Halloween!

The Kids Loved Halloween! I can honestly say as cute as they are and as much fun as we had, I am thrilled the weekend long celebration is over!! After 2 Trunk or Treats and 3 Halloween Parties, the kids were okay taking Sunday off! And boy did we need a day of rest!

Pumpkins!

I absolutely LOVE Halloween! Definately one of my favorite times of the year!
Last week Chasee had a field trip and we got to go to story time at the Library and then to the Pumpkin Patch! She picked out a pumpkin for each member of the family! She picked the Biggest one out for Carter, and a great shaped smaller one for her self. Dad's was extra special. Not only was it the smallest one out there, It was white!! She thought the white ones were the neatest! Because she is little and I am huge, we could only carry one each back to the truck at a time. By the time we went back to get mine and Dustan's all the Big White ones were gone.


Last night for Family Home Evening we got to carve them! It was such a fun little stress reliever. Well needed for all of us!! Because the kids aren't old enough to cut, we let them dig out the insides, with their fingers of course, draw the face, and when that wasn't enough, we drug out what little paint I had. Can you guess what they chose to paint... To top off the night, Dad lit FIRE CRACKERS in them!
I LOVE FAMILY HOME EVENING!!!

FAMILY

This year has been such an incredible year. So many things have happened in our family. Some Tragic, but most Wonderful, and even with the bad we have grown so strong and closer together. The kids and I are very blessed to have found Dustan, and I also consider him very blessed to have us. But there is no doubt in my mind that it was our Heavenly Father who brought us together. Nothing else can explain the turn of events that took place. The Lord has big things in mind for us.
The kids and Dustan have started school again. Carter now in Kindergarten, Scoring highest in his class in the STAR testing, at the first of the year. Chasee in her final year of PreSchool, taking on the role of the Mother in the classroom. Dustan is working as the Psychologist's Assistant for the District and he is also busy with his Master's Program this Fall.
As for me, I am finally able to be a Stay at Home Mother again. Yes, after two years of Running American Eagle and working at State Farm, we found a way for me to be home with the kids. Not the easiest thing for us to do, but by far the best thing for this family and most rewarding for me.
Come November who know's how we will all function and manage with Dustan working Full Time, School Full Time, and the new arrival of our little Ryker Dean Blair, I know somehow we will be carried through it.
I love our life, I love all that we are blessed with. And I am so grateful for all that we have. We all go through our struggles, trials, and testing periods, but what matters is what we do durring those times. As for me and my family, we turn to the Lord. Things that are unimaginable and seem inbearable, turn out to be the things that shape and pull us together, and for that I am so grateful.
I love my kids and my dear husband. We have an incredible family and are so excited for our soon to be addition.

School Days/Parade

A trip to Grandma & Grandpa's!

Since Grandma and Grandpa Moore moved away from from us, the kids have missed them terribly! We lived with them for a year, kids spending almost every waking minute with them. It's been a rough move for all. We look forward to anytime we get with them and their cousins :)
The Boys!

The Girls!

Macen is absolutley a hoot! Happiest most wild little boy!

Haylee just LOVES her mom and dad! (No one else) She has the cutest little smile though/

Kallee and Dustan have such a fun little bond.

California!

A Wonderful Day at the Beach!


SEA WORLD!!
Carters favorite of course was the Sharks! Chasee's, Shamu!(we saw 2 shows) But I have to tell you the Shamu Rocks show with the fire works at night was Freakin Amazing!!

So I told Dustan I wanted a pet Star Fish and the Idiot (I say it with LOVE!!!) Picked one up! and said here you go honey. It was quite comical!


KNOTTS SOAK CITY!!
We had a blast! The kids favorite was the Wave Pool!





Chasee and her best friend and cousin Khy.



And this is when I locked us out of our room. My husband used his amazing skills to climb 2 stories to let us back in just to find out I locked the sliding door too. Ha ha. oops!


Can anyone say Thanksgiving Meal? I couldn't believe how big these geese were and how close they would let us get to them. Well... that is until Carter decided he wanted to ride them. I have never laughed so hard as I did watching him try to catch and then climb on them.



Windmill Valley!