Welcome Sophie Lyn Oveson

Sophie Lyn is our twelfth grandchild and our second granddaughter. She was born June 15th in Ogden, Utah. Her parents Mark and Tara and older brother Van, as well as us all, are very excited to have her joy our family.

Sophie surprised us by being so small. She weighed in at 6 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 1/2" tall. She is a little bit darker than Van so I think she may have a little bit more of her mom's blood in her but she looks a lot like Mark and Van.
It took her a while to get here. We really was hoping for a May baby but she had her own mind when she would come. She has very long fingers and toes. I envy her fingers. She is going to be a great pianist.
Van struggled with her for the first day and after his parents and Sophie returned him, he struggled with Grandma. I loved spending this time with Van, Mark and Tara, helping them and getting closer to Van. I don't get this one on one time very often with him. I don't think he liked it as much as I did though. He was more than ready for me to return home.
He is doing great now with his little sister. He is very protective over her. Making sure she doesn't get hurt, well by anyone but him. I just pray that he doesn't follow the example of his father, getting Sophie out of her crib when she is just a couple of months old. Mark did this with Cyrena and to this day I haven't figured out how he got her out, on the floor, and into me without her crying or being hurt. I'm looking forward to the many years ahead of us getting to know this special gift from our Heavenly Father.

Happy Birthday Bauer

Bauer's birthday was on June 3. For the past several months he has told his Mom that he was going to have his birthday in Utah. Neither Cyrena or I thought it was going to happen. She found a great deal on line a few days after his birthday to fly here. So Bauer was almost right. Last Monday we celebrated Bauer's and Josh's birthdays together. Josh's is today and I will post about it on Monday after we got back from Riverton this weekend. For their birthdays we went to the Classic Fun Center. They have a bounce house and the kids all went wild. We had ten of the grandkids there. Bauer loved every minute of it running, climbing, screaming and sliding. None of the kids wanted to leave.

Bauer is getting to be a very big boy. He is such a big help to his mom. I still don't know how she dared to fly alone with three little boys. It is because she knew she could depend on Bauer to help her. When you tell Bauer to do something, he makes sure that his little brother Emmett fully understands. Bauer loves to play soccer and he had his last game this week. Again he has taught Emmett how to play. Being the oldest means extra responsibility and Bauer is doing a great job. He loves to play with his littlest brother Reece and takes few good care of him also.
Of course you can't come to Utah without spending time on the four-wheelers with Grandpa. Bauer learned how to drive one but not by his self. He also wanted to climb a mountain and was a little bit disappointed that I wouldn't climb to the top of one. He just didn't understand that it would take us a full day to do that. But we did climb a short distance. He was able to see a doe up close as she tried to jump a fence.
The best part of being here was to play with his cousins. Him and Josh are very close and love each other. It was touching to see them hug each other at the airport and tell each other good-bye. Thank goodness it won't be for very long since we will be seeing them again in October in Disneyland. Happy Birthday Bauer and we love you

Happy Birthday Emmett

Emmett Jonathan Grimm celebrated his second birthday on the sixth of this month. It is a very difficult thing to not be able to celebrate with Grandchildren because they live so far away. He did have a great day according to his mom and even celebrated a couple different days. Cyrena made him an Elmo cake. I would really like to see a picture of this cake. It was her first time in decorating and I know that she did a great job even though she doesn't think so. I know it was great because all that counted was, she pleased her son.

Emmett is a very strong willed little boy. He knows what he wants and tries to get it. He is learning to talk more and I love hearing him in the background as I talk to Cyrena. He loves to perform when we Skype. I don't know what I would ever do without Skpye. It makes things more bearable with them in Illinois. At least this way we can still talk to the kids and see how much they are changing and growing. Emmett is going to be a leader. He has a very strong personality and he can even get Bauer to do things. He doesn't like to eat much but I'm sure one of these days he is going to love food and then watch out. He loves his little brother very much. I know that they are going to be close when Reece becomes old enough to play with.

For Halloween Emmett was Cookie Monster. This fits his personality great because he does love to eat cookies, crackers, and well any junk food.
Again Happy Birthday Emmett. Grandma and Grandpa miss you dearly and we hope to see you some time this summer. I don't think I can let a whole year go by without seeing you and your brothers. I love you and I know that you had a great day.

