Arizona

The first weekend in September the girls and I headed down to Arizona for my nephew's baptism. I decided to stay with my friend from college in Mesa because it had been almost five years since I last saw her! We had a great trip. The girls loved playing with new friends and their cousins - swimming, dress ups, polly pockets. Little girl heaven. My friend and I had a great time staying up late, shopping and eating out. Without kids. Big girl heaven.

We had a great time visiting with family, too. With three baptisms (one to go!) this year we've had a chance to see family a lot the last few months.

Swimming with friends.

Bailey pretending to be asleep.

Swimming with cousins.

Seven times out of ten when I ask this girl to smile for me I get this:

Snuggling with Aunt Becky.

My siblings.

My family.

My camera battery died so I didn't get as many pictures as  I wanted, but I borrowed some from my mom:

My nephew was kind enough to share his weekend with Bailey. Her birthday was on the Sunday we were there so I brought over a cake. My SIL even hung a birthday banner!

When Quinn saw this she said, "Oh...I love JT." He really is a great kid.