Family Pictures with the Rogers

We got pictures with the Rogers side of the family back in December so here they are!

Riley's First Day of School!

Riley had his first day of preschool today! He started in Sunbeams yesterday at church too. Clint and I got up and took him this morning and then we came home and Haley and I spent the morning together just the two of us and then Riley rode the bus home! I didn't get any pictures of him on the bus though but I will. I started to take a cute picture of Haley looking out the window waiting for Riley to come home but the bus pulled up just as I was going to take it. He is going to go to school on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. We are so excited for this new part of his life!

Christmas at the Kranks (or the Rogers)

These are pictures of the kids opening their presents at Grandma and Grandpa Rogers. Haley got a doll and a stroller. She loves that doll so much. She is constantly giving her kisses and putting her to bed. Riley got a sweatshirt and a little zoo toy which he loves. All of the kids in Clint's family gave his mom and dad family pictures for Christmas. We got those done on the day after Christmas. We also gave them ornaments for the tree with pictures of all of their grandkids on them. It was a fun day!

Christmas!

Christmas this year was so nice and uneventful! Last year we had Riley in the hospital having seizures and it was all crazy and this year we stayed home and had Christmas morning at our own house and we didn't wake up until after eight in the morning and it was just so fun! The kids got lots of fun stuff. Haley got a kitchen and a bunch of stuff to go with it, some letters for the fridge and bathtub and the Tinker Bell movie. Riley got some therapy toys, shapes and numbers cookie jar and Kung Fu Panda movie. And they both got oodles of clothes as did I and Clint. Clint got a Craftsman cordless drill, a game for the Wii, and the Wanted movie. I got lots of lotion from Bath and Body Works, a very pretty bracelet and a few other things. We also got Guitar Hero and there have been many late nights since then that we have been up playing! It is so fun! My brother Damon and his family had us on that side this year and his wife Meghan made Haley and I the cutest matching aprons! We love them, Haley barely takes hers off. But, the first thing they wanted when they got out there in the morning, was the candy!

Christmas Eve PJ's

Every year on Christmas Eve we all get new Pajamas. This has become a family tradition in Clint's whole family now and it is fun to all be together to see the cute pajamas that everyone gets. Riley got some with snowmen on it and the shirt said "Chillin' with my Homies" and Haley's were red with reindeer on them. This year Clint's big sister Vona got her husband some pajamas that the shirt said "99% Naughty, 1% Nice" and the pants said "Jingle my bells". She hadn't realized that the pants had said that until Christmas morning and then it was the joke for the rest of the time that they were here visiting. So funny!

Another Wedding

Clint's brother Travis got remarried on the 20Th of December. The kids looked so cute I had to put some of the pictures of them up.

Scary Santa Claus

This year we went to Gooding 1st ward's Christmas Party so that the kids could see Santa. It was really going to be the last chance before I left and before Christmas for them to get pictures with Santa. I thought that Haley would be a lot better this year than last but she still cried. I don't think it helped that the little girl in front of her screamed the entire time so that made Haley think that this must not be such a great idea. Riley didn't pull off Santa's beard this year! He is pretty fascinated by the whole beard thing usually but he did really good this year. (It also helped that Santa knew that he did this and made sure that his hands weren't anywhere near his face!) Last year Riley almost gave all the kids in the 1st ward a good look at who Santa really was!

Riley's 3rd Birthday!

My baby boy is three! I can't believe that he is so big! We had a little birthday party for him on his actual birthday which was very fun! He got all sorts of good stuff including some Little Einsteins videos, new bedding for his bed and a Pat Pat Rocket which he loves. We had a Little Einsteins birthday party with HUGE cupcakes! Grandma MacArthur was here so that was very fun for her to be here for the festivities.

Clint's weeks off

As you all know by now Clint was gone for about 27 weeks off and on this year. It was a pretty hard year but we got through it pretty well. I helped me have a new appreciation of Clint and how much he really does for us. Since he was gone so much he accumulated quite a bit of comp time which he used up around Christmas. He got to be home for six weeks! He only just went back to work on Jan. 2. It was definitely time though. I think he was getting cabin fever or something. These are some of the pictures that got taken during his time off.

Haley Rae

On December 14Th I went on a little vacation with my mom to help move my sister-in-law and her kids to my brother. I didn't take the kids because we were going to be driving in the car a lot and it would have been a nightmare with the kids with me. It just so happened that Clint was off work for a few weeks (six) and so he got to keep the kids at home while I went without them! I have never left them for this long before so it was a new experience for me. It consisted of me calling three or four times a day making sure they were still alive and that the house hadn't burnt down or something. Actually they did really awesome and Clint had a really good time with them. These pictures were taken while I was gone. Haley has decided that her new favorite place to park it and watch TV is in the toy basket. It was really funny to come home and find these pictures on the camera. She is such a cutie!