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July 4th

Posted by Michelle on Oct 6, 2014 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family

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 4th in the fastest family category and got their photo in the paper. Hayley and her Grandma Sharen both picked up hardware in their age groups. We also got to see Jeff’s folks new house that is under-construction – it’s going to be really nice.

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First school social of the year

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Posted by Michelle on Oct 5, 2014 in Hayley

Starbucks run with friends before first social of the new year…

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Basketball and soccer pics

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Posted by Michelle on Sep 5, 2014 in Hayley

I still have a pile of photos from cross country, basketball and soccer seasons to post but I figured I’d at least post the official team photos from basketball and soccer from Hayley’s freshman year at RTHS.

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Nana & Poppy visit

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Posted by Michelle on Jul 12, 2014 in Hayley, More Family

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Page week

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Posted by Michelle on Jul 3, 2014 in Hayley

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. They told me they especially liked her application because it was clear she did it, not a parent, so they’d try to get her a spot. Well turned out the Speaker of the NC House Thom Tillis had a spot and so he was her sponsor.

She had a fantastic week. It was long and tiring but she got to witness a great week – the centerpiece being house budget with the Governor including education proposal but a lot of other interesting debates on drone usage and charter school discrimination, which got weird. Even a huge Moral Monday protest was going on. Since they were there until 9pm that Monday night, the pages got an interesting view of that too. They went to the Governor’s press conference as well. They ran all sort of errands, met lots of legislators and interacted with other kids from across the state – this week had about 20 House Pages.

cary page note
http://www.carynews.com/2014/06/30/3975461_notables-july-2.html?rh=1

She only took a couple of photos but not many as she was focusing on working. But boy did they get a pile of nice certificates, press releases and all sort of stuff from the State House. They do a great job with things and we are thrilled she got to experience government in action up close.

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RTHS Track

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Posted by Michelle on Jun 14, 2014 in Hayley

Hayley played soccer in the spring but since she ran XC in the fall, she filled in some for the track team when they needed help.

3/4 of the girls 800 relay team

3/4 of the girls 800 relay team plus Grayson

With Catherine

Talking with Coach Reid pre-race

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Quinceanera

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Posted by Michelle on Jun 10, 2014 in Hayley

A friend of Hayley’s had a Quinceanera. It was a lovely event at a local historical house and the kids had fun getting all dressed up.

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Sweet Sixteen

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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Hayley, pups & other pets

It was a fun day, had lots of fun with flowers and balloons. She had a lot of instructions for food this year which was sort of funny. She wanted me to make her hash browns for breakfast, then get Starbucks on the way to school and then her very favorite slow cooked bbq chicken before cake. (She even talked us into Chili’s the night before so she could get dessert there too). The Renfroes came over with lovely gifts as well.

Of course the highlight was the big gift which was a new black and screen miniature dachshund puppy. I made up a birth announcement for the puppy, rolled it up and attached it to a toy weiner dog. Then we had Annabelle drag the toy with her to Hayley – as crazy as that sounds, it worked perfectly! The pup was a few hours away so we picked up the darling the following Sunday. She’s been begging for another forever so it was a huge hit. Hayley named the pup Lilly.

Lilly

Crazy balloon door

Cake

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Spring Break

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Posted by Michelle on Jun 9, 2014 in Hayley, Michelle

What a fun spring break we had. Took some of Hayley’s friends out to Winterpast Farm, went on a crazy dessert binge with Grandma Joanne and Grandpa Gordon then to the beach to the beach with our neighbors!

Girls holding two day old bunnies