Rocking the combat boots
09 Oct 20 – Combat boots!, originally uploaded by michelle hillison. Before heading out to school this morning… she’s such the cute little rebel. She had been yammering for shiny black doc martens but they don’t make the style she wanted in her small foot size but we lucked out and found them elsewhere. I.. read more →
Neighborhood Fall/Halloween Festival
We had a long day – Hayley came home from my folks, went to a birthday party, headed to our neighborhood Fall/Halloween Festival and then watched Twilight outside at the Lanes’ house on their huge projector screen. Cold but much fun! I was helping during the festival so I didn’t take many photos. read more →
Photos & Video: Hayley’s 11th Birthday Party
I posted a few before but here are all sixty photos from the party! Fhew, what a great birthday this turned out to be! Hayley had Emma, Kennedy and Mason over and they started with manicures and pedicures at Sweet and Sassy, the limo ride, dinner at Ginza, a Japanese steakhouse, then home for cake,.. read more →
Photos: Hayley’s Birthday Party
A few early photos from the Birthday spa/limo/dinner/sleepover extravaganza Saturday. After mani-pedis at Sweet And Sassy: Getting in the limo outside of Sweet And Sassy: Limo ride: Dinner at Ginza (japanese steakhouse): Playing Wii: And then they went up to the playroom to watch Bolt until the week hours… I made waffles that morning and.. read more →
Photos: Snowbama day
Several of my friends named it Snowbama day since we got six inches on Tuesday the day of the inauguration of President Obama, it made me chuckle so I keep using it. Besides all we did that day was either snow or inauguration related anyway. See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to.. read more →
Photos: Rainbow
Hayley found this stunned complete half circle rainbow on the way home from the beach. We had to pull over and take photos it was so lovely. At one point there were two, one echoing the other. See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or print) Slideshow view.. read more →
Michelle & Hayley make it onto CNN.com!
Yeah for REAL, Hayley’s photo and Michelle’s words are on CNN’s website! They were doing a special on Harry Potter and asked for good quality photos of kids in HP gear. So I sent them a really good one from Halloween. They CALLED me on Monday to talk to me about it all. And then.. read more →
Michelle is going to grad school at UNC
Congratulations on being admitted to the Certificate in Technology and Communication Program at the University of North Carolina. You will be getting a formal letter regarding your admission and next steps, but I wanted to be the first to let you know. I am certain you will do well in the program, and I think.. read more →
Our library is done!
The make your own wallpaper experiment is done – and it looks great! read more →
Researchers to see who gives up ghost
Cool article about a group of researchers who are staking out a local historical house to see if they can get the rumored ghosts to appear. It’s extra cool to us because we had our wedding reception at the old house. It’s a great old house with a gorgeous lawn. …. Researchers to see who.. read more →