Rogers Family 2009

I wanted to post some pics that we had taken at the kids school as part
of a fund raiser. Isn't that a good idea? The fund raisers they do here
make a lot more sense! At the beginning of the year they sold flower
bulbs to plant now and they would come up in the spring after the snow
melts. Then these family pics only cost us $10 for the sitting fee. So now
we have the CD with the pics and can make as many or do what we want
with them.



The Rogers family ~ 2009



The Rogers kids ~ 2009
(front) L-R: Hyrum & Ethan
(middle) L-R: Dallin, Mykala, Isaac, & Jensen
(back) L-R: Hannah & Sarah




All the Rogers boys ~ 2009




The Rogers girls ~ 2009

Whiz Kids

Okay I get to brag a little here. Just a LITTLE!

I wanted to let everyone know how great my kids
are doing in school. Unfortunately, they do not get
it from me. Here we go...

Mykala & Sarah made it to the 4.0 Hall of Fame Wall.
It means that they are straight A's with a 4.0 grade
point average.

Dallin placed 2nd in the National Geography Bee at
his school. This was with the 4-6th grades. He placed
2nd after a lengthy Championship round with the other
contestant.

Jensen was first place in his class for the Spelling Bee.
He will be tested after the first of the year when they
have the school Spelling Bee. Dallin placed third and
will also compete.

Isaac is doing awesome too! When we moved here my
kids were behind and had to work hard to catch up.
Not only did Isaac catch up but he has passed many of
the other kids and is in the top of his class.

I don't want to leave Hannah out. She is doing great!
She chose not to be in the Spelling Bee this year. She
was so nervous last year she didn't want to do it again.

Ethan & Hyrum are not in school yet and don't have the
opportunities of the others. They never the less are well
on their way with being whiz kids too. They never cease
to amaze me.

Thanksgiving Fun

I was looking for things for my kids to do while they had a 5

day Thanksgiving break. So I came up with this project for

them to do. (I actually found this idea in a book I had)

They were to all work TOGETHER or split into 2 teams and

work together. They chose the latter. I was really impressed

at how well they worked with each other. There was NO fighting

during this. So we had an hour or so of peace! They had so much

fun with this that they said they wanted to this project again. Of

course an add bonus was that they got to eat their creations in the

end.

What they had to do was use gum drops and toothpicks and build

a structure that could hold weight.

Here are the results...

TEAM 1: Hannah, Ethan, Dallin & Sarah

Start the weighing.

Impressive.

Holy cow, that's amazing!

(I love Dallin's face in this pic)

TEAM 2: Hyrum, Mykala, Jensen & Isaac

starting the weighing.

WOW, again!

This is a temple that team 2 built. (It was Hyrum's

idea)

This is the fun object that team 1 made.