Noelle loves dressing rooms, and shopping is one of her favorite things. 

Rara took Noelle to Build-A-Bear (Bunny) for the first time last week, and of course, she loved every minute of it!

This is a picture of her washing her new baby.  She named her “Little Lucy” and came up with the name all by herself.  She even got a little birth certificate with her name on it!

Anna Kate digging through the hearts, while the bear stuffing churns in the background.  Noelle is about to dress Little Lucy and can’t wait!

Anna Kate played on the computers while Noelle dressed her bunny!

That was a huge success.  Anna Kate had a ball playing with all the toys, and Noelle *LOVES* her new furry friend!!!

The first night we were in J’ville, we went out to the Family Center to play and talk about my grandparents.  Noelle has been really interested in why my Granny isn’t with us, so it seemed appropriate to bring her to visit Granny and Pawpaw’s grave.

Anna Kate loved the fresh East Texas air!

Noelle thought Granny was in the flowers.  She kept hugging and talking to them.  I heard her say, “So long, Granny” to the flowers.  She’s a special little girl.

These pictures make me smile.

When Mike saw this picture, he said they look like they are posed on a fancy car, rather than a tombstone.  :)  First of all, they posed themselves, and secondly, I admit, it is a little odd, but so perfect too.

Anna Kate was in the middle of saying “CHEESE!” really loudly and Noelle told me she was showing Granny her ballet.  This night was really sweet and spontaneous!  I’m really glad we did this, and I’m sure Granny is tickled pink!

Bedtime is so sweet when we are on vacation.  We read, and cuddle and play and stay up late.  It’s just great! 

*We just got home from visiting Poppa and Rara in Jacksonville.  It was such a fun mini-vacation for us girls!

The Beal girls had us over to sell lemonade one night last week, and all the neighborhood kids had so much fun!  Can you tell!?!  🙂

Noelle and Colbey were playing dress-up and this is one of the shirts Noelle had on throughout the night.  Sorry there are no tights; it’s dress-up folks! 

The littlest buddies! 

Julia!  What a winning smile!

Miss Malia and Anna Kate – love these babies!

Yum yum!

We are having such a fun summer around here!

These kids love each other with all of their little hearts!

We took the girls to the carousel a few days ago.

We went to Johnny Carino’s Clarissa’s last night here and enjoyed the rest of the night having fun at the fountain!

"Bubble Champ!" 

Clarissa told me I wasn’t blowing hard enough, so I went to town in this pic!  

Noelle found a stick and used it as a cane and pretended to be an old lady.  

Crack up!  See her old lady face?

My friend Susie calls this Anna Kate’s "Caroling Christmas Angel" face.  Ohh!

Noelle enjoying some outdoor time with her animals.  

We had a blast having you over, Clarissa!  Please come back soon!  We miss you already!!!

Clarissa and Mike went on a VIP stadium tour on Monday.  They had a blast checking out the field and the locker rooms.  Cool!  Now Clarissa wants to come back for a game!  Even cooler!