Halloween 2008

This is our cutie pies for Halloween I know long time coming but I did eventually get around to it! I am bummed lately because my camera broke both of them so I am using eliza's and it is CHEAP!!
Our Halloween bunch is Tiana in the back as a lady bug, Chloe (Eliza's BFF) and Eliza as Bumble Bee's, and Mary Scarlet she wanted to be scary pink for Halloween thus the painted on eyebrows, but her costume was a unicorn. She was so cute!!

And our little Oliver as Santa's Trusty Elf! He has slippers too but he kept kicking them off!

Eliza's Fall Soccer

Eliza's first season of soccer with mom not coaching, and it's official

she likes Coach Rachel better....

Eliza said I was too easy that is why we always lost! Ha!

Mary and her Friends

This is Mar Mar (as her friends call her) and her friends Calea and Cara

they are wrestling in the grass at Eliza's soccer game...each of them have a sister on the team ;0

Here is Mary Scarlet with a frog she and Cara found

They both love it so much we had to let it go so it could survive :)

They both insisted that holding it very tight did not hurt the frog!

the grocery game

Okay, i just had to share the longest receipt i have ever had, over 9 feet long! I was not even at Costco. I joined The Grocery Game (an Internet coupon helper site) and saved over 60% off my bill. A full shopping cart at Albertsons for 145.62 saving 217.43. Also I bought so much Campbell's soup I received a 400 dollar credit for Eliza's school! KILLER BOOTS MAN!!

Thanks to Hilary and Kelley for the tip of The Grocery Game!

Fairhaven 15K run...what a great weekend

some of you know that i had been training for a 15k run. it was in bellingham last saturday. my college friend hilary and i (mostly her) planned a weekend invited a 2 other moms, to run and relax and it was awesome!!
carrie, kelley, hilary and me
i was nervous, excited and kind of sick about the run, the train up and back by myself and sharing a relaxation weekend with 2 women i hadn't even met yet(and hil which i was thoroughly looking forward too!).

me, hilary and carrie still cold. we hadn't started

running yet and the sun was behind the clouds still ;)

i also, wondered if i had trained enough and could actually run/jog the 9.3miles. i was pretty sure i could finish, but i really didn't want to end up walking several miles of the race! the last 2 races i had been in i finished in great positions the lake run in lake oswego 2006 i was 814 out of 816! yes total runners not age group...too hilly was my excuse! the deschutes dash in bend i came in at a whopping 64 or 65 of 68 total runners! now this was pathetic! i was very disappointed and not very motivated to keep it up after this. not that i was trying to win by any means but second or third from last!!! so, i really had 2 goals in mind first, finish second, don't come in in the bottom 10.
still waiting for the horn

so here i was at the start of the race

isn't that a great picture, totally me!

thanks kelley!

it was a slow start but once the 595 runners were spread out a bit it got much better. i ran/jogged all but about a .25 of a mile. this i walked so i could down some goo i had been told really helps your long run
Here is hil coming in ar 1:29:59! Way to go hil

here i am coming in at 1:52:09

here is carrie coming in at 1:54:56

Yes, we it did!

i was slow but steady and i did not come in in the bottom 10! yeah!!! i was 486! 109 runner/joggers/walkers came in after me!! can you tell i am excited about that!?!
when finished running we totally expected to be completely wiped out but that didn't come until a much later. we were all so excited to have finished and so happy with our times the adrenaline was really flowing. we followed up the run with some fabulous massages at the chrysalis spa and spent a few hours there just relaxing, looking out at the puget sound it was great! then we did some window shopping, ate gellato and mexican food, then back to the hotel for a movie and snacks (chocolate/diet cokes) in bed!

i loved this weekend it was great! i met some awesome women. carrie and kelley! and it is always a treasure to spend time with hil gotta love that women! so motivating! yes i love you hil! thanks till we run again 1/2 marathon january? hehe

3rd Grade!!

This is the first year we didn't get to see Eliza off on the first day of school, Grandma got that fun task! Eliza was so excited! One of her favorite friends is in her class for the first time....Chloe!

It has started already they are planning their clothing to match or coordinate! How fun! I hate to actually write this but I will for a memory because we all know I won't remember come next year or maybe even next week! You will see why in a minute! I am really revealing part of my inner self in this story and I'm not so sure it is a fabulous quality!! ;)
About a month or two before school started I had decided that we had plenty of cloths to start the school year, and it's not the same now as when we were growing up when you really only got cloths for back to school, Christmas and Birthdays. So I thought, do we really need anything? No! So, we bought one outfit for the first day of school. Eliza didn't even notice the difference. In fact I think she would have been ecstatic if I had pointed out that we weren't spending the last few days of summer shopping instead we spent them at the river! So lets fast forward to a week before school. Eliza and her friend Chloe had decided that they wanted to wear black and white on the first day of school. Eliza and Chloe had planned what they were wearing and both of them were quite excited about their plan. All but me...the outfit we got her for back to school was not black and white, she was planning on wearing a dress that was a couple years old! I knew I shouldn't even care but I could not let my 3rd grader go to school on the first day in old cloths! My problem not Eliza's. So for several days I just bit my tongue and said nothing. But really come on I guess I am too vain. I couldn't do it. I talked with my BFF Jill and she agreed with me that definitely new cloths on the first day. But she thought I should just make Eliza wear what we had bought. (internal turmoil!) I just couldn't break her little heart, it was set on matching her BFF Chloe! And why should I care, if Eliza is fine with wearing old cloths why couldn't I be? But, I could not mentally deal with it. Alas, in the middle of the night a couple days before school started I envisioned a dress. I knew I had some left over scraps and other pieces from some formals I had worked on this summer and decided to make her one! It looked a little bit different in my head but I do think it turn out awesome!

