The Big 30, Beautiful Moab, and Running for Blaze

Holy cow! How can I ever say caught up on the happenings of our life... we really are pretty boring but when it comes it is busy!!
So Ray turned 30 on the 13th! I made sure he had a whole day of celebrations!
We took him to IHOP for breakfast, to the Dr. to hear our babies heart beat, we went to see him for lunch and I made him a jar of 30 suckers and balloons saying '30 sucks' he loved it (thank you Pinterest) then when he came home I had the whole house decorated, I made him a first 30 year scrapbook (what a project...worth every minute) he LOVES it he cries every time he looks at it. I fell so much more in love with him making it too! He is the BEST! Then we had a birthday party with some of our friends and he got his final present which was tandem hang gliding lessons... when we are rich I will get him his license. It was such a fun day to ring in his next 30 years! getting ready to help Daddy blow out his candles (there were too many candles to add so we just pretended) Opening his Paragliding package. HAPPEE 30 Years honey! We Love you and can't wait to celebrate the next 30!

We then headed off to Moab for our 3rd annual run for our little Angel Blaze! We rented a rockin condo... that we were worried was going to be too small and it was great! We played in the sand, went hiking, and ran a race. The weather was absolutly beautiful and we took full advantage! Race day was windy but at least it wasn't snowing right. Thank you everyone who came in person and in spirit to support us in running for Blaze. This is just one of the ways we do our best to remember him and share in our ways of loving him! Tyrel & Elenas Family so cute! I LOVE THIS PICTURE!! The Gang minus Step :)
A great big thanks to the gang! JL you are the BEST friend my hubby could ever ask for! Tyrel, Tristan, & Keslin, thank you for being such great uncles to our little boy and sacraficing so much to run for him. Elena you are inspiring to me! Thank you for always loving and supporting us in all we do for Blaze. Heidi you are such a great friend! Thank you for training with me and for letting me get you into crazy things i am sorry for the pain but so grateful that you came with me! Steph... Thank you for your sacrifice, seeing you cross the finish line and all of your hard work is just how my heart feels sometimes it takes an insane amount of effort to carry on but we do and we make it just like you did! Ray you are my HERO! You are the BEST daddy our boys could ever have! Thanks for always pushing through and working so hard to train and run!
We love all of you! Thank you so much for running and remembering out little angel we love you Blaze!

Birthday Boy

This is so long overdue it's embarassing but better late than never. This is just how I work sometimes ha ha This little boy turned 1!!!!
I can't even believe I have a one year old! He is SO FUN!! We were all sick on his actual birthday so we had some cupcakes and played a little with our cousins Logan and Silas but for the most part we kept it very low key. So when he was feeling better we had these pics taken... eat your heart out. He loves Football already which I feel great about because it is my favorite 'boy' sport. And just like his Daddy he sticks his tongue out when he is concentrating really hard. This is one of my very favorites. He doesn't want to miss a thing going on around him. See I told you eat your heart out!
This has been one of the funnest years of my life. It is so fun to watch Grayson grow and learn new things. So just a little all about Grayson sharing time.
He Loves to scream when he is excited or thinks something is funny
He is such a good sleeper all through the night since he was born (we are so lucky)
He LOVES and I mean LOVES his bottle... that's going to be a hard habit to break
He says Hi, Da Da, Ma Ma, Cracker (Daa Da) but he knows what it means, and Dexter same way as cracker but he knows just what he is saying.
He Loves trucks, tractors, cars anything that he can go brrrrr to... so cute!
At his one year check up he was 21lbs 9oz and 31 Inches 85% for Height and 30% for weight. He must get his height from his grandpas because he doesn't get it from us.
He loves to help me unload the dishwasher... he hands me every utensil one by one until they are all put away (I love this)
He is a jabber box constantly talking we love it (for now ha ha)
He is fascinated with the Washer and Dryer every time I do a load he has to see the water going in and will come back several times have me lift him up to check on it.
He is 100% Boy and we LOVE it!
He is absolutely the love of our lives we are so grateful to have him in our family! Thank Heaven for little boys!! We love you Grayson!