Kay Kay and Grandpapa took us to Babe’s to celebrate Noelle’s birthday and Mother’s Day on Saturday night!  We had so much fun and ate lots of great food!!!  They gave Noelle this cute pony purse and some reading flash cards! She loved them!

I love this sweet picture of Noelle and Noemi and Rose has such a cute expression in this picture.  Their eyes are so blue!  I call them my Mike Pond eyes.  And Anna Kate’s chocolate eyes are stunning, as well.  She says, “We match!” and “We are on the same team, Mommy!”  It’s really special for the middle child to have something to call her own!  Bless her heart. 

This was Noemi’s first time to eat at a restaurant.  She did great!  Her blue eyes are awesome too!

Such a sweet pic… Anna Kate was sooo busy tonight.  She was here, there, and everywhere, but I didn’t get many pics of her because she was too fast!

Rose is busy busy these days, always looking for the next thing.  I caught this precious smile as Daddy was playing games with her.

Aww…

Love this sweet 6 year old with all my heart!

Noelle loves doing the chicken dance in front of the whole restaurant!  She’s so cute and really good at it!  She loves all the special attention birthdays bring.  So great to see her having fun!  Love you, babe!

To be quite honest, Noelle had more fun taking these pictures than she did playing soccer… playing soccer this school year was a good try and we all had fun along the way, but Noelle has decided this will be her last season.  She wants to try something new!

I kept clicking and Noelle kept posing.  She is such a little ham and loves being in front of the camera!

Right before we took these pictures was my last time to watch Noelle play soccer, and it was definitely bittersweet!  Next weekend is Anna Kate’s dance recital, so I will miss her last game.  She had an awesome year, and her improvement was amazing!!!  Soccer is definitely something she can come back to if she wants to give it another try down the road!

We are so sad spring soccer is coming to an end.  These girls have played so well together and come so far as a team!

Anna Kate and Carson always have fun playing chase and kicking the ball around!

No matter who has the ball, Noelle is always trying her best!

Rose is so high maintenance these days but so stinkin’ cute that it doesn’t matter!

Little sister time!  Anna Kate, Ava, and Carson are going to be soccer stars one day too!  Rose walked up to Gracie’s mom and put her arms up for her to hold her, and the rest is history.  She always does that to people, no matter if she knows them or not.

Go Noelle!  You can do it girl!

Avery had the cutest dino party at Pump It Up last Saturday!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Avery!  Noelle and Anna Kate (and Rose) think you are really cool!

For the past 3 weeks, Noelle has had a spelling test each Friday, and she’s spelled all the words correctly each week!  We are so proud of her for working so hard!  She can also count to 100!  Go Noelle!

We went to Burger King last week because I got a really good coupon and you know I can’t pass up a good deal, but oh my goodness, it was so dirty!  They have a really neat play land, but everything was just really sticky and gross.  We won’t go back for a really long time, that’s for sure.  But… the kids had a blast and didn’t know the difference!  Oh, and we didn’t see anything weird, lol…

Avery invited a few friends to get make-overs at Sweet and Sassy on her birthday!

Anna Kate’s done this a time or two!

Avery, Avery, Anna Kate, and Payton were showing off their pretty finger nails! 

For lunch, we went to The Cheesecake Factory.  The waiter brought the kids out bread and bananas while we were ordering.  Anna Kate looked at Avery’s grandmother and said, “Is this our apple-tizer?”  She’s such a cutie!

Avery is full of spirit and lots of fun!!!

What a special day for these precious little girls!  Happy  Birthday, Avery!

We’ve been… playing iPad games with Lesleigh…

Hanging outside with neighbors… this is Rose’s friend Berkeley and Lesleigh swinging with Rose at the park!

Making an appearance in a magazine!  I was flipping through a local magazine and did a double take when I saw Noelle.  It took me a second to figure out what it was from, but Noelle went to VBS at this church a couple of summers ago, and they picked a picture of her with her friend Jasmine for their ad.  It was a fun surprise!

Playing soccer… this was Noelle playing soccer last Saturday, the morning of her birthday!

Going to Sonic… the girls got to sit on the patio when their Daddy took them to Sonic!  That was a huge treat for them!

Having fun at Pump It Up!  We celebrated with Ava Simmons for her 4th birthday!

Eating patio dinners… they are the best!  I sent this picture to Mike on his way here after work and said, “We can’t wait to see you!”  I love my new phone!

Getting bucked off a horse!  This was taken right before both girls got bucked off this horse… very scary!  I don’t think they will ever want to ride it again!

Enjoying Noelle’s picture in the birthday hall!  Noelle’s school has this really cool birthday hallway, and you get to (pay to, lol) be on it during the month of your birthday! 

Here’s Noelle’s poster!!!

Relaxing and catching up at home!

Trying sushi for the first time!  Noelle tried sushi with Autumn! 

Making trips to Target… It was fun having 5 kids at Target with me… I got some stares, but I felt like super mom!  Lol…  having the two older kids with me is soo much easier than being with the girls by myself!

…counting the days for school to be over!  Before and after school on Friday! (thanks for the cute headband, Holly!)

On Friday afternoons, Noelle is just done from the week.  She gets sooo tired from the long week at school!

But mostly, we’ve just been enjoying life and having fun!  Noelle has been putting together the neatest outfits (she always has, but lately she has been really creative)!  Creighton and Lesleigh hang out at our house a bunch, and the girls all love them so much!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the lovely mothers in our lives! We love you guys!