Our Family: The Marvelous Month of May

May is always a VERY busy month for me. This year I added TWO trips into my busy May schedule.

We celebrated Annie's birthday on May 1st - then on May 3rd I took off for a national conference in Orlando, Florida. Unfortunately, I had to miss Jenni's birthday for the trip.

View of Orlando from my hotel window on the 22nd floor.

My hotel room - it was very nice~

Room service.... a delicious grilled chicken salad and KEY LIME pie!

My Hotel... 23 floors

View from my room at night~

It was a good conference - sadly it transpired over Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I had originally hoped Scott could go with me. But NO WAY was I going to let him play on the weekend in Orlando while I was in meetings! We'll get back there together.

After I came home - Max had his pre-school program. OF COURSE I wanted to be there and cheer him on like I did in previous years for Hank.

Hank and Sam on the blanket before the program~

Max in full costume - as Humpty Dumpty

Max recited his lines perfectly! He was so cute - and his singing and actions were so fun to watch! I couldn't have smiled more - nice job Max!!

THEN on May 24th Scott and I headed to Madison, Wisconsin to celebrate with Owen his FIRST birthday!

Below are some random pictures of our trip and Owen's party. Owen is such a sweetheart. He smiles and laughs 99% of the time. He is such a happy little guy. I enjoyed every second with him, Rusty, Collette and Scott. It was a fun visit. I can't wait until they all come out in August!!

We just arrived~

Owen loves bath time!

He thought Scott was funny!

ALMOST walking!

Birthday morning -

The party boy - on a 30 minute nap - he was awesome!

Eating his "baseball" cake. It took him a minute to figure it out but he LOVED cake!!

Opening his mitt from Scott and I

After the party we went to the "Kite Fest". Below - Rusty is learning how to fly one of the fancy/trick kites.... (his is the one crashing into the ground)