Thanks Ashley and Shawn for coming over for dinner – I love my gumball machine – you guys are the best!

Thank you Phil and Stephanie for giving your time and energy to us while you were in Ft. Worth this weekend.  We loved your company, your fellowship, your mentorship, your rhythm of spirituality.  You are a breath of fresh air in our lives, and we are grateful to know such heavenly people.

Noelle loved having the Shepherds stay with us last weekend.  She begged Phil to let her be his date to the wedding they were attending and even stole the misses purse.  Our girl has an infatuation with purses!

Melissa introducing Noelley and Stephy to Marble Slab – Mommy’s favorite is strawberry with rainbow sprinkles!

Someone’s getting sleepy – Phil took us to our first tattoo parlor this afternoon.  It was an interesting experience, and I’m glad we did it with someone who could pass for a bouncer.  We had to get him new “plugs” (big ole earrings) to match his suit for his friend’s wedding tonight.

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Noelle was kicking in delight when we started walking toward all of the colors and fun happy tunes…

Don, Jessi, Heather, Molly, Mo, Noelle, and Jon enjoying our treats.  Jon and Heather are moving in next door, and we have all been in and out taping and painting this weekend.

Most of you know my dad is a dentist, and I never got treats from the ice cream man… so this is the result of my deprivation…

This is Noelle’s first experience with straight sugar!

We have never had so much fun in our lives – she was going crazy!

Pure delight!

Needless to say, we SCRUBBED her teeth, but I finally felt the satisfaction of embracing the “ice cream man experience” for the first time!

Saturday evening we had a picnic outside and it progressed into Mohawks and well, you’ll see…

Noelle is having so much fun goofing off with us…

Noelle absolutely LOVES bath time.  She always slaps the side of the tub when the water is running.

We have had so much fun with the watering pail, although Noelle always tries to drink out of it when we aren’t “watering” her.

Noelle talking as usual!

Here’s the famous clap I described a few posts ago – I love Noelley’s extreme happiness and excitement – her personality is so much fun!

We had so much fun hanging out with the Sheffields Monday night!  Thanks for coming over guys!!!

Cratin is definitely a boy dad!  Noelle absolutely LOVED going fast in the wagon – can you see her huge smile?

Our beautiful children…

And off they ride into the sunset…