The Rogers

Fun Facebook Giveaway

2011-08-11T20:59:00.000-07:00

If you have Facebook and like free stuff (who doesn't?) look up J Hofman Photography on Facebook or go to my profile page and there is a link to her page. She is doing a giveaway and some of the jewelry featured is by my good friend Jessica Sebastian. She has a company named Jewelry by Sebastian Design. She has such CUTE stuff and it is so reasonably priced! I am loving the necklace she has in the giveaway! If I don't win it I may have to just go and buy one! So check it out!!!

Blogging again! Rogers Family Reunion

2011-08-01T18:24:00.000-07:00

So I realize that I am a slacker and I haven't blogged for about 10 months (seeing as Cooper is almost 10 months old!) So instead of starting from 10 months ago, I am going to start with the present day. We just had the Roger's Family Reunion last week in Paradise, Utah at the Little Bear River Resort! It was SO fun! It is always fun to get together with all of Clint's aunts and uncles and cousins. We also had the opportunity to leave Riley with my sister in Logan for the few days we were there which made it so we could focus on the other two kids for a change. We went boating and played games and got to just relax and spend time with family! I will be better about blogging from now on!

Grandpa and Cooper playing! Look at that cute boy!

Cooper loved playing in this little pool!

Chelease and Cooper playing with the soccer ball!

Grandpa and Haley playing in the resevoir.

Grandma holding a sleeping bug!

Clint took Haley and one of his cousins on the tube with him and it submarined!

Empty tube..

Now they are back on and going! The girls weren't happy about it!

The gang!

Still sleeping!

Haley going down the blow up slide at the lodge.

What a CUTE girl!!

Baby

2010-10-15T13:31:00.000-07:00

I know I have left out a lot of our life between now and the past 6 months or so but we did have a baby! Cooper Malcom Rogers was born on October 8, 2010 at 12:10 pm weighing in at a whopping 10 pounds, 6 ounces and 22 inches long! What a moose! He is the cutest baby ever though so I guess we will keep him!

Loser

2010-08-26T10:12:00.000-07:00

I am a loser! I haven't updated my blog for 5 months. I guess it is about time to get back on it! Hopefully I can do some updating this afternoon. Coming soon...

Vegas/Cali

2010-03-25T08:47:00.000-07:00

Clint and I had the opportunity to get away for 4 days without the kids! It was so fun! We spent one night in Vegas and went to the Phantom of the Opera down there. If any of you ever have a chance to go down there you should go to that show! It was really well done! Then we headed down to California for a couple of days. We went to a David Cook concert down there which was so fun! He is an amazing artist. All in all we had a good time just the two of us. We were glad we planned this getaway because then we found out I was pregnant so there won't be any alone trips for a while!

Clint and I in front of the Bellagio

The slide at our hotel in Vegas

Clint at the end of the slide. It went through a shark tank but he said you couldn't really tell you were going through one.

Clint and I at the Bellagio fountains

At Laguna Beach. It was SO windy this day and rainy but it was a really beautiful drive from our hotel near San Bernadino to Laguna.

I forgot to take my camera in to David Cook which was so stupid because we were 8 rows from the stage! We could have gotten some really good pictures of him. We are still kicking ourselves for that one!

Slacker

2010-03-22T09:40:00.000-07:00

I know I am the biggest slacker ever when it comes to my blog. A lot has happened in the last few months. I was sick the whole month of December which was a bummer for Christmas stuff. I have lots of pictures but I have decided I am going to start fresh from here and just post stuff that is happening now. The most exciting news that we have is WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BABY!! I am due October 13 and we are really excited for number 3! I promise I am going to be better about posting on my blog from now on!

How Does She Giveaway

2009-11-30T14:13:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! My new favorite website, howdoesshe.com, is giving away some really cute stuff! One of which is a flirty apron if you have ever heard of those. So click on the button on the right and go check it out! Plus, their website is so cute and they had a really fun post about Christmas advent calendars last week that I think you will also love!

A Fun Website

2009-11-04T19:25:00.000-08:00

With the help of one of my friends on facebook I have discovered this new website that is SO fun! It is called How Does She? and it gives links to websites for coupons, craft ideas, cooking and baking and lots more! So check it out! Have fun! P.S.-Thanks Dallas!

Haley's saddle

2009-10-06T10:55:00.000-07:00

Clint and his dad went to Pendelton, Oregon this year for the Pendelton round up and Clint came home with this new kids saddle from there. We put it on Charlie so Haley could try it out and it works perfectly! We just need to get her to ride by herself holding the reins now. Clint thinks we need to get a pony for her to learn to ride on. We'll see. I'm not sure I am all the way comfortable with my two year old learning to ride by herself yet anyway!

