Bradley turns 6!

Our sweet baby boy turned 6 years old this year! I am so glad that I am his mommy.:) We had a fun day on his birthday. My mom was here with three of Bradley's cousins. We went to a water park and then came home for cake and ice cream.

Bradley's favorite present was from Mike. Mike gave him a little batman toy with a special key inside that went to our shed...

When Bradley first opened the doors he went right pass the batman castle without seeing it.:) He was so excited when he finally did see it.:)
Here's Mema getting Bradley's "sugars"



The cake was suppose to be a downtown with the batman spotlight shining over it..but no one could figure it out.:( At least it still tasted good.:)

Kansas

We got to go to Kansas a couple of times this summer. Mike had some work to do up there so we tagged along and got to visit with Mike's parents and my sister Ginger. It was our first time to Ginger's new home in Arkansas. It was really good to visit with her and let our kids play. WE had a picnic and the kids played in a small creek. It was so beautiful there.

At Grandpa's house the kids got to feed the cows and go on a tractor ride and catch fireflies. The kids always enjoy time at Grandpa's house.:)

It took some convincing...

We had discuss waiting to find out what baby Riches #3 would be...we already had a boy and girl so we thought it might be fun to wait...but 9 months is a long time and the closer we got to the ultra sound the more I wanted to know.:) Plus I think it helps you picture having the baby here when you know what they are and have a name for them...I convinced Mike to have a family vote and he was outnumbered so we got to find out.:)

It's a girl!

They said that everything looked great! She is growing perfect and looks beautiful.:) Mike was pretty excited to find out it was a girl..he thought Bradley was going to be a girl and he thought Ena was going to be a boy. With this baby he said from the beginning he thought it was a girl so he was glad to finally be right!

We are really excited to have our little girl join us in November!

Our time with Brandon

We had a great couple of weeks with our nephew Brandon. We had fun looking at pictures and videos and hearing stories from his time in South Africa. While he was here we went to some of our favorite resturants, went to Zero Gravity where he rode "nothin' but net," we went to the temple, played games, and he got to do some work with Mike.

We celebrated our 7th Anniversary while he was here. Brandon was nice enough to bring us breakfast in bed..toast, omelets, hash browns and strawberries.:) Just one more reason why he he is our favorite nephew!