First Days of School

I can't believe that Hyrum is in first grade!  I still see him as my little man.  Some days I don't feel like I'm ready for him to be in full time school, because there is so much more I want to teach him at home.  I hope he remembers his manners.  What if he gets too tired?  What if other kids are mean to him?  Does he know how to stand up for himself?  Will he remember how to tie his shoes?  I hope he doesn't get lost in the crowds of kids and feel alone or scared.  I hope my hugs and kisses will hold him over.  Will he remember what we taught him about peer pressure and how his words effect other people?  I'm sure every parent experiences this and that's why we send him into the unknown anyway.  This is his chance to 'test his wings' as an individual.  I love him and know he is capable of so many amazing things.  I hope his teachers will see the potential that we all see in him.    

It was a long day and his brothers missed him a lot.  Owen ran up to him the moment he stepped off the bus and gave him a big hug.  It was very cute.

Noah started Preschool this year and is very excited about it as you can see in the picture.  We were really glad to have him be in the same classroom that Hyrum was in two years ago.  It's a new teacher, but Noah was glad that he knew right where to go.  When I picked him up today he was busy talking to his teacher.  That boy can talk like no other.  Give him a minute and he'll give you an hour:)  We love his creative mind.

It must be Fall because the sky is A-MAZE-ING! (This picture has not been touched up at all.  These colors are real and were even more vivid in person.) 

More Fun!

One of our favorite activities this summer has been going up to the canyon.  Hopefully we'll still make time for trips up there before it gets to cold.

Last Hoorah!

With summer days coming to an end we tried to fit in as much fun stuff before school started as we could.  The boys love anything that has to do with water so we visited Noah's Ark at Thanksgiving Point.  It was so fun, and later there was some wrestling at the park with a picnic.

The Big Shots

More Rushton Reunion 2013

There's not much to say about these pictures other then we had a lot of fun at reunion:)

Our Home

"Hey Brett, remember that time that we decided to move and sell our house with a two week old?  We found an amazing spec home in a great area that we fell in love with.  We decided to put our house up for sale and have it ready to show when we went on vacation.  About two weeks later is was under contract.  We loved picking things out for our new home and planning out what we would do with more space and a bigger yard.  Then our buyer backed out.  After putting the house back on the market we realized that keeping the house in perfect condition with a newborn and three crazy boys in the summer was just not working.  I had a couple of exhaustion meltdowns and you helped calm me down.  Then we decided that our family and getting ready for school was more important than a new home right now.   We were both a bit sad about losing the spec home but we feel like we both learned some valuable lessons and are more prepared for a move when it does happen.  That was pretty crazy, huh?  Sometimes we are crazy."

I love our view.  I will probably miss this view more than anything else when we end up moving. 

One Month

I've been afraid to say this publicly in fear that I will jinx it, but Emmett is seriously the best baby EVER!  He really is amazing.  He rarely cries.  He loves just looking around and especially loves staring at fans.  This is the big thing. . . . he sleeps. . . . at night. . . and it's wonderful!  We have had three pretty awful night sleepers in his older brothers.  I pretty much just assume that babies don't truly sleep through the night until they're close to three.  I've read books and numerous articles about getting kids to sleep through the night.  We've pretty much tried everything.  We've seen stages of improvement and felt like things were working and also digressions that have been horrible.  Now that we have Emmett I've come to the conclusion that some kids are just good sleepers and some are not.  Sure, there are things that you can do to improve your chances of good sleeping, but sometimes you can only do so much because that child may just take three years to figure out that night means sleep. I know that there is a good chance that Emmett may have rough nights in the future, but for now I am really enjoying and grateful for this sleep that I never experienced with my other boys.  I put Emmett to bed between 7-7:30 each night and he sleeps until 2-3am, and then goes back to sleep for another 4ish hours!  He's AMAZING!!!

He's so cute too.  The boys are still in love with him.  He is smothered in kisses everyday by Owen and Noah and Hyrum love holding him.  His umbilical cord hung on for quite a while, but it's off now and he has such a cute little belly button:)

He has super long fingers! 

Where did Emmett go?  He's camouflaged!  Noah changed his shirt when he saw what Emmett was wearing so that they could match.