Happy Mother's Day!

i am so incredibly grateful for my mom, my grandmas, my sisters and mother-in-laws (kathy and shari) and all the women who are in my life. i am amazed by their selflessness, wisdom, skills and happy smiling faces.  i hope i can be just like them. below is a poem i wrote about my mama.

kathy, my thoughtful mother-in-law, gave me this "child of my heart" statue.  it matches the one rich got me for our anniversary and i love it so much. :) the saying is:                                                                                                                   Child of the world, Into my heart you came, Bringing sun into my life, Making family our name.

rich made me such a delicious meal. thanks hottie!

~Apricot Party~

my big sister, amy, came to visit me! it was the best visit in the whole world. i love and respect my sister so much--and i'm so grateful she took time off from work and from being super-mom to come spend time with me. it was a trip i will never forget. i sooo cannot wait till next time. i love you apricot! 

we rented divvy bikes. best transportation idea ever.

she is beautiful--inside and out

~muuaah~

oh my gosh i love this photo of them

signature room views were amazing!

amy insisted on creme brulee. yum!

glad rich gotta hang with us girlies--hopefully we didn't annoy him too much

little monkey is 9 weeks! :) :) :)

if only this chica could always stay with us

"i love it when we're cruisin' together"

BSFF

my warrior

amy having her first chicaggy dog!

us after getting glammed up to go see the broadway musical-- mo-town

checking out the bed in our amazing hotel room

a way amazing, fun and energetic musical

oriental theater is so ornamental

us eating dessert on top of the world

at magnolia bakery waiting for the metra

joe insisted amy take a pic of his lover

naperville riverwalk with my lovers

the bestest friend and sister you could ever ask for

***WE ARE P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T***

rich and i would like to announce that i am pregnant! baby boo is due december 4th, 2014.  we could not be more excited! we are so grateful to the Lord, and pray that we can care for this baby as He would care for it. december 4th cannot come fast enough! :)

our tiny dude/dudette!

all positive! SAWEEEET! :)

Imagine Dragons

kelly, rich's awesome dad, got us tickets to see imagine dragons. they were amazing seats and the concert was one of the best i have ever been to. we even got to meet daniel platzman. when were were at byu--they won battle of the bands, so it was cool seeing how far they have come! the crowd was huge and knew every word of every song. i especially loved their songs, "on top of the world" and "demons". thanks again kelly!

The Sunshine State

rich and i decided that we needed to escape the chicago polar vortex, so we met up with mickey bro in pensacola, florida and what a fantastic decision that was. we were only there for about five days, but it was well worth it. the best part was being able to hang out with mike--who we never get to see. he is such a fun person and i'm so grateful to have him as my brother. 

first stop--THE BEACH!

studmuffin

puma's favorite beach

what a dork dog :)

YEA for sunny florida!

this was our nasty first hotel....the reviews looked good....mike: "you two our never choosing our hotel again"

we roadtripped to mobile, alabama and saw the USS Alabama

these children stayed on the deck for about 75% of time

they liked their guns

rich also thought this getup was pretty sweet

scary looking chair

delicious, delicous sea food

seafood gumbo maybe not so delicious

mike cannot get enough of puma...or maybe it is the other way around ;)

deep sea fishing!

we didn't really catch anything--but definitely fun

ahahahahahhhhh. much to rich's amazement, mike wanted ice cream at least twice a day. mike is my brother.

mermaid!

the beaches were amazing

skimboarding=fun and embarrassment