Happy Birthday Emmett

Happy Birthday Lexie

Grandpa and Grandma's beautiful little princess turned five on Monday the 7th. She has been awaiting this special day for the past couple of months. She was excited on Monday when I gave her a call at daycare. She loved all the special attention that she recieved, especially the special delivery of balloons that her Dad and Brittany had sent.

Lexie is a very special little girl who is learning to become a mother. I know that she has several more years to go but she loves to take care of her brothers and cousins. She is a little mother hen. Even though she loves to help and is always the first one to help do whatever she has been asked to do, she still has a mischeious side. The other day her and Ashton decided to take a bath in the toy room by filling all the toy containers with water from the bathroom. Needless to say there was more water on the toy room floor than in the containers.

Lexie loves going to Pre-school. She loves to color and makes things to hang on my walls all the time. She is going to be more than ready for Kindergarten this fall.

When I asked Lexie about her cake she said she wanted a mermaid cake. This is what I came up with. She was able to help me finish it and made sure that I put the eyes on the fishes.

Danielle fixed Lexie's hair so she was beautiful for her special day. Again she is a little princess. Most of her presents were jewlry and she loved each and every present. She loves getting her picture taken, again a princess.

How we love her and love every minute we have with her.

We made Lemonade

When life gives you lemons then make lemonade or so the saying goes. I personally don't think that getting lemons is a bad thing and especially snow is never a bad thing but I know that several people don't feel the way I do. Needless to say with the kids all home for this past weekend and wonderful snow falling, what else is there to do than to play in it. Mike and Mark's boys have gone sledding this year but Paul and I haven't been able to witness just how much fun they have had. I have yet to find a child who doesn't like to go sledding, no matter the age. We really had fun on Saturday and I felt bad that we could only be out for a little while. The snow was a very wet snow and so we were wet before we really even began. At one point the snowflakes were bigger than two inches. I tried to get a picture of them but it didn't work. Also I thought about videos but I didn't want to get the camera to wet.

Paul was excited about the snow because in December he purchased a new plow for the four-wheeler and really hadn't been able to try it out. It works great but I think that next time he won't have the grandkids helping him. They would rather plow the road than my drive-way which still looks like we didn't do anything.

Bring on the snow if it means this much fun.
Lexie pulling Van to the top of the hill.
Lexie, Xander (Alex) and Josh. Josh tried several times to get the sled to tip over. Josh loves coming to grandma's for the clean air. He hates their dirty air that makes his asthma worse. Xander's boots kept falling off so he had to leave for a few minutes to get his other shoes on. They were to big. He shared his boots with Van.
Lexie, Van, and Ashton.
Ashton loves to eat snow and doesn't care what color it is.
These two little boys, Xander and Van couldn't get enough of zipping through the snow. Van has no fear with anything and I'm afraid he is so much like his Dad at this age. His dad is concerned about him but thank goodness his mom isn't going to hold him back.

I thought I had a picture of Kyler coming down the hill face first but I can't find it. Tara paid him a dollar if he would do it. After several attempts he finally became brave enough and loved it. He is growing up way to fast.

It was a great day and surprise, surprise I even remembered the camera to capture these moments for a lifetime.

Happy Birthday Hunter

I know that it has been eleven days since Hunter's birthday, February 10, I still need to post about his birthday. Hunter is now a very energetic six year old. He loves to talk to anyone and everyone. He loves to play with Legos and is very talented in making things. On his birthday while I was visiting with him and Brittany he made his mom food, hamburgers, out of Legos. He even had the catsup and mustard on the burgers.

Hunter loves Transformers also and is very talented transforming himself. He moves his arms, legs, and head and if he had a car body around him, he would be a transformer. Hunter loves to play games on the Wii and is very good at it.He is doing very well in Kindergarten and loves school. Brittany made a cookie pizza for him to share with his classmates.

The day after his birthday he went to Hurricane to celebrate it with his grandparents. Hunter is so full of energy, I can become exhausted just being around him. Oh, to have that energy again. We love him and are happy to have him in our family. I just wish that we could see more of him. But we understand.
Again Happy Birthday Hunter.

Happy Birthday Xander

It always amazes me how quickly the years go by. It really hasn't been two years since this sweet spirit entered into our lives. Alexander's birthday was on February 8 and we celebrated his birth yesterday. You will need to forgive the quality of the pictures because like normal I forgot to take the camera. All I had was my phone and Xander doesn't slow down enough for the phone to get a great picture.

