It was love at first sight!

Thank you Aunt Joe for your love and prayers!

This past Saturday was a total blast, and the gardens and resort were amazing sights to behold! The day couldn’t have been more perfect!

Mike and Mo enjoying a beautiful day at the “Flower Zoo!”

I love breathing in the scent of our sweet baby!

We love her, and we love her, and we love her some more!

Great pic, Brother John!

Cindy, Melissa, and Clarissa at the Japanese Fall Festival – I miss you guys so much already!!!

This real dude freaked me out!

Noelle Bug is as cute as a button!

There are too many great pics to list them all, so you can view the entire slideshow below…

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Noelle loves her new Robeez because they are so big she can hold them in her hands.

Rock N Roll…

Our baby at the Pumpkin Patch…

Yay! Daddy’s home!

“I love my Daddy so much!”

Bailey loves little Noelle…

Bailey and Noelle hangin’ out.

We had so much fun at the Fall Festival with our friends!

“Hey, where did all the big kids go?”

Noelle had so much fun at the Pumpkin patch this evening!

She was reaching for each and every pumpkin – she couldn’t decide which one to go for next!

We always make Halloween cupcakes for our neighbors, and this year Noelle got to help…

Friday was so much fun… we split up girls and boys… the girls went shopping in Dallas and the guys went bowling and to Bass Pro Shop. That night we ate dinner and played at Traildust!

Noelle loved her flower balloon bouquet Corbin made for her!

Corbin was a superstar on the slide!

Cindy, Corbin, and Cayden with Noelle…

Daddy hangin’ out with his girl!

Mom is such a great friend.

Noelle and Brother John with Noelle’s nephew, Will – aren’t they cute!?!

The Ziemke family is the best!

Yesterday we went to Rainforest Cafe and shopped till we dropped at Grapevine Mills Mall. We went to check out the Gaylord and then headed down to Joe T. Garcia’s for dinner and Sundance Square in Ft. Worth for dessert… we were too busy to take pics so we made up for it today!!!

The Ziemke kids and Noelle!

We had all kinds of sugary snacks while watching Ever After!

Sweet Cayden and Noelle with Mommy’s Kanky.

Noelle wanted to watch the movie too…

Not really!

The Ziemke’s brought this really cool tie snake from California for Noelle!

Mike, Rosie, and Noelle with the gang after some good ole Texas barbeque…

We are about to have story time with Mike and can’t wait – he’s such a good storyteller the kids brought the book he read to them when we visited CA in 2001! Thanks guys for an awesome day of FUN!

The Shockey/Ziemke crew arrived late last night for their vacation to Texas! We are so excited you are here!!!