And Then There Was One.

So 7 years ago Sean officially moved out of the house when he was 18 years old (it was a little tramatic for us because Chris and I had gone out to see a movie and when we returned home Sean's bedroom was COMPLETLEY empty). He moved in to his own apartment in Regina and then in to a house downtown with some friends and then in the summer of 2007 he moved to Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Tofino and then Victoria.

Although Kelly has been away to school at BYU Idaho and lived in Virginia for a summer it has been almost 9 months since she officially moved out to SLC, Utah.

  Yesterday Caleb moved out and left for British Columbia following in his big brothers footsteps but living outside of Vancouver in a city called Richmond. Caleb has rented a 4 bedroom house with 3 friends and will be working for Vivint. He worked for them up in Edmonton last summer and did quite well installing alarm systems but wants to try his hand out in selling the alarm systems. He is happy to start a new life in B.C. and we know he will do well.

And then there was one.
Seth is still at home with us and we are happy to have him around. Shhhhhh....don't tell anyone but he is our homebody. Our homebody boy.

Good luck Caleb and don't forget to visit once in awhile okay?

November the 2nd = Seth's 18th Birthday!

It's hard to believe that our youngest child is 18. No really. It's crazy! One day back in 1987 when I was pregnant with Sean I remember seeing a lady who was close to having her 4th baby and thinking to myself, "No way". I just couldn't imagine myself having 4 kids! Well.......never say never!!

I just love this picture of Caleb and Seth back in 1996. We were living in Camarillo, California at the time and I was making our famous chocolate cake. Look at Seth's little hands. By the way, I still use those exact bowls, measuring cups and still use that recipe book for our famous chocolate cake. Oh, and I still have that robe. But, I don't have that mixer anymore.

Here is Seth on his 2nd birthday. No chocolate cake. Just a dumb old cupcake.

Seth had asked if he could have a birthday breakfast this year and I said, "sure"! So he requested BL's. BLT's with out the tomatoes.

And the morning of his birthday he left this note on the counter for me to see when I woke up. Just one more thing for his birthday breakfast. Sure!

Just like his 2nd birthday Seth still looks down at his cake. Or is it becuse I'm not very good at timing my picture taking? No matter.

Happy Birthday to our youngest boy whom I told so many times never to grow up! But he did.