Friends

Caleb's great friend is Ruby Howards. Ruby is 1 month older than Caleb and the two of them together is just the cutest thing. Now that they are both learning to sit up it's creating much more interest in each other. They were reaching and grabbing for eachother ---it was so cute. What a fun morning at the park! Aren't they so cute in their sun hats

Yummy Toes!!!

New Class

I signed Isaac up for a new city class -gymnastics. And he doesn't like it......he LOVES it! And why wouldn't he. It's the perfect class for high energy kids. He gets to jump around, crawl and run through an obstacle course, bounce on trampolines, and play it ball pits. It was so much fun to watch him and what made it even better was that he was the only kid in the class. I have no idea why but we were the only people that showed up so Isaac got all the attention. I hope nobody shows up again this week!!!

And we can't forget about Caleb!

A Sad Farewell

My in-laws left for Dallas yesterday and it was a very sad day. They are moving to Dallas because of a job transfer and though they have moved many times in there life this move is especially sad - - for obvious reasons. They have been in Irvine for 19 years now and in the same house for most of that time. They raised two beautiful kids, made countless friends, and welcomed two grandsons here. And though this is a sad time it's important for all f us to look at the bright side and the future: Peter still has a great job in this bad economy, Texas is only a three hour flight away, they have purchased the most beautiful house in a brand new area, and Isaac has really enjoyed learning the saying "Yee Ha"!! :) At their going away party, we all dressed up in cowboy attire and ate BBQ. What a fitting send off! The boys wore the cutest cowboy shirts that Marian and Peter picked up for them in Dallas


Marian and Peter -we love you! We'll miss you!! Can't wait to see you on Labor Day! And don't worry - Adam is going to teach me Skype and then you will see the boys all the time!!

See you soon Nana and Grandpa!!!!!!! We love you!!!!!!!!!

Great Grandma

Caleb got to meet his Great Grandma for the first time last week. Great Grandma leaves super close -in Irvine -but do to health reasons we don't get to see her very much. So this was a special treat. It was actually only the second time Isaac has ever met her and he throughly enjoyed playing with her. I was so glad she got to spend time with my boys and it was awesome that we had 4 generations of my family in one room!

Our neighborhood

Though we didn't realize it at the time, we chose to live in the perfect community for our boys. We have a beautiful green grass area in front of our house, a great, safe neighborhood to take walks in, but most importantly we live in an area with lots of other little kids. Our area alone has 10 kids (half of them being boys)! Isaac loves playing with his friend -which he does so almost daily and it has helped create quite a community for us here. When it was hot last week we decided to get the blow up pool out and create a water slide in front. Not long Isaac three friends had joined him and they all had a blast! What a great place to live!

4th of July 2010 Recap

For 4th of July we did the Greentree parade at my parent's house. This is the second year we have done this parade and it is so much fun for Isaac and to decorate. This year Adam brought out the bike and trailer for him and Isaac. It was a huge success -Isacc loved riding in the bike trailer. And Caleb and I followed in the stroller.

That evening we went to our good friend Brad and Kara's house for a BBQ and fireworks. The BBQ was great and the fireworks would have been great except the automated system that sets the fireworks off broke so a few poor souls had to manually go down and set the fireworks off. It was mesmerizing watching these people light the fireworks and then duck and cover so they didn't get burned! What an awful job!!! Anyway -Isaac loved the fireworks and Caleb did great!! It was a great 1st holiday as a family of 4!

Hello again!

So much has happened since the last time I posted that I am not going to even try and review it all. I am going to just start fresh! Our big changes, as you all know, is that we had our second son on April 8th -Caleb Alan Peter Rogers! He just turned 3 months and I can't believe how fast the time is going already. But with two kids -two boys -things go pretty fast! Caleb is beautiful, strong, and big! He's in the 95% in length and it shows! Isaac is amazing! He is such an active, sweet, fun boy! The "twos" are challenging but he is talking so much now and it's so awesome to be able to interact with him on that level. We just took Isaac to see his first movie in the theatre -Toy Story 3 - and he loved it! He just watched in silence the whole time. The only problem was getting him to not eating popcorn off the floor..."but mommy we do it at home." Yes -I can see how that would be confusing! :) Below is two pics of us at the movies and a cute one of Caleb-you will notice the perfect thumb sucking form Caleb has...yes it's an art form.

Disneyland

Adam and Isaac went to Disneyland for Isaac's friend Alice's birthday. They had so much fun and even got a picture with some of the Disney characters!!

Isaac, Alice, and Noah

Check Isaac's double hat action!

Halloween

Our little cute clown had the best time trick r treating with his cousins and grandparents!

Our new addition!

It's time.....we are officially announcing the coming arrival of our newest little one! We are so excited to meet our new baby in April 2010!!!

4th of July

First, we marched in the Greentree parade -

the same parade I marched/rode in when I was a kid.

My mom decorated Isaac's strolled with balloons and a big patriotic bow!

A fire engine lead the parade through the community

Then we went back to HB and went to a BBQ at my sister-in-law's sister's house!

It was the perfect day for a water slide

Isaac was getting a lot of attention from the ladies at the BBQ -I think this might be his first kiss! Oh gosh!

And then of course we bounced on the trampoline in the backyard

And again -the ladies followed Isaac! :)

Overall, a fun-filled, patriotic day! Yeah America!!!!!