Destry Zane Ketchum is Here!!

What a beautiful baby boy - we feel so blessed to have two amazing children, our little family has grown and feels complete! Destry was 7 lbs. 1 oz., and 20 inches long, he made his entrance at about 2 a.m. on December 30, 2009. His due date was the 25th so we were anxiously awaiting his arrival and had an induction scheduled for the 31st - he was ready to be here to celebrate the new year with us and decided to come on his own! His delivery was great, we arrived at the hospital (after contractions beginning 2 a.m. the night before!) at 9:30 p.m. so about 5 hours in the hospital and he was here! We asked to go home today (so hard to sleep in those hospital beds with nurses in and out every hour!) and they obliged, we are so happy to be home and were very happy to see Daysha! We are so grateful to my sister Jilly for taking care of her for the couple days we were in the hospital, Daysha loves her aunt Jilly and cousin Spencer and it sounds like they had a great time! Jill brought her to our house to meet us as we arrived home from the hospital and when she came through the door with Daysha I could not believe how big Daysha looked - I don't know if she grew or if now with Destry here she looks like a big girl! Maybe both. She was so adorable with her new baby brother, she's been giving him his binki and petting him, she gave him a couple kisses and seems to be really happy he's here! Thanks to all those who have sent us their love, thoughts and prayers - we are sooo blessed! Happy New Year to You All!!!!

Family Pics!

My mom is so great about keeping the family photo up to date and thank goodness because I've slacked a bit on the "professional" pictures of Daysha during her first year! She's such a doll and this time of the year when I reflect on all the things I'm thankful for she and Zane are at the top of my long list! He's such an amazing husband and dad, one look at Daysha when he walks into the room is evidence, she adores him and so do I. He's a very hard worker and takes such good care of us, we are very blessed! Also at the top of my list is my little guy Destry, can't wait to meet him! He's due Christmas day and we're all keeping our fingers crossed that he'll come before then so we're all home together for Christmas!

It's Official - Braden is Part of the Rogers' Family!

I had the opportunity to go the the court hearing for the finalization of Braden Rogers' adoption! It was really cool and I can't even begin to say how happy we all are he is part of our family. He is such an adorable little boy with the most amazing smile, he's going to be a football playing chick magnet one day!

Halloween Part 3!

Daysha was a ballerina this year! My friend Amparo gave her this adorable outfit when she was born - she fit in it perfectly and looked adorable! We actually went out trick-or-treating which was more like walking around in amazement checking everything out! She was so much fun and had a great time hanging out with her cousin Spencer Halloween night - mom's took the kiddo's out while dad's stayed home and scared all the kids. Zane, once again, was a celebrity! I don't know how many photos he took with the kids in Jill and Ryan's neighborhood and also had several comments on how scarry he was and how cool the house was with he and Ryan out there - another successful year!

Halloween Part 2!

We went to a place in Midvale, Utah called Gardner Village - they go all out for Halloween! It's a little village with shops, restaurants, a bakery, petting zoo, pony ride and they had a tractor ride to a witches house for story time! It was alot of fun, Daysha LOVED the petting zoo, she went through and touched every animal in there - I was surprised to see that she wasn't the least bit intimidated, she was so cute with all of them! We definitely have an animal lover!

Halloween Part 1!

This Halloween was so much fun! We went to Wheeler Farm in the middle of October, they have a hay ride, a hay maze and a pumpkin patch, we had a great time it was a beautiful day for it!

More 1st Birtday Pics!

Here are some pics from Daysha's 1st birtday party!! Zane and I sang Happy Birthday to her about 4 times that day which she got a kick out of probably thinking we're crazy but it made her smile! It was alot of fun and I think she really enjoyed her day!