tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45045433536320000842024-02-19T02:13:23.913-08:00Rogers NeighborhoodThe Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-79639248994277854752013-05-31T15:53:00.000-07:002013-05-31T15:53:48.392-07:00Oro Loma......AGAIN!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
In kindergarten Skyla was a Recycling star for The <a href="http://oroloma.org/" target="_blank">Oro Loma</a> poster contest. She won $100.00. It was a pretty cool experience. Then last year in 1st grade, we were surprised by finding out she was a winner again! At the awards dinner we found out her poster won Honorable mention, Sky won $150.00. Pretty cool!</div>
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Now in 2nd grade, imagine our surprise (I mean MOJOR surprise) when we found out her poster won again! We just went to the awards dinner to find out where all the kids posters placed. Sky was dressed up and looking cute.</div>
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Good thing too, cause at the dinner w Sky was awarded her prize......... 1st PLACE!!!!!!!! SKY WON 1st PLACE!!!!!!!!!!! She was so excited, and her teacher, Mick and I were just as excited and so proud of her. So the prize for 1st..................$700.00!!!!<br />
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NO JOKE this kid won $700.00 for a poster drawing! If you click on the link above (Oro Loma) you can see her winning poster on the web site. As of today Sky has spent all but $60 of her prize money. She did really good with it tho. She got a new bike, helmet and bell, a whole new bed set, a new summer wardrobe, alarm clock, and a bunch of new toys. She even took Justin out for Ice cream today :). Not to bad!The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-12838623120145930982013-05-19T19:37:00.000-07:002013-05-19T19:37:44.937-07:00Beauty and the BeastJustin and Sky are both in Stage 1's Beauty and the Beast jr :)<br />
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Justin is Maurice (bells dad) wooohooo he is so excited!!! He had a call back for it (along with another little boy) as soon as he found out it was between the 2 of them, he worked his butt off at call backs to prove the role belonged to him. and he got it! So proud of him, he really came out of his shell and put himself out there, knowing he could have been rejected. So proud of my boy :)<br />
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Sky is a Narrator and in the ensemble :), She has a good amount of lines to remember, on top of being in the ensemble with all the music and costume changes and dances.....just what she loves. I love seeing her on stage, she just shines and you can see how much she loves what she does.<br />
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The kids are so excited to be in another play, I'm so excited they have a passion for something I love to do myself. Cant wait to see both my baby's up on stage together :)The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-7660476763392865152013-04-25T11:38:00.000-07:002013-04-25T11:38:08.745-07:00Wow its been 6 months?!I don't update this blog like I should, mainly because I just don't have the time and Im trying to keep up on my Weight loss one.<br />
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So back in Oct-Dec me and the kids (yep both kids) were in a play "A Christmas Carol"<br />
Justin was Mathew Cratchit, Bells son, and ensemble, Skyla was Lucy Cratchit, Bells Daughter and ensemble (her fave part, she got to play a boy in one scene and NO one even her own dad knew it was her) that's some good acting right there hehe. Me I was Freds House keeper, Caroline, and ensemble. It was so much fun to do a play again, and best part was sharing it with my kido's.<br />
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This is Sky with our good friend Stephanie (she played the scarecrow in Wiz of OZ that sky did last summer)<br />
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All ready to go mic and all</div>
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At Freds (Scrooges nephew) party</div>
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Coraline and John and their 2 kids (love these kids!)</div>
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Dick and Bell and their 3 kids (Sky and Justin)</div>
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Me and Sky (dressed as a boy) back stage</div>
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Back stage fun :)</div>
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If you notice Justin isn't in many pics back stage, its because he was to busy playing with his 2 new friends, Max and Kadiance (both boys are just a year older then him) the 3 of them pretty much stuck together like glue.</div>
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This is our good friends Madiliyn, and Zell right before they left for New York, Madiliyn is in Matilda the musical on Broadway right now :)</div>
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Last show, the whole Cratichit Fam</div>
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After our last show we had strike (this is were we take the set down, separate all the costumes, and clean up the stage and back rooms) After strike we had some fun, then all went out for one last cast party.</div>
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Nothing like some arm wrestling :)</div>
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One of my best buddies Nicole :)</div>
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The funniest young man alive Brian Miller :) who right now is away at school in Las Vegas, this guy will be on stage really soon, so much talent.</div>
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One of my BFF's Christi, Love her to pieces, and man can this girl sing!!</div>
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My head shot, that was put in the lobby during the run of the show.</div>
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Once Christmas carol was over, I got a new job.......Running Dina Star Dancers!!!</div>
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Since Madiliyn was going to be on Broadway, Dina (her mom and my and skys dance teacher) had to move out to NY, I spent one month shadowing all of Dinas classes, and getting ready to start teaching where she left off. It has been the best 5 months, crazy, but fun. Dina and I have really made this whole thing work, we do choreography over the phone and Skype, and she still handles all the business stuff, I just worry about the kids. I love my job! This pics was of my first day teaching alone.</div>
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Sky had her winter concert, and was missing a few teeth :)</div>
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The girls in one of my fav classes, these girls love to be pushed in their dancing, and I have so much fun with them, best Friday nights ever!</div>
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For Christmas we went to my Aunts house, and this very crafty lady made matching PJ's for all the kids. Crazy, OMG what are you wearing PJ's are a tradition with my moms side for Christmas hehe.</div>
