To sum up...

Never a good excuse for my slotful ability to stay on top of this blog :) but at least some is better than none and I'll try this week to hightlight the last few months of life at the Rogersons. In the meantime, at least give me credit for getting a family pic with Aly in it before she turned 4.

Dad: Finally home for a few days after making up a hairy work load that should have been done before Christmas. Throw in a couple of days back to California for his brothers reception and some much needed "Guy" time with the old buddies fly-fishing and I'm now not sure what to do with him underfoot :) but glad to see him home for a few days in a row

Mom: Survived the holidays (just barely) started back to the work-out routine of Jillian Michaels, keeping up with 4 kids and 20 some-odd YW still keeps life busy, throw in a couple dozen year-end tax reviews and you've got life coming at you pretty quick.

Bailey: Now the proud owner of 4 missing teeth! Two Front, and two lowers, looking really "gummy" these days. Still the best big sister, and finding out in a hurry how well she's doing with piano. Love to hear her play even if it is the same song for the 10th time that day :) Still walks in her sleep some nights, and wakes each day to ask if she can wake Aly up before she goes to school, she just doesn't get to see her enough.

Chance: Ever the man of the house :) he's up building with Lego's before the Sun, and then anxious to get to Jimmy or Jeff's after school so he can try to finagle his way into playing their wii. Still my biggest lover of TV, but will pause at the mention of his newest favorite books.. Geronimo Stilton "Holy Cheese Bites!" (He actually said that out loud to me the other day :) Also slept walked this week into our room where he climed on the bed and giggled for nearly 15 minutes... not sure what was so funny, but he sure got a good laugh out of it.

Reagan: I'm sure its somehow going to come back to haunt me that I call this child "bi-polar" but I'll tell you when she is sweet, "Mom your bed looks so beautiful" as she helps me pile pillows on, to the she-devil herself screaming at the top of her lungs NOOOO while fleeing to her room... We have plenty of time together as she's not in school and doesn't nap, most of it really pretty fun. But if I ever try to actually leave the house for an errand she's always the first to beg to come with. Never a dull moment :)

Alyssa: Our sweet baby already 1... how is that possible, didn't we just get her here :( Bitter-sweet to have your last baby grow up so fast, and still so fun to see her try her first few steps this week. Poor thing ended up with a sinus infection and her eyes have been glued shut in the morning. Even still, as miserable as she is, she's always so happy to see you, really a content baby, and if she weren't busy terrorizing my semi-clean house, she'd be the perfect baby :)

So you see life is never dull at our house, kids in and out, fun all the time, FHE, library, school, karate, piano, YW, and Elders Quorum visit nights... these are our staples, Sun to Sat we really do live for our Friday night Pizza & a movie night to just see them all sit still for 5 minutes. Saturday after the kids had helped with chores, Chance left to Jeff's, Bailey and Reagan walked down to their friends, and Aly was napping, Gi and I were in our own home with silence for over an hour and just couldn't even imagine when the last time that EVER happened. This is our life, and we love it, but I must say a clean quiet home for a full hour was a fabulous treat too.