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Wyoming...
It feels like home to me!
I love everything about it.
(ok not the -30 degree weather:)
When i go to Wyoming I feel like I fit in better.
Our kids are so happy, and they never want to leave..
Running outside, exploring, peeing where they want, and being with there Grams and Papa..
Couldn't get better right?

I decided a month ago to head up there during the week and get away from the heat..
Brody cried the whole the way there,
Foster and Bridger played Power Rangers
(which includes slugging each other back and forth)
Joyful, i know..
Once we got there the kids were so happy..

FOSTER turns 3!!!

OOhh i can't believe Foster is 3!
Our funny, jokester of a boy..
i sure love him.
He keeps our family laughing a lot,
and scares me with some of the crazy stunts he tries!
Here are some things Foster is into right now:

He is potty trained!!!wahoo

The moment i stopped asking him to go to the potty and just told him to wear a diaper.. He decided to go! That is our Foster, very independent!
-He always has random funny stories he makes up

-He loves being in the mountains, hiking and camping.

-He loves Power Rangers
-Loves his Juicy, and twirls his hair every time he drinks it.

-Bridger is his best buddy, and he looks up to him a lot!

-His friends are: Paigey, Violet, and Bridger's friends.

-He LOVES to make people laugh.

-He will do just about anything to make you laugh..
(which can be scary sometimes:)

Foster had a week full of Birthday celebrations...
Here it goes:

Birthday Morning

Foster woke up to his favorite surprises!
His very own helium tank, and a gun..
If you know Foster well you know he is obsessed with balloons.
He can blow them up super big, and it entertains him for hours.

Dad made him his favorite breakfast- Bacon!! eggs, and pancakes, and of course Juicy!

He loved his whoopie cushion of course

FUN IN THE PARK

We then had a celebration with some friends at the Splash pad

Vi, and Sammy

Mason, Paigey, and Liz

Paigey, Bridge, and E-Man
(Other kiddos that were there that i didn't get photos of were:
Marcus, Madyson, Kirkham girls, Hudson, Strat, and Jonah!

TRAIN RIDE

Foster has been asking forever to go on a train ride.
So we made it happen for his B-day!

He was one had happy kid!!
At one of the stops we had a bum come and chat with us..
He was pretty hilarious..
I'm pretty sure he had drunk quite a bit of Grandpa's Cough medicine!
The boys kept quoting some of the things he was telling us.
"Sometimes your parents are wrong and sometimes they are right.. but you still have to hug them."

Then we hit up Gateway

Bridge loved it!

Grama and Papa Wyoming hung with Brody

We hit up Union Station Mexican Restaurant for dinner..
It was yummy!

The kimchi smile!

PARTY with Ostrander Fam

Foster with his Uncle Kurt

We were excited to see Grandma O..
Oh honey..

The boys love their Aunt Brook


FUN with AUNT TAGEN

Tagen had a special day for Fost.
She took him to a build a bear type place, he picked out a Dragon named Jack, and he got a balloon.
We then went and visited Uncle Eric, and ate Cafe Rio.

We hiked up little cottonwood up to a waterfall

The boys thought it was so cool to go under the waterfall and play

Fost sure loves his Aunt Tagen

Nothing beats a birthday suit swim up in the mountains..

Thanks Tag for making it a special day for Foster!

HOME wIth 3 BoYs!

Wow!! Life is craaaazy with 3 boys..
i love them all more then i can express,
but this is a tough job!!

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You know you've had a crazy week when:

-#1 & 2 child decides to

-take 3 packs of pop outside and throw it all over the driveway watching it explode..

(fun right?!)

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#2 child runs nude all through the park

-#1&2 take the paint outside and make designs all over the driveway

(which i can't get off!)

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-#1&2 figure out how to do front flips off our bed

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-#2 climb up on top of the suburban and pull on the garage door and break it

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-#2 pulls pants down in front yard and pees all over flowers

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-go shopping with all 3(big mistake) i was yelling all through the store(yes i'm one of those mom's i swore i wasn't going to be!)throwing random crap in as quickly as i could, sweating profusely, and finally paying for everything.. i stormed all the way out to my car I put the baby in and Bridger and then i discover Foster stole a pack of gum!! aaahhh so the crazy women packs all 3 kids back into the cart, with baby crying and 2 wild boys hanging off the cart i head back into the store to return a stinkin pack of gum!!!!!!!

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and last but not least!!

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Catching Foster knawing on a frozen pork loin out of it's package!!!

(luckily he didn't get sick!!)

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Also my darling baby wants to be held constantly..

The moment i lay him down he cries.

Don't get me wrong i LOVE holding him.. but

This is hard when you have 2 mischevious brothers who are constantly finding crazy things to do..

i can make it through this crazy time!!! lol

THey love Brody.
They constantly want to hold him and make him smile...

i love these goofy boys

THey help remind me that you can't take life to serious.
My life is never dull..

Gotta love trying to get a family pic
BiG BeLLy WreStLinG
(This is how they entertained themselves while i had the flu)

love it!!

Brody Duff

Our special little guy came to us on June 21st!

I started feeling labor pains Tuesday night.

We took the boys on a walk to see the goats and i could barely walk around..

I stayed up all night timing the contractions and we decided to go in around 3:30 in the morning.

Our awesome neighbor Emily come over and stayed with the boys, until my mom got there.

It was such an awesome experience.. I lucked out with an amazing nurse Kathy!

i got my glorious epidural and then they broke my water quickly after. I soon realized that the epidural only worked on 1 side! It was too late. I was already fully ready and pushed 2 times and our special baby boy Brody came!!
He was 7 pds 9 oz, and 21 inches long.

Here's my doctor Dr. Bierer, and another great nurse.

Here's our sweet boy

Brother's came to visit and they were soooo excited!! The week before Bridger kept asking me non stop.. "Mom, why haven't you gone to the hospital yet to get my brother out??" You should hurry mom.. I want to play super hero's with him.."
Foster had quite a tantrum at the hospital.. I think he realized that now he is a middle child!

THey loved watching Brody's first diaper change with the Tar poop..

Brody has long feet, big hands and lots of hair!

One happy brother!!!!