Jordan’s 2014 Spring Music Recital
Jordan takes viola and flute lessons and plays in her school orchestra. Today, she had a music recital and I managed to film part of it. Check it out!
Easter 2014: Saturday Indians Game
On Saturday April 19th 2014, we took Mom and Dad to an Indians game to celebrate Dad’s birthday. The Indians lost 5-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays, but we still had a fun time. Here is a shot of the intrepid fans preparing to head down to the seats in 46F weather! Here are some shots of Progressive Field (I still call it The Jake and probably always will…). While I was there, I captured…
Grace Xavier Memorial Dinner
My grandmother, Grace Xavier, recently passed away in California. She reached the ripe old age of 100. The Cleveland part of the family held a memorial dinner in her honor in Westlake, Ohio on February 2nd, 2014. Here are some pictures from that dinner. We miss you, Nanny!
Jordan’s Current Season
It’s been some time since I updated you on Jordan’s scores in gymnastics this year. She is competing as a Level 3 (same skills as last year’s Level 4) and is doing very well! Check out these scores: Justin Springs Invitational Legacy Elite King Arthur Libertyville Classic Average High Low Beam 9.5000 9.0750 9.0000 9.1250 9.1750 9.5000 9.0000 Vault 9.0500 9.0750 8.8000 9.2750 9.0500…
Jordan’s Gymnastics Banquet Video
I produced a video of the team for Jordan’s gymnastics team banquet in May. Her team included the IL Level 4 All Around Champion! Enjoy the video, which will open in SkyDrive.
Jordan Competes in the Mickey Mouse Meet
On March 3rd, Jordan competed in the Mickey Mouse meet in Washington, IL. This was a local meet at a club about 30 minutes from the house. Here were her scores: Beam 9.050 Vault 8.000 Floor 8.000 Uneven Parallel Bars 8.750 All-Around Score 33.800 She’ll compete in one more meet this season: the state championship. Here’s hoping that she does well at State! Enjoy this video of the River City Gymnastics Level 4 team competing at this event.
Jordan’s February Meets
Jordan competed twice in February: the St. Valentine’s Classic on February 2nd and the Great Western Meet in downtown Chicago on February 16th. Here were her scores at the St. Valentine’s meet: Beam 8.825 Vault 8.925 Floor 8.200 Uneven Bars 7.850 Overall 33.800 Enjoy this video of here meet! Here scores at the Great Western meet were: Beam 8.875 Vault 8.700 Floor 8.100 Uneven Bars 7.600 Overall 33.275 And her video is here: Go, Jordan! She has one meet left…
Jordan’s Bravo/Phenom Meet
Jordan competed in meet on January 20th in Chicago. Here is video of the Level 4’s for you to enjoy.
2012 Christmas
We had a really nice Christmas season in 2012. Jordan received a sewing machine, Laura an iPad and Jim received a Microsoft Surface. Here is the video of the family opening gifts! Here is our tree: And another of Jordan opening gifts. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Photos From Jordan’s Horton Meet
There was a pro photographer at Jordan’s Horton meet earlier this month and his pictures arrived this week. Check out my two favorites! And check out the full gallery of photos here: Way to go, Jordan!
Jordan’s Horton IL Meet
Jordan had a gymnastics meet in Horton, IL on December 1st. She scored the following: Beam 8.100 Vault 8.880 Floor 8.550 Uneven Bars 8.900 Overall 34.430 This score qualified Jordan to compete at State in the spring! Congratulations to Jordan on a well-done meet! Here is video of the River City Level 4 girls, including Jordan.
We Add A New Custom Closet System
A few months back, the wire shelving in our master closet pulled out of the wall. We had a custom closet guy come in who told us that the system had been installed wrong, leading to the failure. We put a new system in place; here it is! See before and after pictures here: It’s nice to have our closet back!