Photo Gallery: Hayley as ‘celebrity judge’ at Webkinz Party
OH MY GOSH, Hayley and I had so much fun at the Webkinz Party at Swagger Gifts today. We got to judge contests, buy webkinz at 50% off, face/arm painting with the Webkinz W, snacks, coloring and all sorts of stuff. Hayley, myself and Mandy, the wonderful store owner, were the judges of the contests.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Babysitting Landon
Hayley got to help me babysit Landon who is our friends Sara and Mike’s son. It was so fun to have a sweet baby around. Some of you might remember the photos of him in the NICU months ago. He’s happy and doing awesome now! See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Hayley gets her ears pierced
I finally relented and let Hayley get her ears pierced. She looks like such a young lady with her cute little posts in her ears. Never one to skip a chance to goof off, she gets a bit silly as well in these photos. This was after a game so she is a bit damp.. read more →
Our webkinz blog – rolling along with almost 400,000 hits
Our webkinz blog is doing really well – it is the #1 webkinz blog according to Google and one of the top 100 english speaking blogs on WordPress. Which is all wonderful but the nicest things ever – two kids made tribute slide shows, one for the site and the other for Hayley. How adorable,.. read more →
Photo Galleries: Two visits with Hayley’s first families
I posted these in the gallery and thought I’d posted these on here but forgot to post them on the main site. Here are two galleries, the first of Hayley with her bdad Derek, her brothers and grandparents; the second of Hayley with Nana and Poppy, her grandparents by birth. See more photos from this.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Horse Show
Hayley’s first horse show! She got 2nd place overall (2nd, 2nd, 1st) See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view (easiest to see them all) read more →
Video: Freestyle relay swimming
Short clip of Hayley swimming this summer in a freestyle relay. She is the youngest of the 9-10s, swimming against bigger 10 year olds in a main event (not a heat). She usually starts sorta slow because she just got diving down but watch her closing speed! read more →
Video: HS Musical camp performance
Most of Hayley’s High School Musical drama and dance camp performance from late this summer. They performed a variety of songs and skits from the movie. read more →
Photo: Kelsey wins crown!
Jeff’s cousin Kelsey was crowned Miss Amboy. Amboy is a town outside of Chicago where the Hillisons’ family farm and graveyard are located. Kelsey is Jeff’s cousin – her dad Rory is the brother of Jeff’s dad John. Hayley adores Kelsey and her older brother Ryan. Kelsey Miller (left) celebrates with last year’s winner Bethany.. read more →
Video: Horse show
Four-minute video of two-thirds of Hayley’s first horse show. She finished second overall and had a lot of fun! They went in groups of two and the other child is the owner’s daughter. They said they didn’t have to wear the full outfit with jackets so we took them up on that! read more →