University of Phoenix Stadium & Pizza!
On Saturday we went to an event at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. Cici's pizza was giving out free pizza, drinks and had fun bouncers for kids to play on. The girls had a blast and we had a great time with our family. The Cardinals mascot was their and the Phoenix Coyotes. Since we were already out in Glendale we went to Cabelas(fishing, and outdoor equipment store) and the girls had so much fun checking out all the boats, seeing the fish and enjoyed trying on the fur hats. Also on the 1st day of school my grandma took us out to lunch and we also went shopping and here is a picture of my grandma and Mariyah:). I love my grandma and she is my mom's mom and she is seriously amazing and the best grandma!

Dang those Mosquitoes!!!!!!
Look what this mosquito did to Brooklyn! Whenever Brooklyn gets bit by a mosquito she swells up and it is really sad how much it affects her body. On Sunday night we were at my parents house and the kids were in the backyard playing. Later on that evening I looked at her and noticed she had a mosquito bite on her face above her. Well the next morning this is what her eye looked like! I was like oh my gosh is she ok! I called the doctor and he said to give her benadryl and put cream on the bite. They said that if the swelling didn't go down with in 24hrs to bring her in. Thank goodness it all worked out and her eye is looking better already. She was totally herself the whole time and on occasion would point to her eye and say eye owie and that was it. Brooklyn is such a sweet girl.

1st day of Kindergarten!!!

Mariyah started her 1st day of kindergarten. She goes to school Monday-Friday half day. Since her birthday is in Oct shes misses the cut off date of going to all day kindergarten, but they have an amazing kindergarten program for children who don't turn 5 by August 31 and Mariyah was on the waiting list and got in. She was so excited getting ready for school this morning and everything well really well getting her to school. We laid out her clothes last night and I was so happy that she was excited to wear her new gymbore outfit. We have had too much fun buying her new clothes:). My mom works at an elementary school and she was able to come by our place as we were leaving so that we could get a pic of her and Mariyah as we were leaving to school.
When we got to school their was a long line of parents and children waiting for the teachers to come and call the kids names. That way we weren't all piled in the classroom. Mariyah and other kids played on the playground for about 5 min before her teacher came out and off went Mariyah. I am amazed but I was able to hold back my tears. Mariyah had a few tears but I gave her a hug and said I love you and then her teacher said hi Mariyah and she took her into the classroom.
Are any of your kids all about Hannah Montana this year? Mariyah was all about finding the perfect Hannah Montana backpack(yes we did go to 3 stores to find the right one and Kohls was the place), Hannah Montana pencils, erasers, and folder. It's just amazing to me at what young age children are already into all these super stars....I think it must be because of the Disney Channel or maybe because every store we go into there they are. What happened to my little girl wanting the princess characters on her folder and backpack. The pic that cracks me up is the one of Ry and her backpack. She said mom let me turn around so that you can get a picture of my backpack on me.

STUPID PHOTO CAMERA RADAR TICKET!!!
So I know most of you who live in Arizona probably have an opinion about these photo radars...well so do I. For the most part I think they are great for people who are going extremely over the speed limit, but I got a stupid camera ticket in the mail today...ahhhh!!! The reason why I am so annoyed is because I am not a speeder and the only reason why I was even on the road is because the 101 was closed and had a detour and so I took this road. Here are the "stupid" pic that the camera took....oh yes and by the way we were on our way to Big Surf and so that is why I am in my swim suit. I guess the reason why I am so frustrated is because I thought the speed limit was 45 and I was going 47. Well I guess the speed limit was 35 and I was going 47. When I was driving I knew I got flashed, looked at my speed and thought crap I just got a camera ticket! Then thought oh well I am going to have a great time at Big surf and figured it would come in the mail and it sure did. Oh ya and by the way if you would like to watch the video of me driving here is the code info too.
Go to www.photonotice.com Citation # tf095362 plate #272wrd city:tmpaz
Oh ya and on the video you can actually see the camera take my pic and I swear I am going with the speed of traffic but don't see anyone else getting their pic taken.
Also the ticket is $175 but since I have only had 1 ticket in my life and that was 10 years ago I am going to go to traffic school so that they can teach me not to speed!
WHAT'S YOUR OPINION ON THESE CAMERA'S?

Arizona Olympic Gymnastics
So the girls and I met a friend and her daughter at this amazing gymnastics place!!! It was a blast and Mariyah and Brooklyn LOVED every minute of it. On friday mornings they have open gym which means you pay and your kids can play on all the gymnastic mats, balance beam,bars,trampolines and so much more! I was amazed at what a dare devil Brooklyn was. She was all over the place and had no fear jumping all over and Mariyah loved hanging from the uneven bars. During the week they have kids take classes that someday plan on making it to the olympics and I thought it was pretty neat since tonight is the opening of the olympics and the girls and I had our own gymnastic experience today:) No medals involved but lots of great memories and tons of fun.

BIG SURF!!!
My dad's work had a party at big surf and it was so much fun!!! The girls loved the water and Joshua and I went down the fast water slides and overall it was a great day. My mom, sister and me had fun racing down the water slides and the wave pool was tons of fun too. Big surf doesn't allow you to bring your own floaties but what was nice is that they did supply a life jacket for Brooklyn which was really nice when were in the wave pool. She has no fear and was all excited every time the waves came.

Jeepers Amusement Park indoors
We went to Jeepers and the girls had so much fun riding all the fun rides! What was really nice is that it was indoors since it's so hot here:). Mariyah's friend Briana came with us and my friends and their little girls were there too. If you want to take your kids some where fun you should take them to jeepers because they have lots of great rides for kids and mom's can ride with their kids. I was amazed that Brooklyn loved going on the spinning rides and she even went on the fast roller coaster and had fun and when it was over she said more please. Mariyah was such a great big sister because she went on most of the rides with Brooklyn and it was so cute.