Riley's new wheels

2009-10-06T10:49:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while since I have posted anything but my life has been a little crazy lately. I have some time now since I have bronchitis and I am not doing anything until I get better. Riley got his new wheelchair! He actually got it in August but like I said, I haven't had time to post. He absolutely loves his wheelchair! The bus even pulls right up to the front door and lets the lift down for him to go to school! It has a tray on it so he can have his crackers and toys on there. It is by far the coolest thing we have gotten for Riley so far. Thank goodness for modern technology!

THE HOUSE!

2009-09-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

I know the wait has been killing all of you so here you go! The house is DONE! Well, almost. It needs to be cleaned but other than that it is done. I have included pictures of the whole process from the tearing down of the little house that was there to the finished product. We haven't moved in yet because we have to close first but we should be moved in by next week! YAY!! We are very excited to be done with it and get moved in! If you want to see it in person I guess ya'll will just have to come and visit when we get moved in!

The little house being demolished

The kids and I watching the BIG fire!

The old house on fire

The first half of the new house

The second half

The finished product!

The view from my back porch!

Master Bathroom

Master Bedroom

View from the front door. The door on the left is the office. The right is Master Bedroom. The room I am standing in is the living room when you walk in!

Laundry Room

Part of Family room and right door is Riley's room and straight through is the spare bathroom.

The left door is Haley's room and the right is the spare bedroom and there is a jack and jill bathroom in between those two rooms that will be the kids.

Family Room

My HUGE beautiful kitchen!!

Coming soon...

2009-09-02T12:46:00.000-07:00

Our house is almost done! I have been in Utah for a week and I haven't gotten to see the house all put together except for in pictures that Clint has put on his facebook so when I get back to Idaho tomorrow I will try to blog some of the pictures from the whole process. It has all been very exciting but we are ready for it to be done so we can get moved in and back to normal!

Moving

2009-08-06T12:17:00.000-07:00

For those of you that don't know we are moving to Gooding next week. I won't have my own house and my own stuff until about the middle of September so I will be out of blogging commission for the next month or so! I got all caught up though so you shouldn't miss too much between now and then! I will have pictures of our new house once we get all moved in and Internet up and running again!

Rogers Family Reunion

2009-08-06T12:01:00.000-07:00

We had the Rogers family reunion last week and we had a really good time! We all stayed in Gooding at Clint's parents house in trailers and in the house. We went to Sligars one day and boating one day and we rode horses and had a dutch oven dinner on night. It was fun to get together with everyone! We all came out of there tired and sore but it was worth it. Thanks to all of the Rogers!

4th of July/MacArthur Family Reunion

2009-08-05T19:39:00.000-07:00

We had my family reunion over the 4th this year. We had a lot of fun! We went to Utah which is where most of my family is and we got to go to Freedom Days in Provo and the parade there which our kids LOVED! We also went to the new pool in Payson which was amazing. That was our favorite part I think. We also went up Sundance canyon where the MacArthur side owns a little piece of land that we occasionally go to and build a fire and play in the creek. My kids weren't as impressed with that except for there were lots of treats to be had up there. Haley loved the marshmellows and the oreo cookies that she just kept eating! Then we put our kids to bed and went and watched the Stadium of Fire fireworks with the rest of the older kids. Overall it was a really fun time! We got to see some of my family that we haven't seen in a while and it was cool to be able to spend time with them! Thanks for a fun reunion MacArthur's!

Riley's Hippo Therapy

2009-08-04T21:46:00.000-07:00

Riley started what is called Hippo therapy this summer. He gets to go and ride horses for therapy which he LOVES! He has ridden horses lots since his daddy is a cowboy and he just loves to do it! He can be cranky all day and we go and put him on the horse and he is perfectly fine. He doesn't like to stop though. He wants the horse to keep moving. The first time he went I think he was more fascinated with the helmet on his head than anything else. We are so happy that he has the opportunity to do this up here. We have been wanting to get him in something like this for a long time and now they finally have a program right here! This will help his hips and his trunk support a lot!

Slideshow from Haley's birthday in June

2009-08-04T21:06:00.000-07:00

I am a slacker. The fact that I am just now getting up pictures of Haley's birthday that was 2 months ago proves my point. She had a fun day though! Her cousins came and we did a pinata which she loved. She got to a point in opening presents that she didn't want to anymore because there were too many! That is sad. She got TONS of clothes, dolls, Little Einsteins stuff, millions of books (a whole shelf on the bookshelf), and a tricycle. I can't believe that my baby is 2! She is the best little girl and best little sister in the whole world! Love you baby girl!

