{"id":19867,"date":"2012-05-09T22:37:27","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T03:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=19867"},"modified":"2012-05-09T22:37:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T03:37:28","slug":"the-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/09\/the-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friends!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Since Noelle didn\u2019t have an official birthday party last year, we didn\u2019t limit the number of kids she could invite this year\u2026 and it\u2019s the last month of kindergarten, so this year is a milestone!  She had school friends, church friends, neighbors, and family friends\u2026 it was wild and crazy and so much fun hanging out with our friends all together!  <\/p>\n

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The Pond Girls looking good!<\/p>\n

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Rachel and me with Emily and Noelle excited to get this party started!<\/p>\n

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I had so much fun planning this party for my first baby!<\/p>\n

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My lifesaver, Sharon with Nancy and Harper!<\/p>\n

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Ananya and Noelle have literally grown up together (so fun seeing them getting so big and smart!), and Bekah and Noelle cuddling it up!<\/p>\n

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Cousin time \u2013 I loved baby Harper\u2019s cute leg in this pic\u2026 made me smile so much!<\/p>\n

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Daddy\u2019s girl!  Kay Kay and Grandpapa had a fun time enjoying all of their grandbabies!<\/p>\n

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Nancy, Harper, Holly, and Rose <\/p>\n

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Ethan and Ryan are two of Noelle\u2019s \u201cboyfriends\u201d (boys that are friends), but she\u2019s daddy\u2019s girl for now!<\/p>\n

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Camera Dad\u2026 love it!<\/p>\n

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Ava is one of Noelle\u2019s great friends from her class, and here is sweet Mattie from church going down the slide!<\/p>\n

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The \u201clittles\u201d of the party had so much fun!  <\/p>\n

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Emily and Noelle are such sweet friends!<\/p>\n

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John (Brother Man), Victoria, Andy, and Bekah havin\u2019 a good time\u2026<\/p>\n

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Noelle and Carson and Chloe and Noelle, all sweet friends from school!<\/p>\n

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On the spot, we took an adult friend picture!  It is so fun seeing all our friends that we know from different places all come together and have a good time!<\/p>\n

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Ava, Noelle, Illy, and Ainsley<\/p>\n

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Sweet Holly and Noelle and Brianna (our new neighbor, yay!) and Noelle<\/p>\n

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Brother Man, Fancy Nancy, and Harper helped the party run smoothly behind the scene\u2026 thanks for coming and having fun with us!<\/p>\n

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Classmates, Cameron and Jacob hanging out with Noelle and she\u2019s loving every minute of it!<\/p>\n

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We got the special honor of meeting Noemi today (Mike\u2019s brother Stephen and his wife Susana\u2019s baby)!!!  Love love love this precious new creation!  Welcome to the family sweet girl!<\/p>\n

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Neighbors Hewan and Julia enjoying the party!<\/p>\n

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Little buddies Landon and Noelle\u2026 no matter what, Noelle would do absolutely anything for this guy!  She\u2019s like a big sister to him and is charmed watching him and Anna Kate play so silly together.  <\/p>\n

As you can tell, Noelle had a great day!  She was in heaven\u2026 she loves special attention; it fills her heart right up, so today meant a lot to her!  Thanks to all of our friends who came out to celebrate Noelle with us!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since Noelle didn\u2019t have an official birthday party last year, we didn\u2019t limit the number of kids she could invite this year\u2026 and it\u2019s the last month of kindergarten, so this year is a milestone!  She had school friends, church friends, neighbors, and family friends\u2026 it was wild and crazy and so much fun hanging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19868,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions\/19868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}