Olen & Linda threw Brittany a fajita supper out at the family center after the Jacksonville High School graduation ceremony Friday night – we had such a blast!

 

    

Regan and Noelle hula-hooping, and Noelle with her superstar Olen.  Noelle talks about Olen and cousin Linda all the time!  If we ask her who’s cute, she’ll immediately giggle and say, "Olen!"

Dad and Mike gracing me with a picture! 

Guess who?

Silly girls!

Aww… sweet Mary, Linda, Noelle & Rara cleaning up the kitchen.  For those of you who don’t know Mary, she took good care of my grandmother Mary (Granny) during the last years of her life.  She is an ANGEL to my family!

 

We went to Jacksonville for a long weekend so Poppa could clean our teeth.  Brittany also graduated, so it was a fun action-packed weekend.  Poppa and Rara always hang the flag when the kids come home – it’s a little tradition that’s special to us.

It’s so fun to play with Poppa and Rara in their yard!

  

Asking Jax to come play… Poppa getting Noelle with his worm.  Poppa and Mike went fishing on Saturday and had lots of great stories to tell of their adventures.

                              

                                                         I got you, worm!

 

Playing down the street at the Waller’s house – they are so sweet to let us play every time we come home!

   

  

Jax & Noelle ready for their wagon ride back up the hill (facing the pretty country sunset)!

 

Noelle propping her books up with her foot and reading bedtime stories to herself (which is quiet entertaining, might I add)!

 

I promised myself before I had kids that I would never buy those dorky Disney gowns… well, I guess things change.  Although I still think they are totally dorky, seeing how happy & proud Noelle is in her "Mermaid gown" makes it too much fun to resist.