Haley's Birthday Cake

2009-06-20T08:46:00.000-07:00

I have a few pictures of Haley when we were making her birthday cake the night before her birthday. My sister came and helped me make a Winnie the Pooh cake and it turned out amazing! She is so good! Haley loved to lick the beaters with the frosting on it! Fun times!

Happy Birthday Clint!

2009-06-20T08:24:00.000-07:00

My hubby is getting old! Just kidding! He thinks he is though! We celebrated Clint's birthday at our house this year. He got lots of money which he spent on horse stuff (surprise) and he got a basketball that he can use outside, because apparently there are different kinds of basketballs! I learn something new everyday! I branched out and made his cake this year which I have to say turned out to be really good! I went a little crazy with the frosting but that made it especially good! I love my husband so much! He is the best husband and daddy and I am lucky to have him!

Mother's Day at the Falls

2009-06-20T08:13:00.000-07:00

I know I have been big time slacking lately but I finally have some time to catch up! We went to the falls on Mother's Day and they were going full blast! The kids had a fun time. They thought that was pretty cool! Haley had never been there but we had taken Riley when he was about a year old. Clint gave me a Topsy Turvy and a tomato plant for Mother's Day and I am happy to report that it has little tomatoes on it! I was pretty positive that it was going to die because I absolutely do not have a green thumb but, with the help of my husband, I think I might get some tomatoes on it after all! Overall, it was a good Mother's Day this year!

Pajama flashback

2009-04-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

If any of you know me you will know that my kids have a million pajamas. Whenever I talk to my mom and tell her I went shopping she always says, "You better not have bought any more pajamas!" Sadly, it is my weakness. My kids have a different pair of pajamas on every night. Well, while we were shopping at Old Navy last week I came across some very familiar pajamas. Take a look. Riley's say "Handsome just like daddy" and Haley's say " Sassy just like mommy".

Fun with Kaylee

2009-04-27T08:20:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we got to babysit my niece Kaylee. Haley and Kaylee play so cute together and it was fun to have someone here to entertain my kids for a little while. Clint and I think we should start a daycare business with how much we have nieces and nephews at our house. It must be the million toys we have here, or the wii, or every Disney DVD made. For some reason they all like to come and play here. It is fun for us because we get to see them all every once in a while. And, all of the cousins love Riley (Bubba is what he is called by most of them) and Haley so that is an added bonus. So, if any of you are in need, we are available! :)

New Swing Set

2009-04-27T08:06:00.000-07:00

About a weeks ago we got the kids a swing set. We decided it was time for Haley to have something to do outside. They love it! We got Riley a toddler swing to go with it and they both love to go out there and swing. Haley likes to go down the slide by herself too. I also went and raided my sister's house and found a little tikes car for Haley. She has one at Grandma Roger's and it is her favorite thing to play with there. Now the weather just needs to get warm again so we can play!

Chelease's 13th Birthday!

2009-04-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

AAHHH! She is a teenager! When Clint and I got married Chelease was 7 years old! It is so crazy how fast these kids grow up. Vona and the kids came to Idaho for Chelease's birthday and we took her out for a girls day. We took her to get a manicure, lunch, and then we took her to get her ears pierced! We also took her shopping at Old Navy and she got some really cute things. It was a very fun day. Then we went home to the boys and had cake and pizza, which my kids loved if you can't tell. Overall, it was a fun day out!

Nebraska

2009-04-26T18:39:00.000-07:00

We recently went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for Wrayla's wedding. Clint, Me, and Clint's sister Vona went out there. I was a bridesmaid and Vona ended up being a bridesmaid because one of her bridesmaids didn't show up. We had a really fun time. The girls went to the spa one day and got pedicures and manicures, we sat in the hot tub at the hotel, and more importantly we got to see Wrayla and Caden who we have missed so much! She looked beautiful and it was a very fun ceremony. Clint became somewhat of a wedding planner helping decorate, ushering the flower girl and ring bearer down the stairs, and running all of the music and the wedding video they had going. It was pretty funny. The other major thing that happened was that we left our kids for 4 whole days! I didn't even die from anxiety either! It was a miracle. My wonderful mother came up and watched them for us and she even survived! Overall, it was a very fun get away for us and maybe we will get to get away again someday in the far, far future. :)

Riley's Class Pictures

2009-04-26T18:33:00.000-07:00

Riley got some class pictures done a few weeks ago and I went to help out with the kids. I took some of my own pictures so here there are. Riley, of course, is bugging the little girl next to him. I did get one good one of them with Riley looking up. So cute!

Cute Kids

2009-04-26T12:25:00.000-07:00

My kids are the cutest kids in the whole world! Haley loves her big brother so much. I have never seen a 1-year-old give so many kisses. She has to kiss him before he leaves on the bus, before bed every night, and sometimes during the day I will catch her kissing him just for fun. I really think that we were meant to have Haley when we did. She has been such a good little sister and I think that she will always be there for Riley. We are so lucky to have such cute babies!

