was a fun day, had lots of fun with flowers and balloons. She had a lot of instructions for food this year which was sort of funny. She wanted me to make her hash browns for breakfast, then get Starbucks on the way to school and then her very favorite slow cooked bbq chicken before cake. (She even talked us into Chili’s the night before so she could get dessert there too). The Renfroes came over with lovely gifts as well.
Of course the highlight was the big gift which was a new black and screen miniature dachshund puppy. I made up a birth announcement for the puppy, rolled it up and attached it to a toy weiner dog. Then we had Annabelle drag the toy with her to Hayley – as crazy as that sounds, it worked perfectly! The pup was a few hours away so we picked up the darling the following Sunday. She’s been begging for another forever so it was a huge hit. Hayley named the pup Lilly.
Lilly
Crazy balloon door
Cake
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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Hayley, Michelle
What a fun spring break we had. Took some of Hayley’s friends out to Winterpast Farm, went on a crazy dessert binge with Grandma Joanne and Grandpa Gordon then to the beach to the beach with our neighbors!
Girls holding two day old bunnies
Beach
STOP FEEDING THEM lol
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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
We had a great Easter!
I’ll always make Hayley an Easter basket.
The Hillisons came down for the weekend.
Hello from us…
