A few weeks ago, Noelle got featured on CGH’s Instagram account for our attempt at the CGH foldup braids! Pretty pretty!

These are our people! Good grief, our love is strong and tears down any kind of barrier you can imagine. Sometimes I wonder if people really knew me, if they’d love me the same. Well, the majority of these folks have seen the good, the bad and the ugly and love me unconditionally. When I think of them, the word home comes to mind. I just wish we could get together more often!

 

 

Happy birthday, Phil! Who knew Sarah could play corn hole? If you play against her, you’ll lose—It just is what it is! 

 

Baby Emma Fox has stolen all of our hearts! We got to meet her in the NICU this summer and are so happy she is home and thriving. What a sweet little bundle of joy!

 

Special memories and such a sweet little bunch!

 

I peg this to be such a great season! After tonight, I realized this is the perfect sport/activity for Rose. She is not messing around! Here she is with her school friends, Lucy and Harper—They are having fun at preschool together too!

I loved seeing Rose’s first pass. She said, “Hey Lucy!” and then kicked it straight to her up the side! #skillz  

 

Someone’s pumping fists and down to business. I think we may have a soccer player on our hands. Her faces are too funny!

I absolutely LOVE this picture! One, because Rose made a goal, whahoo!, and I love that her Daddy and sisters got to see it! Mike had just walked up and the girls went to greet him, so they could’ve easily missed it, but they were stopped in their tracks, admiring our itty bitty. So sweet!

 

 

I LOVE this about Noelle—She’s loved all creatures great and small since Day 1, and I know that makes the world a better place! Have an awesome weekend!

 

Gotta love sweet baby Rose and her back to school get-up!

 

Rose is so excited to be in the same class with her sweet friends, Lucy and Harper!

 

  

I thought it’d be so pretty for Rose to have a back to school picture in front of the rose bushes. As you can see, she did not. God love our baby child! When I was printing our little back to school signs, this first day of freedom sign printed at the end of the batch, so I had to put it to good use—Too funny!

Anna Kate has had so much fun the past few weeks kicking off her first season of cheerleading, from practices to a swim party and even a lemonade stand fund raiser! These girls have been busy and have an awesome season ahead of them!

 

  

Too much fun in the sun!

When we were helping Fancy Nancy during her battle with kidney stones, we got to go with Harper to her Meet the Teacher! The kitchen in her classroom was an instant hit! I love that they call their home center “Dramatic Play!” So cute!

 

They are pretty dramatic (and adorable) if you ask me!

 

We asked Harper to take a picture with her teacher, and she walked straight over to her and hugged her as big as she could. The teacher was a little surprised, and I knew Harper had already won her over! She’s going to have an awesome year being her sweet little self in preschool!

Sand box patio + Mommy margaritas = priceless!

 

We napped so hard right after these gorgeous snaps were taken! After Nancy’s month-long battle, her x-ray on Monday will hopefully show no more kidney stones—She’s one tough cookie, and we are so proud of her!

 

Whahoo! Let’s do this!

  

  

   

 

Loved seeing our cheerleader as we walked through the front doors this morning—This is going to be an awesome year!

 

#firstdaymemories

 

Silly Kate and Noelle growing up way too fast!

Sweet, smart, hard-working girls in tha house—yep, it’s going to be a great year!

 

We had an awesome day at Six Flags back in August! Noelle, Anna Kate, and I hung out all day and then Mike and Rose joined us after work. The girls won free passes for doing 6 hours of extra reading during the spring at school. They were so proud to have earned their day of fun all on their own! It was my first time to go to Six Flags since being a mom, in at least 10 years. I had a blast, and the whole day felt so awesome to get to experience!

We went on a random weekday and had a lot of the park to ourselves. It was still hot, but we love the Texas heat!  

 

 

#thebigboss

We rode everything in Bugs Bunny Boomtown several times!

 

 

My little scaredy cats!

 

 

I let the girls each buy one sweet treat during the day. Noelle bought a lollipop, which, if you know our family, is definitely a rare treat! Anna Kate bought a bag of sour Skittles (People say what?). We all shared their treats all day—It was fun! We also pressed a lot of pennies for souvenirs! Anna Kate loved watching the pressing machines!

 

 

This ride scared me to death! Anna Kate kept slamming on the brakes, and I kept bracing myself to be hit by the person behind us (if you get rear-ended in real life, you never forget it). It never happened because, fortunately, the people behind us were adults!

We ate curly fries and rode around the park twice in the train to take a break during the afternoon. That was a great idea if I do say so myself!

 

 

Did you know there are games you can play that guarantee a prize? Well, alright then—So fun!

Rose arrives on the scene. The big sisters won her a unicorn! Long crazy story, but we had to win that one—And we did!

They both gave her their little toys too, right off the bat, and the rest of Noelle’s lollipop, and a superhero cape. Rose didn’t know what was behind the gates of Six Flags, but with this kind of welcome, she was beyond excited, almost spaced out!

#heaven

 

Good times.

These girls are our heroes!