5 Things Tag

2009-03-29T15:13:00.000-07:00

5 things tag-
5 things I was doing five years ago
Living in Kentucky
Working at the biggest horse vet clinic in the U.S. in the pharmacy (yes a horse pharmacy)
Celebrating my 1 year anniversary
Living in a tiny studio apartment with my new hubby
Learning to drive in a big, big city

5 things on my to do list today:
Call my visiting teaching ladies (hehe, end of the month)
Spring clean my house
Pay bills
Pack for Nebraska
Do laundry

5 What I would do with a million dollars?
Buy a house
Buy another vehicle so Clint had something to drive
Put most of it away, especially for the kids
Take Riley to California for therapy every month
Go on a cruise with my hubby

5 places I have lived:
Springville, Utah
Ely, Nevada
Gooding, Idaho
Lexington, Kentucky
Jerome, Idaho

5 Jobs I have had:
McDonalds
Western Watts
The Peaks Ice Arena
Dental Assistant
Worked in the horse Pharmacy

5 Things I want to be doing in 5 years:
Being a nurse hopefully
Watching my son walk
Building a house
Be mostly debt free
Possibly having another baby (don't get too excited, I said possibly)

5 people I tag
Dallas
Koren
Lucinda
Claire
Jodi

Riley's Humor & Haley's Pooh Obsession

2009-03-13T18:05:00.000-07:00

Ever since Haley got this play kitchen for Christmas Riley thinks it is really funny to go over and pull all of the play food out of it. He does it every day! Lately he has started putting the bucket on his head after he scatters the food all around and he sits there and giggles. It is the funniest thing in the world. He must like the way it sounds because he keeps doing it. It has been so cute to see his humor lately. He has developed a cute little personality and has been socially laughing when other people laugh which he never use to do. We love it! Now on to Haley. She is obsessed (and I am being completely literal) with Winnie the Pooh. If I would let her, she would sit in that chair all day and watch it. We have cut down to an hour in the morning so that mommy can get some school work done and then she can watch a movie in the afternoon after she wakes up from her nap. The rest of the time it is off and the rest of the time she cries for it. I don't know what to do with her! If I try to put any other movie on she cries, if I try to let Riley watch Little Einsteins she cries. It is a circus! Luckily, I have a sister who is somewhat more obsessed with Winnie the Pooh and we have borrowed every movie she owns so that we can switch it up a little. If I never see another Winnie the Pooh movie again in my life it would make me extremely happy. I love my kids!

Toxic Green Pony Walker (Finally!)

2009-03-03T19:31:00.000-08:00

Riley finally got his pony walker today! The guy came to drop it off this morning and helped us get it adjusted to Riley's specifications. He seems to tolerate it well but he isn't really sure what to do in it yet. We will start taking it to physical therapy with us and she will start working with him to teach him to use it. It would be really amazing if he could start getting it to move himself. I think that would make him a lot happier to have some mobility not on the the floor. The color is Toxic Green and the little wheels on it light up when you move it. It is pretty radical!

Hop 2 It

2009-03-03T19:19:00.001-08:00

Today we went to Clint's brothers little boy Bryson's birthday party. He turned five and they went to a place called Hop 2 It. It has a bunch of blow up slides and bounce houses and a big ball pit. The kids had so much fun. Riley liked the bounce house and the ball pit (he mostly liked to eat the balls which is totally gross but what do you do?) and Haley like the slides and the ball pit. Haley has never been a big fan of bounce houses. I think they scare her a lot, she is like her mommy in this area. Clint and I are trying to do more of these things because we are really bad about being hermits and just staying home all of the time. We realize that we need to go to more things even if we don't want to because our kids are getting old enough that they enjoy it now. We actually had a really fun time which is usually the case if we can just get ourselves to do it. It also wears the kids out which is a plus. :)

Our life lately

2009-03-03T19:10:00.001-08:00

I know I have been a slacker but things have been pretty crazy around here. I am working really hard on my schooling right now so that I can get done by April. It would be nice to get a job before the summer hits and we are trying to buy a house. I had my birthday and also Clint and I's six year anniversary in February. He got me a dresser for my birthday and night tables for our anniversary. He put them together and the kids were a great help (or hinder)! The finished products looked very nice though and it has been awesome to have a dresser instead of plastic drawers to put my clothes in. He also gave me a dozen beautiful roses for Valentines Day which is also our anniversary for those of you that don't know. The picture of Haley and I at the piano was just so cute I had to add that one on. She has been really into the piano lately. Mostly she just wants to bang on it. This was our month of February!