Eliza loved it!!

She was so excited when she saw it and both of us where happy! I got my new cloths and she got her black and white! With no money's spent!

I was however sad that I missed her first day of 3rd grade, Grandma said it was great! Eliza rode her bike with her friends and called grandma 1/2 way there and then on the way home. She is growing up so fast! I can't believe she is 8 and in 3rd grade! We are cherishing every moment!

Eliza's 8th Birthday

Eliza turned 8 on the 14th is was great! Maybe it was the magic number 8, or maybe it was that we had all girls this year, or maybe i finally realized what the kids really want out of a birthday! We had the best party! Friends, 104 degrees outside with a water slide, some water balloons, a trampoline, swings, pizza, all the bottle soda you could want, and cake t'boot. Then after dark a movie alvin and the chipmunk drive in style in the backyard with soda pop, popcorn, and movie candy! The girls brought their sleeping bags and pillows and layed out under the stars for a movie. It was so much fun!~!!~~!!!~~

Eliza's Baptism August 16th

Eliza's baptism was awesome! It was so simple yet the spirit was strong and the feeling was just awesome. Eliza got to share her baptism day with one of her BFF's Elley Lyman. She is 2 days older than Eliza. They are so cute! I posted 19 pictures in the slide show and added captions. It is so hard to put into words the feelings you have when your first child has made the choice to be baptized. I just hope we, as parents have taught her and continue to teach her what she needs to know to be a great adult and eternal partner!

Sunriver Vacation!

We did finally make to Sunriver! We were a few hours late (see previous post as to why!) but at least our little Eliza Mae is okay! I just wanted to post a few of my favorites from our day's at the pool! The pool is an all time Rashworth fav!

Eliza's Scary Day!

Hard to believe that this little bottle of water could keep you from riding in an ambulance and 5 hours in the emergency room!

The morning started out with super special date with neighbor Sherrie. They went to get french toast sticks from Carl's Jr. and then their hair cut at J Michael's Salon. They started out about 8:30am. Eliza was super excited to get her hair cut in a dramatic A-line, visit with Sherrie and eat french toast sticks! Ryan and I were home packing/cleaning for our 2 week vacation that we were starting as soon as Eliza got back from her date with Sherrie. Around 11:15am Deryk (Sherrie's hubby) came over and said Eliza had fainted or something and 911 was called. Ryan spoke with Sherrie and she said fire and ambulance were on their way. Ryan called me down stairs and asked if I knew where Eliza was and if I did she needed me ASAP. Then told me that my mom should drive me. My mom and I just walked out the door, not really knowing anything but that we needed to get to the salon. While on our way, the a fire/rescue gentleman called and said that they need to take Eliza to the hospital. The said they weren't "actively trying to save her life" but that she was "pretty out of it and should be checked out because 7/8 year olds don't usually faint for no reason!" So, apparently while on the way to the hospital the paramedics tried to give her an IV in her hand

but they were not successful in finding a vein and decided to wait until they arrived at the hospital. (She ended up never getting one!) Her BP was pretty low as was her blood sugar. When I first saw her she looked pretty grey and shaken up and started crying as soon as she saw me! But, what 7/8 year old wouldn't be, most people have to wait a few more years before their first ambulance ride!

The nurse said the room in the ER was too small for Grandma and Sherrie to stay so they went to visit Crissy, Bob and their new baby Allison Grace. At least they didn't have to be bored in the ER waiting room, I think time went a little faster in the labor and delivery part of the hospital, especially holding an 8lb miracle!

I will spare you the boring details of our wait for the urine analysis, EKG, chest x-ray and blood work and then for the results. But while we were waiting Eliza did start to perk up and decided to take pictures, with my phone, of all the things that were scary and not so scary in the ER.

Getting her blood drawn scary!

light, Scary

Gloves, not scary

Machine with tubing....scary!

BP machine not so scary they have one at the doctor's office ;)

Heart monitor, Scary! Lots of beeping!

Fire alarm, scary

Mom pretending to sleep, not scary

the curtain, not scary until they close it!

Mom sticking her tongue out a you while you take her picture, not scary

..very silly!

She bored of this pretty quick and the nurse was really kind to find some

arts and crafts to work on and a Popsicle.

When the results came back we were told that all the tests came back normal. Yeah! And, it was probably just a combo of dehydration, low blood sugar and exhaustion. Wow, does she even have a mom to look after her!?! ;) I guess it was a good lesson for us/her to learn that water, food and rest are an important part of life! And for me that my little girl still needs her mommy ;)