The Nolden Family

I just did another huge “Blog Update.”  Here are the entries that are new: 1.  Odds & Ends 2.  Sam (my sister) Visits Georgia 3.  Dancing Elves Videos 4.  Coke World with Grandma and Grandpa Slade 5.  …and More Christmas Stuff 6.  Christmas with the Noldens 7.  Christmas Morning 2009 8.  Nolden Family Christmas Letter [...]

Here are some things that have been happening recently…

So, I have a really cool brother-in-law. He (Corey) gave my one and only sibling (Samantha) a great gift for Christmas…a plane ticket to come see me!!! She lives in Northern Utah and had never been out to visit. So, for 5 days Sam hung out with us in Georgia. Hopefully it wasn’t too boring [...]

I love it when Jib Jab comes out with their holiday “Me Videos” where YOU are the star of the show.  The ones this year were really cute. Check out our family dancing and singing.   Elf Dance: Frank and Shayne doing the Disco from Shayne Nolden on Vimeo. Elf Dance: Frank, Shayne and Cody [...]

After all of the festivities, we still had time for a little bit of non-Christmas fun. We took Grandma and Grandpa Slade to downtown Atlanta to check out “The World of Coca-Cola.” Part of the tour includes a room that has like 60 different fountain drinks that they sell around the world at your disposal. [...]

Here are some odds ands ends that went on at Christmastime… ***Watch the missionaries doing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” at the Ward Christmas Party. Too cute!! (You can click on the link below it to watch a LARGER version on the Vimeo website). Missionaries Doing the Rudolph Story from Shayne Nolden on Vimeo. ***All of [...]

We were able to have a second Christmas celebration with the Noldens & Jacksons again this year. Grandpa and Grandma Nolden were there as well as Sandi and Larry. Marc and Lynn weren’t able to make it this time.

We had a GREAT Christmas.  Grandpa and Grandma Slade flew out from Utah to be with us…which made it that much better.  They were with us a for a week and we had a lot of fun.

Click below: 2009 FAMILY CHRISTMAS LETTER

Every year our Young Women (ages 12-18) at church have a program called “Young Women in Excellence.”  This is where we celebrate the goals they have set and then completed in the “Personal Progress” Program over the past year.  This year we had theme of:  “The Oscars: A Night of Stars.”  The girls dressed up [...]