Pony Walker

2009-02-19T11:26:00.000-08:00

Riley FINALLY got approved for his pony walker! We got a letter in the mail yesterday saying that he was approved so it should only be a matter of time before we get it and he can start using it. He has a lot more use in his legs lately so I think that we can get him doing some good things with it. We have waited almost a year and it is finally going to come! Yea Riley!

California

2009-02-11T14:52:00.000-08:00

As some of you know we took Riley to California this last week to a therapist there named Anat Baniel. She has developed a method of therapy that is really supposed to help kids with physical as well as mental special needs. The experience was really enlightening. When we first got there Riley was doing some pretty cool stuff. She had him so flexible it was amazing, she had him putting all of his weight on his feet, his feet weren't flexed the whole time we were there which is quite an accomplishment. We also learned a lot about Riley, like the fact that when he is making noise he is trying to tell us something and not just making noise for the heck of it and that he is extremely spoiled! (Ha ha) We were able to learn some new ways to communicate with him which has made a huge difference in his personality. We were going to keep going with it but there is only one girl in this area and she only does it one weekend a month which isn't enough. They also wanted us to take him out of all of his other therapy which Clint and I both didn't get a very good feeling about. The therapists here in Idaho have done wonders with him and we didn't see enough of a result with Riley down there to have that much faith in it. We just don't feel like it is the right time for us to do this but we were very glad that we went.
We did get to go and do some sight seeing while we were there which was fun. We were in San Rafael which is just across the bay from San Francisco. We took the ferry over to San Francisco one day and man those ferry's go fast! We started out really slowly but then all of the sudden we were going like fifty miles an hour. We had to move under because we were getting blown away. Clint and Haley stayed out in the open of course and Haley thought she had died and gone to heaven! She loved that ferry! We went to Pier 39 to see the Sea Lions and we had dinner there which was very good seafood. Clint got ribs and double fries which I am sure that doesn't surprise anyone. We also went to see the Golden Gate Bridge and for some reason we didn't get out and walk on it. Clint was too focused on not dying driving in a big city that we just turned around and drove back over it again. Needless to say him and his parents were a little overwhelmed by how big and busy it was down there. I, on the other hand, thought it was beautiful and wouldn't mind living there. I don't have all of the pictures but I do have a few of the San Francisco trip. And for those of you coming to Idaho for Emily's Baptism we have a little video of Riley that we are going to show of some of his sessions. Enjoy!

Family Pictures with the Rogers

2009-01-20T10:21:00.000-08:00

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

Riley's First Day of School!

2009-01-05T18:05:00.001-08:00

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)

2009-01-05T15:35:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-01-05T15:06:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-05T14:54:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-05T14:43:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-05T14:33:00.000-08:00

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!

2009-01-05T14:16:00.001-08:00

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

2009-01-05T13:49:00.000-08:00

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

2009-01-05T13:33:00.000-08:00

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!

New Family Pictures

2008-12-02T08:56:00.000-08:00

We finally got some new family pictures done on Thanksgiving for our Christmas cards. I don't think that we have had a full family picture since before Haley was born so we thought it was about time. We usually just put the kids on the Christmas card because they are so cute! But since I have lost 23 pounds recently I decided I could be in a picture again.

Halloween

2008-12-01T18:31:00.000-08:00

For Halloween this year the kids were both scarecrows. Riley's costume totally looked like a scarecrow but everybody kept thinking that Haley was a witch. I had to keep politely telling people that she was a scarecrow. They were both stinking cute whatever they were. Clint didn't get to be there so my sister Stacey came up from Logan to hang out with us. We also found out that weekend that Haley is a candy monster. If I let her only have one piece she would cry, if I let her only have two pieces she would cry, and so on. We finally had to hide the candy bowl clear up in the pantry so that she wouldn't see it. Out of sight, out of mind! Grandma Rogers didn't help the situation though, she just kept stuffing the candy in piece by piece! Riley really like the suckers and he was even a big boy and ate them by himself! Well part of it anyway, the rest he threw into the leaves. We took the kids up to Gooding for the trunk or treat and they had a good time going around with all of the kids. Some of the kids definitely had some crazy costumes though! My niece Sami and her friend Jana were the best though. They were the wicked step sisters from Cinderella. The hair was the best!

I've Been Tagged!

