Rogers Family Reunion August 2014

We had our Rogers family reunion August 7-12th. We rented a "unique" house in Holladay where we all stayed. The cousins had fun playing together from early morning until late into the evening. Ivy was a pill most days. At first we thought it was because it was a new place and tons of new people. Then we thought it was because her schedule was off, but then we realized it was and is because she is teething some major molars. Once we figured that out, not until our reunion was almost over, we doped her up on meds and she was much better to deal with...not normal, but easier. 

We enjoyed swimming, family pictures, hanging out after church at Grandma and Grandpas house for a talent show FHE, the guys did some bowling and the girls had lunch and a book club/favorite things exchange. It's always sad to leave because we have so much fun.

Summer Happenings

We had a pretty laid back summer! This is what I found almost every morning.

 

JUNE

 Unfortuantley we didn't spend much time at the pool because the pool heater broke and they didn't get it fixed until the end of July, but there was some fun times had at the pool.

The beginning of June brought family. Cherstin and Dan made their trek to Alaska and on their way they stopped here to visit and to baptize Abby. Mom and Dad were here and Felicia and Tom came too. It was so great to be able to see them all and to share in Abby's special day.

 

Of Course before Chestin and Dan left, Mom and Dad stayed for another week before heading to Joey's for Levi's baptism, we all headed to Krispy Kreme's.

 

 

 Also while Mom and Dad were here we got to celebrate Daddy's birthday. We took them out to Outback Steakhouse. Daddy was a good sport and sat on the saddle while they sang to him. They left the next day so we also gave him our Fathers Day gifts.

 

 



For Fathers Day the kids gave Mike a new rotary fertilizer thing. I gave him P90X3 which we have been doing together every morning for almost 2 months. It is nice to have the extra time together, alone, in the morning before our crazy day begins. Mike is a wonderful Father. The kids all flock to him when he comes home, and he LOVES it.

In June Mike and I also celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. We were supposed to head to Hawaii, but we did our master bathroom instead. It was a good thing we didn't go to Hawaii because we had a babysitter the night of our anniversary so we could go to a movie and Ivy freaked out the whole time we were gone. She was and is still too young for Mike and I to both leave here for a week or more.

I love this man so much and I am so glad he picked me to spend his Forever with.

 

Finally at the end of June we had Mordecai officially tested for his suspected allergies. He came back positive for peanuts, tree nuts, dogs, and Bermuda grass. We also had him tested for exercise induced asthma and found out that he has a really mild case of asthma in general. He was a trooper for holding still while getting poked a ton. It still breaks my heart looking at these pictures.

 

JULY

 

We headed to Colorado Springs for our own family vacation. See our other blog posts.

 

Keith and Kim and their girls came out to celebrate the 4th of July with us. We tried to go swimming, did Jump City, where Kim broke her tail bone 5 minutes before we left, and of course Fire Works.

 

 





 

 

In July Emily sang in a chorale group that performed at various rec centers and senior centers. It was fun, but I was glad it was over because she had practice every Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00-2:15 which was in the middle of nap time.

 

 

And now for some random photos.