High School!

Hayley started high school and cross country. read more →

29 Aug 2013
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July 4th in Blacksburg

We spent July 4th up in Blacksburg again, a very relaxing break. Jeff and Hayley ran a 5k with Jeff’s parents over in Shawsville. I helped set up their new iMac (another convert to Apple). Jeff and I went back home after the holiday and Hayley stayed longer to hang out with her grandparents and.. read more →

Ready for Football!

We sure are and a visit to Chapel Hill got us all revved up! With Coach Fedora up in the Blue Zone With offensive genius Coach Anderson and recruiting whiz Coach Bell with Quinshad Davis with Kareem Martin & Malik Simmons Early peek at the new uniforms with Thomas Moore and Joey Mangili Let’s pump.. read more →

Faith visit

Hayley’s sister Faith came to stay with us for a weekend and we had a great time. The girls hit the pool a few times, hung out with our next door neighbor, went to Winterpast Farm and went horseback riding. See more photos … read more →

Doolin

A friend of mine (in fact my former HS Brit Lit teacher) has been in Ireland the past few weeks and I was stunned to see she ended up in the town some of my family was from, Doolin in County Clare. Doolin is a lovely small town on the western coast of Ireland and.. read more →

Dark on Both Sides

Hayley spent two weeks at a great teen film workshop St. Augustine’s. 16 kids, a college professor and some of her students – they had access to the entire campus to shoot and the film department’s gear. They all really worked hard on stuff and I’m really impressed how much technical stuff they’ve done with.. read more →

02 Jul 2013
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Semi-Formal

The Kestrel Eighth grade semi-formal was really fun. Jeff and I chaperoned for much of the evening. Hayley got ready with her friend Sandra over at our house and then meet her boyfriend Andrew at the dance. Lots more photos read more →

26 Jun 2013
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Eight grade graduation

The Kestrel eighth grade graduation was really lovely, we didn’t take a ton of photos since it was rainy. Hayley got one of four scholar-athlete awards for playing three sports and keeping up her grades. High school, here she comes! Lots more photos read more →

26 Jun 2013
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News from Blacksburg

Jeff’s folks sent us some cute photos the past few weeks… His grandmother Faye turned 90! And his folks raced some more… The 2013 picture shows the seven members of the Blacksburg AARP United race team that competed in the Summer Solstice 5K race. L to R Bob Wheeler, Paul Smeal, Sally Paulson, John Hillison,.. read more →

Fleetwood Mac

We drove down to Charlotte to see Fleetwood Mac, one of my favorite bands. I’ve been waiting for Stevie Nicks to tour with them again and once she agreed, I knew we had to go. Initially we were going to have to go to Atlanta to see them but they added more shows and luckily.. read more →