Hawaii

I cant believe it has been over a month since we  went to Hawaii for Matt's cousin's wedding, and I'm just now posting pictures!  Guess it has been just a little busy around here!  We had such an awesome time and returned with many wonderful memories.  Here is a just a peek of some of our time.

Running on the beach for the first time.

At the wedding, enjoying the view.

Note: When Uncle James throws you in the air...brace yourself!!

Note the splash.

Note the tears and consoling!

Beach Baby

What intense envy of a hot dog.

Sweet big sister.

Loving the submarine ride.

Just a little windy!

Three generations of Mahones.

Our great balcony view.

So much fun!!

Blackmail material

This is blackmail material. I heard a bunch of giggles coming from behind a closed door....this is what I found. I guess this is what you get when you have three older sisters. All I an say is, they have their day a coming!

Back to school

Maylee started first grade this week!! It was so great to see her return to school, even more so since she missed over a month of school when she was in the hospital. It still seems surreal of all that she went through, especially when you look at her now (you would never have a clue she was so sick). Things could have turned out so differently, but I'm full of praise that they didn't.

Maylee loved returning to school and seeing all her friends. Mrs. King tutored Maylee during the summer, and just so happens that she is her teacher too! We were so thrilled! On the second day at pick up Maylee told me she didn't want to go home, but rather stay at school! It is just wonderful.

Bedtime crazies....

Here is a glimpse of how crazy it can get around bedtime. To night for instance, bedtime came and I had one little redhead running around the yard with just a hat on (neighbors have to love that), one little girl ready and all decked out (including eye mask, ha!), and then one running out of the house with a Spiderman tattoo on her FOREHEAD (major scrubbing to ensure it is off for church!). Crazy, but I do love it.

Big Precious...

Can't believe how fast my sweet boy is growing up.  This past week was a big milestone week.  He conquered sitting up well, decided to get into a sitting position on his own, thought it might be cool to get to point a to point b via army crawl....and if that wasn't enough, he grew two teeth (well they started cutting through).  Just can't believe my baby is getting to be a big baby (or older baby I should say!)

Here is Big Precious:

This was actually taken before the teeth cut through, so this is officially his last toothless (mouth full of gums as I like to say) smile picture.  Not that I'm sentimental or anything!

Red, white and blue

We had a great 4th.  Lots of fun and food with our families.  Doesn't get much better than that.

 Our real little red headed firecracker!!

"I would like to thank the academy...."

The words from her mouth at this moment were "I just can't believe it!!"   Can we say DRAMA???!!!  Ha!  Pretty cute.

Ella had her Buckaroo camp this week and LOVED it! She got to ride Muffin everyday. They has a little "rodeo" today. The teach introduced them and shared a few facts as the kids were lead around the arena. One fact shared was the favorite activity, most kids (all but one may I add) said horse riding. Ella's???.....oh, hers was eating snowcones! Ha!
They also had a trophy presentation and this may have been the highlight of Ella's life thus far. After receiving hers, she exclaimed "I've never got one of these before!!". You really would have thought she had just won an Oscar.