The Nolden Family

Wow…we’ve got a whole new look and even a new address for our Family Blog.  Cody, our son and website specialist, is now hosting our family site on his server, and has helped me migrate away from Blogspot to start using WordPress…a little bit more sophisticated “self-hosted blogging tool.”  Now, we can get a little bit more [...]

Our Activities committee has been working on this party for months and the work paid off…it was a GREAT time!  We had a huge (polynesian) potluck dinner and then polynesian entertainment…mostly by members of the ward who had been practicing dances all summer long.  NOTE 1:  Check out the dance videos at the end! NOTE [...]

Another year…a little older.  It happens to the best of us…just ask Frank. VIDEO!! Click on the link below to see Frank and the large card from Grandma Browne! Frank opening his Large Card from Grandma Browne

Despite the fact that school started on August 3rd, we’ve still managed to have some fun in August.  Check it out… Note:  There are 3 Videos at the bottom of the post. Note:  There are 2 pages to this post.  Click on the Arrow after the last photo to see more. VIDEO #1: Click on the [...]

It’s fun to take visitors to The Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle for some good “down-home Southern Cookin’.”

Grandma and Grandpa Noldenvisited in early August…so, of course, that called for a family BBQ!! Cody and Eric were there…I promise…they were just a little late for dinner because they went to downtown ATL to visit Coke World…so they missed out on all of the pictures.

Cody got to visit for a couple of weeks in August!  He’s always a lot of fun to have around.  His childhood friend, and now BYU roommate, Eric, also was able to visit for a few days while Cody was here.   They got to visit Stone Mountain for the first time while they were here.

Our Stake Center (or regional church meeting place) is up in Gwinnett County (we define location by county down here in “The South” )…a 30-40 minute drive from where we are. There is a large congregation of LDS youth up there and Liz hangs out with them whenever she can. Before school started they had [...]

Liz, Megan and Mikayla got to go to Young Women Camp in July.  They do Stake Camp every year here.   It was held at a local camp facility where they had cabins for the girls, a swimming pool and a dining hall….no roughing it this year .  They all seemed to have a great time.  [...]

OK…so Frank and I were NOT too excited about getting a dog. We had decided that we wouldn’t get another one for various reasons. But most of the kids wanted one SOOOOOOOOO badly that we finally caved in and got one. We realize the benefits that come from the kids learning to take care of [...]