Heidi's Field Day

With her friend (from the ward and her kindergarten class), Rose

Lizzie's Fiesta Field Day

When I was elementary school, I wasn't a huge fan of field day. There were just a bunch of track and field events, and I was never any good. But this field day was fun. They had fourteen different stations for the kids. (Not all of them are pictured.) The theme was "Fiesta Field Day" for Cinco de Mayo.

Tug O War

Mrs. Sims made an extra shirt for Owen. Owen wouldn't wear it, so William did.

This game was cute. They decorated gunny sacks like tacos.

Meanwhile, the boys had fun playing on the playground. (William is really good at slides now.)

Water relay

They had some really fun decorations. This one was my favorite--of the principal and assistant principal.

Snow cones!

Lizzie's class in their matching blue tie dye shirts.

Greeter

Heidi used her "Stars Bucks" that she earned so that she could be a greeter in the morning. She got to sit in the giant chair and say hello to everyone as they arrived at school. She was really excited about it.

With Nurse Jill

MISC

Lately, the girls have really enjoyed dressing the same so that they can trick people. (Most everyone has a hard time telling them apart. For this picture, they even switched backpacks and shoes.) They're wearing their ASU shirts because it was College Shirt Wednesday.

This picture was taken at a school activity.

This picture is very unflattering, but Lizzie won an award for passing a math facts test (kind of like Top Gun). She passed the first three levels, and now she is on  to the 2nd Grade level.

Every so often we join this cute girl for lunch at school.

This is Heidi's dance class, practicing for their recital (coming up in a week).

Aunt Allison

Allison came to visit for three days. The girls loved having someone new to play games with. They played Scrabble, Yahtzee, Uno, Trouble, and some games on Allison's phone:

We also went to Mount Bonnell...

Mayfield Park...

(Can you spot at least 4 peacocks in this picture?)

This guy was attracted to his reflection in the fender of the truck. He actually got really aggressive with himself.

Then we got lunch in SoCo at Home Slice...

 We rode the train at Zilker Park...

(At Lou Neff Point)

And saw Lizzie there with her class on a field trip...

 Tried the queso at a Torchy's food truck:

For you, Nor: "Like a Fat Kid Loves Cake"

Hiked Twin Falls... (This was the highlight of the trip for Allison. You should ask her about it.) ;)

 Oh, and we took the kids to "Woofstock" at the animal shelter:

We also tried a Texas-size donut at Round Rock Donuts, but the pictures got deleted by mistake! (Do you see the box below? One donut fills that entire box.)

It was a fun visit!

Random

All four kids got sick this week with a stomach bug. :( Here's Owen, asleep at the breakfast table.

Scott has been trying to fix up the yard. He and the kids have been digging up the bushes so that we can have more space:

Fossils

These pictures were taken about a month ago, but I just harvested them off of Scott's home. While Emily was busy working, Scott took the three oldest kids with him to check out a potential campsite for the Scouts up near Killeen. The kids were excited because they found a bunch of fossils:

Check out the cool view in the background.