2008-11-15T12:36:00.000-08:00

8 TV shows I watch:
1. One Tree Hill
2. Gossip Girl
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Samantha Who?
5. Top Chef

6. 90210 (The new one)

7. Privileged

8. Law and Order SVU

8 Things that happened yesterday
1. I slept in (thanks honey!)

2. I went visiting teaching
3. I started my Medical Transcriptionist Training! (yay!)

4. I made my husband and kids cheese quesadillas

5. I did my diet religiously for one day!

6. I went and got tickets to Twilight!!

7. I painted my stuff for Super Saturday

8. I went to bed at 9:45 p.m.

8 Favorite places to eat
1. Olive Garden
2. Red Lobster
3. Texas Roadhouse
4. Goodwood BBQ
5. Johnny Carinos
6. El Tapatio
7. McDonald's (It's my guilty pleasure)
8. Panda Express

8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. Having my husband home for more than 3 days at a time

2. The Holidays!

3. Riley being seizure free for a year (almost!)

4. Losing more weight

5. Riley's 3rd Birthday

6. Haley going into nursery at church

7. Riley starting pre-school

8. Finishing my training

8 Things on my wish list
1. A real vacation with my husband

2. Riley being able to walk or even crawl for that matter

3. Haley being able to say "I love you mommy"

4. Living in a house on a piece of land that is big enough for all of our stuff

5. Owning a vehicle (I mean actually owning one, not leasing)

6. Getting down to my pre marriage weight

7. getting out of debt

8. Have enough money to not have to live paycheck to paycheck

8 Tagged People
1. Koren

2. Dallas

3. Amber

4. Samantha

5. Garret

6. Eva

7. Ashlee

8. Steff (so you'd better get your blog up and running!)

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

So I have been slacking on the posting but for good reason. I am now in Medical Transcriptionist training so that is taking up a lot of my free time. And if Clint walks in and sees me messing around on the computer when I am supposed to be doing homework he gets after me. I am so far behind!! We carved pumpkins and that was back when Clint was still in training and gone all of the time but he was home for the weekend before Halloween so we did them then so that he could join in the fun. The kids had a good time, eating the pumpkins mostly but they also had fun watching mommy almost throw her pumpkin across the porch because it took me like an hour to carve mine. The finished results were very nice looking though. Yeah for pumpkins!

Hanging Out At Home

2008-10-28T17:58:00.000-07:00

As some of you know Clint is gone a majority of the time right now. So when he is home it is like Clintappaloosa. The kids are all sorts of crazy and always wanting to be with him and so we basically are all trying to have his attention all of the time. I am not as bad as the kids though usually. The other nice thing is when he is home he takes a whole bunch of pictures so here are just a couple from this past weekend. The first ones are the kids in their church clothes. Then there are the cute bath pictures and I didn't even have to sensor them! Then there is Haley stuck in her toy and getting mad! Crazy kids!

We love Popsicles!

2008-10-04T20:52:00.001-07:00

Riley has just recently started to like cold things in his mouth. He use to not like anything cold to even touch his face but now he will eat ice cream and things every once in a while. So Grandma MacArthur was up here this last week and we bought some Popsicles. One night as I was cleaning up dinner Grandma decided to try a Popsicle for the kids. Riley immediately grabbed it out of her hands and started eating it all by himself! He was biting it and everything (which I can't even do)! Haley also loved it of course but she likes anything that is food so that wasn't a big surprise. They were both a huge mess and so sticky but it was worth it to see Riley holding it correctly and eating it all by his big boy self!

Motorcycle Riding

2008-10-04T20:45:00.001-07:00

Clint has a little dirt bike that he likes to ride around occasionally when he has time so one day he was out playing with the kids outside and got bored and decided to give the kids rides. They of course love anything that is loud and goes (boats, 4-wheelers, etc.) so this was a perfect activity for them. At first he just had Haley on but then Riley was whining and wanting a ride so he put both of them on. Does that look safe? I think not!

Fisherwoman

2008-10-04T20:42:00.001-07:00

Of course Lake Powell is a lot about fishing and since my family are big fisher people than we decided Haley needed to start since she was one year old and all. So Daddy helped her catch this little blue gill. She thought it was funny to touch it and make it wiggle. Ewww!

Lake Powell

2008-10-04T20:20:00.000-07:00

The MacArthur family reunion in September of this year was the ever popular Lake Powell. We have been doing this family reunion since I can remember but since everyone is older now we have been branching out and doing some different things. But it was a Lake Powell year this year. It was very fun, as always.

Here is Koren and Isabelle with Isabelle's bloody nose. She fell right on her face poor thing!
My Haley Rae with a devious look on her face and crazy pigtails.

Riley and his drink at lunch time.
Aunt Steff and Riley in his chair. He loved to sit in the sand with his feet in the water and splash!

Koren and Micah, whose new nickname is screamer. (sorry Tyler you've been outdone!)
What mom?

Sleepy boy

2008-10-04T20:15:00.001-07:00

Riley has his days where he decides naps are for babies so he won't take one. On this particular day he was so tired in the afternoon that he decided a nap wouldn't be so bad. The only problem was that he was in the middle of the floor at my sister's house with her five kids running around but that didn't seem to bother him. He was also sucking on his hand while he slept. So sweet!