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My cute niece Emily even had a pair.</div>
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Along with all the other cousins :)</div>
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Left to right, Jessie, Kyele Skyla (they are all the same age, just a few months apart) Justin and Joseph (who are the same age as well)</div>
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Me, my cousin David, and my sister Niki</div>
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Me and Sky Christmas eve with new penguin pj's</div>
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She was so much fun to have around.</div>
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Mick and I Christmas morn pre-coffee :)</div>
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After Christmas Carol was over I cut bangs and colored my hair red, what cha think?</div>
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I also was in the middle of training for the Tinkerbell Half Marathon, this was after a awesome run with my friend Nicole.</div>
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Being crazy</div>
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A pic snapped on course at the Tinkerbell Half Marathon :)</div>
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I love these cups, so I had to get a Tink one at the expo</div>
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After the run with my Medal!!!</div>
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Me and my Weight Watcher buddy Roberta, she lives down by Disneyland, so we made plans to meet up, she has been a huge support. I just love her to bits.</div>
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This year we went to our friends house (Star and Jose) to watch the super bowl with them and their kids, This year Star got me to play a $10 square, in a football poll, with people at her work. I bought 1 square for $10, how it works is your square determines what numbers you get like 7 and 2, So the last number of the score during the game needs to match your numbers, each quarter of the game has a different amount of money you can win, if your numbers are right......</div>
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If you haven't seen her lately, Sky now has glasses, here are some pics form her Head shot shoot with them on.</div>
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Both kids just auditioned for Beauty and the Beast, as of right now, we know they are both in it, just not sure what parts, Justin actually has a call back to play Maurice Bell's dad, tonight. Here are their head shots, they looks so big in these.</div>
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Justin: Has a call back tonight, he is also very excited that he will be starting Middle school come Aug, we just went for the parent info night last week, and he filled out his elective sheet. He is sticking to music and has found (by pure accident) that he has a pretty good talent when it comes to playing instruments. Also we just found out (at his audition) when he wants to this kid can SING!! I mean he can sing, he has a great voice and from being in A Christmas carol, picked up reading music really easily. Its kind of scary to hand him sheet music to a song he never heard and hear him sing it on key. Best part he loves it, the acting/singing/being in musicals bug has bitten him good :)</div>
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Skyla: Has always been the go-get-her of our fam, she is a lot like me. She likes to try new things, and be out in the world. She loves doing plays, and is still a big dancer. Newest news for her, She won the Oro loma Poster contest.....again hehe, this is her 3rd year in a row winning. We don't know where she placed but she has won any were from $150-$700, yeah that's a lot of money for a 7 year old. We go to the awards dinner on the 28th of May, I will try to remember to update this blog so you all know what she got.</div>
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Mick: a lot has changed for Mick, his job of 10 years has now disappeared. The company he was working for was bought over and they closed his branch. Luckily the company that bought it over offered him a job. He doesn't mind the work but doesn't like working for this new company. Not to mention he took a $6 pay cut, assuming he was going to jut be one of the warehouse guys, and they have been having him do manger work since he got there. So he is basically doing the same job for less money. On the plus side, his boss from his last place is his boss here too :) so things will probably change soon, in the mean time its all working out, and he gets home earlier then he did before so that's nice :)</div>
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Me: Im busy as always and by choice. I auditioned for a play this past sunday, and have a call back on the 4th :) Its for Thoroughly Modern Millie, a show that's all dance, mainly tap....yep its right up my ally. Im also getting the dance studio ready for their first performance at the Fair, Still running the apartments, and still doing Weight watchers and running like crazy. So far Im down 82lbs and only 28 lbs from my goal weight. Im running a 5k on the 5th of may and getting so excited to run the Tinkerbell half again this coming Jan :)</div>
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Justin is one amazing little guy, Ok he's 10 now so not very little anymore but still. Anyways Justin has never really found that "thing" he's in too. He played baseball for a few years and loved it but then started to lose interest. He then joined Karate and that lasted about a year before he got board with that. Justin is perfectly fine staying home playing video games, but after a wile that gets boring for him too.<br />
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Justin should audition and just try it.<br />
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The second I brought it up to him he snapped "NO MOM, I'm not going to be on stage!!! I don't like it!!"<br />
Justin you have never done it how do you know you don't like it? Just try and see.<br />
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The poor kid was standing his ground, he flat out refused to do it. When Mick got home I brought it up to him to see what he thought, He agreed it would be a good experience for him and it would give him something to do. So mick and I literaly forced Justin to do something he didn't want to do. We told him he didn't have a choice, we didn't care if he was going to cry about it, he was going.<br />
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All 3 of us got in the car, and the whole way there I was giving Justin tips on what to expect and what they would want to see from him. When we got there he relaxed a bit and I introduced him to the Producer and she introduced him to the Director. They had him jump in with all of us with the music and as we started to learn some songs I could see Justin opening up and he was really enjoying it.<br />
