A Visit From the Roni-Meister

The Roni-Meister.

The youngest of the Stone Clan.

She came to visit us in May!

She had a mission call, set to leave in July- and we knew we wouldn't be able to fly from Mississippi to go see her in July. SO we took advantage of the Houston airport before we left and flew her out to see us!

We love this girl.

We just did this all weekend.

Joke joke.

We gave her the Houston Grand Tour!

We got some serious shaved ice- delish.

We took her shopping.

Where we got her some shoes for her mission.

Went to the Beer Can House...

And took her along to our friends dance recital!

And I think we tuckered Jon out.

The evolution of Jon sleeping while sitting up...

Poor guy.

Went to a community picnic with free goods at the taco trucks.

 And almost shared a romantic moment ;)

She was my photo shoot subject at all times.

On Memorial Day we had a fun pool party planned for the seminary kids- and it rained!

All stinkin' day.

Dang Houston.

 But we still braved the pool!

 And even the tiniest of snails came out to play.

 And became Rachel's best friend.

Her last day with us we wanted to go to the beach.

And what do you know- it was raining ALL morning.

We decided to go to a movie instead... but packed our beach bag JUST IN CASE it cleared up.

Cleared up it did- and we headed to the beach!

But we forgot our sunscreen... oops.

There was a monstrous amount of seaweed on the shore...

But it didn't stop these two from boogie boarding!

 Hooray for sunshine!

We ended her trip with a bubble blowing contest...

AND some delicious ribs.

Now the Roni-Meister is off on her mission to Cleveland, Ohio!

We miss her already!

Houston Baby Shower...s

This post is a little late coming...

BUT better late than never.

Before I left Houston my friends threw me the sweetest baby shower.

I was blown away by everyones kindness and generosity.

Thinking about it now, now that we've moved, I just want to cry.

Special people were brought into my life during those five years in Houston, and I will always have fond memories of them.

My sweet friend Lisa hosted the shower at her house- isn't it beautiful?

And my dear cousin Crystal put it all together.

Aren't they lovely?

There was lots of food, and lots of people.

Secret to a successful party, right?

 

 Mmmm... homemade Cafe Rio salads!

And this little girl is completely spoiled already!

 These two girls crack me up!

They made Baby Brame two onesies- one that says "Johnisha Cristina Brame" 

(they want us to name our baby after them, of course)...

and the other says "I love Johnisha and Cristina".

I love it so much.

 Getting the low down on parenting...

 Matching mint green skinny jeans.

Watch out world.

 And this pretty lady took all the pics for me that day!

Thanks Cyndi!

And the baby showers didn't stop there!

My students were so sweet and threw multiple showers for me at school. 

I think nearly every class period pulled one off.

Most of them were just an excuse to party and eat food in class-

but it was fun nonetheless.

And again- I was blown away by their generosity.

 We played some fun games- like...

measure my belly with tissue paper.

And drink too much gatorade from a bottle.

I lost miserably AND my cheeks were sore for days.

 One of the girls mom made this!

Crazy! 

This is TOO much cake!

 AMAZING diaper cake!

Again- so incredibly generous.

SO fun and SO grateful for such wonderful people in my life!