Xander is such a joy in our lives and especially me. He runs into my arms when he first sees me and doesn't like to leave my arms for anything or anyone. He did begin to play with Grandpa this weekend, which I was very happy to see. I will share him with his Grandpa.

Xander loves to play with his older brother Josh and will do everything that Josh does. He watches him very closely. As Xander is getting older him and Josh are going to be even better friends than they are now. Xander has moved into a big boys bed and is doing very well sleeping during the night. His nap time he gets out of bed and likes to lay down next to the door so it is difficult to get into his bedroom.

Xander is beginning to talk more, I just wish that we could understand him a little bit more but it is going to come. I love listening to him pray. I know that our Father understands him perfectly. He loves to have books read to him and I love every minute that I'm with him.
When it came time to blow out his candles his Dad had to cover his mouth because Xander is a pro at blowing out candles. Thank goodness his Dad let him do this a couple of times.
For his cake we selected a car because he loves to play with cars. He will drive them all over the house. The animals are there because last year Josh received dogs on his cake and Xander loves to play with them and Josh had a hard time sharing them. Now he has his own. Paul loved the fawn and even though it is in front of the car I'm sure the car stopped in plenty of time.

I wish that the days and years would slow down so these grandchildren could stay young and innocent for a little bit longer. How we love this special little boy. Again Happy Birthday Xander!

A project filled with love

It has been a very long time since I added anything to my blog and decided that this was a good way to come back.

Over forty years ago my mother purchased this blue and white silk at the Bishop's storehouse. This storehouse is where we purchased almost everything we ever needed. Items were cheaper there and it made it easier that it came out of my Dad's paycheck because he worked for the church. It wasn't very often that fabric of this quality came into the storehouse and when Mom see it she knew it would make a beautiful quilt. I don't think that Tami or I were even dating when the purchase was made. Before putting away in a drawer she pieced the white together and marked it with a pattern. It stayed in the drawer, forgotten until after both of our marriages as well as everyone else in our family. One day Mom was cleaning out the drawers and getting rid of fabric. She ran across it and asked if I would like it. Of course I jumped at the chance and brought it home.

It was placed into another drawer to remain hidden for several more years. The blue made it's appearance every once in a while when my boys would need "water" for their Lego ships. I thought about finishing it for weddings but for some reason I would forget about it.

Last spring I told myself that I was going to finish this quilt and then began to worry that I couldn't find both the while and the blue. Thank goodness they were just in different places. As I looked at the pattern Mom had chosen I thought it was ugly but I knew I couldn't do anything different. This past summer I put it on the frames and began. I had to remove it so I could make Reece's quilts and another temple quilt. One of the first things I did when I returned home from Illinois was to put this quilt back on. It was then I realized Mom's good judgement. The pattern was turning into something very beautiful.

I have a difficult time keeping anything I make for myself. I began pondering who I would give this special quilt to. The first person that came to mind was my niece Mandy. She always was so special to Mom and to all of us. I have given quilts to all of my nieces and nephews as they have married. Mandy will never have that chance. She was the perfect choice. When Mom died I think that she understood that Grandma had returned to heaven but the separation was very difficult for her.

As I delivered the quilt to Tami the other day I knew Mom was happy with my decision. It was very difficult giving something away that was a part of Mom but as I realized this is what Mom wanted my heart filled with happiness. My last words to Tami was to tell Mandy that this was from the Grandma she loved. I know Mandy will use the quilt well. She will feel the comfort and warmth for many years to come and she did with her Grandma's arms.

Welcoming Reece Christopher Grimm

Reece Christopher Grimm was born on September 22. Even though he is eleven days old and he has changed, at least I'm getting to this post. My hands have been full of taking care of three little boys and their mother. I can't say that I'm taking care of Chris because I really don't see that much of him, he is always having to work.

