Perfect Attendance Award

Braydon was so excited to get this award. He is at the very end so if you want to skip forward you can.

School Christmas Play

Here is a clip of Braydon's school play. The sound system they used kept cutting out so you can't really hear a word. Sorry, here is Braydon's lines only not sure what the other kids were...


"Badgers in summer in winter we become SUPERBADGERS!"
"Father Christmas"
"Did you know in Germany children put there shoes by the fireplace on December 6th St. Nicholas Day he fills them with little goodies to eat or twigs if you've been bad."
"Sure, in Australia you can drink eggnog on a surf board."
"Fortunatley, we know them all, have a seat this is going to take a while."
"A CRY FOR HELP!"
"SUPERBADGERS!"

Christmas Cookies

These are one of my favorite Christmas cookies that I make every year. The recipe says Mexican Wedding Cookies weather that is the real name I don't know. I have had these every year since I was a little girl. I made some goodies to give to friends and these are just one of the many things we made and I only got this picture.

Updated Info.

Hi Everyone!
So...since Shane forgot how to blog I guess I will give you a quick run down about what has been going on. We had a fun Thanksgiving with our friends Mike and Lorey and their family. We also ate way to much like always. Braydon was out off track from Thanksgiving until last week so that was fun getting to play and hang out with him. Although that last week I was ready for school to start back up. Now he is on for 3 weeks and then is out for Christmas break but that won't be so bad because we will be in Utah for the holidays. Yippie! I have not been home for Christmas for a couple of years now so we are all really excited to be with family and friends this year. Back to Braydon now that he is back at school they are having a holiday school play. He tried out for a roll and got it he is a Superbadger. He has been practicing his lines everyday he is getting really good. We will put some live footage up when he goes on stage. They also have a choir concert for the holidays. Usually we are on a different track so this year I think for him and we as parents are really enjoying this time of year to see all the different kinds of performances they do at school.
Just a quick update on the adoption since I have had a lot of questions. We are on the list and now we are just waiting. We will be sure to try and keep you updated but it's kind of hard in this situation in most cases we won't know until last minute. So in the meantime just keep us in your prayers.

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Game Ten vs Orioles = Loss

Background for this game is that the Orioles are a club team that have been playing together since the age of 6. Our league need one more team to make it complete and asked them to play in our league. They have been beating every one in the league by 20-30 runs. We only lost to team by 6 runs. The Orioles coach told Braydon's coach that we were by far the best team in the league. I was so proud of Braydon and his teammate for a very good job in the defeat.

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Game Nine vs D-Backs = Tie

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Game Eight vs Red Sox = Win

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Game Seven vs Padres = Win

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Game Six vs Angels = Win

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Game Five vs Indians = Win

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Game Four vs Braves = WIn

I had to work on Saturday so Katie had to get everything ready for the game from all Braydon's stuff to the Treats (since it was our turn) and forgot the camera. From her reports, Braydon had a couple of good hits to help his team win.

Game Three vs D-Back = Win

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Game Two vs Tigers = Loss

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Game One vs Rays = Win

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APPROVED!

Hi Friends and Family,


We received some great news today we have finally been approved to adopt. We are so excited and wanted to share the great news with our family and friends. You can visit our profile here https://www.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/23174374/ourMessage.jsf Now our journey really begins. Thank you again for everyone's out pouring love and help, we could not have been able to get this far with out all of you!


Love,


The Rogers Family

Nice Summer Off!!

I know it's been a while but I took the summer off to enjoy my time with family. Here is a quick run down of our summer:

1) Tuacahn: The Moore Girls (Katie, her mom, her sisters) went to St. George to watch Footloose.

2) Braydon's Baseball Party: Braydon's team celebrated a 2nd place finish at one of his coaches house.

3) Utah Summer Games: We went to watch Jim win a Silver medal, a brother win a Gold medal, and another brother with a bronze medal in the weightlifting competition.

4) Zion's National Park: We enjoyed a day at the park on our way home the Utah Summer Games.

5) Play Time: Braydon loves to go outside and play whenever he can.

6) 4th of July: We went to a BBQ/Birthday/Firework party for one of Braydon's friends.

