Christmas Pictures or Maybe not...

 So I have set a goal of blogging everyday for 30 days!! Trying to motivate my inner blogger. Of course if the new blogger wasnt a pain to use it would help. We tried Christmas pictures today. I am not overly thrilled with these. We forgot Mia's glasses and when I had remembered everyne had ripped off their red and green.

I started taking our own pictures, when my wonderful husband bought a fabulous picture. I found out really quick that anyone with over 1.2 kids...can do their own at home for much cheaper and when everyone is not sick, dirty or too tired. I love the one of Mia alone and Paul alone. Not thrilled with the group shot..will try again later!1

~4th of July Camping~

Fun Fun Fun!!! We had such a wonderful time camping with some great Christian friends!!!! We went to Shawnee State Park in Pennsylvania. We were very happy with the campgrounds and they had great bathrooms and showers....which is a must when I am camping!! Camye, Mia and their sweet friends Alycia and Jamie. They played in the lake for hours every day!!

Our good friend Andy, brought this cool thing for Kenny to pull Mia with his bike. She LOVED it.

We even put the men folk to work one night, while we made a Walmart run!

Camye and Mia Grace!!

Mia's cute little feet in the sand!!!

Chloe and Adam were able to go Kayaking. They had so much fun but it was ALOT of work. Chloe said it was great, Adam did everything!

Mia having fun in the sun!!

Mia and her great friend Caleb, she loves Caleb and loves to yell his name randomly around the campsite. He always wants to play with her!!

Chloe and Mia having fun in the lake!!! Mia loved the water!!!!! I wonder if she hasnt swam before!!

Paul, my little red headed, freckled face little boy! I have wanted one, and his hair is definetly red this summer!!

Yes..I am this cute!!!

Trying to get 10 kids to pose in front of an elephant after 4 days of camping...not such a great photo OP!...

My 3 littles sleeping away.....

~Summer Pictures of the Kids~

We love America and Korea!

Honestly this the best we got of the girls!!! My Boys!!!

Handsome Blakey!!

Camye striking a pose!!

Chloe=gorgeous!

Pauly...!!! So cute!!

Mia Grace....cute as always!!

~Summer Fun~

What a great week!! Mia is still doing fabulous. She is bonding with the boys alot more! We had a picnic to invite friends over to meet little Mia. It was great fun! More mommy-omma!!

Mia and her new friend Ellianna!!

Mia loves jumping in mud puddles!!!

Paul loves this chair...he pretends it is turtle shell.

Paul and Mia love piggy back rides...

Mia loves giving kisses...

Mold me and Make me

Arent my kids beautiful?It is so exciting to know that God has hand chosen our children and given them to us adopted or not. We don't know what to expect. Chloe, our first born is beautiful, easygoing and fun. God blessed us with her as our first cookie cutter gingerbread child. Blake has been my easiest little blessing. He is so gentle and loving but also the rough tough little boy is all there too. God blessed me with this second little cookie cutter gingerbread child.

Camye is my little mother, so joyful, helpful and beautiful. She has been an easy and 3rd little cookie cutter gingerbread child.

Paul is the baby of our family for now. He is just like his dad and Uncle Nathan, always laughing and joking around with everyone. However he is no our typical cookie cutter gingerbread cookie. I believe God gave us cookie dough and asked us to Mold him and Make him. :)

I am so excited to see what God has in store for us with our new little girl. I look at her and think she looks like my mom. I look at her smile and see Paul. I look at her hair and see Chloe. I look at her laughter and see Blake. I look at her run and see Kenny. What will little Mia Grace add to our family? I know it will be lots of joy, tears, frustration, laughter, and playing. I just cant wait to meet her.

Mold me and make me after Thy will, While I am waiting, yielded and still. Have Thine own way, Lord! Have Thine own way!~ I have always loved this song. But I need to ask myself Am I willing to say Mold me, and shape me, and use me, Lord make me ...that is my prayer

Disney Princesses on Ice

My friend Stacey called a few weeks ago and has SUITE tickets to Disney Princesses on Ice. So we decided to join her....we had such a fun time. Our friend Tammie and her daughter Paige joined us. My beautiful daughters....one more will be joining them soon. We already decided we had to take our new little one to see the Princesses ASAP.
My great friend Stacey and her daughters Elianna and Kailey
Me and my girls!:):) Arent they beautiful!!!
Camye was being a goof and not wanting to smile....:)

First Real Snow of the Year!!

