The Skittles won 12-1 on Saturday!  Noelle is having so much FUN!

GO SKITTLES!

Great game girls!

Anna Kate spent last week in Jacksonville with Poppa and Rara.  This is a picture Poppa sent me of Rara running under the swing!  They are so fun!  I got sick last week, so it ended up helping more than I could’ve imagined.  God has a way of working things out like that, promising not to give us more than we can handle.  Even though Poppa and Rara still went to work during the days, Anna Kate got to play with family friends, so it all worked out.  I can’t tell you how much I missed my bug!

Nyla, Emily, Noelle, and Landry are all classmates with Ryan and had a blast at their first birthday party of the year!

Ryan is a sweet new friend of Noelle’s.  Her class is full of really great kids, and we are really enjoying getting to know everyone!

I know a lot of you follow Curt and Cindy’s family blog on our blogroll, but if you don’t, I wanted to share a video from the Ziemke’s story on the MDA Telethon September 4, 2011.  Please continue to keep our dear friends in your prayers.  They are growing tired and weary and their hearts are heavy, and they need all of our prayers so badly right now!

Noelle has had a lot of homework so far this year!  Thankfully, she does it first thing when she gets home from school and is very motivated to do a great job!  We are always so proud of her!

The Skittles won their first soccer game!

Go Noelle!!!

Soccer mom – oh yeah!  Noelle’s coach ordered these shirts for all the moms!

Anna Kate had so much fun playing on the side line!

Noelle never stopped hustling… the other girls have played together for 2 seasons now, and this was Noelle’s very first soccer game ever – she did so great!

Look at Noelle giving it her all!  We are so proud of her!

Noelle had a blast learning all of the traditions of soccer!

Afterward, coach Suzanne took the girls to Susie Q’s for ice cream!

We had fun eating last week at Pappasito’s with E, Emme, and Tate!

There’s nothing sweeter than seeing the face of a child glowing from the light of the screen while they are concentrating and learning new things… it’s pretty cool!

They asked the girls whether they wanted to be a princess or a rock star – Noelle picked princess!

Anna Kate picked rock star!

Anna Kate was in heaven – such a little ham!

Noelle’s an old pro at this!

When we got home, the girls played dress-up before bed!

Love my girlie girls!  Rose was smiling and jumping up and down watching her big sisters play… she’ll be right in the mix before long!

We got to go out to eat with the Pond family to celebrate Grand Papa’s birthday this weekend!  We wish Grand Papa and Aunt Michele a very happy birthday today!!!