The Nielsen Family

Cadence dances at a studio called Dance Impressions. Their recital was SO GOOD! I love this picture. Her dance was after intermission, so she came in her t-shirt. I can't believe so mom let her kid crawl up on stage before the show started. She was probably sitting there taking pictures and thinking it was so cute. . . I should have stopped her, but I was busy taking pictures and thinking she was so cute. A few of the hive- There's my bumblebee!!! This is Miss Teresa. She's really cute with the girls and I hope we can get in with her again next fall! Cadence did a great job, and had the support of her little bro.

So this was Cadence's big day! Her graduation and her recital were scheduled for the same time, but lovely Miss Amy contacted all the parents and we were able to move it to earlier in the day! I'm so glad to because Cadence just blew me away! She sang every song, did every action, and even smiled through the whole thing! She can be a little timid, so when she performed so well, we were all smiles. This is her buddy Alex. We live next door to each other. Since the gates to our backyards are on opposite sides of the house, we saved them a little time by putting a hole in the fence. If my kids aren't home, they are playing with Charlie and Alex. The crossed legs cracked me up. Such a lady! "I sat still and also wiggled." That was her part of the poem, recited perfectly! "AAAAAA-lagator" She's the medium Billy Goat Gruff. It's official (sniff, sniff). She's not a preschooler anymore! Did I say I think she's super cute? Am I allowed...

Look at this little girl! This is what she looked like when she started preschool 1 1/2 years ago! And this is what she looked like on her last day of preschool. She's grown up so much and loves Miss Amy to no end! She's going to miss her when she's in Kindergarten! After school we got a knock at the door and found a special delivery just for Cadence! Her daddy sent her a dozen pink roses to tell her congratulations on her preschool graduation! What a cute dad! Yes, of course, Cadence is wearing a dress up. (This one is a favorite, even though the slits on the side clearly display the color of undies she's wearing.)

I get my own special day for having the greatest job in the whole world! I had a perfect Mother's Day and loved extra hugs, kisses, and help. We went to Temple Square after church and a two hour family nap. The flowers were gorgeous and the kids looked cute, but they were just a little too goofy to get anything spectacular. We still got a few cute ones though. Zack is always the hardest to get pictures of. Out of the 80+ pictures I took, this is one of the only ones that he wasn't pulling a silly face. So I need your opinion, which picture of the kids do you like better? Neither is super duper great, but I want to print one of them. I sometimes get a little teary-eyed when I see an ad where the kids are looking and smiling and not pulling weird faces. I know that to ever get a picture like that, it would take hundreds and hundreds of photos and hundreds and hundreds of hours of editing, although I'm pretty sure the most skilled of photo editors would agree that worki...

A princess carnival. Of course we had to attend, given the children we are raising. The carnival was. . . well, it was what it was. But any excuse to dress up like a princess is worth it. Cadence taught Carlie how to do "Princess hands." She's working on it. This was a little petting zoo that consisted of two goats, a giant rabbit, a chicken and a duck. The goats were cute, And so was the giant rabbit. But the feathered friends took flight while these guys were in the petting zoo. Watching them chase a duck around a little classroom was probably the best part. Never mind, I forgot about the cotton candy. Me in all my fluffiness. Cotton candy does gross things to little kids.