Got Iron?

At Brayden's 9 Month check up the Dr. was a little concerned that he had dropped off the chart in his weight. He sent Brayden to get some blood taken to find out if he is anemic. Brayden was such a brave boy. He didn't even blink his eye when the nurse took his blood. She said that she had been doing this for 13 years and that Bray was the first kid his age that didn't cry. It turns out he is anemic and will need an iron supplement with his bottles.

Can we just forget about the last few months?

So I havn't posted in FOREVER!!! but I feel like my life is in a good place right now, and I actually have time to post. I have missed all my blogging buddies and want to give a shout out to you all. I just went through all your blogs and am cought up in your lives, and thought I would repay the favor and let you into mine......

Twilight

I hate to admit that I too fell victim to the Twilight Saga. I started reading them this summer and could not believe I hadn't wanted to. I finished the 3rd book in early July and had to wait a whole month for Braking Dawn (good thing I had The Host to read). My friend Sarah invited me out to Applebee's for desert at 11pm and then over to Wal-Mart to get the book. We arrived at wally world at 12:30, completely missed the line and other crazy fans, and all got our copies. I am happy to report that I finished it this morning and that I loved it.

4th Of July

The Rogers' family all went camping in west fork over the 4th of July. I don't like to camp, and although I enjoyed myself during the day, I hated the drive up, the nights and the drive home. We decided to leave the day before the rest of the family and haul every one's crap up there. And we took Maddie and Kale up with us early. We loved having them along, however they started asking "Are we were there yet?" before we even left the valley. (we still had a 5 hour drive ahead of us). After all of our stops and a short detour to see Mike and Brooke at Greer Lake, we finally arrived at our camp site at 5:30pm. (I had been up until 12:30 am packing, and the baby got up at 6am) I was cranky and tired and it was getting dark fast and we still had to unload the trailer to find our stuff, set up camp, and cook dinner. (OK so I let Ben do all that while I changed, and fed Brayden.) Well we finally got to bed and of course Brayden doesn't want anything to do with the portable crib. So he sleeps with me on my cot for the next 4 nights. (needless to say I got NO sleep the entire time!) Then about 4am Ben's mom and dad come rolling into camp. They had decided to come up early too, but didn't leave home until after dinner time. So here I am with a crying baby trying to get some sleep while mom and dad set their tent up in the middle of the night! I did not wake up a happy camper. The following days were fun. All the girls went into town one day for lunch and some shopping and enjoyed sharing our most embarrassing stories with one another {STACIA you are hilarious. I am so glad to have you as part of the family. You always have such a good attitude. Waid is a lucky guy.} And I got in some reading while we were there. OK now to the drive home. After packing up and getting in our cars, Kyle realizes that his keys are in a pair of pants in a bin, in dad's trailer that left over and hour before! Nice! And you can't get cell reception for at least a 1/2 hour drive. So we sent Waid and Stacia ahead to call and catch up to mom and dad to get Kyle's keys and bring them back. We sat in our cars for 2 hours waiting to have the keys and be able to leave. So we finally get on the road. Make a pit stop in Show Low then head home through Payson. Good thing we all stuck together, because about 30 miles before Payson, Waid tells us to pull over, because our trailer tire is looking funny. Sure enough the tread is about ready to come off, so we sat on the side of the road for about 30 minutes while Ben, Kyle, Waid, and Garrett changed the tire. Good thing we had a spare. So our trip home lasted from 9am until 7pm. My poor son cried for the next 2 weeks whenever I put him in his car seat. And you wonder why I hate to camp.

What ?! I have been tagged and forced to make a new post!

Tagged by Cathy
The "Random Thing" Tag Rules...
1. You link back to the person who tagged you. (don't know how to do that)
2. Post these rules on your blog (OK done)
3. Share six random things about yourself (see below)
4. Tag six random people at the end of your entry (again see below)
5. Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs
6. Enjoy the results :)
Now the six random things about me...

1. I keep myself way too busy, which is why I haven't posted in forever. Besides my favorite job of being a mom (a full-time job in and of itself), I take care of our home, work at my salon 2 days a week, belong to a card club and just started in a book club, and I have 3 callings at church (enrichment committee, activities committee, and wolf scout leader)
2. I love to read, which is why I haven't posted in forever. if you knew me growing up you would never believe it! I just finished Braking Dawn this morning... LOVED IT!
3. I am an organization nut, which is why I haven't posted in forever. I have been going through my house one room at a time and organizing everything. My poor husband is sick of me buying plastic bins!
4. My little sister just moved away, which is why I haven't posted in forever. Although I didn't help as much as I should have, I did pack most of her kitchen for her. Miss you Jen! (and I guess you too Faron)
5. I have a weird sense of humor. My favorite part in the new Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is when the puppets catch on fire. I cannot help but laugh all through that movie.
6. I hate hate hate to camp (yes I know that was 3 hates, but its true). And yet I took my 8 month (at the time) old camping for 5 days over the 4th of July. Why? because I love my husband. :)

Tag you're it - Jenny, Mandy, Brooke, Sarah, Tiffany, you (if ya want)

Come See the Show

Hey all- I know it has been FOREVER since I posted last. It is because I have been Assistant Producing a play. It's this weekend and you all should come!!! Visit www.qcpac.com for tickets.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to ME! and to all you mothers out there. Here is my sweet little guy with all the mothers in his life...

{Brayden & Mommy}


{Brayden & Mom's Mom/ Grandma Mo}


{Brayden & Mom's Mom's Mom/ Grandma Farr}


{Brayden & Mom's Dad's Mom/ Grandma Joan}


{Brayden & Dad}


{Brayden & Dad's Mom/ Grandma Rogers}


{Brayden & Dad's Mom's Mom/ Nana}


{Brayden &D ad's Dad's Mom/ Great Grandma Rogers}

Brayden is so lucky to have 6 grandma's here to spoil him! I just couldn't pass up the opertunity to get his picture with all 6 of them on Mother's Day.

{Just a way to0 cute picture of my blue eyed boy}

fun quick game of tag!

I loved this tag on Jenny's blog so I am doing it. And I tag anyone who is bored and looking for something to do... have at it!

Do a google image search, and pick a picture from the 1st page of results. Have fun!


1. age at next birthday 2. a place i'dlike to visit 3. a favorite place 4. one of my favorite things to do
5. on of my favorite foods 6. my favorite flower 7. favorite color8. city i live in 9. name of past pet 10. nickname i've had 11. college major 12. 1st job 13. hope for 2008

American Dad

One of Ben's friends at work had a little too much free time. He took a picture of Ben and Bray and had some fun with it. I thought it was funny...