Reece came into this world as a big boy. He weighed 9 lbs, 4 oz. and was 19 1/2" tall. He has fat rolls all over his little body. He has big hands and in the past eleven days has already put the weight on that he lost in the hospital and more. He has very short little legs. His head is huge and during the delivery the doctor even had a difficult time getting his head out of his mom's tummy. Cyrena has heard several times about how big she was and I too admit that she was very large. Now we know why. Reece is a very good baby, one of the best that I have seen. He began nursing like a pro and hasn't had any problems. He never spits up and we have yet to pull out any burp clothes. He is just beginning to stay awake for about an hour at a time. He sleeps very well, even through the noise of his older brothers.
Bauer who is four loves his new little brother and tells everyone that he loves him the most. He just likes Emmett. He loves kissing him and especially when Reece opens his eyes and looks at him. Emmett likes to put his fingers in his eyes. He also loves to kiss him but he is still holding a grudge. Emmett who is almost eighteen months old feels like he has lost his mother. He has been very jealous and is just barely getting used to the idea of someone else in his mother's life. Little does he know the great friendship that is going to grow between the two of them.

Cyrena is recovering very well. She feels like this has been the easiest one to have. She is still having to deal with the effects from the surgery but I'm surprised with how well she is doing. I guess she needs to recover quickly because of all the work that is before her. She is a great mom and I know that she is going to learn how to deal with the three little boys instead of being scared of them. She left me with them yesterday to get her hair cut and she was concerned about me handling the three boys alone. I told her that I wasn't scared and she admitted that she is scared to death. But I know that she is up to the task because she is going to be blessed. Heavenly Father wouldn't have sent her another baby if she couldn't.

I have loved being here with Cyrena and her family and I'm going to miss them when I leave. Thank goodness that isn't for another week.

Hunter's first day of Kindergarten

Hunter is beginning Kindergarten this morning and from what I hear he didn't want to get out of bed this morning. He was excited just before he left though. He is lucky because he has Kyler's Kindergarten teacher from last year. She really helped Kyler and I know that she is going to be great with Hunter. Hunter has been going to pre-school this past year and is more that ready. We don't get much of a chance to see him but I hope that he has a great day today and every day. We love you Hunter.

Happy Birthday Ashton

Yesterday was Ashton Daniel Oveson's third birthday. Ashton is such a big boy now. He especially loves his Grandpa and asks continually where his Grandpa is when he isn't home. The moment he opens the door Ashton is by his side. He knows that Granpdas always means being outside and having fun. Ashton also will do whatever Kyler is doing, unless he is watching TV. He will watch TV for a few minutes and then he is off playing. Sitting still for a three year is very difficult. Because he likes to do what Kyler does and loves to be with Grandpa, he doesn't understand why Kyler gets to do things with Grandpa that he can't, like get on the roof, build fires, and work with different tools. I know one of these days we are going to find Ashton trying to follow Kyler into a tree and getting himself into a lot of trouble.

Ashton has really grown the past year. He is almost as big as Lexie and can tackle the kids to play until they tell him that they are done. He is going to be a tough teenager. Ashton loves Motorcycles and trucks. Only motorcycles he calls "go-go's". He runs through the house riding his pretend motorcycle. Nothing makes him happier than riding the four-wheeler with Grandpa and going fast. Racing is his favorite with a "we beat you" after every ride.

When I asked him what he wanted on his cake I wasn't surprised when he said he wanted motorcycles on it. He was able to help me make his cake. He kept asking me where the jump was all day. Before the motorcycles went on the cake, both of them were in his hands all morning. Of course when he had his nap I really got busy and finished the cake. He was a little disappointed when he woke up and I wouldn't let him play with the cake.

We went swimming in Castle Dale. He had fun after he had became used to the water and being afraid that we were all going to drown. As soon as he blew out his candles he had to take the motorcycles up the jump. The frosting became mud to him and oh the fun he had.

We love you Ashton and Happy Birthday.

Happy first Birthday Donivan

Mark and Tara's first child is turning one years old today. He is such a great joy in all of our lives. He was a big surprise to his parents but now I don't know if they could even begin to imagine life without him. I know that I couldn't. Van is all boy. He loves to be tossed about and especially bounced upon your knee. He loves music because his parents sing to him every day. He found Mark's guitars as soon as he could crawl. Even when I think that he is going to break the strings, he just loves the noise that he produces. I'm sure that before long Mark and Tara will be teaching him how to play both the guitar and piano. He isn't walking yet but he will be soon. He just needs to be more courageous and then he will be a hand full for his parents.

I was a little bit surprised when Tara said that she wanted a volcano cake for Van but I will do anything that they ask. I know that Van still loves to put things into his mouth. What better toy to go into the mouth than a dinosaur. So here is his cake.

