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Posted by Michelle on May 2, 2009 in Hayley
Hayley missed some soccer with the thigh injury and her team missed some games due to the tons of rain here. Hayley is finally getting back in the swing of things and scored her first goal of the season, which was her team’s first goal of the season too. I luckily had the camera shooting:
Posted by Michelle on Apr 21, 2009 in Hayley
Hayley was finally cleared to play soccer again! With the tons of rain going on, she ended up missing five weeks of soccer but only ONE game so she still has most of the season to play. For her first game back – not even a practice (rained out), she did great. They lost 4-0 but she had her team’s first shot of the day and almost a lovely assist but her teammate’s shot rolled off some. No pain and she was clearly happy to be running again – she even got off one of her favorite pull back moves which is in the pix.
I’ll add more pix to this as the season goes on.
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Posted by Michelle on Apr 18, 2009 in Hayley
Hayley wanted her own english cutback saddle for riding so her birthday seemed the perfect opportunity to get one. I’d asked her if that was what she really wanted since it was so expensive she wasn’t going to get a ton of other stuff and she completely agreed… but I wanted it to be special still so we decided to surprise her with the saddle on Easter weekend when Jeff’s family was here.
I meticulously crafted clues and designed them, planning out how to hide them through the house. Some clues she had to actually figure out the puzzle on it to get to the next step. One was backwards so you had to hold it up to a mirror. I was afraid see wouldn’t get them all and ran them by Jeff. In the end, Hayley did better than he did!
Mason and her family came over too and everyone watched them run from clue to clue trying to figure out how to solve the mystery. Eventually we ended up in the garage in my Jeep and there under a blanket was her new saddle. It was total surprise and she was over the top happy, thanking and hugging everyone. When I told her I had Coldstone ice cream cupcakes for everyone after, she even started tearing up she was just so excited by it all. I fretted so much about making this perfect and it turned out just as I hoped!
As soon as she was cleared by the doctor to get back on the horse, she was ready to try it out and already loves riding with it.
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Posted by Michelle on Apr 6, 2009 in Hayley, Michelle
We are downtown watching the game!!! This is awesome!
What a night!!! Hayley and I on Franklin Street celebrating the 2009 NCAA National Champions!!!
Posted by Michelle on Apr 5, 2009 in Humor
Posted by Michelle on Mar 30, 2009 in Hayley, Michelle
Since Hayley doesn’t have school on Monday, we couldn’t resist heading over to the Dean Dome for UNC’s arrival back home after defeating Oklahoma and punching their ticket to the Final Four. I snapped a few photos but outside, late night under a big portable light does not make for quality pix.
It was midnight and cold, so just some quick hellos from players and coaches. Coach Roy spoke to crowd briefly and most players waved as they headed to their cars. But the star of the court was the star again as Ty Lawson was still beaming from his stellar play and the ACC Player of the Year and South Regional MVP couldn’t help but sign autographs, slap hands and generally ooze happiness. The highlight might have been watching him repeatedly try to keep his sweatpants from sliding all the way off and showing us his Simpsons boxers.
I wish Tyler Hansbrough and Danny Green had stopped for a few minutes because Danny still had the net around his neck that they cut down but the two of them piled into Tyler’s truck and headed out. I think Hayley wanted to stow away in it, lol.
All and all, I’m glad we went. We welcomed them back from the regionals in 2005 but not last year… so we are working our mojo to repeat everything we did in 2005 when the Heels won the title.
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