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We got a small brake about 8:30pm and that was when they pulled Justin aside and had him read for them. He was in there about 10 min, when he finally came out. As soon as he saw me and HUGE smile came across his face and he ran over to tell me.....<br />
"The asked if I wanted a part in the show"<br />
ME: "What did you say?"<br />
JUSTIN: "Yes of course, IM in the play mom!!!"<br />
ME: "are you excited?"<br />
JUSTIN: "YES very! thanks for bringing me mom, this is so fun."<br />
ME: "Congrats baby, I'm so proud of you"<br />
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This morning Justin got ready for school as fast as I have every seen him, and was instantly reading his script, and working on some of the song we learned last night. Tonight is our next rehearsal and he cant wait. I'm so over joyed to be doing something I love with BOTH of my kids, and to see them enjoying it just as much as I do.<br />
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Who says forcing your kids to do things is a bad thing :)<br />
<br />The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-51649803263613253282012-09-26T10:54:00.002-07:002012-09-26T10:54:27.602-07:00What have we been up to?Everything! That's the best word to describe it, that and FUN!! <br />
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We have been all over the place but it has been a blast. So here is a bit of an update (cause I'M so bad at keeping this blog up to date).<br />
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Mick: This poor guy has been working like crazy. One of the guys at work just had a baby and took 10 weeks family leave. We are excited for them and happy the dad gets to stay home with his new baby, but man is Mick getting the brunt of all the work. There are only 5 people that work a Micks branch, then this guy is gone so now that makes 4. The company let them hire a temp for a few months and it has helped, but Mick is still working 11 hour days. O and did I mention he is on salary so he is only paid for 8 of the 11? Yeah nice right. He's a trouper though and his company has realized they cant do this with out him, so at least he has some major job security now. Besides that he has just been enjoying his weekends with us. We always have somewhere new to go lately. Like last Sat Mick had us go to this doughnut shop he was told about.......It was so worth it (Rudys doughnuts, castro valley). He loves finding little gems like this, so our weekends have been full of exploring new place.<br />
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Justin: School has started and Justin is off to an amazing start (complete 1-80 from last year) He is still taking his meds on school days and it really has helped. 5th grade is so much harder and his teacher is determined to make sure her kids are ready for JR. High next year (Yes my baby boy is off to JR. High next year). Justin LOVES his teacher, she is very sweet and very patient, but she expects alot out of them and Justin is more then willing to please her. He makes sure to always do his best and take his time because he doesn't want to let her down. Its so nice to know he is worried about what she will think of his work. I'm really excited to cause Justin has found a love of reading. He has read all the Bone graphic novels, and is halfway though Inkheart. He even got me to read Inkheart (its really good). He has read all this in just the last month, this kid always has a book on hand or in his face it seems.<br />
He has also gotten really tall, when I say tall I mean about 6 inchs shorter then me. He is wearing the same size shoe as me, still has his braces and looks so stinking cute with them. He has about 4-5 more months with them, then they will come off and the second set will get put on when he is about 12-13.<br />
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Skyla: This girl is living on stage at the moment and she couldn't be happier. She is doing good in school too and loves 2nd grade and her teacher. She just got glasses, we started to notice she was having some problems with her reading, so one day I was holding the book having her read and started to notice she did better when I held it really close. We took her in and sure enough she need glasses. School work, reading and homework are much smoother now that she can see it :). I don't have a pic of her with them but I'll post one soon. Dance is taking off right now our dance recital is on the 13th so Sky is at the studio all the time right now. She also auditioned for A Christmas Carol with Stage1 the same company she did OZ with over the summer........She got a part :) She had a call back on sat and we got the call that she got the part Monday night. She will be playing Lucy Cratchit. She is super excited, and a bit nerves cause this is an adult production, so its totally different then the summer time. Not to mention its going to be LONG rehearsal nights on school nights. She loves doing it though and I think she will be ok swinging both. The play opens Nov 30th.<br />
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Christal: So I am a crazy dance the theater girl right now too. This year for dance my wonderful teacher has thrown me in to a bunch of dance I never thought I would be doing. I am dancing with the young adults/teens now and the Adult classes I was doing. This year for our recital I'm in 9 numbers, 3 of which are back to back and I have to change costumes in the wings :), I can pull this off right? Sure, ether way its fun for me. Thursday evening are spent at the dance studio for me. I get there at 4pm and am home by 8:15pm, then I have a class from 4-5 on fri too. <br />
If you caught I added "Theater" in there too, its not a typo. So far with my weight loss I have lost 68.6 lbs. I weight 186.4 which is what I weighed in high school and when I was 18 and met Mick. With this weight loss I have found major confidence, and decided I wanted to get back in to the things I love. One of which is dance, the other acting and singing. I auditioned for A Christmas Carol with Stage1 too and also got a call back. Sat was fun, sky was with me for about 2 hour then got to go home wile they kept me another 3. It was a long day but was so much fun. I loved reading with the other adults there, and the director is so funny, he had me cracking up the whole time. In the end I was offered a part :) they were still doing some Male auditions and cast so I wasn't told what part/parts I have yet. They said they will call thur to let me know, but I'm in the show :). O the pic of me was my head shot for my audition.....Mick took it for me :). On top of all of this I'm also in week 4 of my Half Marathon training. I'm running the Tinkerbell Half Marathon is Disneyland in Jan, 13.1 miles baby. Yes we are making a week long trip out of this. I mean if I'm going to run why not run in the place I love, and since we will all ready be there might as well make a vacation out of it right? :) there is always a method to my madness hehehe.<br />
