HALLOWEEN

Halloween was fun this year! It was fun taking our two little super heros around the neighborhood, through the university mall and to family and friends houses to get . . . CANDY! They came home with a lot! Here are some of our favorite pictures:

Halloween Costumes

When we bought their halloween costumes, the kids couldn't wait to try them on! Introducing . . . . drum roll please! . . . . Supergirl and Batman!!!!!!

Update on the Rushforths

We are all surviving - mostly! Adam and I are exhausted and ready for his MBA to be finished. 7 months and counting!

The kids are doing really well! Eva is back in pre-school and still doing gymnastics. Spencer is growing up so quickly! He is talking up a storm (in 3 languages) and he is the most popular one in our house (some of my friends are living with us right now and they go goo-goo over him)!

My brother got married!

The wedding went really well! David and Alejandra were married a couples of weeks ago and everything went smoothly. She looked beautiful and David looked sooooo happy! Here are some of my picks:

And he is off to school . . .

Adam left this morning for work and will go straight from work to school tonight. The new semester has begun and I am a single mom again. Adam has class Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6-10pm so he leaves on Tuesday morning and comes home Friday afternoon. It is a crazy schedule for him! Maybe it's bad of me but part of me looks forward to the time by myself. So every Tuesday that Adam is in school, I am excited for some alone time but by Thursday night I am so frazzled and ready for Daddy to come home so I can relax. But, he is also ready to come home and relax! We both can't relax. One of us has to be taking care of whirlwind #1 and whirlwind #2. Working that out can sometimes be hard. I need some ideas of fun things to do with the kids! Anyone got any good ideas?

My brother's engaged!

My little brother is getting married!!! Can you believe it? I knew this day would come eventually but it really hit me like a ton of bricks. Anyway, they are getting married September 18th (a special day for me because it is Chile's Independence day) - in 3 SHORT weeks! They got engaged 3 weeks ago and we are so excited for both of them. Her name is Alejandra (Ale or Alex for short) and she is from Bolivia. I took their engagement pictures the other day. Here are a few of the results. Remember that I am not a professional photographer (although I would love to learn). I thought some of them were pretty good for my first attempt! :)

Pictures in front of Jordan River Temple

I know we sort of dropped of the planet but we are alive! Anyway, here are a few pictures we took up at the Jordan River Temple last Monday. Our Stake President asked us to take pictures of our children in front of the temple so it would remind them of their goal to make it there. So we finally did. Now if i could only choose one to put up! :)

The Denver Zoo with Sally & Sox

We got to go to the Zoo today! It was a blast! I called Sox to make plans for Saturday and she happened to be going to the zoo too so we met her and her kids there. It was a good time. Here are some pictures:

Spencer's first airplane flight

We are down in Colorado visitng Sally for her graduation from the University of Denver (masters degree). Spencer got to ride an airplane yesterday (June 3rd, 2009) for the first time and I am sure he had no idea where he was.

Both of the kids were so good! I was expecting the flight to be very hard but both kids (especially Eva) were very well mannnered, happy, obedient, etc. The short length of the plane ride probably helped a little! :)

The plane was very empty so Spencer got his own seat. At first I had him on the isle but I had to move him to the middle. I got tired of picking up the toys he dropped into the isle (on purpose). Silly boy!

Termite update

Yesterday, the termite people came out and spot treated our basement with poison to get rid of the termites. They had to drill through the cement, shoot the poison into the soil below and repair the holes with more cement. I was hoping that I could close up the holes in the laundry room wall but the pest control guy said it would be best not to disturb the wall for another month, just to make sure the termites take the poison back to the colony and kill them all off. Not very nice, I know but I have to protect my house from those wood-eating critters!

Spencer's vocabulary update

WOW! Spencer's vocabulary grows about 2 words every day! Here are the newest additions: tummy, no, cheese, sissy (sister), and down. I can't believe he is getting so big! Rubia is hardly going to recognize him when she gets home. :(

Eva's pre-school talent show

Last Thursday was Eva's end of the year pre-school program. I can't believe the year is over already! All the kids got dressed up in their Sunday best so they all looked so sharp! Here is Eva:

All the kids - with the help of the teacher - sang some songs and showed us some sign language they had learned throughout the year. Eva didn't participate all that much but she is one of the younger one. Hopefully she does better next year (she missed the deadline to start school this year so she will attend pre-school for one more year).

Then each of the kids performed a talent all by themselves! Eva sang "I love to see the Temple" and she did a great job! YEAH, Eva!

Spencer's new Do!

Summer is upon us and I thought Spencer might appreciate a little less hair. I know that someone will be a little upset at me for cutting his hair so short but I remind her that it will grow back - it is only temporary. I kind of like it this way even though it will take some getting used to. The one on the left was right before and the one on the right is right after. I think he looks cute both ways! The short look is much easier!

Spring has come . . . Yeah!

The only season I have a hard time with is summer - only because it is sooo hot! I stay indoors all summer long and pray for fall to come quickly. :) As I said, I like all the other seasons. I like fall because it is cool and the world gets a beautiful paint job! I like winter because I love to see the everything covered in a soft blanket of white. It is so beautiful! I even like playing in the snow. I like the cold weather (unlike some people I know, but I won't hold it against them!). But my favorite season of the year is SPRING! After a long winter, I am ready to see some flowers, feel the gentle spring breezes, run around in the spring rain, run the car tires through the puddles and get out in the sun (before it gets too hot!). Here is a picture of the gladiola in my front yard. It is in full bloom and gorgeous. I wanted to share it with all of you and tell you Happy Spring (enjoy it while you can)!

Spencer's vocabulary

Spencer's vocabulary has been growing by leaps and bounds! I can't believe he can say so many things!

Here is a list of the ones he can say to date:

yucky, Mommy, Daddy, da (Portuguese), no, ball, go, bubbles, doctor, cracker, cookies, Jodi, nana (banana), Nanny, stop, Grandpa, kitty, play