Happy 6th Birthday Carter!!

This year was such an exciting year for Carter when it came to his birthday! We celebrated Carters birthday 3 times! He is our New Years baby and were in Utah over his birthday (New Years) so we had a little party with my side of the family :)We let him open all of his present while we stayed up New Years Eve! He thought that was super neat. When we came home, Dustan's side of the family through him a great surprize party with dinner and cake.




Carter also wanted to have a party with all of his friends this year! So we invited some of the kids he plays with and his ENTIRE preschool class so we could get to know some of the kids and their parents for future play dates.
He chose McDonalds! We had to wait till the end of the month to throw it. 25 kids showed up!! Way more than we ever expected. It actually made me very proud of Carter. It just goes to show Carter is so nice to everyone that it was important to them they be there.


Happy Birthday son! We love you so dearly! It is such a blessing to have you as ours!

Ryker Dean Blair

Christmas!

Christmas has always been my favorite time of the year! My heart is always overwhelmed with feelings of Love and Appreciation, for all I have. Being surround by the spirit, Family and loved ones is by far the greatest joy we can feel! And the food is always amazing! ;)


Each December we have Elves popping in and out of our House! They always leave a clue for the kids that lead to a Christmas book! Every once in a while they leave us a treat instead! So for Family Home Evening's we got to bake and create all sorts of fun Holiday Treats! We had the most fun with the Snowmen and Gingerbread houses!

Mommee's snowman

Carters snowman - he was more interested in eating all of the parts before he could add it to the snowman.

Chasee's snowman. She is so particular when she creates. It's the funnest thing to watch!


Ryker just chilling as a little snowman :)

Our Gingerbread Houses we left out for santa!

Dad helped the three of us instead of making his own :)

This year we spent the week leading up to Christmas and Christmas here in Colorado at "Nana's and Pompa's" house. We all had such a great time! The best part for the kids was getting to sleep next to the tree with Nana!



Santa definately spoiled us this year! We even caught a few pictures of him... just dont tell ;) The kids LOVED seeing these!







The kids made Dustan a mug! And drew all over it! Cutest thing ever! Even Ryker added his own art work to it!


A few days after Christmas we headed to Utah. We had such a wonderful time visiting with family. We celebrated New Years Eve and Carters Birthday with my parents. And my sweet little nephew Jaxon was Baptised Jan 01, 2011, the same day as Carter's Birthday!!

Temple Sealing and Ryker's Birth!

Most of you have read how our sealing finally happened, if not the story is below. We have been so blessed! And Ryker is so healthy and wonderful!! I am suffering from no sleep, and some days are harder than others but I love our family!!!
November 12, 2010
When we first got the call from the first presidency, we were so nervous we wouldn't make it home before the baby was born. We rushed to Utah the very next day in hopes that Ryker would be born in the covenant. My poor mother had just arrived in Colorado (6 hour drive) when we told her we were driving right back to Utah the very next morning. I had already been to the hospital that week with contraction and with Chasee it only took 45 minutes (barely made it to the hospital-not even enough time for drugs or a Doctor). So we knew I went fast! We chose Manti because not only is it my home town and favorite temple, but I knew the Doctors there too, just in case! It was one of the closer temples too (only 3 1/2 hours) We read every bit of information we could on self delivery and Jan-aka-Nana (Dustans mom) Packed the kit and sterile supplies just in case, and off we went! Luckily he was kind to me and we made it home!



November 18, 2010
Knowing how fast I go we decided I had just better be "started" instead of risking having the baby born in the car on the way to the hospital. Good thing too because with in 5 minutes of them breaking my water, he was Bearing Down! I don't know what we would have done if we hadn't done it that way!!! Especially because when Ryker came out, the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and HE WAS BLUE! Thank Heaven my doctor was amazing and fast!!!!