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Mick and I: On August 24th 2002 Mick and I said our "I Do's". Its crazy to think just last month we celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary. Over that weekend my sister and b-i-l took the kids over night for us. We dropped them off early in the morning and headed down to Santa Cruz. We got a great package from Costco on unlimited ride wrist bands and attractions. First we played mini golf we were so competitive we had the people behind us cracking up. It was so much fun. After golf we then got lunch, then headed over to the Mystery Spot.<br />
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Its up in the hills so the grounds where really pretty. NOTE: I don't get motion sickness ever or vertigo, but here once I got in the house, the distorted look and feel made me sick to my stomach. I mean really sic as in I ran out cause I almost threw up in the house. So just be for warned if you ever go (Once I got outside and stared at the trees I was fine). <br />
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After that we check in to our hotel room which had a hot tub.....O yeah it was that awesome.<br />
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After dropping off our stuff we went to this really awesome place called the Crows Nest for dinner, then went and closed out the Boardwalk. The next morn we went to breakfast then headed to my sisters to get the kids. Its was such a fun trip, and I'm so happy to have married the man of my dreams. I love you baby, Happy 10 years!!!The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-61549036030974762852012-08-14T19:01:00.002-07:002012-08-14T19:01:49.930-07:00Wizard of OZSo if you didn't know Skyla is in a play "The Wizard of OZ" its a children's summer play and super cute. The kids were encouraged to go "all out" for their make up, check out my girly (I'm quite proud of my make up skills) :)<br />
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The play is super cute too by the way you can still see it, buy your tix at <a href="http://www.stage1theater.com/">www.stage1theater.com</a> the last 3 shows are this Fri and Sat the 17th and 18th at 8pm and Sunday the 19th at 2:30pm.<br />
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After this she is auditioning for "A Christmas Carol" she was actually invited to audition by the producer of the play. She pulled me aside after the last Sunday showing of Wiz of OZ and said Sky has an amazing stage presents and feels she would be amazing for this part in "A Christmas Carol". I'M so excited, the way the lady talked was as if Sky all ready had the part :) <br />
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Who knows maybe my girl will have future on the stage or in the theater world. That would be one amazing career especially since she is so in love with it now.<br />
The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-18523280899236488682012-07-04T20:12:00.000-07:002012-07-04T20:12:06.713-07:00My bakery is now open!!My best friend and I decided to go in to business together and started a small at home bakery. You can check out or cakes and goodies at the <a href="http://homesweethomecakery.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> Home Sweet Home Cakery blog</a>, and even place orders with us at <a href="mailto:homesweethomecakery@ymail.com" target="_blank">Home Sweet Home e-mail,</a> Please feel free to pass our info on to any and all. :)<br />
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Star and ChristalThe Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-89245797792262833552012-04-25T17:00:00.000-07:002012-04-25T17:00:15.626-07:00BracesJustin has had his first phase of braces on for 15 months now. When he got them first put on he was told it would be for 18 months. Due to the fact some teeth he lost in Dec 2010 taking their sweet time to come in (Dec of 2011, yep one full year) the time of his treatment has to be extended. <br />
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One big part of the braces is things called "forces" this appliance is to help widen his jaw (to help create room for his adult teeth) and it is also to help fix his really bad over bite. The orthodontist said its similar to old school head gear kids used to have to sleep in, its just now all in their mouth so it works 24 hours a day, thus shorting the time it needs to be worn. Bad news Justin was told he has to have them for about 6 months, which means thinking he would be brace free in 3 months flew out the window.<br />
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I have NEVER seen so much metal put in someones mouth at one time. I was teasing him a bit saying he might set off the metal detectors in stores now hehehe. He's pretty sore and having a hard time eating, just cause there is so much he feels he cant chew right. He is very excited though that in 6 months he will be done with phase and the braces and all will come off. He will only have to wear retainers till its time to start phase two at 12/13 years of age.<br />
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His goal the day they come off...... To eat his fave candy "Air Heads", that he hasn't been able to eat this whole time, till he is sick. I think I might just let him :)The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-61039414616101288682012-04-19T20:41:00.000-07:002012-04-19T20:41:33.693-07:00The Wizard of OZSo like I said in the last post Sky got to audition for The Wizard of OZ and guess what.............<br />
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SHE GOT A PART!!!!!! She's a Munchkin!!!! She will be singing and dancing :) She is so excited to be in her first play. For fun here is the video of her audtion. Im so proud of her she did awesome, and I cant wait too see her in her first play :)<br />
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We have been so busy and I have been giving my other <a href="http://christalshealthjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">BLOG</a> a little more TLC, that this one has just pretty much been put on the back burner. We are good though like I said busy......<br />
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Mick: Is awesome!!! Work has become a bit easier for him. He has been give major work overload but they just told him he gets to start interviewing people to hire. He is so excited cause working 7am-6pm everyday is starting to wear thin. He is also so proud of himself that he is getting a raise, and he has decided that we need Disneyland passes again (I love my hubby). So we are planning our next trip and excited to have year passes again. We plan on going alot and getting the most out of those bad boys hehe. <br />
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Justin: This kid has had alot of changes over the last few month. Some we kinda expected some totally caught me off guard. First of all, when I posted back in OCT that he was having a hard time in school, things got worse before they started to get better. To make a long story short his tutor (his teacher wife) said we should take him to his Doc and talk with her about whats been going on. So I called the kids Doc and Justin and I went in for a visit. After explaining to her what I have seen, Justin telling her how he fells she came up with ADD. She felt he might have it, very mild, but still there and that's why he is having such issues in school. Good/ bad part is he doesn't have the behavior problems (great!!!) but that's also why ADD has never been a thought to Justin's struggling problem's. We fill out all the paperwork and sure enough he had ADD. <br />
