Adult Dinner in AZ

It took a little bit of planning but we got all the adults in my family (plus Ava) out to dinner together! Thank you everyone for your help and Allie for babysitting. I had a blast!

Ava - so wishing she had teeth so she could eat our yummy Chipotle!

I've never gone bowling with any of my family members so this was super fun!!!

All of us are pretty bad so no one felt left out!

Look at my cute Dad coming back from a really sweet roll (what do you say in bowling? toss, throw, spin?)

Going for a spare!!!

Kara, Andrew and Glory in the background!

I love my fam!

Soccer

I got to go see two of my nephews play soccer and boy was it a treat! They are so cute. I'm just happy I don't have to be out there pretending I know how to run and kick at the same time.

Hugh and Jasper you did great!They totally have the "Brown" gene, look at everyone else trying to keep up!

Jasper you are a star!Hugh, focusing on his running!

Ava enjoying the show!

Clara's favorite part of the game is the treats at the end! Love this girl!

Grandma and Grandpa Broderick

My Grandparents had us over for lunch and Grandma showed me what she has been up to!

Four Generations
You can see on Ava's face how cool she thinks it is! Oooooo

Grandma made a replica of her "prom" dress for a doll she hand made. I actually played dress up in her "prom" dress, the one I'm holding. She is so talented!!!

The Interview

And here's Ava talking about her day!

"Yea!!!"

Doughnuts at Andrews

Last time I was home we had a sisters night and we go together and made doughnuts. On this trip we decided to try it with the whole family. They were so yummy. I had one pan going and Glory had another to pump the doughnuts out for all the mouths we had to fill. We even made powdered. You can tell from the lack of pictures I got of them they were a complete hit!

Enjoying the doughnuts as we played a new card game! Andrew and Glory are the King and Queen of fun card games.

Grandma and Ava on a doughnut rush!

Here are three of the five toppings we had!

Blessing Dress

This one has no words, just pictures of Ava Rose!

Pictures by Amanda

Baby Shower Number 3

My sister, Deirdre, and my best friend, Amanda, threw Ava and me a beautiful baby shower on our AZ visit. See for your self!!!

Amanda took a few pictures (I bet you can guess which ones)!
Deirdre and Ava
Natalie and Amanda
I love this picture of the cute party room!
Deirdre made the super duper cute banner!
Don't worry I tried all three kinds, so did everyone else though! Have you ever had a lemon meringue
cupcake?...to die for!!!
Game time!I love the poopy diaper game! Amanda picked tough candy bars so it was a bit tough. Mint Three Musketeer...tricky!

This is my Grandma! I grew up getting those kisses and watching Grandma give them to all her sweet grand babies and yes I give them to my baby. It's tradition whether they like it or not!
Hee Hee!
These are two of my cousins (Marjorie with Ada and Teresa with Makenna) I grew up with and all three of us had babies in 2009!
Thanks for all the great gifts!
Enjoying her spoils! Thanks Erin, she loves it!

When Ava gets tired...

She rubs her face on her burp cloths. I think its so sweet!

Ava with her Aunts and Uncle

Ava has lots of Aunts and Uncles so here are the few I got pictures of her with!

Uncle Andrew and Ava

Ava was thrilled I promis, she was a little tired from the hike we had just gone on!
Aunt Deirdre and Ava
Deirdre treated us to a fancy lunch and then we barely made it to get the boys off the bus!
Aunt Leslie and Ava
We were at Leslie's working on finishing the girls' quilts. We did it though, we got them all tied!

Great Great Aunt Mary and Ava

Don't let the greats fool you Aunt Mary is quite young and vivacious. She is my mothers Aunt so that makes her my great Aunt and then Ava's Great Great Aunt (I think that's how it goes). She could not make it to the shower so she stopped by to drop off the cutest blanket she made for Ava. Everybody should have an Aunt Mary! She is wonderful!

My Girls!

Being close with friends I've had since high school is a lot of work, but I love them and they love me so the work is worth it. We are all very busy with work, kids, husbands and school so I would call it miraculous when we are able to get together. There were six of us in high school that were together, probably every Friday and Saturday night. Where were we you ask? In Mesa because that's where we seemed to find all the hottest boys. I say we but it was mostly them. I was the youngest and I had no idea how to flirt so I just tagged along. Don't think I was not learning things though (have you seen the hottie I bagged for myself). Anyways, here are the ladies I was able to pull away from their lives for a few hours while I was visiting in Phx! Thanks ladies! Love you all!

Amber, Amanda, Natalie and Renee
Amanda invited us to her beautiful home for super yummy pizza
Ava, Natalie, Amanda Renee
I love it, even Ava is smiling. the stranger we got to take the picture did a great job. Thanks stranger lady!

Ava in BIG bath tub!

Yeaa...I think she liked it!!!

Kara talking in the background is hilarious!

Cousins

Most of Ava's cousins live in Arizona so on her trip she got to meet them for the first time. She has yet to meet her Vegas (soon to be Utah) and Texas cousins.

Kirsten

Hugh
Clara
Gavin
Garth
Suzy & Kirsten
Bradley
Megan & Sophie
Kirsten pushing Suzy, Megan & Sophie
Jack, Jasper, Gavin & Dillon
Sorry, I did not get all the AZ cousins in Pictures!