I have the next two pictures switched so I will go to the end and then back. Paul was lucky enough to get this most marvelous picture of Van after eating his birthday cake. Mark tired several times afterwards to get him to smile again and it didn't happen. Oh, how we love this special little boy who looks so much like his daddy.

As we lite the candle and tried to get Van to blow it out, he instead reached out to touch the flame. I don't think that it burned him but with all of us yelling at him to not touch it, he was scared and began to cry. It took alot to get him even near the cake. Tara decided to get the dinosaur covered with frosting and the lava, which was very good, and have him try that first. After that first taste he was all over the cake. Hence the preceeding picture.

We all got a kick out of Tara. She really has a difficult time with Van getting dirty in any way. But she was the one to help him make a mess out of himself. But notice the apron. She didn't want to get anything on her.

Like I said even though he wasn't planned to come for another year I know that none of us would want to change anything. I don't get very many opportunites spent with this little boy but I'm praying that over the years it will change. He has such a cute personality coming out and I love every chance I get with him, like this upcoming weekend.

Happy Birthday again Van and we love you!!

They are growing up

Today was Josh's first day at Kindergarten. It is still hard to believe that he is old enough for this but then he is five. He has been going to pre-school for the past two years and even has been riding a bus. Even though he doesn't look to excited in this picture, from what I hear he was excited this morning. He said that his teacher didn't read a book to him because in Kindergarten they don't read. He did make a puppet though. Reading is highly over rated in the eyes of a five year old. I wish that I could have been there to hear his stories. I miss that, not having kids in school. Now that the grandkids have started going to school it is only going to become more difficult more me. They are growing up. I love you Josh.

Happy Birthday Kyler

Kyler turned Six on Saturday. He has changed so much during this past year. I blame kindergarten for that. He is a typical little boy who loves to ride bikes, play with his toys, loves watching TV and his super heros and play baseball. This year Lexie was able to play on the same team and Kyler had a hard time trying to understand why she didn't like to play like he does. He would request to be the last batter so he could clean up the bases. He is really getting pretty good. I can't wait to go to all the little league games in the future.

On the last game, on Wednesday, they gave the players trophies. The baseball on top has arms and legs that bend. Of course Kyler thinks it is the greatest.
For Kyler's birthday he received a new bike. He has worn out his old bike. It won't take long for these news tires to wear down to just rubber. He loves riding and can do several stunts, one hand, no legs, jumping off the curb and his favorite skidding and making black marks. He is quite the clown. Don't get in front of him or he just might run over you.
For his birthday cake he wanted Ben 10. If you don't know who that is, you are not up on your super heros. We record Ben 10 so he can watch them when he comes to visit. I think the kids have their grandma figured out. They don't get toys unless they are on the cake. I think they figured this out before I did. Ben 10 loves to save the world. So he is saving a city, a little bit to late though. Kyler had his party on Saturday in Riverton. All he wanted to do was see "Toy Story 3" in 3D. We loved the movie as did Kyler and I'm happy that he requested it. We had cake and ice cream at his Grandma Bradfield's.

We love Kyler very much and I told him that he can't get any older because that makes me older. He then just tells me that I am old all ready. He is very responsible. He loves school and is ready for the first grade. He is reading very well. He is my special little boy and I guess I need to stop calling him a little boy. He is taking very good care of his family and we don't know what we would do without him.
(Sorry about the extra picture)

Happy Birthday Josh

I'm getting really good about posting after the grandkids birthdays but I want to post the pictures of their special days. Josh's fifth birthday was on June 30. He was so excited about turning five and as I talked to him that morning, it seemed to me that he had grown up over night. Usually it is hard to talk to any of the kids on the phone but that morning Josh was different. It was a great conversation. He loves telling everyone that he is now five and that he is all grown up. All he wanted for his birthday was a bike. Of course it is a "JEEP" bike. He loves Grandpa and Grandma's Jeeps. He still has a ways to go with learning how to ride but I'm sure he is going to figure it out. Thank goodness he also received a helmet because I think he is going to need it. I hope that everyone in his neighborhood looks out for him.

