Noelle is the best biggest sister on the face of the planet! Her love knows no limits, and she’s truly amazing! So proud of the young woman she is becoming! Her confidence and character perfectly combine to create such a beautiful little human! We’re so excited for all that is to come for all of our children!
I promised the littles they only had to take one picture and then they could go roast s’mores on Easter Eve, so that is what they did. I wish they had wanted to take pretty pictures with me, because I’ll treasure the ones Noelle wanted to take with me and brother tonight forever, but I was not going to make them. At the end of the day, it’s about memories and having fun! Pictures are fun for Noelle and that’s great, but the others are hit and miss and that’s okay too!
Nothing beats the contentment on this adorable face!
Rose was in heaven! I’ll treasure these pictures too! I love my babies so much!
Loved this peace-filled night! This place is heaven on earth for me!
Fast and furious, here go simple captions. I think Rose just outgrew her tricycle! Love her little dessert creation on our kitchen table.
Breland and Rose, Eden and Rose… best friends forever!
LOVE these pictures of my after school crew one day in February. I absolutely love having a car full of children!
Rose got to sit in a monster truck at Gus’s birthday party! She loved it!
Adorable friends!
Rose made us redo the picture with her Rainbow Dash hoodie, lol!
Noelle and I have had a lot of trips to classes and auditions, and a ton of fun along the way!
Noelle dressed Anna Kate up with items from around the house to look like Tinkerbell in this picture. Kind of hard to see the iPad, but she nailed it! So sweet! I bought this circus costume for our baby boy in a size 12 months because he’s going to need dress-up clothes or he’ll be wearing his sisters’ for sure… and I “just can’t let it go” like Taylor Swift said of Ed Sheeran and his red coat!
Noelle loves to draw for her sisters, and I love finding her artwork around the house. Rose and I had fun taking pictures together one winter afternoon with baby brother!
Rose always loves play dates with Katie! The weather was so pretty in Texas today!
Our 5 year old birthday girls!
La Madeline after a great audition that landed Noelle a spot in an awesome fine arts school for next year! We could not be more excited about this amazing opportunity for Noelle!
Rose waiting on a friend to arrive for a play date!
We may not look alike to some people, but we act and think exactly alike!
Anna Kate is still all things Titanic. She does research papers and watches documentaries about it all the time. She’s pretty much a Titanic expert at this point. When she goes off to study, she says, “I’m going to do ‘Titanic Time’ now.” It all started when my mom brought a Titanic book of mine from home that I bought with my own money at a school book fair in 1993. I loved that book so much and read every page but not as thoroughly as Anna Kate has. There are so many mysteries she’s figured out about that night that really intrigue me. The whole disaster could have been prevented if so many variables had been a little bit different, but the main catastrophe was caused, not because of the speed of the ship, as I had always thought, but because of a cold water mirage produced by several fluke circumstances in the atmosphere that night. Anyway, she has taught me a lot through her research and is such a cool kid!
Noelle got a free cheesecake when the manager found out she had just auditioned for a spot in her new school. He said it was her good luck dessert! My friend Jaalisa made this awesome cake for my friend Amy for her birthday. It was her most delicious yet. So thankful for all my friends!
Noelle living it up at Flamingo Park after posing class, same day as her school audition! Super busy day but she loved every minute of it!
Jaalisa gave us this onesie for baby brother! I think it’s going to be so true! 
Here are the girls at the dentist—They are my joy!
Cold snap after school play date with Lucy and Harper! Mrs. Eubanks makes the world go round! xo
Noelle in her leadership attire for school after an event looking cute as ever! Happy 13th anniversary to us on February 22, 2016! Love this guy with all that I have and all that I am. He is my love, my life, my match in every way! Go M&M!!!
American Girl fun!
We spent such an awesome weekend with Cindy in February! She and Curt both turned 50 this year and so we celebrated while she was here on Curt’s actual birthday, 2/18. She kept the candles for my number 50 because she said if she had to advertise her age to the world, then I will too! I know she’ll do it too, and I already dread it, lol! Anna Kate drew this awesome sketch of herself on the trampoline.
Noelle had a blast at her all day photo shoot for her head shot and portfolio. They turned out great, and I’ll post my favorites soon! I love finding cute set-ups the girls create! This was a little scene I found on the kitchen table one afternoon as is.
Noelle and I stumbled upon this awesome Mexican buffet one morning in Dallas. Yum! Joelle and Rose having fun playing at McDonald’s one day when Jaalisa and I just needed to chill.
