Eight years of signing day graphics

I truly love my job at IC – I work with awesome people, doing stuff I love doing, covering the team that I have loved all my life. Oh and I do it from home.

Some days I’m struck by the gift of doing something for a long time – you get to look back at things. Today I finished my 8th national football signing day graphic:

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Protected: MH Tournament Notes

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Edna Miller

Jeff’s grandmother passed away on Friday.

Edna Bell Miller, age 90, of Amboy, died Friday January 8, 2010 in her home. She was born in China Twp., Lee County, August 15, 1919 the daughter of Lester and Hazel (Virgil) Reid.

She had farmed with her husband for many years in the Amboy area.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Amboy and the Lee County Farm Bureau. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother.

She married Howard Hillison September 28, 1937. He preceded her in death December 16, 1949. She then married Howard Miller in Amboy on September 6, 1952. He preceded her in death July 20, 1997. She was also preceded in death by a son Reid Miller and a sister Ruth Underhile.

She is survived by 2 sons Dr. John (Sharen) Hillison of Blacksburg, VA, and Rory (Kathy) Miller of Amboy; 4 grandchildren Jeff (Michelle) Hillison of Cary, NC, Jay Hillison of Roanoke, VA, Ryan Miller and Kelsey Miller both of Amboy; 1 great granddaughter Hayley Hillison of Cary, NC.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 11:00 AM in the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Amboy. Burial will follow at Woodside Cemetery in Lee Center. Visitation will be held on Sunday January 10, from 4:00 until 8:00 PM in the Mihm-Jones Funeral Home in Amboy and also on Monday from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM in the church. In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established to the Lee County Farm Bureau Scholarship Fund and the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Amboy.

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Children’s Etiquette Luncheon

Hayley and her friend next door Mason went to the Children’s Etiquette Luncheon at the Carolina Inn today, which is just lovely during the holidays. So the two little princesses got all dressed up and had just a fabulous time. Five course luncheon at a four star hotel for kids 8 to 12 years old to learn from an etiquette expert, so adorable! They felt like it was princess school and raved about it. They wandered all over the Inn looking at their 12 days of Christmas exhibits – even two live turtle doves in the lobby. Then I took them to the grounds at Gimghoul Castle to run around because all princesses have to visit the castle right?

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Robo-Dino!

Hayley and Jeff have been constructing this robotic dinosaur and have taken photos over time as they worked on it. It is finally done – the eyes light up and it roars and rumbles.

Ahhhh fear the dino creation!

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Halloween and Thanksgiving

I didn’t take many photos at Halloween or Thanksgiving. Between having a party for Halloween with Jen for the street and having the usual gang for Thanksgiving, I just didn’t pick up the camera much. A neighbor has more Halloween ones of the kids and I’ll those when I get them.

Hayley went as Nancy Drew:

Grubbing

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UNC Alumni Basketball Game

I’m slowly getting though my photo backlog! These are photos and videos that Hayley took at the UNC Alumni Basketball game in September at UNC. We had great seats and had so much fun – seeing all the active pros was awesome but Dean and Michael Jordan just took it over the top. The unveiling of the 2009 NCAA Title banner and the addition of Jordan’s name to the Naismith Hall of Fame banner were really just amazing.

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Visit from birthfamily

As most of you know, Hayley was adopted and we have a pretty open adoption with her birth family. Hayley’s sisters, birthmom and her husband, grandmother and granddad visited us here in November for a nice Sunday of lunch and goofing off.

I was taking photos with three cameras and for some reason didn’t end up taking the last couple of photos they posted for with my camera but we got a lot of cute ones.

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U12 Sting Fall team pictures

I’m still chronically behind on photos but another mom uploaded some cute team photos.

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2009 Christmas list (updated)

Back by popular demand, the Xmas list for the family. Anything with a link is just a suggestion for information… you can get the item anywhere you want.

Please let me know if you get something for Hayley on this list so we can mark it off (which means that things with the strike through them are already taken).

HAYLEY

• Fashion/dress up game for the Nintendo DS
• iPod Touch
• Mountain Bike
• iTunes cards – especially since she is getting a new iTouch
• Super Mario Bros. for Nintendo Wii
• Rock band and/or Rock band 2 for Nintendo Wii – just the game, don’t need instruments
• Monopoly for Nintendo Wii
• Wii Sports Resort Bundle
• Zhu Zhu Pet accessories

– she’s getting one and the fun house so other stuff would be great.

• New cd/radio boombox that can also play ipods/itouch/iphones.
• iTouch 3rd generation speakers – the little mini ones are fine too!
• Earrings
• Twilight stuff, however she’s into Jacob, not into Edward. Jacob twilight puzzle, Jacob water bottle or Jacob bracelet.
• Cards/Board games
• Puzzle/Hidden Picture/Logic Books for older kids/adults
• Webkinz Llama, Ribbon Unicorn, Shark, Caterpillar, Citrus Dragon, Pinto Horse, Daisy Tortoise or Peppermint Puppy.
• Video game note: Hayley loves video games so if you want to get her something not on the list, that’s fine too. She has a Nintendo DS, XBox 360, Playstation 2 and Wii. If it is a single player game, go Nintendo DS or Playstation 2, if it is multi-player go with Wii or XBox 360.
• Clothes note: She is a size 10/12 but she’s very fickle about clothes.

JEFF

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2(Xbox 360 game)
• Assassin’s Creed 2 (Xbox 360 game)
• Star Trek dvd (2009) (widescreen if available)
• Watchmen dvd (widescreen)
• Gift card from the Athlete’s Foot
• Isaac Asimov: The Gods Themselves (book).

MICHELLE

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