Go Anna Kate and teammate, Vivienne!  This was such a fun sunny soccer game in October! 

Oops!  Some chips landed in the eye.

Noelle and Anna Kate, kinder soccer 2011 & 2014!

Can you tell this baby has never had Cheetos before?  LOL!  Her baby doll’s hair straightener is on the ground, and she has an ice pack on her hand… Rose is always such a riot! 

Good game, girls! 

Mrs. Paula and Mrs. Julie and the gang for an awesome field trip to the farm! 

Rose and her buddy, Braxton!

Silly faces!

I’m in love with this picture.  This is so Rose!

Love her all the way!

Sweet girl with such a sweet horsey!

Pumping water was a huge hit with our girl.

Brevin, can you get any cuter!?!

Twinning with my buddy, Jaalisa!

I’m totally putting her to work in our laundry room!  I forget they get so willing and able to help out so much faster than I realize.  It happens over night it seems.  She can help me load, sort, switch loads, all that good stuff!

Today was Mrs. Paula’s birthday!  Rose decorated her present and gave her one of my favorite reusable bags!

What an amazing last field trip at MPP!  Mrs. Paula is moving to California, and while we are still so very sad, we will hold these memories in our hearts for always.  Swinging in Mrs. Paula’s back yard was one of both Anna Kate’s and Rose’s favorite parts!  What a special season of life this has been, and we were so blessed to get to be a part of her preschool! 

2014

2013

2012

2011

The Pumpkin, Pirate, and Leopard Kitty have all been worn by two different girls in the pictures above.  I absolutely love watching them grow up together!

Noelle, Age 5 in 2011, and Anna Kate, Age 5 in 2014.

Anna Kate, Age 3 in 2012 and Rose, Age 3 in 2014.

Anna Kate, Age 3 in 2012.

Rose, Age 3 in 2014.

Anna Kate and Mommy in 2012 and Rose and Mommy in 2014, both Age 3.

Anna Kate with the purple pumpkin and Rose with the orange pumpkin flash light.

Bonus pics of Cutie Kate at Age 3 in 2012!

We had a blast celebrating Halloween with lots of neighbors and friends!

It was windy this year, but not too cold, so we’ll take that!

The Banks boys stopped by to say, “Hi!” and let us see their awesome costumes their mom made from scratch!  In birth order, we have Noelle, Brayden, Anna Kate, Braxton, Rose, Breland, and baby Brevin!

Ella, Jameson and Rose, all terrific 3 year olds!

Noelle and Mommy and Rose hugging Berkley and Ella!

Lots of sweet Mamas!

Brianna and Noelle decided to go as greek goddesses together this year, and they rocked it out!  Anna Kate and Colbey looked so cute hanging out!

Anna Kate and Jackson goofing off and Rose and Will playing around.

Honor system at the Key’s house!

Ready or not, here we come!

The girls enjoy passing out candy just as much as they like trick or treating.  This year, I divided the candy we bought to hand out into three buckets, so each girl could hand out their own section of candy.  That worked out a lot better than one big bowl for all of them to have to try to reach from. 

We have wonderful new next door neighbors, and we are so excited they are here!  Mrs. Kim and Miss Hope are the best!

2014 Rose, Anna Kate, Colbey, Noelle, Sydney and Ainsley

2013

2011

2010

Anna Kate and Malia, Age 1 in 2010, Age 2 in 2011

Malia and Anna Kate, Age 3 in 2012, Age 4 in 2013, Age 5 in 2014  

Age 1 in 2010 and Age 5 in 2014.

Malia, Anna Kate and Noelle in 2011 and Anna Kate and Malia in 2014.

Berkley and Rose, Ages 6-8 months in 2011, Age 1 in 2012

Rose and Berkley, Age 2 in 2013, Age 3 in 2014

Jameson and Rose, Age 8 months in 2011

Rose and Jameson, Age 1 in 2012, Age 2 in 2013, Age 3 in 2014

Extra cute pictures of Jameson and Rose, Age 1 in 2012, Age 2 in 2013

Rose and Jameson, Age 2 in 2013

Rose and Jameson Age 2 in 2013, Age 3 in 2014

Julia and Anna Kate Ages 2 and 3 in 2011, Ages 3 and 4 in 2012

Julia, Rose, Anna Kate and Malia!  Julia and Anna Kate, Ages 4 and 5 in 2013.

Julia, Rose, Anna Kate, Malia and Noelle in 2013.

Julia, Vivienne, Brooke, Malia and Anna Kate in 2014.

Chloe and Noelle, Age 5 in 2011, Age 8 in 2014

Noelle and Georgia, Age 6 in 2012, Age 7 in 2013, Age 8 in 2014

Noelle, Chloe, Emerson and Georgia, Age 7 in 2013

Brianna, Chloe, Emerson, Georgia and Noelle, Age 8 in 2014

Fun with neighbors in 2013 and 2014

The girls had so much fun with all of their friends at trunk or treat this year, hosted by their school. 

The girls have such sweet and dedicated teachers this year!  We are beyond thankful they are happy and having fun at school!

Here’s Chloe and Noelle from Halloween 2011 (kindergarten) and Trunk or Treat 2014 (3rd grade).

Claire and Noelle last year and this year with Emma-P! 

Noelle and her principal were both Greek goddesses.  Noelle thought that was pretty cool!  Rose was a little frightened by the trunk mummy that was reaching for her!  Then, out of no where, a monster’s hand reached out from the bottom of the trunk pretty close to Rose’s feet, and she was outta there! 

Here’s Anna Kate and Lila October 2011 (2 years old) and October 2014 (kindergarten).

Rose and Harper are going to have this all down by the time they get to elementary school!  Sometimes Rose follows the boys around but not often!   

Rose and Will have a blast together!  Maddie is Anna Kate’s book buddy this year at school and is our neighbor too!  Anna Kate has loved reading with Maddie this year!

Landry and Noelle at their kindergarten zoo field trip (October 2011) and here they are at Trunk or Treat (3rd grade).  

Jake and Noelle at their first grade sock hop (November 2012) and at Trunk or Treat (3rd grade).

Noelle and Emily in first grade (October 2012) and then again this year in 3rd grade!  I love watching them grow up together almost as much as they love me documenting it every step of the way. 

Love this photo!  I call it, “Keeping it real!”  These sisters love hard, fight hard, play hard and everything else as passionately as they can.  They are great friends at the end of the day, and I love to watch them mature and grow together!

The girls had trunk or treat at their school the night before Halloween, so the littles went as princesses so their Halloween costumes would be fresh and ready to go the next day.  We didn’t plan on this many October dress-ups but since we were at Disney this week last year, I think it only felt natural to relive some of the magic and why not?!  This phrase keeps coming up in my head, “Life is too short!” when I worry or get side-tracked about what something will think or say about this or that.  It just doesn’t matter.  Live in your truth, have fun, and don’t worry!  Life truly is too short, so live it to the fullest, like these amazing little girls!  They truly inspire me to go for it, and I’m trying my best!