Our sweet Grandma Foster passed away on Sunday December 12
th in her sleep. We are so thankful to have had her as our Grandmother. She always had a beautiful smile on her face and filled a room with her laughter. I will always remember the sweet relationship she had with Grandpa. They set such a beautiful example of what a celestial marriage should be. We took this picture of them on their 63rd
anniversary. I remember very clearly the first time I met them. Kev and I were just dating and he took me over to their house. They told us the story of how they met and fell in love. In was such a beautiful story that Kev and I decided it would be special to be married on their anniversary of May 18
th.
I am so glad that I have so many wonderful pictures to look back out. She was such a loving great Grandmother to my children. This picture is of the first time that she held Parker. I love they way she is
cradling him in her arms. I have a memory of her holding each one of my four babies just like this.
We were able to celebrate our anniversaries together one year. They were celebrating their 63rd and we were celebrating our seventh. It was great to be able to just talk with the two of them and hear more stories of when they were raising their kids. I am so thankful for this memory.
It was always fun to spend Christmas day at their home.
Grandma would open her presents with as much excitement as the
grandkids. She had just got this set of snowmen that sing and dance. She loved toys like these. She has them all over the house and the kids always look forward to playing with them. She also loved dolls. I have a memory of taking up my four foot
porcelain doll to show her. She also loved to watch Shirley temple movies. I have a fun memory of her watching the movie Heidi with
Mckenna. It is now one of
Mckenna's favorite movies.
I took this picture on mother's day a couple years back. It is so sweet how Grandma and Grandpa are smiling at
eachother while the kids are all around them. I am so glad that my kids had the chance to know her.
Here is a picture of her holding Hayden about a month after he was born. It is special because she went blind only a few months after this was taken.
It was always great to have Grandma at all the important events in our life. She was a trooper and came even when her health was failing. She always had that huge smile on her face even when she wasn't feeling the best. Grandpa Foster lovingly took care of her the last two years as her health declined. He took care of her night and day.
Grandma Foster's funeral was on Friday
December 17
th. The funeral was a beautiful tribute to her life. It was filled with music and the love of her family. Kev was one of the
pallbearers at the funeral.
Kev was asked to say the dedicatory prayer at her funeral. He gave such a beautiful prayer that touched all of us. I know that he loves his Grandmother very much and the last couple of weeks have been hard for him.
The flowers on Grandma's casket were beautiful. Grandpa Foster chose them with a ribbon across that said "sweetheart".
I will always remember Grandpa Foster taking one red rose from her casket. It broke my heart as I saw the expression of loss on his face.
We brought
Mckenna, Parker, and
Halle to the funeral. I know they love their Great Grandma very much and it was good for them to be there that day. It is good for them to understand that loss is also a part of life.
I know that her funeral really brought all of us closer together as a family. I am so glad that we have
eachother to get through this time.
I love this picture of Parker that I took at the luncheon. He was having a quiet moment with just Grandpa. Parker really cheers all of us up with his big hugs and back scratches.
We had a nice picture taken of our family after the luncheon. Families are really what is most important in this life and the next. I am so grateful that the gospel is a part of my life. I am so thankful for the sacrifice of my savior so that I can be with my family forever. I know that we will have the chance to be with Grandma Foster again.
One of my favorite parts of Christmas is seeing the happiness in the faces of those I love. It is seeing their eyes light up as they open their gifts. It is the magic I feel when I see my kids sitting under the tree in their new jammies. 
I spent many nights wrapping, wrapping, and doing more wrapping. I was really happy to have my sister spend Christmas at our house this year. The wrapping went so much faster with her there. We had a great time talking and watching "the Christmas story".
Halle loved her gift from Santa. She got a Vanity set from the movie tangeled. It was so cute to see her look in the mirror and brush her hair. She happily played with one toy and then moved on to the next.
Parker was very happy to get his nintendo DS. He had been talking about it for months. He would constantly remind us that the reason he was being so good was that he wanted Santa to bring him a DS. He also would wake up each morning and tell us that he had another dream that Santa brought him a DS. He is one happy boy now.
I loved the expression on Teenie's face when she saw that Santa had given her a jar of Nutella. It really didn't take much to make her happy. I am so glad that she spent Christmas with us.
Hayden got a car ramp that was as big as him from Santa. He paid more attention to the candy canes filled with chocolate. He even bit through the plastic to get to the candy. He carried them around most of the morning and spent the rest playing in the boxes.
Mckenna was literally jumping for joy when she got her plug in scentsy. She had been wanting one since I got my big one last Christmas. She couldn't wait to plug it in her room so that it smelled good.
Kev had a good Christmas and got lots of fun new t-shirts.(they are his favorite thing to wear) We thought this one from Amy was great.
I was happy to get my new photo calendar from Kev. He makes me one every year. It was fun looking through it and seeing all the fun memories from this last year. 
We had a yummy Christmas breakfast. I made sticky buns for the first time. They are a family recipe. We hope everyone had a memorable Christmas!