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Justin has been on very low dose of meds for 2 months now and is thriving in school like I have never seen. Best part this stuff only last a few hours and he only takes it on full school days (short or minimum day, weekends and breaks he doesn't take it). The best part for me is he is finally proud of himself, he still has to work hard, but the focusing isn't a big issue anymore, homework isn't taking 3 hours anymore. He is doing so good and I couldn't be prouder. <br />
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I know alot of people don't like medicating kids and for the most part I agree. We did try alot of different things before we started this and what really made us try it was Justin. Justin was the one who decided we give meds a try, we are letting him call the shots on this because he is the one who in the end has to deal with it all. <br />
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On another note the surprising thing we found out about Justin is he can be really aggressive, and boy can he take a punch!! Yep you read that right the kid can take a hit like I would have NEVER thought. Justin is still in karate and LOVES it. He is now on a sparing team and loves being able to fight. I went to get him the other day and they were just finishing up. Till 4 days ago I have never seen Justin full out, no holding back, fight. It was kinda cool but scary. He was up against a 13 year old kid who is one belt higher then him, this kid nailed Justin right in the face then kicked him in the side by his waste. That was when Justin's aggressive side came out. Justin was punching and kicking this poor kid like crazy, then swooped his feet out from under him and slammed him to the ground. That was when they called it hehehe. He had the biggest grin on his face (and a bloody nose). Like I said scary but I'm pretty proud my skinny little 10 year old can hold his own :)<br />
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Skyla: This girly is doing awesome!! She loves school and is just thriving like crazy, its pretty nice having my 6 year old read me bedtime stories now. She loves to write and makes up the best stories, they have whats call writers workshop in class every day and Sky has been put on a paper limit heheh. She writes 2 full pages everyday of a new story she makes up. She is still in to art as well, back in March they turned in tier posters for the ORO LOMA waste management contest (the one she won a $100 last year from) they announce the winner 4/22. She is so excited to see if she won again, this time since she is in 1st grade, 1st prize is $700!!!! Keep your fingers crossed for her :)<br />
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She is getting ready for dance season, June is her first show and she cant wait. She loves being on stage!! Her love has even spilled over to plays :D..... Yep today at 6pm Sky has her first audition for a play, she is audition for The Wizard of OZ. She really wants the roll of Lullaby League Munchkin (the 3 little ballerina girls that come out and sing and dance welcoming Dorthy to munchkin land). Yep that's the roll she wants, so for the past 2 weeks, every chance she gets, she has been stretching, and flipping, and practicing her audition song over and over. Before school today she picked out her outfit she is wearing tonight and reminded me to not forget to staple her head shot to her resume (yeah she has a resume) hehehe. If she gets a part its going to be long summer nights around here. I'm so proud of her for going after what she really wants though. She is nervous and a bit scared but she isn't letting it stop her from trying. I know she will do great :)<br />
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Me: I'm good busy getting everyone to and from where they need/want to go. Working the Apartments and at school and doing all my PTA stuff. On top of all of that check out my other blog!!! For those who don't know I have been doing Weight Watchers since Sept and so far have lost 44lbs :). No I haven't posted any pics of me recently anywhere but I will soon. Also I have found a love for running and run 4 days a week now on top of Zumba and dance class. I love running it feels so good and who knew I would find a exercise I crave :). Right now I'm doing a half marathon training and this past sat ran 7 miles. I couldn't be prouder of myself, that was a BIG set for me. Makes me even more excited to run in the Tinkerbell half marathon in Jan at Disneyland!! Cant wait to go, I wish they would put registration up all ready that way once I pay I know I have to go hehehe. I'm doing really good though, I'm happy, healthy and my family is thriving in all the best ways.<br />
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SO here are some pics I got of the kids (we were taking Skys head shot, but having some fun too) in the Japanese garden close by.....<br />
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One of my fave pics of Sky....<br />
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My fave of the 2 of them....<br />
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My big 10 year old (ain't he handsome)!!!....<br />
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Nothing like a Ninja battle....<br />
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Skys head shot for her audition....<br />
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OOOOOO check out this cake I made for Mick Birthday!!! Thanks Pintrest for the idea :)<br />
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Since today is the "Grate California Shakout" (a state wide day where all schools practice earth quake dills) Its a bit ironic we would have 2 real earth quakes on the same day. Did I say ironic lets make that creepy! <br />
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Luckily I didn't feel the one we had at 2:40pm today and ether did the kids but this last one at 8:? pm we all felt. I feel so bad both the kids are freaked out. Its their first one and both said they never imagined it feeling like it did. Poor Justin told me he feels very nerves and he's worried about sky. My sweet boy is worried one will hit at night and he wont be able to climb down fast enough to help Sky. How sweet is that? He's scared himself but he's more worried about his sister. My little boy is showing some major maturity lately. Hopefully he remembers to help his mom cause I'm a mess :/ hehe.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-71701174781271473102011-10-08T08:17:00.000-07:002011-10-08T08:17:33.780-07:00Check outTHIS HAIR!!!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gfmEZ3JKedbQw1gXlWhq10SHdX6LQUeYydhCCdcSV7vL2UCKNKjSgtGpFcIsGZtMNwj09I8IDw1yNftL6zf25xKx71QPD6KsNQFDJUKKvTQL43OeJMV1MkI5PG0cKdc3afCH_osKX8mt/s1600/Img_00050_copy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7gfmEZ3JKedbQw1gXlWhq10SHdX6LQUeYydhCCdcSV7vL2UCKNKjSgtGpFcIsGZtMNwj09I8IDw1yNftL6zf25xKx71QPD6KsNQFDJUKKvTQL43OeJMV1MkI5PG0cKdc3afCH_osKX8mt/s320/Img_00050_copy1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>It was in a bun for dance class and when I took it out it did this. I love it!!! Sky has some beautiful hair.....I'm so jealous LOL.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-674161616811969352011-10-07T16:58:00.000-07:002011-10-07T16:58:32.333-07:00Night and Day (long)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That's my kids. They are like night and day!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Justin was reading "Super Diaper Baby" out loud and both him and Sky were cracking up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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So back to being like night and day.....<br />
