Birthday Madness!

On December 6th, we had Eva's friends birthday party - what craziness! We had 12 little 4 year olds running around our house for 1 hour and 1/2! It actually went quite well, but Eva was a little grumpy! So, we had birthday cake on the floor in the kitchen because . . . who wants that many four year olds eating chocolate cake with purple frosting on their cream colored carpet? :)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Today is our 5th wedding anniversary! I can't believe it has been that long already - so much has happened since then. Adam is studying currently and I am collecting rent so we didn't get to go out tonight but we spent a couple of days in August up at Westgate because we knew we wouldn't be able to go anywhere in December because Eva's birthday is on Sunday and Spencer's was last weekend. It has been a great 5 years, bringing the greatest challenges I have ever faced and the greatest joy I have ever felt. Happy anniversary, Adam!

Grandma Dee-Dee

Adam's Grandma, Adelia Hall Rushforth, passed away peacefully on Saturday. I am very glad that she didn't suffer and that she is with her loved ones again. I am sad, however, for our loss. As I write this, I can't help but cry. I know that I wasn't related to her by blood but she treated me as if I were. I felt very loved and appreciated. I will miss her and I know Adam will too. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have that if I am obedient I may see her again.

Thanks Grandma Dee-Dee, for all your love and support. I hope you are out dancing with Grandpa! :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I can't believe Halloween has come and gone! This year has gone by sooooo fast! Spencer will turn 1 this month! How insane is that? Here are some pictures from yesterday:

Rubia helped me get the kids ready. Spencer wasn't entirely thrilled with the big tiger head hood but he wore it anyway.

Rubia and the kids.

Spencer was escaping his custome so Princess Cinderella came to the rescue with her magic wand! Thank you Cindrella!

My little crawling tiger!

My beautiful little Princess Cinderella!

Eva and one of her best friends were Cinderella together!

Eva, showing off her stitches.

Daddy with the kids (right before we put them to bed).

Aren't they cute? We had a fun evening! We took the kids to the church parking lot and Daddy took Eva around trick or treating to the different cars in the parking lot and I passed out candy while I talked to my visiting teaching companion. It a lot of fun and Eva came home with a LOT of candy. She has been really good about not wanting to eat all of it in one sitting though, for which I am very grateful.

Insta-care

So I have been to the insta-care twice in the last two months! The first time was for my ankle that I sprained falling down my staircase. That was interesting because they did an x-ray to make sure it wasn't broken and they found that I had broken it sometime before but never knew. Funky but true. My second trip to the insta-care was tonight . . . . with little Eva when she split her chin open. She gave one good jump in the bathtub, slipped when she came back down and slammed her chin into the ledge of the tub. The force must of been enough to pull her skin hard enough and fast enough to rip it open. It was definitely going to need some help from a medical professional if I wanted to minimize the scaring and as you can imagine, I did. She now has 3 stitches in her chin and she was very good during the whole process. I hope it heals quickly! Adam nor I ever had to get stitches (other than for surgeries) so we were not expecting to deal with that so soon but Eva is a crazy monkey so I guess I shouldn't be too surprised.

Disneyland Post #2

Eva and I rode the Dumbo ride together! It was fun to be up in the air and the breeze was refreshing! :)

Eva and I were with my sister-in-law Michelle and her two youngest (except the one on the way) children, Amber and Brandon.

This one is a little blurry but here is Eva riding the carousel with her Grandma Rushforth. Grandma was such a trooper, dealing with all the trauma we caused her. I really appreciate all she did to make it a wonderful day for Eva.

Eva with her cousins Justin and Brandon in Toon Town.

Spencer sat in the stroller or was held all day. There was no where I could let him down to crawl and he was less than happy about that.

Cinderella's castle! This was after she threw up and we changed her clothes. Luckily, Michelle had an extra shirt that fit her! Thanks, Michelle! Eva slept in the stroller after she threw up so we carried Spencer. Here we are with Walt Disney close to main street.

Eva watching the Disney parade with Grandma.

Disneyland Post #1

I am so sorry we are so terribly slow at updating this blog but as most of you know, life gets insanely busy and I have to admit, blogging is the first thing to go when I run out of time.

Disneyland was crazy! We had a good time but it was WAY TOOOOOO HOT! I don't know for sure how hot but between 90 and 100. And for those of you who know me, I don't do that kind of weather! I did not arrive at Disneyland at the beginning of October, expecting it to be so hot. I had prepared for . . . um . . . colder weather. I even had umbrella's and sweaters and blankets for the kids in the bottom of the stroller but, as you can imagine, I didn't need any of that. I think I suffered heat exhaustion or something because I couldn't get cool enough and I got very dizzy and very cranky! I took a break and sat with Spencer in the shade and in the air conditioned baby care place on Main street. Spencer's face was all red and sweaty - poor guy! He was ready for the heat either. Even little Eva was hot! Because they are my children and they go or don't go where I go or don't go, they don't get in the hot sun all that much.

To top it all off, Eva went one too many times on the tea cups and threw up all over the tea cup, Grandpa, and the revolving floor of the ride so the closed the ride to clean it all up. We tried to go on Alice and Wonderland a little while after that and she threw up again - not as much as the first time, thank heavens.

Despite the unexpected events, we had a good time. Eva got to see Buzz Lightyear and ride all the cool rides. I enjoyed very much watching her face light up or her look of amazement. I believe her favorite ride was the Carousel but I could be mistaken.

As we entered the gate . . . the kids didn't want to stop for pictures . . .

Our first ride was Buzz Lightyear . . . it was really fun! I loved seeing Eva's face. This was her first time going to an amusement park with rides.

This is right before we got on Alice in Wonderland for the first time (before the tea cup incident).

Eva in front of the Mad Hatter's little door right outside the Alice in Wonderland ride. We put this monkey leash/backpack on her to keep her with us and it was a good thing we did or I would have lost her. She complained about it a little because I am sure it was hot but she wore it the whole time.

Isn't she beautiful? :)