Scannell Family Vacation in Newport

Daddy and Madi on the balcony of the villa

Auntie Moo and Madi

Catching some zzzz's on vacation

Madi sucks her thumb

Daddy and Madi at the Rainforest Cafe at Downtown Disney

Madi turns redhead courtesy of the wigs at the build-a-bear workshop

Grandpa and Daddy with Madi on the our first whale watching trip as a family. No whales spotted but we did boat along side a pod of 3000 common dolfins. Coolest thing ever!

Mommy, Uncle Sean and Madi pose for the camera

Grandma and Grandpa on the boat

Mommy, Daddy and Madi look at the dolphins all around the boat

Uncle Sean and Madi at dinner on Balboa Island

Grandma and Grandpa take care of Madi so her Mommy and Daddy can enjoy their meal

Auntie Moo takes Madi on her first horsie ride

Madi dresses up for a tea party at a shop in Balboa Island

"Grumpy" Grandpa and Auntie Moo show off their hats at Disney world

Ryan puts on Mickey Mouse ears made for 2008 graduates

Cait poses at Disneyland

Ryan poses at Disneyland

The Scannells take a family photo at Disneyland - minus Leslie and family ;(

I forced Ryan to show off Madi's new hat. He refused to smile for the camera...

Madi Enjoys Vacation

Ryan Graduates!!

Ryan's graduation was great! Lots of family came to support him and, of course, Madi was there to cheer for her Daddy as well. Her version of cheering was to cry during the beginning of the ceremony so we ended up standing at the very top of Cox Arena with Sean until she fell asleep for the rest of the ceremony. Surprisingly, the ceremony only took 2 hours and went by pretty fast considering that there were hundreds of graduates from the business school (they combine the undergrads and the graduates together in one ceremony). Ryan was the fourth from the last person to be called so by the time he made it off the stage the entire audience was cheering because it had all come to a conclusion. Cait and I decorated the house the night before the graduation and other family members joined us for a BBQ later that afternoon. Below are photos from the day. CONGRATULATIONS RYAN! Thank goodness we are done with school forever! What a great feeling.


Ryan gets ready to head to graduation

Madi and her Daddy after graduation

The Banda Family
The Scannell Family
The Cooley/Francis Family

After Graduation Photos

Baby Wes - cute as ever
Auntie Moo and Madi
Michelle and Madi with their bottles ;)

Ryan Opens his gifts

Sarah and Madi smile for the camera

Ryan proudly displays the frog that Uncle Aaron and Aunt Jaymie gave Madi

Grandma and Auntie Moo bond

The cousins share their first hug

Madison Sports Her Cherry Outfit

Took these this morning. She's all grown up!

Karen's Going Away Dinner ;(

We went to dinner with Karen, Michelle, Jamie and Kim to spend one last evening with Karen before she moves up north with Cam, the dogs, and future baby Lush. We are so sad to see Karen go! San Diego won't be the same without her.

Getting ready for dinner

Auntie Jamie feeds Madi

Michelle holds Madi (yes, Madison has developed a serious drooling problem)

Karen and Madi pose for the camera

Who's Pimp Hand?

Addison shows Madi who's boss

Sweet Photos

Madi gets a bath and dresses up as a frog. She's been really into making that fist and holding her arm in the air lately.

Mommy to be with the three babies (one in the belly)

Grandparents are the Best!

Ryan went to Seattle on business this week so my mom came to stay with me and help with Madi. She's the best! Grandma and Grandpa Banda also came to visit this weekend and we all went out to a really nice lunch for Mother's Day and Jack's birthday. Afterwards we came back to the house and hung out for a while. It was such a nice day - perfect weather and great family time!

Madi and Grandma Hug-a-bug take a little snooze

Madi plays in the swing Grandma and Grandpa Banda gave her - she absolutely loves this thing!

Grandpa Banda holds Madi

Madi and Grandma Banda kick back