We had to take Noelle’s earrings out for several reasons, but it was okay because we got to make a special memory doing it again, once and for all!

  

My brave girl did not shed one tear!

 

Of course, I had to post some runway shots… I hate the lighting in here and quality of photos, but the memories and how much fun the girls always have on this stage are priceless!

       

I’m so proud of sweet Noelle!  She did such a great job and was so patient this spring!

*She bought those silly nails with some birthday money, and they kept popping off all day… definitely not worth the trouble, but oh did she love them!  Looking back on it, it was another fun memory… we’ll never forget searching the ground for missing nails all day!  One of the girls at Sweet and Sassy even found one in her hair!

Noelle really enjoyed running in this race with her Daddy last year, so we decided to do it again this year!  It was a really neat night!

Noelle got a medal that had a shoe with a wing on it… kids love trophies and medals! 

 

Next year Mike thinks Anna Kate will be ready to participate!  Can’t wait to see that!

Penguins from the Dallas zoo were there along with a magician and a late night movie!

This is my sweetie pie… precious baby melts our hearts every day!

We made friends with our neighbors for the night, this gorgeous family!  We had such a good time joking around and cutting up with them and aren’t they beautiful!?!

 

We had such a fun family night, and it came to a perfect end with our middle child cracking us up as always!

I asked Anna Kate what kind of flowers she wanted for her dance recital, and she said, “Purple flowers!”  I had to bust it to get the flowers and was just hoping that they had something purple… when I walked in, the first bucket I saw was clearance orchids, and to my luck they were purple, and to top it off, these 5 stems cost all of $1.00!  Anna Kate was ecstatic when I gave them to her after the recital was over and told me they were just what she wanted!  When you’re not trying, that’s when things fall into place!

 

These pictures speak for themselves!  Anna Kate is an awesome little girl, so friendly, outgoing, and confident.  We are proud of you, Anna Katey!

This is the best sissy pic I could get… you can ask Kay Kay… I tried really hard, lol!

 

 

  

Anna Kate was so happy to have Kay Kay and Victoria there to cheer her on! 

 

Bless her heart!

 

Just joking, lol!

Friends make the world go round!

 

We love our little piggy!!!  Anna Kate hung back on the stage after her dance (she was at the end of the line to walk off the stage).  She looked around and waved and took it all in before her dance teacher held her hand to walk her off.  Everyone was laughing, and she totally stole the show! 

We are so proud of you, Anna Kate!  You did really good this year at dance and have learned a lot!  You are saying you don’t want to take dance next year, so we’ll let you take a break, but I think you might be our dancer!  You’ve got a natural beat to your step and shined so bright on that stage!  Love you, little piggy!  What a memorable 1st dance recital!

It all started with breakfast…

 

The golden hour begs me to run inside and get my camera…

 

I didn’t get any glamour shots of Anna Kate… this is what she was busy doing!

My goofy girls!

 

 

We had a blast at field day this year!  We’ve heard they do it up big at Noelle’s school, but that was an understatement.  It was awesome!

They had traditional games as well as about 20 (who knows how many) huge obstacle course bounce houses!  Here’s Ava and Noelle being goofy!

Ava, Noelle, Ryan, Nyla, and Nelson

Mrs. Arnold is one of Noelle’s favorite people in the whole wide world… and Emily too!

Noelle, Emily and Cameron

Noelle’s friends are always so sweet to her little sisters, and she’s proud to show them off!

Almost time for lunch!

Of course, Anna Kate hears a lot about Mrs. Arnold at our house, so she wanted a picture with her too! 

Noelle had a blast doing the 3-legged race!

I didn’t know they made slides this tall!!!

I don’t know if you can really see based on the pics how incredibly tall this slide is… I honestly don’t think I would go down it.  I would probably get to the top and have to come back down the steps, lol!

Anna Kate just pointed at this picture and said, “Noelle was very brave on that slide!”

Here’s Anna Kate just hanging out with Noelle’s friends from soccer!  She’s such a big girl and already, fits right in at school… two more years for my middle baby, and I’m not rushing it one bit!  She does have fun up there though… she will be so comfortable going into kindergarten!

Ava and Rose… Ava’s mom is about to have a baby of her own soon, so the Simmons girls will be right in their element with their new little one!

I had a feeling the light in this bounce house would be cool!  Love getting these carefree pics of Noelle with her friends!

They were taking off and on their shoes!  Noelle was standing so tall and proud with her sissy in tow…

I promised Anna Kate once Field Day was over that we could go to the play ground and play for a little bit, and boy did she and Rose have fun!

It was worth the wait!

 

We met up with the Horton girls for yogurt one afternoon last week, and they just found out they will be having another girl to add to the mix!  Yay!

Thursday night Noelle had her kindergarten musical at school.  She did great, and the whole family enjoyed it and had a whole lot of fun!  We are so proud of sissy!

 

Rose brings back Easter memories of Anna Kate in that dress.  They look so much alike when you compare them at the same age side by side.

Babes on Broadway!

This was in the hallway right after the girls finished.  They were so proud!  The last song was about how they are headed for the first grade and they all held up ones.  It was so precious!

 

Noelle and her new friend/neighbor Brianna and Noelle and sweet Ava!

 

Our escape artist!  Just ask Kay Kay how hard it is to get a stair step pictures… she’s our witness, it’s tough!!!

 

Here’s the sister duo, Noelle and Anna Kate with their friends Ava and Emma!

Afterward, we went to Yogurt Zone and lots of Noelle’s friends were there.  Everyone was on a sugar high and the place was bouncing with happy kiddos.  It was so much fun!  Addison, Noelle and Anna Kate were making silly face after face… it was hysterical!  We were all cracking up!

Noelle has been begging for a Bratz doll head for as long as I can remember.  Her friend Autumn knew that she really wanted one, so her sweet Mommy surprised Noelle with one for her birthday!  She has had a lot of fun coloring and fixing her hair!