Big Move

Hello Everyone! We have a new HOUSE!! Yes we are still in OKC, but we have a new house that God has blessed us with. I will post pics later. We moved April 30th! I can hardly believe we are here. Noel is doing great and growing. She is so fun and has about 25 signs that she uses! Bobby is doing great and about to have a birthday! He will be 30 this year! Nicole is still at Monroe Elementary School and loving her job.

This is Noel with her cousins at the Johnson Farm on Easter!

Noel and her Daddy!

This is the newly started "Cousin's Walk" to the pond

Noel LOVES to Swiffer! Hopefully the novelty will not wear off!!!

Noel's Chair at her Grandma's House

Noel LOVES to swing!

Noel and her Pops having Breakfast!

Happy Birthday and other happenings

Noel's First Birthday Dinner at Lido's. She ate a whole orange at dinner! She also had some rice. She loves oranges!!

These are the kids that came to Noel's Party. We had about 50 family and friends in our house for her first birthday!!

This is Noel sitting by her cake. Bobby got the cake for her. He did a great job!!

This is our new children's Sunday School area. We have an airplane that takes the children to different countries to learn the lesson in five different ways. The kids love it! This is Noel in the back of her Pop's truck with her Uncle Jesse's Cowboy hat.

We are doing well. We are definitely excited about Noel turning 1. It is so amazing that she is One year old. We are truly blessed to have such an amazing and wonderful little one.

Happy Halloween

Our Little Pumpkin!!

Noel enjoyed her first Halloween. We went to a Fall Festival at her school and at our church! She played a game and she actually wore her costume for about an hour each time!

Fun Times

Noel is definitely developing her own personality! She recently took off her pants at Mother's Day Out and pulled one arm out of her shirt. She hates pants, long sleeves and socks. We hope she gets used to more clothes by the time the cold weather comes. She is also signing quite a bit. She signs more, thank you, bye, and she blows LOTS of kisses. She loves to laugh and loves to play. She is crawling all over the place and wants to walk so bad. Noel chases Haley around the room and it is so funny to watch a 100 pound dog run away from a 10 month old. Every day is a new adventure that we are so excited about!

Noel and her Daddy at Pops.

We love this picture! It is so funny. We could not believe we got her facial expression!

What are you looking at??

Noel loves the wind blowing in her hair. She also loves to eat leaves!

Noel and her pops hanging out in the grass. She is not sure about how the grass feels on her legs and feet. She would not put her feet down for a while!

This is a good picture, but about a minute after it was taken she tried to eat the leaf!

Fall is here!

We are doing great!!!. Bobby is enjoying his job. Nicole started her 4th year with OKCPS and still thoroughly enjoys it. Noel started Mother's Day Out this year. She really enjoys it. She goes 4 days a week and stays with Nicole's mom on Friday. She will be 10 months old in 3 days! We cannot believe how fast time has gone.

Noel went to her first birthday party!

She was a good helper when it came to cleaning up the empty bags and boxes!

The party was for her cousin Emily.

Fortunately Emily was great at sharing her presents!

Granny and Aunt Mae were there too!

Noel loves her Great Grandpa!!

Tatum, Noel and Emily had a great time at Aunt Vicki's house!!

Thank you Aunt Vicki!

Our Trip

We just got back from Botswana. It is a country in the Southern part of Africa. We were there for Nicole's brother's wedding. His wife is from there. We had a great time and Noel cut three teeth while we were there. In case you are wondering there is NO malaria in Botswana. We also spent a few days in Cape Town at Thaala's dad's house. We enjoyed our time immensly.

We had a 15 hour layover in Spain, so we went out to tour Madrid. This is a Cathedral we happened upon.

We had another stop in Joberg (as the locals call it) for wedding fittings and a little modeling!

We tried on the clothes at Sephale's (Thaala's sister) house in Joberg. She lives in a gorgeous house!

This is one of the places we ate called Primi's. The food was excellent everywhere we ate.This is Grandma holding Noel in the place we stayed. The place we stayed was a golf resort in Gabarone. It was an extravagant place to stay and we loved it. Our place was called a Villa. It had 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths! They also provided a crib for Noel!

We went on a game drive and it got very cold. Noel is keeping her daddy warm! We had a great time and saw lots of animals. This place does not have carivores, but we saw a momma and baby rhino, elephants, wart hogs and many other animals.

The elephants came right up to the truck we were in. The elephants have trainers with them that lead them to the trucks.

On Sunday August 12th we met for a time of sharing. We were given traditional dress to wear for this occasion. This is my whole family dressed in the traditional dress after the time of sharing was complete

These are just a few pictures and few things we did. We will post more online soon. The total trip lasted 2 weeks, so we have alot to go through to put on the computer. If you want to hear more give us an email.

Hello Again!

This summer we have been busy! Noel met Aunt Betty for the first time, went swimming for the first time, and went to New York! We found out that Noel is a great traveler! Bobby went on a mission trip to Guadalajara, Mexico and had a great time!

Noel got to meet her Great Great Aunt Betty this summer!

This is Noel's First time in the pool! She loved the water!!

Noel and her Uncle Jesse took a nap in Battery Park.

We had such a great time hangin' out in New York!

Noel's Aunt Thaala and Uncle Jesse love her.

Uncle Jesse and Aunt Thaala want to look just like their "Marshmallow" niece!