Ever heard of Fifth's disease?

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.

Kindergarten track day part 2

Here are the rest of the pictures from Tristan's track day.

Just look at that form!Tris and Cam doing the 3-legged race

And the egg and spoon race

Kindergarten track day part 1

I have waaay too many cute pictures from kindergarten track day to condense into one post, so I'm just warning you know, there is more to come!! We had a great time - there are much more fun events at kindergarten track day than at regular track day. Where else is the shoe kick or the egg and spoon race a valid event?! Plus it was very laid back and just fun - they even let Cameron compete in all the races but one. And Reese even had a try at the hurdles!

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!!

Visiting KK and Pawpaw

Becca helping Reesey put on a backpack so they can start "helping" Pawpaw!
Cute girl!

KK and her namesake - Reese Kathryn

We try to go down to visit my grandparents (KK and Pawpaw) at least a few times a month. The kids always run around and have fun, and my grandparents talk about their antics for weeks to come. Pawpaw usually has some sort of gardening project the kids get to "help" him with. And KK prepares in advance by stocking up on their favorite snacks and lunch food. We love you KK and Pawpaw!

A Barnyard "Moo"sical

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.

The hostess with the mostest =)

Lee, Brody the Bunny and Tamzen realxing.

Tristan and Tyler

Amanda and Grandpa (I don't know how I ended up not getting a picture of Grandma - sorry Grandma!)

Teague, Jakelle, and Grandma Nelson

We tried our hands at hosting our first holiday this Easter! Yay! We're officially grown-ups! We hosted Easter for Tristan's side of the family, and it went pretty well, I didn't forget to turn on the oven or anything! Actually, my oven is so old, we don't have a delayed cook setting, and we needed the ham to cook while we were at church, so I borrowed my lovely friend, Lucinda's oven! (Thanks Lucinda!)

Easter Morning

Cameron, Tristan, and Rebecca with their new umbrellas
Reesey discovering her Easter basket

All dolled up for Easter Sunday

I feel like I'm not able to show very well in this blog how we are trying to teach our children the true mening of special holidays like Easter and Christmas - because I mostly blog about whatever pictures I post. And those pictures always are the "fun" stuff. I don't normally take pictures of family home evening lessons where we talk about how Jesus died for us and atoned for our sins. But I just wanted to mention here that we have those important talks with our kids as well as the fun traditions. It makes me feel really good that they can answer correctly when we ask them what the true meaning of these holidays are, because the Savior's birth, life, and atoning sacrifice for us will mean more to them in life than any amount of presents or candy ever will.

Happy Easter!