Four Jingle Bells

I found this awesome lady on Craig's List when I was looking for water toys the other day. She buys toys/clothes/shoes/arts and crafts, all kinds of stuff and sells it from her house at super low prices. She lives in Aliante and is LDS, not like that is important really, but you know she is safe. And everything is brand new. I got Hailey a barbie for $2 yesterday and a slip and slide for $8. You can't beat that! Here is the listing and her number is on there. Happy Shopping! http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tag/648798222.html

Hailey has been so fun lately with all of her songs and dancing. I hope this isn't overkill, but I couldn't pick just one!=)

I just love how blue her eyes are in this picture. Working hard "putting stuff in boxes". She has been a great helper during the move.

Bath time is one of his favorite times of the day. I know he is tired of it when he starts dunking his head in the water. Hailey is mostly helpful except when she tries to steal his toys away. He is learning to defend himself though. He is starting to wave. And finally getting his big booty into crawling mode.

The kids sharing the hospital bed. Spencer fell right back on it and smiled. This is the worst Blake's arm got. Gross huh? No, he is not related to the Michelin man. After the surgery...... After the first long day in the hospital. See, I survived.=)

Things are calming down around here with the family. Griffin is doing better. He is almost breathing on his own and his mom was able to hold him and give him a bath today. A few more days in the hospital should do it and no long term effects. Thanks for all your concern and prayers. It is nice to know what great friends we have. Blake is doing much better too. His arm is looking great and is healing more all the time. He will have to see an immunologist to make sure everything is okay there, but besides that should be fine. Hailey and Spencer are both being nice. Thank goodness. I am feeling more calm now that most of these problems are resolved.

So, we thought things couldn't get any harder, but they have. Blake's sister had a baby boy on Thursday morning and he is at primary Children's in Salt Lake because he has underdeveloped lungs and fluid and foam in them. He aspirated when he was born, so we are all very concerned about him. Please pray for this little guy. I don't even have a picture, but I am sure he is such a cutie like his two older sisters. I have had a lot of time to reflect on things recently with all of these crazy events going on in our lives. Today my mom said "We are humble okay?!" But really, sometimes hard things in life happen to bring us closer to our Heavenly Father and help us to realize all he has done for us. Tonight, when I was at TC's viewing, I just kept thinking how he has affected others. Many people I have talked with have said "I want to be more like TC, friendly and happy and smiley." And it makes us all think what kind of legacy are we leaving be...

Here is our silver lining.....the house we have been working on for two months now is closing tomorrow. Yay After nearly six years of apartments, we will finally live in a place that is our own. God must have known that we needed something to put a smile on our faces.

Just when I thought things couldn't get worse (right)......I hear a shreaking last night at 1030 and go to the kid's room to find Hailey throwing up all over her bed. So, we cleaned up and put her back to sleep. She woke up Spencer so he finally went back to sleep. About 15 minutes later, more screaming and more throwing up. At least Spencer didn't wake up this time. So, on top of washing all of Blake's and my clothes (dr's orders), I am now washing lots of bedding. And bleaching the house from top to bottom. And the toilet overflowed. Sheesh. But Blake is coming home today, thank goodness!! They found an antibiotic that is killing the MRSA. We are ready to have him back. I honestly don't know how single moms do it.

We are sad to say that TC has passed tonight. What a little sweetheart he is. We have always enjoyed him and are so grateful for all he has taught as a result of this tragedy. He was an example for so many people, a great missionary, and an uplifting person. Our thoughts and love go to Cliff and Becky and their family during this hard time. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to grow up with him and to be able to call him family.

Blake had his abscess cleaned and drained yesterday afternoon and things are looking better. We still aren't sure when he will be out of the hospital because some of his arm is still a little swollen and red by his elbow. Hopefully, he will be out soon though. They are figuring out a solution so that we won't have to go through this again. We are so grateful to my parents and Sarah for helping out with the kids so I could be down there with him. Also, thanks to Clayton for bringing candy and a People magazine and my mom for the PC magazine. Michelle for the tulips that have brightened up the room. And of course, the Bells for all their concern and prayers. I know it has been hard to be in Idaho during this. Especially Candy for talking to me the other night at midnight while I was driving home so I wouldn't fall asleep. We have been taking more pictures, so will post those soon.

When life is hard, I am so glad to have my two little sweethearts.=) (Well, three counting Blake.)

So, it's not like there isn't enough going on in the family right now with TC and all, but now Blake had to add to the fun. When he was in the military, he got a brown recluse spider bite and while he was being treated for it, he contracted merca from the guy next to him. Ever since, he gets these boils that he is usually able to take care of with his medical expertise.=) Tuesday night, he got another one and by Thursday afternoon, it had exploded into a huge abscess, his arm was red and swollen like the michelin man. He was in a lot of pain so we went to the ER. The guy squeezed it (a big no no) and sent us home with some antibiotics. We were up all night Thursday night because he couldn't sleep because of the pain. Have you ever gone to Walmart at 4 am to get Benadryl so your husband can sleep? I have and I can tell you, there was one other person there and he was buying pizza and beer. On the upside, I did get to talk to my brother Clayton who works nights. Thi...

1.) Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1224063187 , we are updating this by cell-phone when TC has status changes. 2.) Blog - http://tcrogers.wordpress.com/ , we are updating this page as we have time. TC's brother put these together, so they are accurate.

Last night we went and saw TC at the hospital and things aren't looking great, but we still won't know for a few days what the outcome will be. There is a facebook page his brother set up and you can join and get updates. Thanks for all your calls and support. The family is so grateful.

I don't know how many of you know my cousin TC Rogers. His parents are Cliff and Becky Rogers and his siblings are Allan, Lincoln, and Kelsey. Last night, he fell off a skateboard and fractured his skull. There was bleeding and swelling in his brain and they had to cut out part of his skull to relieve pressure. He is on an a machine to help him breathe and as of this morning the swelling hasn't gone down. So, we aren't sure what is going to happen. I know they are a well-known family, so just wanted to spread the word. Will keep you updated.