Photo Gallery: Ninja battle at our house
Ninja Jeff battles Ninja Hayley… Hayley uses her secret weapon – straws and a crazed beagle. They aren’t really ninjas but just my two sweeties in their new long underwear. With the UNC-VT football game at VT at 8pm at night, I hit REI to get them both a ton of new cold weather gear… read more →
Great photo from Jeff’s birthday
Jeff’s Aunt Kathy took this photo in Illinois on Jeff’s birthday. read more →
Photo Gallery: June trip to Illinois
At long last…. edited down from over 260 to about 90 photos in five categories. Fhew, I take too many photos! But there are shots from graduation, the farm, the cemetery, Hillison Road and misc ones. Also due to scads of work, these aren’t really edited very much. The photos here are just small version.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Hayley & Jeff dancing
We watched the Sound of Music, my favorite old musical. I knew Hayley would love the songs and she ended up deliriously dancing with Jeff during several numbers. I had to grab the camera and take some photos of the adorable duo cutting a rug in the living room. Moments like this I fall in.. read more →
Photo Gallery: July 4th
Another fun cul-de-sac July 4th! 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 →
Hillison descendant line
The Hillison line from when his ancestor Oman arrived in the US from Norway to Hayley. Oman, born in 1814, arrived in the US and settled in IL. We visited his grave this summer. Father-mother, child that line came from: Halge Digranes and Britta Maakestad, parents of Oman Hillison, who came to America from Norway… read more →
Photo Gallery: Michelle’s folks May visit
My mom was wonderful and a huge help, and it was just a great great time – we snuggled a lot, laughed, shopped and just goofed off. My stepdad brought Hayley a few clubs and they worked on golf – since he is a golf pro, he was in seventh heaven to play with a.. read more →
Photos: The Truthtellers Club
With kids that fib (which most do at some point), a great idea that we got was the “truthtellers club”. Basically you make two boxes – one for the “truthtellers club” and one for what we call “the fibtellersclub”. We got a ton of art supplies and two boxes. We made one wonderful and happy,.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Adoption Petitions!
The lawyer has send the official adoption petitions to sign, notarize and send to the Clerk of Court! The Clerk will process the paperwork in 30 to 90 days and then issue a new birth certificate for Hayley Elizabeth Hillison! That’s it – we don’t go to court, we just get the paperwork in the.. read more →
Photo Gallery: Hayley on the court
We practiced some hoops on this fine warm day! link: bigger version of that shot read more →