Riley + Boat = Love!

2008-10-04T19:57:00.000-07:00

One day we were getting the boat ready for Lake Powell and Riley wanted to be out there with Clint. So Clint grabbed his chair and stuck him in there and put him up on the seat, and then he came inside and told me to come and look out the window. All I saw when I looked out the window was the top half of Riley's head so I had to take pictures because it was so dang cute! Later that day he went boating with Daddy and Grandpa Rogers and Clint just put his life jacket on him, stuck him in his chair, and put him up on the seat and he rode around like that all afternoon on the river. He loved it!

POPCORN!

2008-09-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

We love popcorn! This was our night for treats at Danielle's and we had popcorn and carmel apples. Riley loved to watch it pop and Haley loved to eat it! (she is my girl!)

Clint's POST Graduation

2008-09-17T15:09:00.001-07:00

Well after 10 weeks of loneliness Clint finally graduated from POST academy. And we learned our lesson that those types of things are not for kids! Our kids were about bored out of their minds! But he looked good and he ended up 4Th in his class in the whole academy and he was 1st amongst all of the fish and game guys. We were very proud of him! Good job daddy!

Playing Dress Up

2008-09-17T15:00:00.000-07:00

Sami, Emily and Kaylee loved to play dress up when we lived there and they decided that Haley needed to dress up with them too. They brought her down and she was just showing off like a professional. Little cutie!

Shaving with Daddy

2008-09-17T14:56:00.000-07:00

So Clint one evening decided it would be funny if he put some shaving cream on Haley's face and pretend like they were shaving together. It was pretty cute though. She thought it was funny!

Haley's 1st Birthday Party

2008-09-17T14:39:00.000-07:00

Here is our little one year old on her birthday! I couldn't believe that she was one! She loved her presents which included clothes, a pull along doggy, a telephone, some books and various other things I can't remember now. And she loved her pink tinkerbell cake which you can see!

Rogers Family Reunion Cont..

2008-09-17T14:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some more pictures from the reunion. The top one is everyone in their helmets getting ready to race. After that day Haley and Riley were so pooped that they just fell fast asleep on the way back to the campsite. Cuties! Riley of course fell asleep wherever he could which happeend to be in the middle of lunch in his stroller but luckily daddy slipped his ear plugs in right before he fell asleep. And Haley finally was drinking out of a sippy cup! She was so attached to her bottle back then.

Rogers Family Reunion

2008-09-17T13:48:00.000-07:00

Okay so I realize it has been forever since I have posted anything on my blog but we finally got into our own house and I can work things out a lot better on my own computer so I have a lot of catching up to do! We'll start with the Rogers family reunion which was the first week of June this year. We went to Nat-soo-pah which is a hot springs and camping area. It was freezing cold that week! We still had a lot of fun though. We went swimming and to Nazzkart which is a place with race cars, rock climbing, batting cages, and all of that fun stuff. We also went bowling and went and saw Prince Caspian. It was a very fun week. This is grandpa Rogers with the two girl grandchildren in the family, Chelease and Haley Rae.
Here is daddy and Riley in their Rogers family reunion shirts that they made.
Here is Clint rock climbing. He was telling me to hurry up so that he could come back down!
Here is Vona in her hair net that went under the helmets for the car racing. She looks funny!
Here is Riley rock climbing. What a big boy!

New Pictures

2008-06-13T07:23:00.001-07:00

The kids went last week and got their pictures taken. Haley has never had hers done professionaly and Riley's last ones were when he was nine months old so we thought it was time. You can see Clint a little bit in the last one but you can't see him in the finished product. These are just the untouched up versions of them. But they are still so darn cute!!

Happy Birthday Haley!

2008-06-13T07:20:00.001-07:00

My little baby is one year old today! I can't believe it! She has grown up so fast. It was just yesterday I was holding her in my arms for the first time and now she doesn't even want me to hold her half the time! She is the best little sister and the best little girl in the whole world! Her birthday party is tomorrow so I will post more pictures after that is over. I love Haley!

Big Boy!

2008-05-12T19:48:00.000-07:00

Tonight Riley and I were playing after Haley had gone to bed and I decided to take pictures of him to show you how good he is learning to sit up and be on his hands and knees. This is the bulk of what he is learning to do in physical therapy right now. He works so hard and he has really come a long way in the short time that we have been in Idaho. He has physical therapy, occupational therapy, and pool therapy all once a week so he is a very busy boy but it is paying off. We are so proud of him for working so hard and happy for all of the new things that he is learning. Hopefully soon he will be able to do hands and knees and sit up for more than just a minute or so.

