The Nolden Family

School started in late July…CRAZY!! It was nice to get back to a routine, have some peace and quiet in the house…but none of us was ready to start getting up super early again. But love it or hate it, the first day of school always comes around and at least everyone looked Fabulous!

Liz is one busy lady.  She will be a Senior next year and is frequently off with her friends or busy with the drama department at school. Here are a few things she has been up to lately: Liz Nolden Singing: Somewhere Over The Rainbow – This was a recital for singing lessons that she [...]

I love to go with the kids on their field trips.  In May I got to visit the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in downtown Atlanta with Donovan and all of the 4th Grade Classes.  Besides the exhibits, we got to see an IMAX movie about natural disasters.

This year’s International Day was rained out…so it had to be held indoors…not quite the same, but still cool.  I think it is a great tradition. International Day – Elementary School – May 2010  – I thought this was kind of cool.  All of a sudden all of the kids in the hallway (because it [...]

I volunteered this year for both Ashley and Donovan’s Field Days (held on different days).  One day was morbidly HOT…we couldn’t get enough water…and the other day was perfectly beautiful…they were only a day apart…hmmmm…. Donovan – Field Day – May 2010  – This is Donovan running an obstacle course with 2 classmates. Donovan – [...]

I can’t believe Ashley is headed to Middle School next year!  Yikes!  They had an “Advancement Assembly” for the 5th graders at the end of the school year to get them ready to move on. 

Megan is our resident “smarty.” She is on her high school Academic Team and travels around to competitions. I went with them to a recent Saturday outing and took a few pictures…

I like to chaperone for the kids’ field trips…this time I got to go with Donovan to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.  It threatened to rain the whole time and finally did right as we were finishing up our lunches and getting ready to go…

I guess this is the 20th year that our Elementary School has held an “International Day.” It was very cool. Donovan’s class had Mexico, Ashley’s class had England and PJ’s class had New Zealand. They kids have been learning about their country for a while, they had a parade to show off what they had [...]

We are so proud of Liz! Out of over 500 entries at her High School, she won first place for 10th grade and then first place overall for the school in a “Laws of Life” essay contest sponsored by the Rotary Club. She will now go on to the state competition where there were almost [...]