RYLA 2016
Hayley and two of her classmates were selected for the 2016 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. They went to a Rotary meeting and then to a weekend leadership retreat with other students from across the state. We snagged a photo just before they left for the retreat. read more →
RTHS Sports Banquet
Note: I have a huge photo backlog to post but I wanted to TRY to start catching up. I’ve posted a couple of of galleries backdated after this. Thursday night was the RTHS Athletic Banquet. Hayley got the Coach’s Award in both Basketball and Soccer and Honorable Mention All-Conference in soccer. read more →
July 4th
We went up to Blacksburg again for the July 4th holiday. Jeff’s grandmother Faye is now living in Blacksburg full-time so it was nice to see her. Hayley took a selfie with Jay and her great-grandmother Faye that still cracks me up. Jeff, Hayley and his folks ran the Shawsville 5k again. They came in.. read more →
Page week
We are so proud of Hayley being selected as a NC State House Page. She managed the entire application process herself. Turned out Wake County’s selections were already made since there is no set deadline to apply but occasionally there are extra spots that they saved to give to students who have a good application… read more →
Science Fair
Hayley won her school science fair and advanced to the state regionals again this year. She tested how effectively antibacterial/antibiotic bandaids were vs regular bandaids. Short version – antibacterial/antibiotic are MUCH better. Her teacher said One of the EPA judges got his PhD in microbiology and was extremely impressed with Hayley’s project. He was a.. read more →
She Answers The Call Beyond Duty
This is a wonderful old article about my grandmother Jeannette from the 1962 Chapel Hill Weekly. She and my granddad Jim were really remarkable people. I love the last quote in the story, “If there are two patients at the hospital needing extra care at night, Jim may be with one and Jeannette with the.. read more →
UNC-MD Women’s basketball
Hayley was ballkid for this huge victory for UNC over Maryland. The game was on TV and I took some screenshots from the video feed on ESPN. read more →
The Biebs
Hayley and her friend Kiah went to the Justin Bieber concert in Greensboro. My dad got her tickets for Christmas. It was funny, my first concerts without parents were at that same Greensboro Coliseum (Prince on the Purple Rain tour, Police on the Synchronicity tour). My dad sat out there waiting and this time, I.. read more →
Jeff’s parents on the local NBC news
Jeff’s folks run the AARP Health Fair up in Blacksburg and it’s really huge so their local NBC had them on today to talk about the event. They are awfully cute. read more →
John Ford Coley & Byron Hill
I am unabashed fan of 70s music and Friday night we headed out to Winston-Salem to see one of my all-time favorites – John Ford Coley. Coley along with England Dan had a ton of hits including Love Is The Answer, I’d Really Love To See You Tonight, Never Have To Say Goodbye Again, Nights.. read more →