Parent teacher conference are always fun for me. I love seeing what my kids are doing and learning when I'm not around. I am very lucky I have some amazing kids who really do thrive in school (I think its just because Mick and I are not around). At home they both get frustrated when Mick or I try to help and I have to admit our patience with them is low when they start getting mouthy as we are trying to help them. So its very nice to see and hear what their teacher has to say, cause this is their own world to shine with out Mom and Dads help.<br />
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Justin is having some problems this year (which is new for all of us) Math has always been a strong area for him, but towards the end of last year he started having some problems, mainly with word porbs. His teacher said it was completely normal all 3rd graders had the same prob. Well this year math is really hard for him. Also he is having problems with reading comprehension, and his writing is sloppy (he doesn't like to write but he is really being lazy in this area). I got some great tips and things to do at home with him from his teacher (who is amazing by the way!!). He opened my eyes a lot to different things that might be causing the probs that I never thought of. I am taking all of his advice and will have Justin start doing the tricks he gave me to help him. On top of that I started looking in to a tutor. OMG don't plan on getting one for your kids unless you want to take out a second mortgage on your house!! Out of the 3 in my area I looked in to, here is what I found.<br />
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2 of them have their own curriculum they follow. They don't custom it to help Justin in the areas he is having trouble they just give him MORE work to do on top of his homework. These same 2 are also learning centers so Justin will be with other kids at the same time, not getting one on one help, and I have to drop him during their time (which is from 4-5, so he would be leaving school and going here for another hour, then still have his homework). One of these 2 were WAY to expensive and the other was still a lot, but much more reasonable ($240 a month, for 2 hours a week, but you have to sign a 6month contract). The last of the 3 is a in-home thing. They send a tutor to us they use Justin's homework as a guide to help him and they work with his teacher to find out more areas he is having problems so they can help him more. I really liked this one but its $$$$ its $51 a hour and you have to have a min of 2 hours a week! So at the low end its $408 a month!! So right now I think I will stick to the tip his teacher gave and see how he does. If he doesn't improve by the middle of the school year, then we will have to find a way to get him a tutor.<br />
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Skyla on the other hand is the complete opposite in school. She is thriving like crazy and her teacher gave me LOTS of extra work to do with her at home to help her stay busy in class. She is all ready reading at the middle of the year standard, and writes 3-4 sentence stories (which i guess is what they start working on in Dec, so now I have to encourage her to write 6-10 sentences with detail). Also the end of year standard is to write their numbers 1-100 and be able to do equations and understand manipulating numbers 1-10.....yeah she can all ready do this so we are having her learn to write her number to 1000, and work on math from 1-20. I'm so excited she is doing so well, I had such a hard time in school its nice to see Sky do so well and have it come so easily. Also it makes me feel better to spend more time helping Justin. Anyways the only thing her teacher is worried about is her getting board, but we will cross that bridge when and if it ever comes. <br />
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The only problem she is having in school is BOYS!!! Yep in her class she has 3 boy who I guess are bothering her. They are trying to get her attention, one pulled her hair, when she asked him why he did it, in front of their teacher, he said it was because she was pretty. The teacher told me this today, sky never said anything which I love because that mean she doesn't care LOL. Man some kids start to young with the crush stuff, I'm just glad my kids are not. The other boys are basically fighting with each other, mainly who gets to sit by her on the rug. Her teacher said she had to tell them Non of them get to and has to move them all the time cause they try LOL. She did say Sky is completely oblivious to all of this and is just mad cause they bug her. Socially Sky is amazing she is totally her own little person and loves who she is. She is strongly confident in her self and it shows at school a lot. She likes what she likes doesn't care about others opinions on it, and tries her best to work out problems with other kids before going to a teacher. She is one amazing little girl with a huge personality, I hope she never changes :)<br />
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I love my kids and am so proud of the little people they are and are becoming. Its going to be a year of hard work but lots of fun too :)The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-77183165693491681452011-09-17T16:46:00.000-07:002011-09-17T16:46:58.550-07:00Justin's DemoWell Justin did it he got up on stage and did the demo for his Dojo. They did some group stuff then his Shifu had Justin and one other kid step forward and they did some move just them. It was really cool to see and Justin had so much fun with it.<br />
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Set position....<br />
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We are so proud of him, he has been working so hard for it. During the summer he was going to 6 classes a week (45 min each, 2 classes a day for 3 days). Now that school is back he goes to 3 classes a week, soon to be 5 because there are 2 Saturday classes now. Best part is he LOVES it and wants to be there. We do have a deal though, school comes first so if he doesn't get his homework done he doesn't go to class. Needless to say homework is getting done right when we get home, with no playing around (I'm kinda liking this hehe).<br />
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One thing I loved is during class today Justin had to do his testing for his belt in front of his whole class with only one other kid, our friend Jarod!!<br />