We have had a few inches here and there. But this week was the first sunstantial snow we have gotten. We have around 7 inches, it simply breathtaking!! The kids were ecstatic and headed out as soon as the snow storm hit! I did get them to pose for about 10 seconds for a picture!

It's The Most Wonderful Time

....of the year.

Wow arent my kids wonderful!!:):):)

I am going to do a better job of updating my blog more often. I have become a blog slacker..I will blame it on my dial up and not finding a good app for my Iphone to update from.

* Happy to report Christmas shopping is complete.

* Almost all presents are wrapped.

* Last minute fun baking projects - sugar cookies for Santa and our Gingerbread house from scratch (not sure why I decided to purchase the cookie cutters to cut out my own house but I did, since we dont actually eat our house)

Things I am doing differently next year:

I am getting an Elf on the Shelf.

I am starting Christmas shopping on December 26.

I will do other peoples Christmas shopping but must have money and complete that shopping by November 1st.

I am cutting out two gift exchanges that my family participated in this year.

I am ordering Christmas cards by November 15th ...the really cool ones from Shutterfly.

10th Year of Homeschooling

Yes can you believe it? I have started our 10th year of homeschooling.

Chloe is in the 9th grade. She is taking Apologia Biology, Teaching Textbooks Algebra 1, Notgrass History, Rosetta Stone SPanish, at co-op she is taking English, What happened to Penny Candy? (Econmics), Biology Lab and a Teen Bible Class. She is playing on a homeschool high school soccer team and hopes to run track on a homeschool team in the Spring.

Blake is in 6th grade. He is taking Teaching Textbook 6th grade, My Fathers World HIstory and Geography, Anatomy, Literature, , Daily Grams, Easy Grammar, Cursive Writing, at co-op he is taking Natural Disasters, Revolutionary Way, Literature and a gym class. He is playing on a middle school homeschool team and hopes to run track on a homeschool team in the spring as well.

Camye is in 4th grade. She is taking Teaching Textbooks 4th grade, My Fathers World HIstory and Geography, Anatomy, Easy Grammar, Daily Grams, Cursive Writing, at co-op she is taking Literature, Natural Disasters, gym and Geology. Camye is taking ballet, freestyle and jazz dance. She loves it. And looks forward tobeing old enough to play on the homeschool Hornets soccer team next year.

Paul is a kindergartner. He used to love school before he had to do it. Now he is really bored with it. He knows his letters, sounds, numbers, adding, subtracting. He knows how to cut, glue, staple, color about everything.!! He just needs to sit down long enough to do some major work. But at this point he is ahead of the game so I am not worried about it. He does about an hour of sit down work every day. He is loving co-op. OTher than when told the other day if he did his homework he would get a sticker next, he told his teacher....ahhh thats okay I dont like stickers very much anyway. He is looking forward to spring. We are going to allow him to play soccer!!! This is going to be fun to watch!!

Odd things my kids like to play...

Okay...my kids play the oddest things. They like to put blankets in their clothese as much as they can possibly fit and see how hard it is to play and run around when you are really that large.... I was sitting in the recliner yesterday when this large oversize stuffed child went running by the window. I burst out laughing..they look hilarious and I am sure the neighbors think we are odd for allowing it. But they are hysterical the entire time they are doing this...so Kenny and I let them have their fun!

Sleigh Riding without the Snow....

My kids are very creative. And when they have alot of time on their hands, you never know what fun they will come up with!! Sorry the pictures are so dark but it was almost dark!:) They tied together 2 sleds, 1 big wheel and the wagon?? They had a blast for hours!!!


Notice the lack of clothes..and its November!! Our weather has been unusually warm~!!!

Kennywood ~~ One last time:)

We had extra Kennywood tickets and had to go one more time before they closed for the season!! We all went with our great friends "The Parks". We all had a blast!!!


I am proud to say my kids are officially Roller Coaster Lovers!!! Paul was very sad he couldnt get on the super fast ones because he wasnt tall enough!!

Okay our kids are a bit of a freak show..we couldnt resist this photo op!!LOL!!

The Rogers family...September 2009!!