Noelle is always in the best mood when I let Anna Kate wake her up!

Alright!  That’ll do.

Isabella & Aiden had a carnival birthday, and it was so cool!!!

When the kids arrived, they decorated their prize bags.

Stacy went all out!

Check out the living room!

They had face painting, go fish, throw the duck through the hoop game,

wind up car races…

and shoot the cans down booth!  So much fun! 

The kids had nachos, hot dogs, and lemonade for lunch, keeping with the theme!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Aiden!

Happy 5th Birthday, Isabella!

Isabella giving Noelle a thank you hug for her present.

Aiden and Faith giving hugs and Noelle grinning about all her candy!

At one point, I couldn’t find Noelle… she was in the corner eating her winnings.  Aiden smiles with his Daddy after opening all his presents!  

Thanks to the Zeledon family for inviting us to your awesome birthday party!  We had so much fun!

This little tilt smile is how Noelle smiles on command these days – she has to get really tickled for her true smile to come out… check out the presence of the trophy – she had to take her dance trophy to swimming lessons – pretty funny.

Noelle was a little unsure, but she’s off to a great start!  I can’t wait to see how much she is going to learn over the next two weeks.

Well, we are still in the process of picking out our brick.  Who knew brick would stump us?  We ended up liking #4 the best, but guess what?  Can anyone say Moses and manual labor — that’s right, that brick is hand-crafted from a wood mold, making it insanely expensive.  So, we are going riding around tonight with addresses our salesperson gave us that have a similar color.  We’ll keep ya posted.

The cute ballerinas right before show-time!

Mike always cracks Noelle up – he’s the best!

Thanks Bekah for helping me backstage!  🙂

The girls with their teacher’s assistant, Rachel.

Thanks to all our family and friends for coming to watch Noelle dance!

We loved seeing Uncle Stephen!!!  

Anna Kate loved the dance recital – what a great baby girl!!!

Thanks Poppa for the pretty red roses!  Noelle still hasn’t set her trophy down!

Our next door neighbor, Ashley, took hip-hop this spring.  Noelle was in the matinee performance, and Ashley was with the big girls’ evening show. 

Anna Kate and I came to watch… she did so GREAT!!!  

Thanks to all our friends and family who came to cheer for Noelle!  We had fun!

Noelle’s ballet number is to the song "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear, Turn Around" and her tap number is to "Lollipop!"  I asked Noelle, "What do you think about your first recital?"  She said, "Fun!"

Brother Man’s great friend, Curtis, came to hang out with the fam last night.  It was so great catching up and hanging out, and yes, we drove him around with us looking at brick!  His fav choice was #1 in post below.  🙂

Noelle has a little crush on Curtis.  She was giving him eyes all night and I finally asked, "Do you think Curtis is cute?"  And she answered, "Uh huh!!!" and then grinned at him.  Thanks for hanging out with us!  

Here is what our house is going to look like!  Ed and I designed it together and got Mike’s stamp of approval.  This will give you an idea of where the brick/stone will be.  We are so excited!!!

We have so many silent blog readers (around 75 hits a day) so now I really need your help.  We are picking out our brick next week.  These are 4 houses in our new neighborhood.  Which brick color is your favorite?  They are all so close, yet so different. 

Choice 1

Choice 2

Choice 3 (Minus the grey groupings)

Choice 4