Thanks Don & Molly for having us over for burgers!  Everything was delicious!

Noelle and Parker giving kisses.  On the way home tonight she said, "Puppy, he licked my teeth.  He funny!"

Everyone wanted to go for a spontaneous swim, but we didn’t bring our swimming suits, so I thought it would be okay to put Noelle in some training pants – NOT!  It filled up with so much water, she couldn’t even keep them on.  So, she ended up just swimming in her panties (and she got out twice to go pee pee on the potty)!

We started out the holiday weekend with a day of swimming and grilling with friends at the pool! 

Four on the fourth!

"Time to eat!"

"I’m hungry!"

Noelle always talks about how funny Sam is!

Jon & Heather going down the big red slide!  (To the tune of Wiggles "Big Red Car!")

In this first picture, Noelle is saying "Little bit of cheese!"

We had so much fun at the play pool today – We LOVE Arlington!!!

Noelle and Jillian having fun in the sun!

Mommy and Noelle love to say, "Cheeeeese!!!" 

Mike & Jon in the lazy river!

Jon & Heather are two of Noelle’s best friends in the whole wide world!

This picture just makes me laugh! (Jon’s 6’7")

So, we went to Marshall and Carol’s last week with Heather to go swimming and hang out with Carol.  I bought this swimsuit last year for 80% off (like $3.00).  Anyway, I thought it would be fun to practice swimming this summer.  Heather is a great swim teacher, but by the end of the day, we had her normal suit back on!

The animal lover within.  🙂

Carol & Noelle relaxing and enjoying the rays!

Jamie, Jillian, Noelle, & Sam had a blast Wednesday at the movies!

We saw Shrek 3!  See our little monkey? 

The kids had SO much fun dancing during the credits – the music was great for busting a move!

The kids held hands off and on throughout the movie – it was really sweet.

More dancing… 

We even ran into Danny from the library.

Afterward, we went to Burger King for lunch.

We had such a fun play date with our friends!

I was checking Matt & Courtney’s blog (The Rakes Family) and left the computer for a sec… when I came back Noelle was pointing at each picture and saying "That’s Beckett!" "That’s Beckett!"  We love seeing pictures of the Miracle Man!

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Happy 4th of July!

Hope you all have a watermelon-filled weekend celebrating our country’s freedom and all the men & women who have made that possible.  Let’s go swimming!!!

April, my cousin Amber, her husband Brian, and Ralph

From my cousin Amber on June 19:

I just wanted to touch base with everyone quickly.  Many of you probably know my best friend, April Salazar.  Her husband, and very good friend of ours, Ralph Salazar, left Monday for Iraq.  He is a Blackhawk pilot and Captain in charge of many men and women.  He will be flying as a medic and will probably see more things than I ever want to fathom. 

My request is this – Please keep him in your prayers, and his platoon.  He is headed for Iraq this morning and is taking a flight crew over early to get set up and make sure everything is in order before his men and women arrive.

Please keep him, April and every service member in your prayers….