Pool Therapy

2008-05-12T19:28:00.000-07:00

Riley is so awesome. I had to take pictures of Riley in his pool therapy because he is doing so good at all of his therapy's but he loves pool therapy the most. His therapist, Teresa, was really thrilled to have her picture taken in her swimsuit too. (NOT!) And Haley Rae of course was her cute patient self like she always is even though it is like 100 degrees in the swimming pool bubble. I just wanted you all to see how great he is doing!

Pony Walker

2008-05-08T15:33:00.000-07:00

So we took Riley down to Twin Falls today to a vendor show at his therapy place. His physical therapist wanted him to try out a pony walker. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of him in it so I will just have to explain what it is. In the front it has straps that hold him at his chest and his trunk area and he sits on a little bicycle seat looking thing and then his feet touch the ground so he can walk. Then it has little wheels like a wheelchair so he can also push himself as he walks along. It was so cute! He was totally pushing himself with one hand and we were laughing because he was just going around in a circle but he thought it was pretty cool. I will put some pictures up here when we own one. He should have his by the end of the summer or sooner hopefully. This could be scary to see how he terrorizes his little sister when he can wheel after her.

Riley Rocks!

2008-05-03T14:41:00.000-07:00

So up here in Idaho Riley's therapists are pretty hardcore. They work him pretty much until he is really really fussy or crying, which is good, because he needs it. Since we've moved up here Riley has been learning so much new stuff. He has started to scoot a little bit and he will even stay up on his hands and knees for longer than a few seconds. So Daddy's new favorite thing to do with him is to put him on his knees in the bath tub because he will sit there and pat the tub and stay up there for a long time. We are so proud of him and can't wait for the day that he is standing on his own for longer than a few seconds! Hooray Riley!

Bathtime Fun

2008-05-03T14:27:00.000-07:00

Haley already thinks of herself as Riley's boss. So she thinks that she needs to help Daddy with Riley in the bath tub. And then she likes to rub the water all over her hair. She is usually soaked before she even gets in the bath. But what can you do right? She is the boss of me too so I don't have any say in it. Also Riley has started rolling over in the bath tub and he loves to play on his tummy in there. So Daddy thought it would be funny one day to stick the rinsing cup on his head while he was on his tummy. We do weird stuff I guess. Sorry about the bum shot!

Black Eyed Girl

2008-04-16T20:54:00.001-07:00

So since Garret and Koren had pictures of Isabelle's black eye I thought that I should post pictures of Haley's. Let me just tell you that it has been a whole new world for us with Haley crawling and pulling herself up on stuff. This particular black eye was when she pulled herself up on a bar stool and then pulled it down on top of her. She didn't cry very much though. She is constantly getting bruised though. What do you do?

Messy Girl

2008-04-16T20:48:00.000-07:00

I just thought these pictures were so funny because if you will notice her bib says "Little Miss Sunshine". You can see that can't you? So cute!

Horse Riding Family

2008-04-16T20:25:00.000-07:00

Well since it was like 80 degrees here on this past Sunday we decided to head to Grandma and Grandpa Rogers to ride horses. Riley absolutely loves to ride and would stay on there all day if we let him. Daddy is in the process of trying to find someone to help build Riley a special saddle so he can ride the horse all by himself. He will love it. This was the first time that we had Haley up on the horse. She hasn't ridden around with anyone yet but she didn't seem like she was very afraid. I told Clint that we have daredevil kids. It will be interesting to see what they are like when their older. And yes, I did ride this time! I don't usually but I decided to try and get over my fear and I rode for a long time actually. I even let the horse gallop a little. But trust me, I was feeling it on Monday. I don't think people realize that it is very exhausting to ride a horse. It looks easy, but trust me, it's not. Then there is Clint of course that is riding his two new colts and gets bucked off occasionally. But he doesn't care. (How did he get straight A's is the question). It was a really fun day though.

My new blog

2008-04-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

Well, this is my second blog, if myspace counts, so we will see if I can figure this one out. Myspace seems a little bit easier from the looks of things but I am pretty computer savy (at least I think so). Not really much is happening in our family. Clint is out of town for this week. He went up to the cold northern region of the state. But I have heard that it is beautiful country up there so he will like it. The kids are being crazy without their dad of course but what can I do? Riley had Occupational Therapy and Pool Therapy today which makes us get home pretty late. Haley I just noticed is getting her first tooth, bottom left. Its about time! She is only 10 months old. We were wondering if she was going to have to gum everything when she got to eat the real stuff. I am just playing mom and doing my everyday OCD routine. What can I say? I am a sucker for a good routine. So are my kids though. Well, I will try to get some pictures up tonight after the little ones are asleep so my page is not so boring. I may have to refer to Damon's instructions on how to do that though.