Photo Gallery: Math whiz in the making
I came out after a meeting and Hayley had made a huge fractions board, then was adding the numbers used in each fraction with the one in the same row and then charting the results by color in a grid. I stood there with my mouth hanging open when I saw it all! The math.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Camp Seafarer
Hayley is back from Camp Seafarer! This was her second year at the camp down the coast. She earned her ranks in golf, soccer and volleyball, sailed on speed and sailboats, swam, looked for shark’s teeth, did the zipline and all sorts of other stuff. She made some good friends and had some great counselors… read more →
John Hillison honored with emeritus status
Congrats to Jeff’s dad on his big honor! Blacksburg, Va., June 13, 2006 — John H. Hillison of Blacksburg, Va., professor and head of the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech, was conferred with the title “professor emeritus” by the Virginia Tech Board of.. read more →
Photos: Final day of second grade
A few snapshots from this morning, our last morning of second grade! House on a sunny day (this morning) Hayley decided to show me how she gets things down from the cabinets. (SIGH) Last night after soccer we decorated the big tub she takes to camp. We got some paint pens from Hallmark and that.. read more →
Photo Gallery & Video: Dance Recital
Hayley and the Cat in the Hat gang were FANTASTIC. They got a huge round of applause. Hayley was just wonderful! The photos from the actual recital just don’t look right and I’m so bummed but shooting in that theatre was awful. The video is cute but I missed the last 10 seconds. The recital.. read more →
Photo Gallery & Video: Hayley in spring soccer
We take photos of all the games and post those photos of the Stargazers’ website I built but I wanted to pull out just the good ones for Hayley for this site. There is also video of her scoring the game winning goal in game 3 and scoring the opening goal in game 4 on.. read more →
Photo Gallery & Video: Hayley’s birthday weekend
Great eight, Hayley is eight! Photos from family celebration and her big party at Pump It Up where Ramses showed up as a surprise! See more photos from this set of the party photos: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view (easiest to see them all) See more photos from.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Greek unit school recital
Photos from her school Greek performance. 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 →
Photo Gallery: Easter stuff
This year we combined not only dyeing the eggs with Mason and Ethan next door but the hunt too. We had eggs spread out across both yards. Don’t you love having great neighbors just next door? Then there was the neighborhood hunt too! See more photos from dyeing eggs: Regular view (easiest to find one.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Atlantic Beach trip
We just got back from Atlantic Beach, had a fun time staying at a local hotel called the Windjammer that had all oceanfront rooms with balconies, pool, big hot tub and a walkway right down to the beach. Of course, it was too cold to be in the pool or beach for too long but.. read more →