The title says it all. Lilly got a little mouth gear for the next year and a half. She was a mixture of excited and anxious for the past few weeks. She got braces…
Author: Paul Malone
Paul Malone is an electrical engineer, amateur tennis player, devoted husband, and grateful father of two. He also loathes talking about himself in third person and wrote and maintains this blog, so he can pretty much do whatever he wants. That said, I started this blog when my wife Laura and I were expecting our first child after rifling through some old photographs in a shoe box from my folks and thought to myself "There must be a better way". This blog is my answer to that question and has allowed me to use some of those expensive college classes and have some fun along the way.
Daddy Daughter Dance
We had another great time at the Daddy Daughter Dance. We met with a group of other Daddies and Daughters in our neighborhood to take pictures then we went to eat at Windward Tavern…
Camping 2017
We went camping with our friends the Wiles this fall at the Sawnee campground on lake Lanier, or should I say glamping. We had a great time, but we weren’t exactly roughing it. There…
Total Eclipse of 8/21/2017
We were lucky enough to witness a Total Solar Eclipse at 3:36pm on August 21, 2017 in Helen, Georgia. We decided to travel a bit north to be in the path of totality and…
First day of school 2017
Today was the last first day of elementary school for Lilly. She is going into fifth grade and Katie is going into third grade. Another summer flew by, though it was full of activities….
Seacrest 2017
The Malones went to Florida again for summer vacation. We stayed in a condo one house away from the beach only a 5 minute walk from what I believe has been the nicest beach…
Daddy Daughter Dance
The girls elementary school hosts a Daddy Daughter Dance every year. This year, for the first time, both of the girls wanted to go. First, we met for group pictures at our friends house,…
2017 New Year Vacation
This year’s vacation was courtesy of Lilly’s wish to go on a Disney cruise and some Christmas magic. As it turns out, our friends were the recipient of the same Christmas magic, which coincidentally…
First day of school 2016
This year Lilly is going into fourth grade and Katie is going into second grade. Once again, the summer flew by, but we are ALL looking forward to school this year. We managed to…
Katie turns 7 at Disney World
We, and by “we” I mean Laura, decided to go to Orlando to visit the parks and take part in a timeshare presentation. I wasn’t sold on the timeshare idea, but Disney sounded like a good…
Lilly turns 9 in St Thomas
Well, as you know my Dad passed away in early January. His wish was to be cremated and his ashes spread in St. Thomas. We (Mom, Laura, Lilly, and Katie) decided to make the…
Thomas George Malone (9/3/1952 – 1/3/2016)
On January 3, 2016, Thomas George Malone, of Cumming, GA, passed away peacefully at home in the arms of his loving wife of almost 39 years. Thomas, also known to most as Tom, was born on September…
Disney Cruise
We had such a good time on our first Disney cruise we decided to go on another. This time we went on a 7 night cruise to the Eastern Caribbean and visited Tortola, St. Thomas and…
First day of school 2015
This year Lilly is going into third grade and Katie is going into first grade. The summer flew by. Laura and I both work full time and the girls are involved with gymnastics and soccer….
Destin 2015
We decided to rent a condo from Seascape Resort for the week in Destin while the girls were on summer break from school. The condo was great; More room than we needed and walking…
First day of school 2014
Both girls are officially in elementary school. Lilly is starting 2nd grade with Mrs. Dwyer; Katie is starting kindergarten with Mrs. Sarno. Both are excited and looking forward to being bus riders almost as…
Snow Jam 2014
In the past two weeks we’ve received around 6″ of snow over a period of about 4 days. I’m sure that doesn’t sound like much, but it effectively shut down everything in it’s path,…
Christmas 2013 Update
Wow, it has been a long time since we last posted any news. As you can imagine a lot has happened over the last year. Lilly started 1st grade and Katie started Pre-K at…
First day of school 2013
This was Lilly’s first day of first grade and Katie’s first day of pre-k. Lilly is going to be in Dr. Besson’s class this year, and Katie is in Ms. Hulsey’s class. They are…
Backyard Camping
We had our first camping experience this weekend with the girls and it went much better than I expected. I always really enjoyed camping as a kid and want to give the girls a…
We visited the Zoo
I’ve been feeling a little guilty that we didn’t go on a vacation or even do anything too out of the ordinary this summer before Lilly and Katie start school again, so we decided…
First day of school 2012
She’s officially a big girl! Once again, moving here has been the best thing for our family. Lilly is going to an amazing school, and we love how wonderful the atmosphere along with teachers…
Katies 3rd birthday
Katie is a sassy little 3 year old! She’s 31 lbs and 38 inches tall. She’s a little leaner than Lilly (which is hard to believe) and just a little smaller than Lilly in…
Pre-K graduation and Advancement into the 3 Year Old Class
I’ll start with Lilly. Lilly has been going to Grace Academy since the beginning when she was 2 years old turning 3, and now she’s 5 years old ready for Kindergarten. I (Laura) have…
Lilly lost her first tooth
Enter tooth fairy! Lilly lost her first tooth on 4/24/12. I(Laura) had to help pull it out, and Lilly was mildly traumatized by the event. Since the event left her a little hesitant about…
Easter 2012
Easter came this year a couple of different times. We had a great little event with our neighborhood, and the girls were able to go on age group hunts. Lilly found one of the…
Lilly’s 5th birthday
Lilly enjoyed a fabulous fifth birthday with some friends and family! Lilly asked for a ladybug cake, and she had a moonwalk/bounce house for her party. We still have a hard time with how…
Christmas 2011
What can I say? It was just another Christmas, but this time in our new house. Nana and Papa went overboard again, Santa brought Lilly her first bike and Katie got a dollhouse bigger…