Hyatt Family Blog

A Mad and Marvelous May

The month of May was unusually hectic - even for us. In one month we had Jordan's 6th birthday and party, both Steve's and my dad's birthdays (my dad turned 70!), hosted a Mother's Day brunch, had our 9 year anniversary, my first annual piano recital for my students, a program for Jordan at school, Allison's end of the year gymnastics show, hosted a huge Memorial Day BBQ at our house for our friends, had all the kid's end of the year school stuff, my end of the year music programs, a Dad and I weekend out of town and much much more. It was exhausting! Click to see photos of some of the main events.

Allison had her "Family Day" at school. Since I work at the school and see what she does and who she's with all the time, I sent Steve and the grandma's to have fun. Allison really enjoyed showing off her teachers, friends and classroom.

Next came Jordan's birthday, first a celebration at school and then a magic party at the JCC. The magician was awesome and even made Jordan float in the air!

Next was Mother's Day. We hosted a brunch with my parents, my sister-in-law and her family and parents and Steve's parents. We were a little tired, since Jordan's birthday party was the day before, but never too tired to celebrate the mommies!

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Jordan's gifted class put on a "Reader's Theater" show where he and his friend Arjun did a beatiful job reading a great play.

Allison took a class at The Little Gym all year and had a final performance to show us what she'd learned. She was so excited to get her medal.

Here's a few random photos of Steve and I on our anniversary before we went out for a steak dinner and to see a movie, and one of Jordan with his face paint when my mom took him to see "Dr. Doolittle".

Steve took Jordan to Camp Sabra in the Ozarks for the second year in a row for the Dad and I program. He shared a cabin with my cousins' Doug and Derek and some of their children. They had an amazing time and went sailing, on a ropes course, did archery, arts and crafts, had a talent show, went canoeing and lots more. They even stopped at our State Capital on the way home.

Here are some photos from Jordan's "Spirit Day". We have really loved Jordan's elementary school and he had an amazing kindergarden year.

I was so proud of my 10 piano students at their recital. They did a great job and I surprised them by playing a song of my own.

Posted by Marianne at June 15, 2006 09:12 PM