Hawaii... only 1 month later!!!

Sorry it has taken me forever.... I am such a slacker! So anyway, as many of you know Eric's baseball team traveled to Hawaii for their last series in the middle of May. Mick has been BEGGING to go with us and we decided to surprise him for his birthday with a plain ticket to Hawaii! I have to be honest... it was pretty awesome hanging out with my Mick! Plus... I needed a hot model for all my pictures! The above pic was my favorite!! We arrived a few hours earlier than the team and I begged and begged to go on the beach. We were staying at the Marriott right on the beach and all Mick wanted to do when we got to Hawaii was eat (#1 priority) and watch the Yankee game on ESPN (#2). So where does the beach.... Hawaii... come into place. So we waited for Eric and when we went to dinner that night and Mick actually walked on the beach.. he was hooked!

So this was the view from the hotel... ya... I can't lie... It was gorgeous!! I can't believe all the surfers out at like 6 am! CRAZY!

This is a picture the first night we were there. We had walked a few blocks for dinner and re-routed and walked along the beach on the way home!

Don't let Mick fool you... I think he was pretty much scared poopless to hold these birds! See the concentration on the face... Me and Eric kept giggling at him!

We had to wait about 30 minutes for dinner so we went to the International Market (shopping)!

This was us at the North Shore!!! It was phenomenal over there! The beach was gorgeous and the Icee's were the greatest? Have you ever had condensed milk on a slushee? I know... sounds disgusting... it's AWESOME!!!

While we were at the North Shore there was a guy fishing. As we walked past he caught this "stick" fish! I kept calling it a fish stick... but we thought it was pretty cool!

I know this picture isn't anything great but I had to give you an idea of what caused the picture below. The second day we were there we went and paid $3 for these floaties.... great investment since Eric and Mick just went out on the ocean and basked in the sun for 2 hours. Neither thinking the needed sunscreen because of the cloud cover. Needless to say, they called Eric Pepto (he was THAT pink) all weekend. It really was sad how sun burnt they were. I know... mother of the year... what can I say? Mick's chest blistered and peeled 3 times! Look at his sexy swim suit line!
The trip was fabulous and the baseball was awesome! I am glad I got the chance to spend the time with Mick that I did.... I can't believe he is already 11 and I am so proud of the young man he is becoming. He is kind, generous, caring, goofy, comical! He is really a great kid and such a great example to his little brothers. I would go completely crazy without him in this home to help!