Posted by Michelle on Feb 22, 2006 in Hayley
Sleepover with two seven year olds – insane but it got better during the day.
I took Hayley and her friend to the TV station I used to work at for a tour from my old boss John who is head of interactive media. It was awesome! We got to watch a live broadcast from the level above it. Hayley got to meet her favorite news person meteorologist Elizabeth Gardner (she LOVES her).
We saw how a story develops from the news desk to the room where reporters assign stories, editing bay, master control extra sets and all sorts of things. Completely awesome for the kids.
Hayley and her friend got to sit at desk on the 2nd set and Hayley was like a natural! It was nutty, she just started broadcasting like a pro… you can tell this kid has watched a lot of news!!!! She was so poised, John and I just stood there with our mouths open!
Then the kids went nuts on the fountain outside – thank goodness they could run around and get the willies out. So we had a blast there.
Then we went to Bullwinkles for games and lunch. I hit the bonus on a game and won 212 tickets on one token! And Hayley actually won a stuffed animal on one of those crane games – unbelievable!
We came home, played lacrosse and they goofed off with bikes, scooters and green machine. I want to pass out for about 1,000 hours.
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Posted by Michelle on Feb 19, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Of course my mighty Heels won the women’s basketball game but that was just part of the fun trip up to Blacksburg.
Ton of photos from the game, before the game and playing in the snow.
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Posted by Michelle on Feb 10, 2006 in Hayley
Hayley had so much fun as a ballgirl at the UNC-GaTech women’s basketball game. Photos from the locker room, game, being a ball girl, post game, etc. Great experience with the #1 team in the country!
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 3, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Photos from Christmas Eve next door at the Renfroes. This is the second year we’ve done this. Everyone just brings over some food and we snack away!
The kids are Hayley, Mason and Ethan, who are Wes and Jen’s, Joel who is John and Dawn’s son and Oleg who is Nancy and Mike’s son.
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 3, 2006 in Hayley, More Family
Hayley got a very wicked Green Machine for Christmas that she JUST loves.
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I even posted some of these photos on amazon.com (click on See Customer Images)
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 2, 2006 in Hayley, Michelle
As many of you know, I’m the media director at the GlaxoSmithKline Invitational basketball tournament. Three days of awesome hoops at Reynolds in Raleigh.
Hayley came over and was ballgirl for about half the games. Then after the final night of play, to the consternation of the N.C. State staff, we all went out and shoot hoops. While none of us were State fans (me, Hayley and Alex are UNC fans, Bryan a UVA fan), it was an honorable old court worthy of a few photos of us playing on it. Of course, Hayley stomped on all the State stuff on the floor, which was awesome…
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 1, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
My brother-in-law Jay and I established a new family holiday tradition with gingerbread.
Hayley and I got a gingerbread kit and on Christmas Eve, we put it all together. It was fun but mostly because we did it together. We nibbled some on it that night and Christmas day but we realized most of us don’t like gingerbread that much.
After some jokes, Jay and I got the bright idea to take one of the remote control cars and smash it up. I don’t think anyone thought we meant it but we did. Hayley loves playing with Jay and their remote control cars, especially one named ‘Purple’.
So Purple’s battery was charged and the gingerbread house was brought outside
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Posted by Michelle on Dec 17, 2005 in Hayley
Second grade school photo
With teammate Megan, her best friend on the team
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Posted by Michelle on Dec 11, 2005 in Hayley, Michelle, More Family
Hayley was blessed to have a wonderful foster family who we welcome now as part of our family. Her now ‘Aunt’ Angie and cousin Clair came down to visit and to go see the Polar Express on the IMAX screen in 3D.
We had a great time and hope this is the first of many good visits as the years go by. Since Jeff nor I come from huge families, we are thrilled to have such kind people a part of our world. We want Hayley to understand that people from her past don’t all go away.
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Posted by Michelle on Dec 10, 2005 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle
We went to The Incredibles Disney adventure on Ice last night and it was lots of fun. We were in row C right on the end of the aisle at the opening to the floor so we could see everything so well. Hayley was enthralled even if it was one big 2 hour commercial for Disneyland.
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