7) Cabin: We spent a weekend up at our cabin for the first time in about a year. We really miss going up there regularly.

8) Camping at Strawberry: We spent the 24th of July up at Strawberry with Katie's family.

9) Temple Open House: We took Braydon to the temple for the first time. He was excited to see the inside of it.

10) Fun at Moore's: While I was back home working, Katie and Braydon stayed and got away from the Vegas heat for a couple of weeks.

11) Adoption Yard Sale: Katie did a great job planning and running our adoption fundraiser. Again we want to thank all those who donated your time and effort to make this event a success.

12) Hoogle Zoo: Katie and Braydon went to the Zoo with my sister and her kids.

13) Orem Owls Game: They went to an Owls game with my parents and my sisters family.

14) 1st Day of Second Grade: Braydon started second grade and is so excited to go back to school.

15) Labor Day: My parents came down for Labor Day and we enjoyed BYU beating OU with family and friends.

There it is, All updated!!! We have more to come. Braydon has started Fall baseball. He is on the Reds again and we have some video's to come.

P.S. All the highlighted sections have pictures in the Family Photo Album so you can see them all.

Championship & Streak Snapped???

We came back to Vegas ready for the baseball playoffs. Braydon's team won their first round game while we were in Utah. We made it back home in time for the second round. He played the A's and it was the last team he faced before we left for Utah. He continued his hitting streak to 6 in the win with a 3 for 3 game:

06-03-09: 2nd Round Playoffs vs A's
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We then play in the Semi-Finals against the Yankees (I hate the Yankees). During our 2nd round game, the Yankee Coach came to "Scout" us and was taking notes on all our players, where they were hitting the ball, and who were our best fielders. Needless to say, from a very reliable source, that high school coaches don't even do that (and this is coach pitch remember).
Braydon continued his hitting streak to 7 in the win going 1-3. It was the teams best game of the year by far:

06-05-09: Semi-Finals vs Yankees
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We then play the next day (in the morning) against the Rockies who we played twice during the year. We won one and lost one. The team just looked tired and slow. They played so hard the night before and the tank was on EMPTY. Braydon's hitting streak was snapped in the process at 7 games with an 0-3 effert in which he was the last out of the game (I don't think he realized that). We didn't play "Pepper" with him that morning before the game like we have the last 7 games so the blame can rest on us a little but the whole team was down for some reason. We are so VERY proud of Braydon. He has improves so much in such a little time and now he loves to throw and hit the baseball around. Here are some Trophy Presentation pictures (also in Photo Album):
Now we are getting ready for Fall Ball to start so more baseball to come!!! Yes, It was also my Birthday so we went to eat lunch with the Crane's because they came to support Braydon in his game. Katie then took me to Dinner at a Seafood/Chinesse Buffet. I added some pictures (yes, that is an oyster and sushi) of the last few weeks so take a look.

5 Game Hit Streak!!!

In Braydon's last game, he got a base hit to extend his hitting streak to 5 games. He will not be attending his last two game of the regular season because we will be in Utah for the weekend. His team will be in the playoffs so he will continue to play when we get back. Hopefully he will continue his hitting streak. We are going to Utah for a high school graduation and a family dinner afterwords, a family poker game (yes, I should be favored to win!!!!), and my first round of golf of the year (which should be scary). It will be a quick trip with all of our time up in Heber. We will tell you how it went in a couple of days. Until then, Chow.

Braydon's Base Hit:


Braydon Running the Bases (he's starting to run faster):

Hitting Streak!!!!

Braydon has had 7 hits in the last 9 at bats over his last three games. Including a 5 in a row streak. He got 5 singles in a row and then on his sixth hit, the shortstop (who wasn't paying attention) had the ball bounce right into his glove and he touched second base to get a force out to end the inning. In his next game, he was two for three with hits every time he has been up to bat. He got thrown out at first his second time up. This make it 11 hits (singles & ground outs) in the season. He is improving so much with his hitting and base running. All the parents have told us how much he is improving every game. He is finally starting to like to play. We told him that when he reached 10 hits he got to buy some batting gloves so for FHE we made good on our promise. We have a game Wednesday and Saturday so we will get you posted.

