The Malesky Family

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Christmas in Puerto Vallarta

This year the Haws Family decided to do Christmas in Puerto Vallarta...mom and dad flew in from Costa Rica, then there was Grant, Tyler and his family (Jayna, Grace, Caroline, and Lila), and Susie flew in w/ the Malesky crew. We missed our sister Kate and her kids, but understandably she stayed behind to have her first Christmas w/ her new husband Jon and his family.

Without getting into details, the Maleskys and Susie had a tough start...we missed our plane from LA to Puerto Vallarta and LUCKY to catch a plane out the next day...and I'll leave it at that. Once we got there, it was absolutely amazing. We all stayed at an amazing home on the hillside, minutes from downtown and the beach. The view was breathtaking, and at that time of the year the weather was perfect, not a cloud in the sky for the entire visit and 85 degrees.

Our days consisted of RELAXING at the pool, trips into downtown shopping, spa days were we had people come to the home and give us massages, mani/pedis, facials, etc, boys played golf, ping-pong, read lots of magazines and books, played games...

One of the most memorable days I have ever had was swimming w/ the dolphins! Ben and Grace did their own class w/ kids their age...

Then Tyler took Caroline and I took Nick to another class...

And then Susie, Grant, Todd, Jayna, Tyler and I did our own class...and we actually rode on the dolphin around a huge pool...it was amazing!

On Christmas day us kids decided to put together a Christmas program for mom and dad. We acted out the Nativity scene and sang Christmas carols...followed by a wonderful Christmas dinner prepared by our chefs in our house.

Another fun night was Jayna's birthday. Mom had arranged for Mariachi trio to come, got a beautiful cake, flower arrangement, dinner prepared by our chefs...we were serenaded the entire meal and started the festivities w/ lots and lots of dancing!

It was an amazing vacation and Christmas...just like every year! Thanks Mom and Dad for another wonderful family vacation and look forward many more!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Wrapping Up the Year...

Yes, we are finally getting the real taste of having little boys...our Nick broke his arm. We still do not know how it happened, and I hate to say it, but when we finally took him to the doctor, the doctor said it already had scare tissue and looked as if he broke it a week prior! Nothing like hearing that as a parent, what a blow! The doctor made us feel slightly better saying that w/ young children, not discovering a broken bone is common, especially when we have a communication barrier w/ him being so young. So he had it only for 2 weeks and he never noticed it. Please note that it is the blue cast we are emphasizing in this picture, not his huge belly!

It just so happened some good friends of ours son, Jack, broke his arm a week before Nick, so we had to get the boys in their matching blue casts...same arm too!

While Nick had to take a break from daily wrestling matches w/ Ben during his recovery (which I believe is how he broke his arm in the first place), Ben took up puzzles. He completed this 100 piece puzzle all by himself w/in 15 minutes! He is loving the challenge of puzzles and wants a 500 piece puzzle now!

Then the beginning of December, Todd and I, along w/ some friends headed to Pasadena for the USC/UCLA game. It was a beautiful day and a fantastic time. We managed to sneak away for a 24 hour period and stay the night.
Todd and Ann starting up the tailgate party at 10am!...

Annie and Jimmy G...

Jimmy G and Todd...

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

London Trip 2008

Titling my blog w/ "2008" means that I hope next year I will be blogging about my London Trip 2009. I love London! I went for a few days when I was 17, and it was alright. By now at my more mature age of 34...I fell in love w/ this city. Culture, beauty, classy, fun, clean, nice people, of course AMAZING shopping...on and on. It started on November 4th in the LA airport when Todd and I met up w/ our traveling buddy...who else? Jimmy G of course!

After 10 hours on a plane sandwiched between these 2 wonderful men I was ready to get going and see the sights! One interesting note, we found out who our President was by a flight attendant announcing it over the intercom...
Once we got in we took a cab ride to Windsor, where we stayed for the first 2 days/nights. What a beautiful town. The Windsor Castle was just amazing, and the hotel we stayed at was right on the river looking at the castle and the bridge over the river to Eton.

More exploring of Windsor...

After our few days in Windsor, off to the main city of London. We stayed right along Hyde park on Park Ave...we stayed at a gorgeous hotel...the best beds ever! The only problem is that it took a long time to get out of bed in the morning...which I guess isn't a problem considering this never happens w/ 2 young boys at home!
Our hotel lobby...