Michigan Friends visiting Arizona:)

I went on my mission in March of 2001 and served a mission in Michigan. When I was there I met Tina & Alante Deatrick. My companion and I taught and baptized them and we become really close friends. Tina was an amazing friend on the mission and we have kept in contact through the years. Her son Alante was 9 when I met him and he is now 17 years old.
They came on Thursday night and that evening we went swimming and had fun hanging out. On Friday we went to the Temple and went swimming that evening:) We also had a pizza party at my parents house and it was so much fun. Saturday was a great day and as well as Sunday. We went to the Lake and took some pictures and the girls had fun enjoying the playground since it was actually nice and cool outside. We spent a lot of time in the pool!!!!
On Monday we went to a fun water park and the weather was nice and hot yet there was a little breeze so it was nice:). Tuesday we went to the mall and went shopping. It was lots of fun hanging out with them. We will miss them and are thankful for the great memories spending time with Tina and Alante.

Tina & I went to the Temple

My mom & Tina

Since Tina is from Michigan she was in shock that we had Cactus in Arizona!!

Joshua & Alante after Church

Tina with the girls. Looking at the picture I realized Ry's belt to her dress is missing. Maybe she left it at church lol.

Tina & I with the girls.

Brookie liked climbing the tree

Ry & Alante having fun

Thought I would take a prego picture at 5 1/2 months prego.

The girls loved taking a break from swimming and eating Italian ice

Brookie in her new outfit from Tina

I love this picture:)

Tina was so sweet and bought the girls matching outfits.

Last time I saw Alante he was only 9 and now look how tall he is!

I love Mariyah's hair. Tina did such an amazing job and
Mariyah actually sat still and let her do it

The 3 of us before we left.
I will have to scan a picture of the 3 of us when I was on my mission

The girls had so much and are going to miss Alante

Cheez Wiz

I gave Brookie a snack and next thing I know she had gotten into the spray cheese. I thought it was just about gone so I didn't mind if she ate the rest of it or sprayed it onto her crackers. Little did I know it would turn into this lol. I had a great laugh cleaned her up and happy I was able to get some pictures for memories. I love these pictures because it really captures her adorable smile:)

Ultrasound Pics

I know most ultrasound pictures look the same so here are the ultrasound pictures of our sweet baby boy. He was moving around a ton but the tech was able to get some pictures:) My ultrasound was a week ago and I am finally coming to reality that it's a boy. I am really excited it's just that I thought it was a girl. I have had fun shopping for our baby boy and the girls are so excited to have a brother.

Swim Lessons

The girls loved swim lessons and especially this year since they did lessons with their friends:). Mariyah wasn't sure why she needed to take swim lessons since she already knew how to
swim lol. Next year she's going to be on the swim team:).

Ry doing her backstroke

Brookie & Ellie doing their backstrokes:)

Funny faces...The girls kept going under the water and coming up. It was really cute to watch

Ry loves her goggles

Friends

Brooklyn with her friends:)

Mariyah with her friends:)

BOY!!! OH BOY!!!!!!

I went in for my ultrasound today and we found out were having a baby boy. I am so excited and overwhelmed with LOVE for our sweet baby boy. I will post pictures of the ultrasound once I scan them into the computer lol.

New Flowers

Many of you know I have a website that I sell bows, flowers, baby bracelets and much more on my website. I enjoy doing boutique shows and love dressing up my girls. In a few weeks I am going to be doing a giveaway at www.macaronikid.com. I will post the info on my family blog, business blog as well as facebook. I have also added new flowers that are beautiful on my site. I will be adding more flowers and new bows to my site so check back often at www.bamies.com You can also check out my site by clicking on Bamies to the right:)

Orange Beautiful Flower

Pastel Blue Flower

Pretty in Pink Flower

Mariyah Loves to Face Paint

Mariyah enjoys being artist and painting so she said mom can I face paint your face and Brookie's face? I said sure that sounds good so she had fun face painting her face, Brookies face and my face:). She wants to face paint everyday but I told her she can face paint every once in a while:). I think she did a great job since this was her 1st time painting faces and so I let her face paint another time too:).