Bekah spent the night with us on Tuesday.  We went to Gloria’s, had a sewing lesson (taught by yours truly), made bracelets, had a hidden talent show, and told really funny bedtime stories.  Bekah slept with Noelle in her room, and Noelle felt like such a big girl to have a friend spend the night.

Mike’s hidden talent was that he can sing and play "Row, row row your boat" in ways you couldn’t believe, I can walk in a really dorky way, and Bekah’s hidden talent is:

WALKING ON HER TOES!!!

WE LOVE YOU BEKAH!  Victoria is finally back from camp, and we need to have you guys over again really soon!  MISS AND LOVE YOU TOO, TORIA!

Noelle spent the night with Bo, Sharon, & Rebekah while Victoria was at camp.  They went to Chick-fil-A, made a sun visor, went swimming, colored in the bathtub, played with sidewalk chalk, and made another craft for Mike for Father’s Day!  Noelle had the time of her life.  I love the last picture in this sequence – I told Noelle to show her teeth & Bekah was helping her figure out what I meant!    

Someone’s getting sleepy!  Bekah & Toria have the coolest rooms – their parents painted murals and decorated them so fancy!  Noelle loves coming over to Uncle Bo and Aunt Sharons!

Thanks for keeping our girl!  We love you like family!!! 

We had a blast at the Missi & Tyler’s pool this weekend. 

Right when we got there, Noelle ran straight to Heather & stayed with her pretty much the entire time.  Let’s just say they are pretty big buds!

Hum… let’s just say Mike & Jon are pretty big buds too!

Baby girl got her hat wet and wouldn’t wear her glasses.  She kept saying, "It bright!"

Time to go for a ride on one mysterious sea creature!

Jon brought this crazy dolphin gadget and everyone played with it all day.  Tyler got a little too lazy to take off his glasses (haha).

Noelle loves Tyler & Missi

and patting Daddy’s head is super fun! 

We had all sorts of contests going on – this was the see who can hold their breathe the longest contest, and Mike won.  Noelle was cheering so loudly, "Yay, Daddy!"  It was cute (and funny)!

Then, Jon & I decided to be cheerleaders for the day.  He said, "I better see those pics on the blog," so there ya go, Jon!  Now all we need is a cheer (in another life, right?)… Thanks for tons of fun at the pool!

Last night the fam was hanging out, and Mike asked Noelle how old she was.  She chimed in so matter-of-factly, "I’m 2 old, Daddy!"

Noelle made this canvas for Mike for Father’s Day.  She did such a great job and kept saying, "Surprise Daddy!" all week.

Mike, I’m so proud of you and love you so much!  You are the perfect Dad for Noelle, and she totally adores you.  I love watching you two play and giggle every single day.  Life is so sweet!  Happy Father’s Day!

We had so much fun spending family time together eating amazing Chinese food this afternoon! 

Happy Father’s Day to our Dads, Grandpapa and Poppa!  We love you both very very much!

We had so much fun with the Ponds at Joe T’s earlier in the week – we felt like we took a mini-vacation to Mexico!  Thanks for a super fun night!

We sat by this swan, and Noelle was in love!  She was petting it and kissing it all night… she’s such a sweetheart!

Noelle was so excited to see Grand Papa & Momma Kay-Kay!

This picture is a little overexposed, but I love Noelle’s pretty eyes in the sunset – they just dance!

We had so much fun playing at the Uptown Village in Cedar Hill and then going to the library & McDonalds. 

The Collier gang & Noelle having fun in the sun!

Personality Plus!

I have finally let Noelle go explore the great unknown in play areas.  The two times she’s been up, I’ve had to help her down (you should see me up there in those tunnels!)

                                  Couldn’t resist posting this pic…

The girls are getting sleepy!

"Bye-bye, friend!"

Blake & Brooke have a new baby boy – Haddon Troy Hicks!  He was born on May 27th. It was so amazing holding a little baby again… I can’t believe how big Noelle and Hudson are in comparison.  We had so much fun hanging out with you guys and meeting your sweet baby!