Would you like to play a game?

You're invited to play "WHERE'S MACKAYLA?" It's just like where's Waldo, only you're looking for Mackayla. There are three different levels of difficulty here. Each picture will get harder. Good luck and let me know if anyone can pass all three levels!

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My trip to Yakima

Mackayla and I went to Washington for almost a week to visit my family. I was away from Jared for FIVE whole nights which is the longest we've been apart since being married. We both missed him like crazy, but loved being able to spend time with my mom and everyone else. Unfortunatly, my dad was gone on a fishing trip, but we'll get to see him a few more weeks.

*many of these pictures will be repeats for my family...sorry*

Jaden and Jackson were both excited to see their cousin Mackayla.

April and I are due only a few days apart, so we had to take a comparison picture.

Mackayla LOVED having Buffy around. She followed him all over the house all week.

Mackayla riding Grandpa's four wheeler

Mackayla spent a long time getting this shirt on all by herself. Once she got it on she decided to add her pants as a hat. She's becoming quite the fashion queen.

Mackayla enjoying some time on Grandma's lap and giving baby Mitchell a big kiss.

At last, the day came to be reunited with Jared! He greeted us at the airport with two suprises, purple roses (my favorite flower) and a smooth face! No more mustache!!!

We can't wait to head back to Washington for the big Tree Reunion in three weeks. The best part will be that we get to take Jared with us this time!

The Jones Reunion in St. George

We had a great time in St. George with Jared's Family. My goal was to get rid of my Farmer's tan, which didn't happen, but we still consider the trip a success.

This was Mackayla's first real swimming experience, and she loved being in the water

Just kicking our feet in the pool

Mackayla and Sophie posing in their new family shirts.

I love this picture. I took the picture of them taking a picture of the little girls.

First annual Jones family reunion shirts - Mackayla loves her shirt so much that she slept with it on top of her pajamas the other night, and didn't want to take it off for church the next morning.

Jared opening his Father's Day presents with Mackayla

Taking a dip in Lake Mead

Mackayla, the captain of the ship!

Where's Jared? Oh, he's up there.

Post by Mackayla

Mackayla has been begging us to let her have her own blog site but as parents we feel that she needs to wait until she is at least two years old. I have though finally agreed to let her publish her own post on our family site, so here's what she has to say...
With Father's Day coming up, I wanted to tell everyone how much I love my Daddy!! He is so good to me. He gets up everyday and works hard to take care of Mommy and me. When he gets home, no matter how tired he is, the first thing he does (after giving Mommy a hug and kiss of course) is pick me up and play with me. He just loves spending time with me. He throws me, chases me, plays games with me and is always making me laugh. He reads me stories every night before bed and loves to teach me new things. He doesn't even get mad at me when I wake up at 5am a lot of mornings. I know I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have a Daddy that loves me SO MUCH!!! I wonder if my baby brother knows what a good daddy he is coming to. I guess he'll know when he gets here. I love my Daddy and I hope he has a super wonderful Father's Day! ~~~ Mackayla

Summer Update

Things are certainly busy around the Jones house. Jared has finished school for the summer, and is working full-time for Magleby Companies (they build really nice luxury homes - www.maglebycompanies.com if you want a peek) as an estimator, and is loving the experience. Melissa and Mackayla are busy geting things ready for the new arrival in October. We're all looking forward to our Gary Jones family reunion in St. George next week, and with the warm weather down there comes the need for swimsuits! As you can see, we've all been working on getting "swimsuit ready". For some reason, Melissa's tummy keeps getting bigger no matter how many sit ups she does!

Mackayla and daddy doing push ups

Mackayla wanted to do some shopping at Costco

Mackayla loves to help mommy get ready every day

Video of Mackayla just being herself

Spring Time

We painted some flower pots. Don't they look pretty?!

Mackayla got a little wild with the Jello.

Mommy sure hopes that comes out of her dress!

Mackayla and daddy were playing in one of the bedroom set boxes. Mackayla sure likes daddy's new handlebar mustache! Mommy likes it too, but is kind of looking forward to its dissappearance (when daddy is done playing around).

This is a picture of part of our new bedroom set. We spent Memorial weekend painting our room and getting it ready for the new stuff. The room sure seems a lot smaller now with the furniture.

We took a trip to the Bean Museum. Mackayla loves to see the animals, and tries to make the sounds that they make. She almost got attacked by this lion (I don't think she was too scared).

This is the picture that we took and edited in photo shop for Mother's Day gifts to our moms. She sure is a little angel!