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Not the best pic but here they are being given their belts.....<br />
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Here is Justin with his Shifu......<br />
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Justin is so excited about that belt he has even said he will get up on stage and participate in a demo with his class at a festival this weekend. This is a HUGE step for him, cause Justin has major stage fright. Love seeing all the new self confidence coming out in my little guy :)The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-8040207094176215202011-09-11T12:53:00.000-07:002011-09-11T12:53:43.977-07:00Smile<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB0g4ImhJZuhrpzLGBSZwGwnDQj3FPeKc08wsoWocB3QKOgCU6PpGOks12a0b4t3cCjfoGyKDhNOPgYUp7_QutraIxfo_fBqnYmuAOdtRhoRsr8Dp5Wd7NZtceOCf6SgEf7mfK8Pdl6kz/s1600/Img_01711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxB0g4ImhJZuhrpzLGBSZwGwnDQj3FPeKc08wsoWocB3QKOgCU6PpGOks12a0b4t3cCjfoGyKDhNOPgYUp7_QutraIxfo_fBqnYmuAOdtRhoRsr8Dp5Wd7NZtceOCf6SgEf7mfK8Pdl6kz/s320/Img_01711.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Sky lost her first tooth :) wooohhhoooo bring on the jack-o-lantern smiles!The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-3332211407084678192011-09-10T15:00:00.000-07:002011-09-10T15:00:24.833-07:00My new blogOK so I'm not getting rid of this one :), this one I use for our family.<br />
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But I did start a new blog, my new blog is called <a href="http://christalshealthjourney.blogspot.com/">Christal's weight loss journey.</a> I have finally gotten some motivation to start weight watchers and I wanted a place to record my journey will all its ups and downs. I also decide to make it a public blog so I would feel a bit more accountable and hopefully someday it would inspire someone else to get started on their own journey. <br />
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So if you would like to read it click the link <a href="http://christalshealthjourney.blogspot.com/">http://christalshealthjourney.blogspot.com</a> and read my first post. :)The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-69060941180007680752011-09-04T12:17:00.000-07:002011-09-04T12:17:31.855-07:00Disneyland (trip #4)About 2 weeks before school started we took our last trip to Disneyland. We have been lucky enough to enjoy a year of Disneyland Annual passes, and took 4 trips in the past year. We love Disneyland!! We went a bit nostalgic and stayed at the first hotel we ever stayed at (not to mention its our fave place to stay) Back in 2009 on our second trip to Disneyland, our room had these cute folded towels. The kids thought they were so funny (remember this pic)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT5cFZQ3ReHD91F5BBsXoy8sDqf5JdT3pbF0qL6EvDPW_KKxkWlgvME-A7gSjuyBAhjoXTxoRptf3XdTHuYlVu4gRLi9-LuZgOf1UAzvNB5aeBHfpqk_BAgclNAZgcaHgZt7mpeyHAqS4z/s1600/DSC00261.JPG" /></div>Well on this trip our room had the same folded towels and as soon as we saw them we all started cracking up. Then Mick just had too.....<br />
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I love my hubby he has the best sense of humor<br />
We got a free continental breakfast for our hotel stay so we took full advantage of that.<br />
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We hit all of our favorite rides like Indiana Jones.....<br />
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It was such a fun trip, we always have a good time at Disneyland but this was our last trip for a few years. <br />
Thank you Disneyland for all the wonderful family memories we have made with you. We will be back, we just need a bit of a break. Hhhhhmmmm Maybe we will do a Disney Cruise to pass the time? :)<br />
The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-44856926142755747532011-08-25T18:03:00.000-07:002011-08-25T18:03:52.208-07:00Hurricane Irene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpdsi97aQdczTy1R6sWfSAs3Ytpox2PoK8I9rFVZRZVFif7HSZX3cpSty8NXuv-hMHiWFa_PPSYxmUG1nL0PQupQk4uhWzr3swzGRel4I_YyQb1kRby4cbL0q8V839QFnCEFh_KFUf6HX/s1600/3d9101af1df53806ff9011976c1bbe97.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpdsi97aQdczTy1R6sWfSAs3Ytpox2PoK8I9rFVZRZVFif7HSZX3cpSty8NXuv-hMHiWFa_PPSYxmUG1nL0PQupQk4uhWzr3swzGRel4I_YyQb1kRby4cbL0q8V839QFnCEFh_KFUf6HX/s1600/3d9101af1df53806ff9011976c1bbe97.jpg" /></a></div><br />
So as most of you know my Mom and Dad and a lot of family live in Connecticut. Right now they are threaten by Hurricane Irene. Its kinda scary because there isn't much I can do to help and we pretty much just have to sit and wait to see what type of damage it causes. So please keep them in your prayers :) Also its a bit out of the ordinary for hurricanes to even hit CT but this one really seems like it will. <br />
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On a funny note the last hurricane the hit CT was named Gloria (my moms name) this one is Irene (her sister, my aunts name) hehe.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-19831777523879869702011-08-22T09:59:00.000-07:002011-08-22T09:59:10.291-07:00SchoolThis year I am PTA President for the kids school (I have officially gone crazy and need to be put away for taking on this job). In my defence I was hijacked in to this position. ANYWAYS.....<br />
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The kids start school tomorrow ALL READY! So to day the last day of summer what are they doing?<br />
Spending the day with their Auntie Kamie, wile mom works at the school doing PTA stuff :). At least they get to play with their cousins today and I know they will have fun cause they love it over there. <br />
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Summer was way to short. They only had 9 weeks of vacation and to be honest I'm not ready for them to be back in school all day yet. I have loved having them home and we have had a fun summer. Its so sad to see it end. Both will be in school from 8:45-3:25 that's a long day. Not to mention that 1 or both have something after school tue, wed and thur.<br />
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LET THE CRAZINESS BEGIN!The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-81061252270183097242011-08-17T17:14:00.000-07:002011-08-17T17:14:17.492-07:00Happy Birthday to.....ME!!!!!<br />
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Yep today is my birthday and I'm very proud to say I'm now 30! <br />
Its been a pretty fun and relaxing day which is always nice. This morning I was woken up by 2 very happy faces wishing me a Happy B-day with a plate of toast and waffles. Dad gave them the run down on how to use the waffle maker and before work today made the waffle mix, brought down the toaster and waffle maker, and wrote down directions to remind them what to do. They were some good waffles and I'm pretty impressed and proud by how independent my kids really are.<br />
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Check out these waffles don't they look yummy!!<br />
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1) get any flavor cake mix you want and back the cake according to the directions. Let them cake completely cool (best if left over night on the counter, do not freeze.)<br />