Josh loves to play and his favorite activity is to play with his imaginary puppies. Bolt is the main one that always goes with him. He loves to feed them and sleep with them. Because of allergy's he will never be able to have a real puppy. When I asked him what he wanted on his cake he said puppies. So this is what I came up with. He had a hard time leaving them on the cake after he put them on it. He had to make sure that each puppy had food, M&M's. Because some times he has a cat involved we also got him a cat. These animals went to bed with him the night after his party and one remained in his hand all day Saturday.

Josh had a party with his friends on Tuesday, and then with the family on Friday night. His cousin Clara was able to come and together they had fun playing. It is hard to believe that he now will be going to kindergarten. In fact he starts in just a couple more weeks. I still can't wrap my brain around this concept.

We are so grateful for this special little boy. He adds so much to our lives. Every time we see him he greets us with a big hug but when we leave he begins to cry, he tries so hard not to. It rips the heart out and I pray that one of these days it will get better. We live for the visits with both him and Alex. We love you Josh.

Happy Birthday Bauer (even if it is late)

Bauer's fourth birthday was on June 3. I wanted to wait until they arrived here to post. Plus I found out that on the actual day and other days of celebrating he would say that he was still three because he wouldn't turn four until his party in Utah. The night that they arrived in Salt Lake we celebrated this special boy's birthday. We went to a splash park that is close to Mike and Kassy's home in Riverton. We were lucky enough to have the eight grandkids in attendance. Hunter was the only one missing.

Bauer is such a big boy, when he wants to be. He is so good with his little brother Emmett. He loves to play but his greatest joy is music. He told me that his Primary teachers tell him that he is the best singer in the Primary and I believe him. He loves to sing. He can calm Emmett with a song. He loved playing on my Piano and hearing Mark play the guitar while roasting marshmellows around the campfire. He was a big help to his Mom going through the airport and on the plane. One thing about his visit though, he was sick for four days of it. We worried about the rest of the kids getting sick but nothing happened. We still can't figure this one out. Thank goodness we had the party before he did get sick.

Bauer loves spiderman. He was spiderman for Halloween and when I asked him what cake he wanted, well of course, it was spiderman, with webs. It was an easy one for Grandma to make. How we love this little man. How grateful I am that they were able to visit and we were able to celebrate Bauer's fourth birthday. I miss him all ready and he hasn't even been gone twenty-four hours. Three months better go by quickly.

Happy Birthday David

Today is our second son's, David, birthday. It has been so long ago that he was with us. No, I can't say that because there have been several times over the years that I have felt him and I know that he still lives. Times when we have the whole family together, I feel him with us. He was with my Dad at his passing and the strongest time was in the temple as Mark received his endowments. He would have been thirty three today. I guess I will never stopped wondering what our lives would be like or his if he would have stayed here on earth. I know that he will have this earth life again and I eagerly look forward to that day when I pray I'm allowed to finish raising him.
Over the past month I have been working on his journal. I decided that for my ten hour project for Personal Progress in Faith I would retype his journal and then add all the pictures we have of him into the document. By doing this David's family will get a chance to learn about him and share in his short life. Les can only remember a very little about him, mostly about the day of the accident. I chose this for faith hoping that some day if some one else goes through this heartache maybe it will give them hope and peace. I did this for the rest of the kids a couple of years ago with only a select few pictures. I had forgotten a lot about my second son. Things that I promised myself that I would never forget. Even just going through the pictures, memories have flooded my mind and I'm looking forward to spending this day in celebrating his life. I know I have said this before but oh, how grateful I am for the journals that I kept. Memories are so hard to hold onto. They are like water that easily slips through our fingers. We must contain them and the only way to do that is to record them.

As I have done family history and gone over the family group sheets of my ancestors I have seen how many children died and I have often wondered how that impacted their lives. These are life changing events. Events that will either make or break you. Events that will draw us closer to our Father, to all our children really belong to, or we pull away blaming Him. I pray that no one else will feel the sting of losing a child but I also know that there isn't a greater feeling in the world knowing that one of your children is so perfect that they didn't need to endure this earth life and they have already earned their exaltation. Because of this knowledge it gives me greater encouragement to be better, to grow stronger, and to live my life better.

I love you David and I miss you.

In the pictures, the top one is the last one taken of David, two weeks before his death. The middle one is of Les, Nicholas, and David the first of September. We were getting ready to move into our new home. The last is of David close to his first and only birthday.