Unexpected Awakenings

We live close to the train tracks and whenever Emmett hears a train he gets really excited and says, "train, train, train, hurry", and then we have to rush him to the window so we can see the train. Happens several times a day. Last night about midnight I woke up to Bret yelling, " train...train...train." He ran to the bathroom turned on the light and then ran into Emmett's room, picked him up and ran back to our room. Once he laid Emmett on the bed, Bret woke up and realized what he was doing. LOL oh my heavens, I"m laughing just typing this. It was so funny. I told Bret that Emmett didn't need to see every train and to put our baby back in his crib. Luckily Emmett didn't even wake up :)

Also Emmett said his first prayer on Sunday. He usually folds his arms, and gets a serious glare on his face and yells "AMEN" when we're done (or during the prayer). We were having dinner with the Maughans and Austin (5 years old) was saying the prayer. Emmett folded his arm and started trying to repeat what Austin was saying. Lots of gibberish, something about Grandma, more gibber gabber and then a loud "AMEN". It was so cute and made us really happy.

18 Month Pictures

Emmett had his 18 month pictures taken. Emily's sister-in-law Jenae Blanchard took them. She was taking Halle's pics so it worked out perfect for me to get Emmett's done too. I can't believe Emmett is a little boy now and no longer a baby. I think he's been that way for a while but these pictures really made me realize that. I'm also growing out his hair, I like it getting a little shaggy!

I had to post my favorite picture of Halle. She doesn't even look real, she looks like a little doll.

Bret and I wanted to go hike Timp on Labor Day. We slept at Emily's house the night before so we could get up at 5am, and Emily was going to watch Emmett. We ended up staying up late watching, "I Shouldn't Be Alive" on the Discovery channell. That's a great show. They're pretty intense episodes and one made me cry. I get sucked into dramatic stories. Anyways, we finally got to bed and Emmett woke up at 3am and wanted a snack, so I gave him some crackers and tried to put him back to bed. (we were all sleeping in the same room) Then he decided to act like a monkey for over an hour. He laid between us and kept making monkey sounds and actions. We tried to ignore him hoping he'd eventually fall alseep. Then he said, " I a monkey" and we both started laughing. It was outrageous. Anyways, he went back to sleep at 4:30am and we decided to not do a 17 mile hike on 2-3 hours of sleep. Maybe another time.

Hiking, Running, More Sewing Projects

We went hiking with the Maughans last weekend to a waterfall on Mt Nebo. It was a lot of fun and the kids did really well. We need to do stuff like this more often. My mom and I use to hike all the time. When I was in the 6th grade she would pick me up from school and we'd change clothes in the car and go hike the Y. Jude has hiked the Y over 500 times and I think I ended up hiking it about 200. I know this because everytime we hike the Y we take a little rock from the mountain and put it in a jar. She and I have hiked to the top of Timp about 14 times, spent 10 days hiking on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia (Joey came with us! It was one of my favorite trips ever), Hiked all over Utah and some in Nevada. Here are some pictures from this last weekend:

Last night I ran the Moonlight Half Marathon with Larry. My friend Bekah Platt ran it too, and we ran by each other for some of the race. The first person to cross the finish line at or after midnight wins the race. So you start at whatever time you need to finish at midnight, but you can't have a watch or timing devise. We were going to start at 10:00pm but we got impatient at the start and just decided to go at 9:33pm. We ran it in 2:02:00, I thought we were going to finish about 10 minutes faster but oh well. I was tired and ready for bed before we even started running. The furthest I've run lately is 8 miles, so my legs were cramping and I was feeling my lack of training. We ran the whole time though and had a lots of fun. Rick Bluth puts on a great race and party afterwards.

Lastly, I love to sew and cross-stitch. Cross stitching is so old fashion but I LOVE it. It's really relaxing for me. I make all of my neices and nephews a cross-stich of their name. I finished James and Emmett and finally got them framed. I want all the kids to have something special from me. Two more to go, then I'm caught up until more babies come. I'm working on Halle and Max right now.

Demolition Derby, Diaper Bag/Jewelry

Don't be jealous but I now own the cutest diaper bag/purse you'll ever see. Please see below:
Emily's sister-in-law made it and she makes and sells her own jewelry. I'm sure you know of it Krumpets Design. Here is the blog site: www.krumpetsdesigns.blogspot.com I just love her stuff. Em, Jill, and I bought a few necklaces and we're going to share them. That's what sisters are for..right?

Here I am sporting some of my new accessories:

I know I need to let Emmett feed himself so I started that today. Big mistake. Huge.


Last weekend we went to the Beaver County Fair and it was my first time going to a demolition derby. I LOVED it. There something about watching cars crash...ahhh....

Family Photo

My mom also rode her horse in the barrel race in the rodeo. She was so happy and cute out there. She made all these cowboy friends and they were all cheering for her. Her time was 35:01...so what if it was double the time it took the rest of the ladies. My mom is a champion! I have video of it and I will post it soon. Check back.

Sewing Project & of course...Emmett

This purse was about 2 years in the making. Not that it took me 2 years to complete, but it was a project I started and never finished. I struggled with the quilting part but finally finished it. It was actually really easy to make. I'll show a close up of the quilting so you can see that it is obviously my first quilting project. Yikes..I'm sure I'll get better with time.

Should I add a few cute buttons?

Emmett looks so grown up in these next few pictures. He looks like a little man...maybe because he is a little man.

He spotted a plane.

Zoo

I took work off last Thursday and we went to the zoo. Jude came with us and that made me happy. She and Emmett feel asleep on the way up there, and I wish I would have taken a picture of them. It was cute. Emmett loved the monkeys, and we spent a lot of time watching them. We ended up buying him a stuffed animal monkey and he wore it around his neck all day. I love buying that kid stuff. I could spend all my money on toys, clothes, etc... for him. I guess thats what moms do.

On Sunday Emily, Shayne, Max, and Jude came down for some home cooked chili. I know it's July and who eats chili when its 100 degrees outside, but its Bret's favorite!

This picture is for Cory. Bret and I scrubed our kitchen floor. I usually clean it with the swiffer wet jet ,but it still needs a good washin on your hands and knees. Doesn't it look nice???

Lastly, Brinley and Austin came over the other night ,and we let the kids run in the rain. They had a blast. I love summer rain storms, wish we had more of them :)

BABY MAXWELL COY HUNSAKER

Maxwell Coy Hunsaker was born Saturday, July. 17, 2010 at 12:34 am on his due date...right on schedule. I have been so excited for Emily to have her baby. We just love him and we're so happy he's finally here. It's exciting to see Emily as a mom. She just LOVES him!! He's so lucky to have her as his mom.

7lbs 6 oz and 20 inches.

Doesn't she look great? She didn't even break a sweat pushing that baby out. Although our marathon pictures look the same way. I'm all sweaty and look like death, and then there's Em pretty with her make up and hair looking great. See for yourself: