Rash, Rash, GO AWAY!

Slapped cheek syndrome

Lacy disease

Fifth Disease

Whatever you want to call it.



It's been here for the last month, between the two kids! Sammy got it first and we never could decide for sure what it was. We thought maybe it was just really bad hives of some kind but it went on for a week or so and kept moving all down her body. Then about a week after her rash was completely gone Andrew stated with it. His has progressed and become much more typical of fifth disease. It is also lasting much longer. He's had it for over 10 days already.

Happy Birthday Andrew

Yesterday was Andrew's birthday, he turned 6 not 8 as some people may have thought! As usual it fell duing Renaissance faire. Grandpa and Grandma Cluett always have a booth so we usually try and go celebrate his birthday at the fair.

Here he is with his jungle cake we made.

Grandpa and Grandma bought all the kids a camel ride.

Here he is in all his faire attire.


Homemade cards from Sammy and I



Opening presents at home before we went to faire.

Who Knew.....

Zuccini could grow SO big!!

To the far left is my size 8 womans shoe, to give you some idea of how huge these things really are. Ryan has to use both hands to reach around one! These things must be on steroids or something!!

Inside pictures

We didn't get a really good one of just Sammy and I

He was trying to do pictures of Ryan and I and Andrew was hiding behind us trying to get in the picture. SO CUTE!


There are several good ones of Ryan and Andrew

Ryan is a little cheesy in this one but it is a GREAT one of Andrew!

Sammy and I just aren't quite as photogenic as the boys!

Family Pictures

Well after nearly 3 1/2 years we finally got some family pictures taken. Thanks Wayne from Wayne Photography http://waynephotography.com/ for taking them! We are SO happy with them. Here are a couple of other poses.

Hair Cut

Summers here, we had our family pictures done so it was time for a haircut for Sammy this is the back side of her new A line cut.

This is a front/side view.

So much fun......

Saturday was the Viracon work party at the Washington City Community Center. We had good food, fun swimming, a break for a t-ball game and just 4 hours FUN! Unfortunately we only won a windbreaker. They were giving away tvs, laptops, digital cameras, bbqs, and all kinds of good stuff!

Ryan was entered in a hot dog eating contest. They had 2 minutes to see who could eat the most. These pictures always load in opposite order so this is when they finished. He was about to gag here!

This was during it. He was dipping the dog in his lemonade to mositen the bun so he could chew it. He didn't win but the winner got a $50 visa gift card. He said he could have won if he'd started with smaller bites. The big bites were too hard to chew. The winner ate 4 1/2 dogs and buns and Ryan ate 3 1/2.

Also, Sammy's class put on a play! They've been working for the last month or so and did a GREAT job! They play was "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" it was a very difficult play but they did an EXCELLENT job! They did it in the auditorium at Pine View High so it was a little too big for their little voices and that made it very hard to hear them but overall it was GREAT! Sammy was one of the workmen. Here she is with a couple of her fairy friends just before the night performance they did for their parents.

Great job 3rd grade class!!

I just thought again and again that I was done. But I keep forgetting that there is just more and more exciting stuff to talk about.....