New House

Front View Laundry Room

Gameroom

Kitchen

Kitchen/Family Room

Upstairs Bath

Study

Master Bed

Master Bed 2

Master Bath

Downstairs Bath Kitchen

Front Porch

Front Entrance

Formal Living

Family Room

Entry

Dining Room

Upstairs Desk Area

Covered Patio

Bed 3

Bed 2

Bed 1

Back View

The pictures are fromt he realtor from the listing, so the furniture is not ours. Right now the house is covered in boxes so I got these pictures from the agent. This is our new home that we found, bought, and moved into in 15 days. We are actually so happy with it even though we bought it based on the fact that the people could move out faster than the other people at the other house we were going to buy. The boys have so many boys on our street and the street over to play with. They will stay at the same school for the rest of the year AND we have a neighbrohood pool for this summer. I have to blog about the adventure we took to get to this house another time since it is quite a long story, but the reason for the lack of blog post the past few months have been due to this move. We are now settled and very happy. We have the same phone number we have had for years so if you need to call us you can! Email me or leave a comment if you need our new address.

End of the Season

If you look close you can see Cade's goalCade made the first two goals of the game
The last few soccer games for Cade have been at 8am, so I was not at all sad when the season was done. Cade finished up the season strong and we are so proud of him. Cade joined a new team this year and we weren't sure how things would go. The team really learned how to play well together and had a great season. I can't wait for Easton and Davis to be done as well. It will be nice to have our evenings back and Saturdays free.

Trick or Treat

This year our ward did trunk or treating on Saturday. We also had a costume party earlier that day so the boys got to dress up most of the day. They really enjoyed every minute of it. I am so glad Cade still enjoys it. He had asked me if he could stay home and pass out candy because he thought he might be too old this year. I think he still has a few more years in him!! He came up with his costume idea all on his own. He thought that a failing report card would be the scariest thing ever! I hope he always feels this way!!

Cade, Davis, and Easton

Jeremy, Foster, Davis, Cade, and Easton

Jeremy wanted to give Cade an A in PE to make it look like he was a "jock" but Cade wanted straight F's

Easton LOVED being an Army guy. Al year he kept talking about it and wondering what kind of gun he should carry.

Davis is really into football this year. He plays on a flag football team. He is a huge Cowboys fan so this was an exciting night for him.

They all had so much fun. We got way too much candy. The boys are out of school today (Monday) for teacher/parent conferences and report cards (I wonder where Cade got his idea?) so maybe tomorrow we can get rid of some of the candy that now fills this house.

Home for sale

Front view
Kitchen

Living Room

Upstairs Game room

Cade's Room

I guess the realtor really liked this wall because she took two pictures of it!

As many of you may or may not know, we are in the process of selling our home. This is one of the worst things to ever do with four little boys and a dog! More details later...

Foster turns 1

Foster 1 day old
Foster the day he came home from the hospital (4 days old) with Davis

Foster about 6 months old with his best friend Fantom

Foster 1 year with Nana and Papa

Foster didn't like cake too much

Foster enjoying his slide

Foster wearing his Birthday hat.

Foster finally turned one on Sept 19th. This year has truly gone by faster than any other. It is a bitter sweet moment for us. We do enjoy our older boys and their independence and long for the day we can lose the diaper bag and strollers, etc, BUT at the same time we know that Foster is no longer a baby and it it really sad. Why does it have to go so fast? Here are a few fun facts about Foster:

He is the happiest baby. Even when he is sick he always smiles and enjoys life. He really only cries when he is hungry and even then it is not bad.

He LOVES his brothers and enjoys the constant chaos the surrounds him.

He follows the dog around all day and copies him. As shown in one of the pictures above, Foster looks out the windows and doors just as he sees Fantom do when people come over.

Foster has a go with the flow attitude. He can sit in his stroller or car sea all day and not complain even though as soon as he gets out, he crawls around so happy to be free, he never complains.

He has become quite the little walker lately.

He loves music - all kinds.

He is adored by his brothers. Davis gets him out of his crib most mornings and they fight over him. He has brought so much love and joy into our family.

He is a climber. He loves to chew on stuff (not even the dog does that!). Everything (except food) goes in his mouth.

He does not like to cuddle. He wants to be down exploring.

We could not be happier that he came into our family. We look forward to getting to know him better as he grows. He teaches us all about service and love. I can't believe he is one and hope to remember this moment in time for years to come.

One year later

Davis (7), Cade (8), Easton (5), Foster (2weeks) 9/09
Davis (8), Cade (9), Easton (6), Foster (1) 9/2010

This picture was a lot harder to take this year as Foster does not like to stay still and the older boys were more interested in looking at Foster than the camera. Hopefully as Foster grows, it will get easier to take a picutre of all four of them, but we aren't holding our breath!