The Hayes Family History Site

Ann Hayes’ stamp art (8 years old) has been selected to be on display in the Winter Wonderland Gallery. She is part of a contest and she needs your vote.

There have been thousands of pieces of artwork submitted and hers was chosen from entries from around the country. You can vote every twenty four hours if you want.

There are prizes for the student who receives the most votes in December.

Click the link below to view all the contestants art and to vote for your favorite.

https://www.artstamps.com/collectibles.php?page=2

Merry Christmas!!

Today we celebrated Jeanne Lewis Hayes’ 84th birthday. Knowing that Mom is not the biggest fan of birthdays and birthday cakes, I think you will enjoy this one.  The children are Philip, Kevin, Ann and Kelly Hayes.

This is Kevin’s version of grace which he learned at daycare.

Last week Congressman Chris Murphy visited Waterbury Hospital to learn how President Obama’s health plan might impact Connecticut’s hospitals.  Colleen was asked to participate and had his ear for at least part of the time he was there.

Jeanne T. Lewis started to play the piano at age 7 in 1932. The base of what she learned and what she continues to pass on today to her students, comes from her first music teacher, Mrs. Charlotte Brush. Mrs. Brush had a little studio in a house located on Larchmont Avenue in Larchmont, New York, where she would go to for regular lessons right up to the time she entered high school. She then picked up lessons with Mrs. Elizabeth Read of New Rochelle. Mrs. Read taught her for several years and helped prepare her for her College. She also experienced “duo” piano playing with Mrs. Brush’s daughter, Virginia under Mrs. Read’s tutorage.

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This video is dedicated to all my friends who came to my 4th birthday party on Sunday, September 14th, 2008. Thank you for all my great presents. I hope you had as much fun as I did!

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This video is a compilation of our wedding photographs to our wedding song, “All I Ask Of You”. We used the actual original cast recording from “Phantom of The Opera” in the wedding because it held special meaning for both of us.

For my 1988 Christmas gift to Colleen, I gave her a multi-part christmas gift that started with some small articles of clothing (use your imagination), then a beautiful black dress, dinner in new York City at “Top of the Sixes” (666 Fifth Ave) and ended with hard to get tickets to “Phantom of the Opera”. We loved the show so much, we actually saw it two more times since the original trip to new York City.

You will need Apple’s Quicktime to view the video as it is compressed using a higher quality compress than typical “YouTube” videos. You can download it for free at:

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

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