Just like her Mother! :)

When I look at my little girl, the fact that she is mine isn't evident to me (don't get me wrong, I know she is! :)). To me, she doesn't look like Adam or me, she just looks like Eva. But, as you can see in this picture, Eva LOVES black olives. I LOVE black olives. There have been several times where the two of us will eat a whole can of them - and looking at her you wouldn't think she could put away that many olives but she eats about 1/2 and I eat about 1/2. Adam liked to play with them (put them on his fingers like Eva is here) but he didn't like to eat them. So when his parents told him he had to eat them if he was going to play with them, he stopped playing with them. Eva doesn't eat much but she will eat as many olives as you will let her have! :)

Introducing the next American Idol . . .

March 27, 2008: Eva knows the words to a lot of songs I didn't know she knew. As you can tell, she has no qualms about performing in front of people. She is a lot more outgoing and less camera shy than her Mother. She most have gotten it from her Daddy! :) This is Daddy's new favorite video.

Eva plays mommy

After I fed Spencer, Eva wanted to feed her baby so we let her. It was so cute - she did it just as I did. She even pretended to make macaroni & cheese for the baby. It was fun to watch want to be a mommy and take care of a baby. She is very cute with Spencer.

Spencer: Rice Cereal & 4 months old

We fed Spencer rice cereal for the first (and second) time this week. By his reaction I could tell he was less than impressed! :) He didn't want any of it and he doesn't know how to swallow it very well. He just mixed it with saliva and sent it back out the way it went in. So we are going to wait a couple of weeks to see how things go.

Spencer turned 4 months old yesterday! I can't believe he is getting so old. He turned over from front to back last Saturday and can turn halfway the other way. He is determined to get somewhere quick. He looks really small compared to other babies but he looks so big compared to when we brought him home from the hospital.

Tia Rubia & the kids

I don't know if all of you know this or not but my great friend, Rubia Fagundes, has been living with us almost two years now. We love having her with us and have greatly enjoyed watching our children interact with her and her friends. She has been with us for the majority of Eva's life and all of Spencer's. So they know and love her very much. There seems to be a special bond between Spencer and Rubia - he talks and smiles with her more than he does with anyone else - including me. :( She is from Brazil - Rio Grande do Sul - and is a great cook! We look forward to her wonderful rice and beans and salmon. She teaches Portuguese at BYU and in fact, that is how I met her. She was my roommate in the Portuguese house - she taught me all the Portuguese I know! :) So she has put up with me from even before Adam and I started dating! She is a saint! Rubia is one of those people you are always grateful God put in your path. We love her and thank Heavenly Father for her frequently. Everyone should have a Rubia in their lives - if you don't have one, I might be bribed to share her just a little! :)

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter one and all! I hope it was a wonderful Sunday for all of you. We, at the Rushforth house, had a beautiful day. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere in our home was wonderful - the Spirit was there to remind us of the true meaning of Easter. I am sure Adam and Eva would join me in saying we are so grateful for our Saviour, Jesus Christ. We know that He lived here on this earth, that he set a perfect example for us, that he was beaten and suffered for us. We also know that He now lives. We are so grateful for His resurrection and for His love. Because of His atonement, we are able to repent of our sins and come back to our Heavenly Father. Because He lived again, we too will live again. I am so grateful for Him.

Saturday Night with Family

March 15, 2008:

Saturday night we had a special program and birthday celebration at the church for Grandma. We all wore matching T-shirts that said "AHR (Adelia Hall Rushforth) None Better". It was fun for me to be a part of the Rushforth clan - I was very proud of the family I married into and Grandma Dee is an amazing woman. I am so glad I was able to meet her and that my children have come to know and love her as well.

It was great to see my immediate in-laws as well. My kids love to see their grandparents from Las Vegas and their cool aunts and uncles. I think Eva had a grand old time getting to know her Arizona cousins. Every time we would leave an activity to go back to the hotel she would start to cry until we told her we would get to play with them in a little while. Then she would be happy and come with us quietly. :)

One of the coolest parts of the night was watching all the great grandkids sing "A Bushel and A Peck". They tried it twice and the second time was definitely better than the first. Her is the second rendition.