Noelle and Hadley decorating cookies…

Colbey decorating her cookies and Noelle with Sydney, the birthday girl!

Sydney, Bristin, and Noelle

Noelle did such an awesome job on this cookie, but seconds after this picture was taken, she dropped it on the way to her box!  Glad I got a pic…

What a fun cupcake/cookie decorating party!  Stay tuned, I’m sure you will see a Pond girl party there one of these days!  It was a huge hit!

Anna Kate and I went on a date to Madison’s birthday next.  Anna Kate had a ball playing with her friends in the  bounce house!

While we were at Madison’s party, Mike, Noelle and Rose went to Ananya’s birthday at Alley Cats.  Everyone loved meeting Rose, and Noelle was in heaven hanging out with Ananya.  She looks up to her like a big sister, so it is super special when they get to be together!

Thanks Jon and Heather for letting us come over and swim, as Noelle would say “All as a family!”  It was the best night of the summer by far – I cannot tell you how relaxing it was just being together and winding down from our busy week!

This was Rose’s first time to get in a big pool – she splashed the water with her hands and had a ball!  She knew she was right there in the middle of it all and was living it up!

Mike hates when businesses replace s’s with z’s just to sound trendy (lots of hair places do this)… when he sees a sign like that he will spout off something about how awful the sign is… so I thought I’d bug him on the blog too for the fun of it!  Let’s see if notices the title before he reads this caption… lol!

Sharon and Bekah take such good care of my girls when I need some extra hands.  I don’t know what I’d do without their friendship!!!  Thanks for the pictures, Bekah!!!

Rose being her cute little self, and Anna Kate having a blast with Kinsey!

We had a blast with Carrie and her twins, Ethan and Kinsey, and Tamara and her little girl, Avery last week at the splash park.  They are all so stinkin’ fast, so I couldn’t get a very good picture of them together – we tried! 

Noelle is jumping off the side, swimming to her teacher, and taking a breath before she reaches her.  We’ve got a long way to go because she is swallowing a lot of water and not using her hands correctly, but she’s not scared any more and trying so hard… we couldn’t be happier or more proud of her!

GO NOELLE!

Big girl’s learning how to swim!!!

My sweet friend, Melissa, formerly, Melissa Banks, just like me, sent this precious towel for Rose.  It’s so nice, and we have enjoyed it so much!  I mean, look how comfy cozy she is!

Safety…