On April 7, Noelle decided today was the day she would write her name… all by herself!

Here are two more times since her first!  YAY NOELLE!!!

Back to Easter fun tomorrow!  🙂

We had a ball Saturday night out at the party barn celebrating Easter with the family!

 

 

Mike always takes pictures of all his girls – this one’s proof I’m not always behind the camera!!!  🙂

Picking flowers

Who’s that monster?

 

 

Nancy, our cousin Stacy, and Melissa

On your mark, get set, "GO!"

"I won!"  "I won!" exclaimed Noelle after the kids raced.

 

My Granny’s sister, Polly, with her 3 boys, Duke, Bobby, and Ronny.

Aquamarine is this year’s winning Easter color, say the fashion police, Fancy Nancy & Uncle Andy.

We love our Aunt Polly!!!

The kids line up for their relay race next.

Watching the East Texas sunset on top of the hill = breathtakingly beautiful!

 

We all had to corral piggy balloons into their corrals with fly swatters.  Super fun, Rara!

Next was the stick horse barrel racing for the adults!

Cousin Regan and Anna Kate join in the excitement!

 

Good times.

I clocked in at 14.4 seconds, winning the event!  (who knew?)

I wish I had taken a picture of Cousin Linda’s prize table; she had prizes for every age group; all of us went home with something special! 

Noelle’s first piñata – she had so much fun, especially cheering for the other little children saying, "You can do it!  You can do it!"  Super cute!

Anna Kate and her Daddy enjoying the end to a great night of food and games.

Nothin’ like a cowgirl in a barn sitting on an oven with a fly swatter singin’ her little heart out – now that’s country, y’all!

 

Saturday morning Mike and I took Noelle to a church carnival in J’ville.  She had a ball!

Noelle’s favorite part was the bounce house!

The highlights of the carnival were a fire truck with its ladder fully extended, and a helicopter that landed in the middle of the field of eggs for all the kids to see.

Noelle, Cash, and Brother Man were spending some quality time together watching…

Barbie in a Mermaid Tale!  (insert excited girl squeal here!)

Here’s a picture of the delicious and festive bunny cake Noelle made with Aunt Sharon.  Sharon kept BOTH girls over night last week, so Mommy and Daddy could go out on a date.  It was a FIRST, and we had such a blast (although a Hobby Lobby run goes without saying to start all dates these day)…lol… THANKS PRINCE FAMILY for loving on our babies and making them feel super special!!!

*Tons of Easter pics to come.  We just got home tonight, so it’s going to take me here and there all week to get them up, but the blog really helps me keep the photos edited and organized, so I’ll get it done at some point.

 

 

               

These pictures and this face says it all, we were so happy to be in the country to celebrate Easter this weekend!

              

With us being so sick last week, it is still a little too chilly to play outside, so we have been crafting it up inside!  We’ve had a lot of fun laying low – a lot of fun!

Kay Kay and Great Grandma brought over Easter baskets for the girls after nap time yesterday.  They were so excited!!!

All their treats were so cute and creative – thank you Kay Kay (and Grand Papa)!!!

Fun finger puppet book…

Stretchy rabbit and a barrel of rabbits will keep Noelle busy all week!

Thank you guys so much!!!

                        

The girls love going on walks!  Noelle thinks it’s super cool because she gets to wear whatever she wants and doesn’t have to put her hair up!