Posted by Michelle on Dec 29, 2007 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Another lovely Christmas season with friends and family! Photos include Christmas Eve making gingerbread house and decorating cookies (I forgot the camera at the party next door), Christmas day and 3rd annual gingerbread destruction.
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Posted by Michelle on Dec 7, 2007 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle
Back by popular demand – the Xmas list for the family…
Please let me know if you get something for Hayley on this list so we can mark it off.
hayley
Purple Crumpler Bundle Camera Bag (purple) ($20) for her new digital camera (shhhh)
She wants a new bathroom theme, wants to go dolphin/ocean – Photoreal Dolphins. There are links there for the Shower Curtain and accessories too – Jumpin’ Dolphins Shower Hooks, Jumpin’ Dolphins Wastebasket, Jumpin’ Dolphins 3-pc. Accessory Set, Jumpin’ Dolphins Bath Rug (needs 2). Any cool dolphin/ocean decorations are cool, she’s got a lot of wall space. Beach stuff, shells, etc too!
She is at a very funny size – most of the time she is size 10 (10-12 medium), size 2 in most shoes. However in like girls warmup pants by nike and adidas she is back down to youth smalls and we just got some size 10 corduroys that swamped her. Likes Justice, Old Navy, Abercrombie and Limited Too clothes. Loves pink, blue, purple, brown.
Science and math stuff. Love experiments.
Along those lines … grow your own crystals (or anything like it, small kits fine too).
Break your own geodes
loves the excavation/dig kits – Treasure island one and the Mystic Egyptian are ones she hasn’t done.
Arts & crafts projects – definitely needs more clay for goofing off and school projects
CDs – Ally & AJ, Hannah Montana 1 and 2, Cheetah Girls 2
Puzzles – 250-350 piece
Guitar, keyboard, musical stuff – she and her friends love to make music… bad and loud music 🙂
Games for her Nintendo DS or playstation 2. DS 17-in-1 bundle pack. Any of these games would be great: Cheetah Girls for Nintendo DS, Hannah Montana: Music Jam for Nintendo DS. Wild Petz: Dolphinz for Nintendo DS. And any racing game.
New soccer net for the big goal in back.
iTunes gift card
michelle
CD – Best of Eric Carmen
CD – Al Green’s Greatest Hits
Generic photo backdrop blueish, pink mix (each $20). Stand ($50, portable, inexpensive one)
Size 7 mammoth crocs in brown or tan (the mammoth ones are the winter lined ones
Douglas Coupland’s book, The Gum Thief
Stephen Colbert’s book, I am America (and so can you)
UNC fathead from Dicks Sporting Goods
jeff
Stadium seat (VT) – not a hard plastic one
Complete Peanuts 1963-1964
Slippers, size 13
Brown dress belt
4000 Microsoft Live (Xbox) points
Saturn factory tape deck, on sale until Dec 7th on ebay
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 19, 2007 in Hayley
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 11, 2007 in Hayley
Photos from Halloween night. I didn’t take a ton of photos this year. Hayley went as Sharpay from HS Musical, but I had her put a shirt on underneath and wear practical shoes. Yeah yeah yeah, I’m a downer like that but it never really matters because she is just cute as a button all the time.
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Posted by Michelle on May 26, 2007 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Photos from our third front yard hunt with Hayley, Mason and Ethan, our neighborhood hunt and Easter brunch.
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Posted by Michelle on Jan 5, 2007 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
It starts with a Christmas Eve tradition where we make gingerbread house … and this year it was a triplex … three kits put together … And it ends with our Christmas day tradition where we pick off what we want, haul it to the cul de sac and smash it with remote control cars … as you can tell, we are a really sweet family. Also some Christmas day photos
It starts with a Christmas Eve tradition where we make gingerbread house … and this year it was a triplex … three kits put together …
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Then the Christmas day destruction with remote cars and friends!
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Christmas day opening presents!
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Posted by Michelle on Dec 2, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle
Back by popular demand – the Xmas list for the family…
Please let me know if you get something for Hayley on this list so we can mark it off.
hayley
Good Trampoline with safety net (expensive I know, I know)
Polly Pockets – she still loves those small little Polly Pockets. Even copies of what she has makes her happy but these two I know she doesn’t have and would like.
pet spa
fountain falls
Anything Horse related – contact me if you want to get specific
Discovery WhoDunit? Forensic Lab
Nicktoons Battle for Volcano Island = PS2 video game. Any PS2 or Xbox360 is fine – any games for either system that are rated appropriately are great. She loves to play them with friends.
Slushy flavors – she loves slushies. cherry, cotton candy, bubble gum and just about anything else that looks like a kid would love it. The five pack is a good deal and we’ve ordered from them before. Seriously, she adores these and with some dairy issues lately, this is her sweettooth cold dessert fix.
iTunes gift card for her iPod.
Anything sporty as well – she definitely wants some more nylon windbreaker pants, she goes after them every time we are Dicks Sporting Goods. (She is a size 7 now.).
She loves PJs, especially flannel pants or character sets with cute shirts and pants/shorts. However we do not allow anything too risque.
Heelys – roller shoes that she is dying for
Mary Jane Crocs, in black, size 12/13
Anything Cheetah Girls, except that most recent movie CD. She adores them.
michelle
Postsecret books
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives
My Secret: A PostSecret Book (Postsecret)
headphones (again, guess who stole them)
Sex in the City final season part II
As always Target gift certificates
Mary Jane Crocs, in brown, size 7
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Idea
$99 hammock and stand
Digital photo keychain
Birdhouses – hayley and I adore them!
those things you put on the end of corn to eat it!
jeff
couple of bottles of red wine
TimeWarner gift certificates (seriously)
new 20, 24 or 27 inch TV
Complete Peanuts: 1959-1960
battle for middle earth (xbox) – half priced if you get on ebay.
Big Meat Thermometer for outside grilling
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 24, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle, More Family
Couple of photos of the family as Thanksgiving was ended. I keep hoping to take more photos but that’s tough from in the kitchen. Of course most of the photos would be of the guys watching football or everyone eating!
back row: Jeff, Gordon (my dad). next row: Sharen (Jeff’s mom), John (Jeff’s dad) and then Joanne (my mom). next row: Jay (Jeff’s brother), next row: Cathie (my aunt) and then lowest row: Hayley.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 8, 2006 in Hayley
Halloween was a blast. All the prep work was worth it! We didn’t get many photos of the house that night but we did in the days before. Three themes – House Decorations, Hayley & friends and Annabelle as a Hula girl.
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Posted by Michelle on Nov 2, 2006 in Hayley, Jeff, Michelle
We planted two trees on the day Hayley arrived, November 3rd. She was so small then that she got almost fit in the hole if she sat down! The magnolias, slow growers in general, may not be as lush as when they were planted but they are definitely bigger, stronger and growing well on November 3rd 2006.
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