Here are the videos:

Game 1: 05/09/09
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Game 2: 05/14/09
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Hit #6 Ground out to break streak


Game #3: 05/16/09
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Until next time!!!

Announcement!!!!

To all of our family and friends,

We hope to find all is well with you and your family. We are sending this letter to inform you of an exciting time in our family. After many years of extensive testing and much prayer we have decided as a family to adopt. After searching and praying about many adoption services we have chosen to adopt through LDS Family Services. The adoption process can be an exciting, yet long and expensive, process. We have created a blog regarding our adoption process. If you would like to follow along with us every step of the way, or help in any way, please visit: www.shaneandkatiesadoption.blogspot.com

If you are wondering what to do to help us, here are some ways that you can help our dreams come true. First and foremost, if you know of a birthmother that wants to give her child a loving home please refer her to LDS Family Services. Our contact there is Brad and he can be reached at (702) 385-1072.

Secondly, we are trying to raise money to help with the financial expenses of adoption. Some of the ways you can help is by buying gifts to give to someone, donate your time at special events, donate talents you may have kept hidden, or any other way you can think of. Katie has begun to sale Scentsy products that would be a great gift for you, friends, or family. Her personal website is www.scentsy.com/katierogers where you can browse and buy products anytime directly from her.

Katie, and some of our close family members, have started making and selling baby items. These include booties, blankets, burp rags, hats, head bands, and hair clips. You can find out more at www.handmadesweetsomethings.blogspot.com.

Last, but not least, we will be trying to put some fundraisers together. If you have donations for a Garage Sale, Bake Sale, Craft Sale, or would like to volunteer your time or talents for these events, please contact us by phone, email, or mail.
We have always known that there are more children for us. Our family is really excited to begin this new chapter in our lives. With the help of family and friends, we know this can happen. Again, we want to express our thanks to all of you for your love and support.

With much love,

Shane, Katie, and Braydon Rogers

P.S: Our first big fundraiser event will be a Summer Yard Sale, held in Utah, around the end of July. If you have any items you would like to donate we can arrange to have things picked up if needed.

Our Busy Weekend!!!

This weekend has been very busy. Katie's mom and sister Lindsey came for the weekend. This was not a pleasure visit but rather a working weekend. Katie (and our entire family) are trying to raise money (more on this to come in the next few weeks so keep checking our blog for our BIG plans!!!) by making and selling crafts. Katie found out about a "Garage sale" at a school and recruited Nettie and Lindsey to come and help. Basically, the only time we left the house was to 1) shop for more "stuff" 2) eat 3) Braydon's baseball game (more on that at the end). Our house was a disaster the whole weekend (which drove Katie NUTS!!!) but that's all good. They had a pretty good turn out at the Craft sale. They were able to make some money and we all enjoyed the company. It's just to bad it was a short trip!!!

Another reason for the visit from Nettie was that is was her birthday. Katie made her a cake in which we all enjoyed. Probably not one of the funnest "birthday vacations" but she got to enjoy the sun, see Braydon, see Katie and of course ME!!!!

The Easter Bunny visited our house with lots of candy. Braydon got Bedtime Stories, church clothes and candy. We did color some eggs and had a very low key Easter.

Braydon is now 7 years old. He had a Friends Birthday party a week ago. The theme was Bakugan. He ended up with a lot of Bakugans and Legos. He choose to go to one of our favorite Mexican restaurants called Coyotes in Henderson. Our server brought out a thing of ice cream and whip cream. For those who don't know, Braydon is a VERY picky eater. Now back to the story. After a bunch of people sang "Happy Birthday" our server picked up a spoon got some whip cream and feed it to Braydon in which he quickly spit it out on to his clothes. After cleaning him up we realize he was trying to blow out the candle at the exact moment the whip cream was going into the mouth. Needless to say, Braydon did not want his ice cream after that!!!