2) brake the cake up with you hands till its all crumbled.<br />
3) Add 1 can of frosting (I found Pillsbury was WAY sweeter then Dunkin Haynes so its up to you what you want to use but just take note)<br />
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7) Melt your chocolate (1 bag of candy melt from Michael's does about 30 pops, and you can get them pre colored)<br />
8) dip one end of your pop stick in to the chocolate then stick in to the cake ball. Let harden (about 5 min)<br />
9)Once you have sticks in all the balls. Dip completely in to the chocolate to coat. Make sure to let the extra drip off for a bit.<br />
***For a special touch I put sprinkles on top wile the chocolate was still wet.<br />
10) place in your cake pop stand and let them harden all the way.<br />
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Here are the ones I did for Skylas b-day along with the tigger tails which were SUPER GOOD!!!<br />
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I even got to make them a week later again for my friends Twins. Of course she has Boy-Girl twins so I got to make green and pink ones.<br />
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Anyways I remember drooling over the theme park commercials that came on Disney Chanel. The old Mickey and friend cartoons are some of my fave and I have seen every Disney movie ever made. I'm undefeated at Disney scene it and pride my self on my Disney movie knowledge. LOL :)<br />
Then I grew up and met Mick and found out he wanted to go to Disneyland just as much as I did and that he never got to go as a kid ether. Well 2 kids and years of want later, we finally had the money to take our kids to a place that always seemed so out of reach.<br />
Our first trip happened in June 2008 and was as magical I we hoped it would be. Its crazy to think the kids were only 6 and 3 that first trip. Last year with our income tax we got year passes to Disneyland and have used them like crazy. They were well worth the money and we saved so much on each trip with all the discounts you get. <br />
Sadly our passes run out on the 25th of this month, so tomorrow we leave for Disneyland for our last trip for a wile. I think 7 trips in 3 years is pretty amazing (and 4 of those took place in the last 12 months, making up for lost time lol) and we have so many amazing memories of our trips. The best part is we were able to give the kids something that meant allot to us, and they have loved every bit of it. <br />
When we get back of course I will post our pics. This really has been a year of magic and memories and as sad as we are to see it end (for a bit) we are excited for other adventures we will have as a family.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-58867273838328977892011-07-15T21:59:00.000-07:002011-07-15T21:59:49.992-07:00Cake pop standOn top of the tigger tails for Skylas birthday I am making some Winnie the Pooh, and "Hunny" pot cake pops (ill post pics of those as I make them). I was trying to think of how to display the cake pops and tails when in the recipe it called for using a Styrofoam block to let them dry. I thought why not get a big one and use it as a stand.<br />
I didn't want to spray paint it cause I was worried it would crack when I stuck the pops in so I opted to leave it white but got some ribbon to decorate it.<br />
First I stapled the ribbon around the side.<br />
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</div>I hot glued it to the front and fell in love with how simple and pretty it looks. <br />
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I cant wait till Monday to see it with all the cake pops and tigger tails on it.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4504543353632000084.post-31484634460610942932011-07-15T21:09:00.000-07:002011-07-15T21:09:05.354-07:00Tigger Tails For those who don't know Tigger Tails are chocolaty, caramely, marshmellowy goodness on a stick sold at Pooh's Corner in Disneyland. These yummy treats are Skyla and Justin's favorite thing at Disneyland. We even have a tradition every time we go, we hit the candy shop first thing just to get one.<br />
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What beings them up is Skylas upcoming birthday and she has decided she wanted a Winnie the Pooh themed b-day. So I got the idea to make a few cute treats instead of a cake this year, one being Tigger Tails. It was fun and super easy to do so I thought I would share the "how too's"<br />
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What you need:<br />
Jumbo Marshmallows<br />
Lolly pop sticks<br />
Orange colored candy melts<br />
dark chocolate<br />
Caramel (I did homemade, it was really easy)<br />
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You can ether by caramel candy's and melt them down or make it from scratch.<br />
I made mine....<br />
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2 cups sugar<br />
2 cups lite corn syrup<br />
1/2 cup butter<br />
2 cups evaporated milk<br />
1 t-spoon Vanilla<br />
Cook sugar and syrup on medium/ med-high heat till its at a nice boil.<br />
Add the butter in small chunks and mix till melted.<br />
Once melted, slowly add the milk making sure you keep the mix at a boil.<br />
Boil wile stirring occasionally till a candy thermometer hits soft ball stage and its a nice golden brown.<br />
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Wile the caramel is cooking get the marshmallows ready. One Tail uses 3 marshmallows, 2 whole and 1 cut in half . This is what gives it a nice bumpy look.<br />
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Slowly slide one marshmallow at a time on the lolly pop stick. Make sure to alternate with a whole and then one of the half marshmallows.<br />
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Once they are cold start covering them in the caramel, making sure to drip off as much of the caramel as you can. This is what gives them their nice smooth look.<br />
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In the mean time melt the Orange colored chocolate melts (one pack does about 6 tails).<br />
When its nice and smooth dip the tails in the chocolate.<br />
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When the chocolate is ready you can ether put it in a decorating bag with a small round tip, or just use a spoon and slowly drizzle it over the tails using a long back and forth motion over them so the chocolate comes off in long lines.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguJM5UOz6aFKZm1wc77id9LMVO72z4a3MZAK_1R5hPDMDgpKqEr72_PA8nSxXJ_7Ih11cTNzbjHc_Cta0yp0lm546DNdltp63hd_37culNlRxFqkcNR10yHTR0f8Rifc35PI3t2xoPWYw/s1600/DSC02286.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhguJM5UOz6aFKZm1wc77id9LMVO72z4a3MZAK_1R5hPDMDgpKqEr72_PA8nSxXJ_7Ih11cTNzbjHc_Cta0yp0lm546DNdltp63hd_37culNlRxFqkcNR10yHTR0f8Rifc35PI3t2xoPWYw/s320/DSC02286.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I'm so excited about them, they came out super cute hope they are just as yummy.The Rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016891774602320438noreply@blogger.com0