Colbey had such a fun birthday party at Sweet & Sassy last weekend!

Getting nails done!

Strike a pose during the dance party!

Lots of dancing!

Limbo boa style!

Each girl got crowned a princess with an official Princess Certificate.  Isn’t this place a riot; it’s a dream land for little girls, that’s for sure!

Yay Colbey!

They got the cutest little goodie bags!  Noelle’s favorite part was the cell phone with eye shadow inside, and the lip gloss, and the star pen, and the rhinestone ring; well, she loved it all!

And she’s out!  On the way home… Noelle said, “This was the best day of my whole life.  I got all I ever wanted.”  Wow, and it wasn’t even her birthday! 

Thanks Colbey for such a fun day!  Happy Birthday!!!

We loved having all our friends from church over last week to celebrate Christmas!

Megan and Anna Kate and Noelle sporting the outfit of her choice along with the necklace she made at school!

Lovin’ all the baby action!

Scott, Phil, Mike & Sam

We had bundles of cuteness at our house tonight!!!

Anna Kate does not like to take professional pictures indoors at all.  The lights and curtains scare her, so I didn’t get enough pictures for her scrapbook from Halloween.

We had so much fun playing “dress-up” and getting a few more bumblebee pics!

Love you little bumble bee of 2010!

Here’s one last hoorah to our home grown pumpkin, now completely orange!!! 

Noelle wanted to make a jack-o-lantern out of it so badly, so we did it!

Merry Christmas, little pumpkin!  Your appearance was grand!

These made me laugh out loud!

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Sweet William (the cowboy) and his family lost their house last weekend to fire.  He is Noelle’s best little school buddy, and their little hearts are hurting.

Noelle said he has a monkey nap mat, so we got him a monkey pillow pet to match; then she worried whether or not he still had his nap mat.  So sad!  She also colored him a picture and gave him the coveted “certificates” that all the kids want from the treasure chest that she won at school. 

She is going to ask him today, “What is the thing you miss the most that you lost in the fire?” and we can hopefully get it for him!  That was Corbin Ziemke’s idea!

Noelle is always up to something on the fashion front, busy creating her own unique style!    She told me yesterday that if she had a stepmother (thanks to all the Disney princesses we know what that is), she wouldn’t buy her classy things.  So funny!

This fall Anna Kate and I got to spend a lot of quality time together while Noelle was in school and before Rose arrives.  Our favorite outing was by far Chick-fil-A story time with Mrs. Peggy.  Our last story time for the year was last week.

Mrs. Peggy had songs, cupcakes, crafts, jingle bells, balloons and stories for all of the children. 

We LOVE story time and are so thankful to have such a great Chick-fil-A close to our new home!

Noelle got to have a big girl sleep over with Kay Kay and Grandpapa this weekend.  They had all kinds of fun!  These are some of her pictures that she drew while she was at their house.  Cinderella, Sleeping  Beauty, Noelle, and Ariel.  Ariel tripped me out, shells, tail, eyelashes and all!  Great job, Noelle! 

Thank you Kay Kay and Grandpapa!  As Noelle put it, she had a “lovely” time!

Sunday afternoon Noelle and I made crumb cake and orange cranberry muffins for everyone to take home for Monday morning breakfast after church Sunday night.  We had a blast cooking in the kitchen together… hopefully that’ll happen more and more!

We had so much fun visiting Santa this year!

Noelle has never been totally at ease with Santa until this year.  She was certainly on a mission!  She wants three things: a charm bracelet, a bath robe, and an American girl doll! 

Everyone has to have a Santa cry picture.  Oh sweet Anna Kate!!!

Now it’s all better!

Yay for Christmastime!