Last but not least. Braydon got his 2nd base hit of the year. This time we got it on video so take a look:

2nd Base Hit (First time up to bat):


Running the Bases (if you call that running?):



Foul Ball (2nd time up to bat):



Here are the list of new photo albums you can look at: (oldest to newest)

04-09 Braydon's first hit with his game ball
04-09 Easter
04-09 Braydon's Birthday Party
05-09 Craft Sale

Streak Has Been Snapped!!!

Braydon has been 0 for the season on his baseball team (which has been 4 games). He has been hitting in practice (about 1 hit per practice) but gets a little nervous in games. Well, he snapped that streak today. He got his first base hit with a slow roller to the 3rd baseman. I think he was surprised that he hit the ball because he watched it for about a second before he started to run. He also was able to run the bases for the first time and score his first run. He was so excited and was smiling from ear to ear in the dugout.

He also received his first "Game Ball" from the coaches for is first hit of the year. He wants to put his game ball in his room on a stand like the movie "Sandlot" so it can remind him to continue to work hard and practice more.

We are so Proud of him!!!

Good Job Braydon!!!

P.S. The Reds won the game 17-2.

Sping = Baseball

Braydon has started coach pitch baseball this year. He plays for the Reds (hence the new background for the next few weeks!) He loves playing but his still very young in athletic years. He should be playing tee-ball but our neighbors kid is playing coach pitch and we wanted them on the same team to be easier to carpool. This makes Braydon the youngest on his team and he still doesn't "get" what his is suppose to do. For example, in is first game he played catcher for two innings. The coach showed him how to sit for the catchers position and he stayed in that position (without moving) for the entire inning, even with baseballs being thrown to him because runners were coming. It was funny to watch.

We did have a good time in Disneyland and Utah over our week vacation. Disneyland was a success and Braydon was able to go on all the rides except one and he loved California Screaming, Soaring over Cali, Indiana Jones, Space Mountain, Matterhorn and basically all the rides except Pirates and Splash Mountain because of the free fall!!! Kids pay full price after the age 9 so we will be going back in two years right before he turns 9 if any are interested to go with us!!!

We posted our Disneyland pictures and Baseball pictures in our photo album.

Vacation Time

We are off to Disneyland for a few days and then going to Utah for a Conference at University of Utah. The Utah trip will be fully covered (food, gas, miles, snacks, etc.) by my work so we'll take full advantage of it.

Pictures to come in a week or two.

Yes, I will tell Mickey Hi for you!!!!

Where Did February Go??

That was a quick month. I can believe I haven't posted for a month. That's pretty sad. We have been doing our usual stuff like school, work, play, church, etc.

Katie and I went to a new sushi place called Nagoya for Valentines day. Well, it was for lunch on a day that I had off. We liked it alright. We are new to the sushi thing and didn't know what was good or bad and didn't want to go "Hardcore" yet. I want to go to a sushi place with other people who know what they are doing so we can all try a bunch of stuff. We then took Braydon to In-n-out Burgers for Valentines itself and had most of our ward (3-5 families) doing the same thing.

Braydon had a President's Day Program that I was able to get off early to go and surprise him (in which I did). Here is some videos:





Now we are into March and lot's of stuff will be happening like Katie's Birthday, Disneyland, Trip to Utah, March Madness!!!

We have two new photo albums you can look at of Braydon's school field trip and his President's Day Program.

Tears Have Finally Stopped!!!

Football has come and gone. Let the countdown begin: 2 Months to the Draft, 5 Months to Training Camp, 6 Months to Pre-Season Games, 7 Months to the Beginning of the 2008-2009 season. Man, I hope time flies. I guess I have NASCAR to take up my time, the NBA Playoffs, or watching MLB (or should I say men that all juiced up on steroids, did I say that???)

My parents were here the last week of January and we all had a good time. My dad helped build some food storage/game shelves while my mom helped with decoration projects that Katie wanted to do. We are very grateful for all the other projects (clean air filters, fix tipping tree, molding around the tubs, molding over sink, etc...) they helped with while they were here.

We watched the Superbowl here at our house with some friends. We were all cheering for the Cardinals and were screaming and yelling when they scored that touchdown with 2 minutes left but soon left with the Steelers scoring their touchdown with 30 seconds left. I was just glad that it was a good game and not a blow out.

