Baby Katharine (Katie) Gail Rushforth

At the doctors appointment today we were sent to the hospital for delivery and

7 lbs 6 oz 19 1/4 inches long.

I love epidurals

Freshly arrived

unsure about being here

Happy children

Happy grandma

New baby video about 3-5 minutes after born

Nice Room

Resting patients

Rigby Lake and the Beach!!

The other day my friend called me up and convinced me to take the kids to Rigby Lake, meaning this fat pregnant woman had to get her kids in bathing suits and also herself. I best part. She tried to take a picture of me and her camera went dead. So, you only get cute pictures of my skinny kids.

Claire enjoying the sand!!
Todd cheesing it up for the camera while my friend is trying to get pictures of her boys in the background. He seems to want to be the center of attention because he would not stay out of the pictures.

I know it is kind of hard to tell, but that is Todd crouched by the side of the lake. It took him a while to get used to the water thing.

Claire got that bucket and shovel combo for her birthday two years ago. We meant to use it last summer and never made it to the beach. Well it is never too late I guess.
This is Rachel and our friend Calvin riding on two blow up toys that my friend got for a buck and they didn't even pop. The is Calvin and Claire riding on those same blow up toys.

Craig driving a Tractor

Look at my hubby driving a tractor. Slow but he did it.

4th of July

I jumped or bounced would be a more appropriate word on the trampoline with Todd. I was so hot and it felt so good to have the sprinkler spraying my feet as I bounced with Todd.
For the Fourth of July, we went to my family's house and the kids swam, jumped on the trampoline with the sprinkler underneath, and swam some more.
We also ate tons of watermelon!!

Very Tired Kids!!

After a long day of playing on the farm with Papa, Uncle Adam, and Daddy, the kids fell asleep just like this. I thought it was so funny I just had to share.

It's Official!!

My husband is officially an Engineer in Training. He has passed his Fundamentals of Engineering exam. We are so excited!!

Fun on the farm

It was a fun day on the farm for the kids. After dropping off the tractors there was a little moving some hay around. Some small bits got left behind so the small strips left were picked up and moved over to an un baled row. Todd would go and help grab a pile and put it on the row. One time he saw grandpa kick over a small patch so as he was walking up the pitch he found a high part and kicked it over as well.

Keplar( I should probably know how to spell his name but this is a guess) had fun hanging out with his dad.

Todd grabbed Adam and Grandpas hand then picked up his feet because he wanted to be swung back and forth. What a little manipulator.

Todd also had fun riding the black pick up toy car. Keplar and Todd took turns pushing it around.

They think his tractor's sexy

It is summer so the theme here seems to be the farm more and more. It is time to bale the hay so Grandpa took the grand kids out to the field in the tractor. They think riding in the tractor is the best thing ever. They are always sad when grandpa can't take them. Here are a few pictures of the kids in the tractor with grandpa.

Rachel is on the left, Claire on the right and Todd on Grandpas lap.

Rachel making faces waiting for Grandpa to get the baler ready.

Out started the field