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!

Family Pictures

Rebecca, Foster (1), Jeremy,

Easton (6), Davis (8), and Cade(9) - Sept. 12, 2010

Foster (aka Pookie, Poopy, Poop, Poo, Boo, Boo Boo, or whatever comes out of our mouths at the time. With so many older brothers, and their friends he really is called something different everyday.)

Foster

Jeremy

This is one of my favorite of the boys.

Easton, Davis, Foster, and Cade

Easton has a scowl on his face. Part of it was because they were looking into the sun and part of it was because he had to take so many pictures that day.

I love this one because you get a sense of how much curl Foster has in his hair although, this is just the half of it. The boys has so much hair!!

Easton loves his baby brother although he told me the other day that Foster was cute and funny but a little annoying. This was because Easton was trying to play the DS and Foster was trying to climb on top of him!

Davis is the best caretaker of Foster. He gets him out of his crib most mornings. He is the one who always wants to watch him and push him in the stroller and is the one who is always walking around the house with him. The other day we were playing in the front room and Davis said to me, "Mom when he (Foster) smiles at you in makes your whole soul warm and feel good!" I told him babies did make you happy and he said yeah! Davis has such a tender heart!

Cade has been a great help with the baby. He has been the best at getting the baby bottles and grabbing diapers (he WON"T change a diaper but will go get you a new one!) He loves to play with Foster and make him laugh. Cade's friends are the ones who seem the most interested in the baby too. They love to come over and interact with him. It is such a joy to watch my older boys take care of Foster. He has truly been a blessing in our lives!

Cade - about to turn 10 in just over a month. Where did the time go. He was just as little as Foster. This boy makes us so proud. He is such a good kid all around. We are lucky to have him as our first child. He sets such a good example for the others.

Foster in the Kitchen

Meet the newest chef in the family!

And school begins again!

The boys in their new school jammies
Cade getting his Father's blessing the night before school starts
First day of school (8/23/10)
Easton 1st grade (age 6)
Cade 4th grade (age 9)
Davis 3rd grade (age 8)
The boys with Foster before leaving for school

ready to go!

I love to watch them walk to school, but watching them go down the hill is the best part. Some days they run but on the first day it was crowded so they just walked.

The boys about to enter school. You can tell by the look on Easton's face, he is tired of pictures. Jeremy followed them the whole way snapping pictures.

Easton walking down to his class. He was just about to his door.

Easton and Mrs. Keys. We love her. Davis had her for first grade. It is going to be a great year for him!

Davis got right to work.

Cade looks a little annoyed. He thinks he is too old for us to walk him to class. I told him it is for us not him, just deal with it!

It was a great day for all except Foster who missed the boys like crazy. The older boys all have wonderful teachers and are enjoying being back into things again. Now that sports are starting and activities, our nice quiet summer lives come to an end and the craziness begins.

A fun filled week!

On Monday we went to Lagoon.
On Tuesday we went to BYU and the MTC.
Cade was so excited to visit the BYU campus.

After, we met our cousins at the Bingham Copper Mine. It was the third really big hole in the ground we saw on our vacation!

Cade and Mitchell enjoyed spending time together.

Wednesday we visited the University of Utah campus for Jeremy, Davis, and Easton.

Later we met the cousins at This is the Place for a fun filled soaked afternoon. We had so much fun at each of the activities. It rained on us and for a while we had to take shelter in the mud huts. It is a day we will never forget.

We were lucky enough to see Elder Dallin H. Oaks there and he was kind enough to take a picture with us. I think this was Jeremy's favorite part of vacation.

The kids at the end of the day.

Our family at Temple Square on Thursday

Rebecca, Jeremy, Davis, and Cade waiting to go on top of the Church Office Building

Thursday evening we went camping with everyone at a cabin. Uncle Everett cutting wood for our fire.

Roasting marshmellows at night. I think we still have burned marshmellow on some of our shoelaces!!

The cousins before going on a hike

This is the way I like to camp. Indoors and in beds! I was downstairs with Cade, Davis, Easton, Foster, Sam, and Mitchell. The boys stayed up until one on the morning and were up way too early for me!

No trip to Utah would be complete without a visit to the Statue of Liberty! Yes, you heard me. The neighbors of the Breese's (where I used to live) have a statue in their front yard. It made it easy giving people directions: go to the statue of Liberty and turn!! On our last Friday we had a BBQ with some of our friends the Duncans and the Farmers. Our boys had a great time playing with their kids even thought all the other kids were GIRLS (except baby Kellen!). We wish we had more time to visit with them and catch up more. It is fun to see old friends and even more exciting to watch all the kids grow up. We were worn out by the end of the week. On Saturday we had the big reunion that we had come to town for. I will post that in another post. It was a great week but we were so tired by the time we finally made it home. I am just glad we still had a few weeks before we had to start school.