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Posted by Michelle on Apr 14, 2014 in Hayley
SOCCER: FIRST WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY: Raptors 2-1 Southern Vance. Raptors 1-7-0; Raiders 1-10-0. @PrepsNow
— RTHS Athletics (@RTHSRaptors) April 14, 2014
MORE SOCCER: Lou Lou Batta (2) and Alexa Russell (1, GW) scored for the Raptors; Hayley Hillison gets the win in goal. #HappyTweet
— RTHS Athletics (@RTHSRaptors) April 14, 2014
Posted by Michelle on Mar 8, 2014 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Sort of a random catchall – Christmas, Hayley’s braces coming off, New Years Eve and the Winter storm in February.
And about 60 more…
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Posted by Michelle on Feb 26, 2014 in Hayley
With Coach Williams-Johnson
With Eric Ebron
With Jessica Washington
With Diamond DeShields
Posted by Michelle on Feb 22, 2014 in Hayley, Michelle
The first time I ever posted anything about Leslie Hall was almost six years ago when I found her Gem Sweater website and I could not stop laughing. This lady in Iowa had found all these bizarre gem sweaters and taken a photo in each, with the same hair and makeup. The absurdity killed me. When I found she had a band (Leslie & the Lys) and they had a song about her Gem Sweaters, I thought it was even funnier. Hayley and I got the CD and played it all the time in the car.
Six months later, we saw they were on a national tour and as luck would have it, coming to play a show in Chapel Hill. We had a blast, met a bunch of great people, Hayley ended up on stage and even got to meet the band. We were hooked and have been going to their shows ever since – 2009, 2010, 2012 and then this week. It’s hard to explain how great these shows are – it’s part music, humor and performance art. It’s positive, the crowds are always so happy.
Over the years, we’ve gotten to know the band. We always arrive early because I want to get seats off to the side to keep Hayley out of the chaos. We’ve helped with set-up, brought them vegan goodies and had them ship stuff to us to resupply. But this time, we went a step further. Since they had a day off between their DC show and the Chapel Hill one, the band stayed with us for a couple of nights.
I recognize it’s a bit crazy but we’ve kept in touch for years and we knew they’d be great fun to have stay. Life is about experiences after all, right? Hayley was over the moon that they were all here. It was a little mindblowing, they’d given us a lot of laughs and music over the years – and here they were, their crazy van parked in front of our house. After buying more veggies and vegan stuff than I’d ever known existed for our six guests, we settled in for a lot of laughing, chatting, Netflix, making stuff with the sodastream and doing laundry. They really just wanted to relax and recharge. They were incredibly easy, funny and lovely house guests. Plus I love for Hayley to see creative amazing people following their passion.
So Leslie, Mona, Derek, Beth, Adrien and Kristen, you can come back any ole time. Hopefully we’ll see you in a year or so.
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 13, 2014 in Hayley
First girls basketball win in school history! Hayley started the game and was on the court for the end too.
Posted by Michelle on Jan 5, 2014 in Hayley, pups & other pets
Also note the grin free of braces. They came off December 31st!
Posted by Michelle on Oct 15, 2013 in Hayley
One of the recent bigger meets had a photographer shooting, so we got some great action shots (thanks Jeff Sides!) and I tossed in a few of my own. Hayley had a great race, she had a PR by over a minute on the Beeson Park course in Kernersville.
Stretching out
Race start
Milkshake time with teammates
Long day… wake up at 5:45am, got home at 3:30pm
Posted by Michelle on Aug 29, 2013 in Hayley
Hayley started high school and cross country.
Posted by Michelle on Aug 14, 2013 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
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 Uncle Jay.
Co-pilot
Post-race
Jay is excited to have won a gift certificate in a raffle despite not running, lol
We brought Annabelle with us, she and Clayton enjoyed pinning Hayley down
Visiting animals
…. More photos
Posted by Michelle on Aug 10, 2013 in Hayley, Michelle
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 a little iron in the football lockerroom
She had to sit in Bryn Renner’s locker
No you cannot steal a stadium golf cart!