We have pictures of our shelves/projects in our photo album.

Superbowl XLIII - Two Weeks and Counting!!!!

Yesterday, Superbowl 43 (for those who don't know Roman Numerals) was set. The Pittsburgh Steelers vs Arizona Cardinals. I am pulling for the Cardinals. I do have a little spot in my heart for the Cardinals.

Let me get one thing straight, I was VERY mad that they beat the Cowboys when I went to watch them in October. With that said, living in Flagstaff for those 2 years lead me to like them considering that's all they talk about (along with the Suns, Diamondback, Coyotes). If you ask Braydon who his favorite teams are, he says "Cowboys, Cardinals, Raiders, Buccaneers" in any random order depending on the day.

Another reason I want the Cardinals to win is the fact that I got to see them in person. I also got to see the Baltimore Ravens in person in 2000 when played the Cardinals and went on to win the Superbowl. I would be great to be able to say the same thing for the Cardinals.

Lastly, this will be the 7th Superbowl appearance for the Steelers with them winning five of them. This is the 1st Superbowl appearance EVER for the Cardinals and I like cheering for the "New" guy when my teams are not in the big game.

I could go on and on about it but will save it for another day (when football is done for the year sniffle, sniffle).

Holiday Pictures

Another quick update from the Rogers' House. We have made it through the end of 2008 and already enjoying 2009. We just got back from a quick trip to Utah for my nephew's birthday/Baptism. We left Thursday Night after I got off work and hit a "White-Out" in Payson in which I heard my wife state "I don't think I will ever drive in this stuff (snow) again." We played a lot of games, ate lots of treats, and hit the road Sunday afternoon.

We did get our computer fixed up and I've spent the last few hours downloading all of our Holiday pictures to our computer. Here are the Albums I added if you would like to take a look: (From oldest to Newest)

1 Braydon's Thanksgiving Program
2 Thanksgiving with Rogers'
3 Rogers' Xmas Party
4 Jazz Game
5 Thanksgiving with Moore's
6 Las Vegas Snow (yes, it's true and I've got proof)
7 Xmas Eve
8 Xmas Day
9 Xmas with Moore's
10 Lego-a-thon

My parents will be coming into town in a week or so, then the Superbowl. We will have more pictures and updates then.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!

I know it's been a while since my last post but our computer has been acting up so we have not been online. Here is a quick re-cap:

Thanksgiving: We were up in Utah for a week and ate way to much. We were with the Rogers' family for the actually holiday and then the Moore's on Sunday. We played lots of games and plenty of "Black Friday" shopping. I flew back that week and Katie and Braydon stayed for another 2 weeks.

Christmas: It was our first Christmas in our own home with no family. It was weird not seeing everyone but we made new traditions with our own little family. We all got spoiled and here are some of our gifts: Braydon-Scooter, Legos (of course), Lego Batman Wii game, Optimus Prime Transformers, Movies (Bee Movie, Spiderwick Chronicles, Alvin and the Chipmunks), etc... Katie-Digital Camera (gotten in October), Wii Fit, Toaster, Blowdryer, Clothes, Movies, Games, etc... Shane-Dallas Cowboy tickets (gotten in October), Aerosmith Guitar Hero Wii game, Movies, Clothes, Scrubs, etc....

New Years': Katie's family started arriving here in Las Vegas the day after X-mas. They helped take down all of our decorations considering there was a 18 month old running around the house. We ate good, played games, laughed, shopped and had a great time. We hit the casinos one night and also had a New Years Eve Hold'em Tournament. I took second place with my sister-in-law Lindsey beating my two pair with her Ace high straight. We watched the Fireworks from the Strip on our TV with plenty of neighbors doing there own fireworks.

Our house will be nice and quite now. We have pictures of the holidays but will have to wait to download them until after our computer is working again. We should have our computer back in about a week so we will do it then. I know, I know, You've waited 6 weeks for a post so 1-2 weeks won't be that bad!!!!!!!

P.S: I know, I know, BYU LOST, COWBOYS LOST, I'm still trying to get over it and it's still difficult to realize Football is over for MY teams!!!!