Anna Kate on her 100th day of school. Her teacher was so sweet to send me Anna Kate’s old lady picture! The picture on the right was probably the most fun night I’ve had all year! These girls are among my very best friends. I depend on them and trust them with pretty much everything. We have the most fun when we are together, and although several of us are going through the hardest of times, when we’re together, that all goes away for a few hours. Our LNO are epic, and my phone is always off unless I’m videoing something unbelievably funny or it’s someone’s birthday. Tonight, we celebrated Ava’s mom, Amy’s birthday. She always does so much for all of us, and it was fun to spend a night celebrating her.
Happy birthday, Amy! I love you to pieces! Here I am with my goddaughter, Joella, in the hospital when she was born and 6 months later! We have both grown a lot, lol!
Love that Ed Sheeran won the Grammy for Song of the Year (Thinking Out Loud) +1 and Taylor Swift for Album of the Year (1989) +2! These are by far the girls and my favorite musicians. Well, Anna Kate still includes Katy Perry in that category for herself, and Mike’s will always and forever be Radiohead. I hate to admit this, but before Ava’s space party, I had no clue what a nebula was. Now I see pictures of them everywhere! The girls made models of nebulas the night of her sleepover to take home, and they were so cool!
I loved this life stage picture of these blondie models. They were just sitting there all together, and I said, “Look! There’s a girl, a teenager, and a young professional.” It was so cute and perfectly unplanned. We LOVE having Jax when my parents go on vacations. Have you heard that a time or two before? We kept him for almost a month this last visit, and it was heavenly! He’s a best friend to whoever is in need of cheering up and has the sweetest spirit. We’re counting the days until we get to hang out with him again!
I let Rose and Lucy pick out one prize on this play date, and they both decided on a sewing kit. They were so convinced they had to have it and were so excited! Here we are with Cindy at her Texas birthday dinner! Sad we couldn’t go to Cali this year for her big birthday bash, but this was the next best thing.
Aww, these were simple winter days that I remember fondly. Having lunch with Ava and Noelle is always a blast! They are both going to different schools than all their other friends next year (except for Emily who did that this year). Glad they have each other and thank goodness for iPads and texting! It’s making them both more brave about the fear of the unknown knowing they are doing it together.
Rose is the cuddliest, sweetest little buddy when she is sick. She wanted a treat that was close to Daddy’s office one sick day, so he came out to give her a hug and that really cheered her up! Nothing beats Mike Pond and his sweet pick-me-ups!
Marching on to March.. now that it’s almost May! I’m still trying to fit time in for this blog because the girls enjoy it so very much, and I know it means a lot to our special friends and family too! I’m not throwing the towel in just yet!
We had a blast celebrating Cutie Kate at her ice skating birthday party this year!
Anna Kate was dead set on having an ice skating party, but her favorite part ended up being helping me decorate the party room. She loves setting up shop! Rose totally took to the ice. We might have a little ice skater on our hands. She can’t wait to take lessons! Funny how things don’t always work out how you plan, but everyone was happy, and that works for me!
Anna Kate has the best of so many worlds being the middle sister! She’s friends with Noelle’s friends, her 1st grade friends, and Rose’s friends. She plays well with any and everyone and is our little social butterfly! Everyone loves Anna Kate! Seriously!
Kay Kay and Grandpapa came to celebrate and join in on all of the fun! Malia was excited to get on the ice and hang out with her buddies!
Anna Kate was so excited to help me arrange fresh flowers for her birthday! She had so much fun getting everything ready with me this year. I love her passion for creating new things!
Brayden and Rose were rocking it! Wish I had gotten a picture of all the Bundle of Banks! Jaalisa created a cooking present for Anna Kate with all the supplies and ingredients to make her own cake. She loves cooking, and I love that our friends take joy in knowing our kids interests and likes. So sweet and thoughtful!
Jaycie has been an awesome classmate and new friend for Anna Kate this year! So thankful for friends old and new that come into our lives and make them even better! Just like one of Noelle’s very best friends, Emma-P!
Let the celebration begin!
Hope all your wishes and dreams come true, Anna Kate! We love you!!!
Anna Kate loves Lila and Brylee! Such awesome 1st grade buddies!
Jon and Anna Kate 2010 and 2016… I think she’s warmed up to him quite a bit, don’t you think?! Hilarious her outfit is almost the same in both pictures! Here’s a huge shout out to Jon and the Fearing family, who have been our friends since the very beginning! Jon knows Anna Kate LOVES inventing new things, so he created an invention box just for her. It has the coolest, craziest items in it from rope, paper clips and silly putty to a drain stopper, rubber bands and silly string. Oh, Anna Kate wanted me to mention there are hand cuffs too! She works from that box every single day and every time I see her busy creating with it, it warms my heart to think of Jon and his sweet little family and our love for each other!
Happy, happy birthday, Anna Kate! You have our hearts, and we are so thankful for your little life! Keep being awesome! xo
