Hayley with her diploma and fantastic teacher Miss Fowler
Hayley graduated from Salem Elementary last Wednesday and it was such an adorable ceremony. My folks and Aunt Cathie came, as well as Hayley’s first/birthmom, her husband and one of Hayley’s sisters. The kids did most of the ceremony themselves and I think it was almost as much about saying ‘thank you’ to the parents as patting the kids on the back. I just couldn’t believe how grown up she looked and how time had just flown by. I did love her teacher from this year and enjoyed hearing her share some wisdom with the kids. Unexpectedly, the class gave a thank you present to the co-room moms so I had to go up front, which we all know I dislike but this time, I didn’t mind. Also each child got an special award – Hayley got the Artistic award!
My favorite part was while the parents were waiting for the kids to file in, they had a slideshow. The kids picked a generic scenic photo and wrote a sweet note to their parents. A lot of kids picked kittens and puppies for their picture. Some boys threw in a baseball or skateboard scene, a few kids picked photos of beaches. Hayley picked one of my favorite photos of all time:
Her note was pretty sweet too. I was grateful I remembered to wear waterproof mascara. I’m so thankful to Salem for so many things – even when things didn’t go how I wanted them, they never stopped trying to make things better. The list of people there who had a positive affect on my child is very long. I’m sad to leave Salem Elementary after her six years there though but at least she won’t be far, just next door at Salem Middle.
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Forgot to post these! These are from the second part of the UNC 100 years of Basketball celebration Alumni game, the part in February. This very well could be the last public appearance of legendary UNC Coach Dean Smith and I’m so glad Hayley was able to see it. That was the highlight of course but other memorable moments include seeing the oldest UNC basketball alumni around actually playing ball again – guys in their 70s and 80s on the court! They broke up the game into segments being played by groups of players from a similar era. Very cute.
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Poor Jeff, we just keep dragging him to more sporting events where UNC kicks VT’s butt. The times VT wins (and they definitely do – outside of last year, they’ve whipped us in fball most of the time) we just seem to be elsewhere. Hayley was a ballgirl for UNC women’s lacrosse last week and of course UNC won 19-3.
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Hayley was one of the ballkids for the UNC women’s game for the grand reopening of Carmichael after their year long extensive renovation! The old gal looks fantastic after all the work they did on her and Carolina crushed Kennesaw State.
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I truly love my job at IC – I work with awesome people, doing stuff I love doing, covering the team that I have loved all my life. Oh and I do it from home.
Some days I’m struck by the gift of doing something for a long time – you get to look back at things. Today I finished my 8th national football signing day graphic:
I’m slowly getting though my photo backlog! These are photos and videos that Hayley took at the UNC Alumni Basketball game in September at UNC. We had great seats and had so much fun – seeing all the active pros was awesome but Dean and Michael Jordan just took it over the top. The unveiling of the 2009 NCAA Title banner and the addition of Jordan’s name to the Naismith Hall of Fame banner were really just amazing.
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I have lots of photos to post but I had to post this hysterical little animation short we found on youtube. UNC beat Duke in football last night and Hansborough had his NBA debut on Friday night so it is semi-relevant, right?
Make sure you watch until the VERY end – don’t stop when you see the black screen and animator’s name.
