So lesson learned - slow it down and enjoy life!
To get the reading on the glucose meter Tyler had to prick his finger, twice, and Cameron thought we were going to make his finger all better. This story still makes me a little emotional because the emergency room visit was the exact opposite of healing his little "owies". That initial admission to the hospital was the worst part of the whole weekend. He was poked and prodded mercilessly by nurses over and over again, and he just looked so shocked and confused. Here he was trusting with child-like faith that his Mom and Dad were taking him to nice people at the hospital who were going to fix his "owie", and we were just sitting by letting them give him even more! My heart broke to watch as the nurse tried FOUR times to get on I.V. started in his little arm. I felt about ready to punch her and take my boy and run! Once we got admitted though, things got a little better. He was so brave, and still is. By the time we got home from the hospital, he didn't cry anymore when we had to poke his finger, or when we had to get him a shot. He seems much happier and healthier now too. The shock initially of the diagnosis was hard - he's so little! But we are dealing with it now, and I think we are doing really well. Counting carbs and checking blood and giving shots is becoming more and more second nature to us. We feel so blessed to live in a time where Cameron can live a long, happy, healthy life with all the modern medicines and technology out there. We look forward to getting him an insulin pump sometime in the future - we think that will help his life be even more normal. And we thank our Father in Heaven for helping us through this trial with loving friends and family members who are always there in an instant when we need them - whether it be a phone call, a special care package, or helping out with the kids. We love you and thank you for helping us through this learning curve and throughout life in general!
This week we've been learning about bugs, so our field trip was to the John May Insect Museum. Luckily almost all of the insects at this place stayed safely behind glass (they're all dead specimen)- I'm not a big fan of holding tarantulas and that kind of thing, and I can just imagine the screaming that would come from my sqeamish children if it were one of those places! This museum was full of insects from all over the world. The owner apparently has been all over the globe collecting rare bugs.
This picture is only on here because I'm pretty sure this is one of those gross bugs from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom that crawls all over Indiana Jones and that blonde lady! I'm shivering now just thinking about it!!
Almost ready to cook
I didn't mention in the last post that Our field trip to the Cliff Dwellings was part of "Native American week". The kids picked a bunch of things they wanted to learn about this summer, and that was one of them. Here are some pictures of us that same week making Navajo fry bread - I learned the recipe from my favorite roomie of all time - Carmellia! I turned out pretty good - I think she'd be proud of me!
Here we are in front of a family dwelling
The teacher shown in the hula hoop picture, by the way, is the teacher Tristan always says look like Tatum. Any comments? Agree or disagree?
This is my first attempt at including a video! Yay me! Whoa, I sound like London from Zach and Cody on the Disney Channel!
And here she is showing off her first blue ribbon (it's behind the yellow paper).
Well we sure have! There was some sort of an outbreak at school - and I was terrified of the name alone, it sounds serious! But they sent home a notice describing the symptoms, which pretty much are cold symptoms for a week (this is when they are contagious), then the next week they get a splotchy rash all over their body, and their cheeks turn bright red. So you pretty much have no idea your child has it until the rash appears, but by that time they are no longer contagious - they probably spread all the germs the week before when you thought they just had a cold!Tris was the first at our house to get it, here he is 
with red cheeks and splotchy legs, although you can't see it very well in these pictures. All the other kids, except Reese ended up getting it too.
Tris and Cam doing the 3-legged race
And the egg and spoon race
Tris getting ready for the sack race
On your marks, get set, go!
Reese didn't quite get the point of the hurdles!
Cameron doing the hurdles
Tristan doing the hurdles - go Tris!!
Becca helping Reesey put on a backpack so they can start "helping" Pawpaw!
Cute girl!
KK and her namesake - Reese Kathryn
This post is about Trister's first school play. The Kindergarten musical this year was "A Barnyard Moosical", as mentioned above. I think he makes a very cute pig, don't you. By the way, he is a black pig because his Dad was worried about him having to wear pink, which got Trister worrying about the same thing. So, we researched pigs on the internet and found that there are many different colors of pigs, so why shouldn't he be a more manly color? Tris chose black, so there you have it! He was very cute as he recited his part and did all the dance movements with the songs.
Lee, Brody the Bunny and Tamzen realxing.
Tristan and Tyler
Teague, Jakelle, and Grandma Nelson
Cameron, Tristan, and Rebecca with their new umbrellas
Reesey discovering her Easter basket
All dolled up for Easter Sunday
