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Halloween:
Ash was a vampire again, and Brennen was Buzz. I tried my hand at makeup...let's just say I'm not too talented in this department!!!! The kids LOVE doing projects...We made jack-o-lantern window covers for their windows. We only ever go to family houses on Halloween (I absolutely hate driving on Halloween!!!)













Brennen's 1st lost tooth:10-21-09
The dentist had to pull Brennen's tooth. He hit his mouth on a drinking fountain outside of my classroom really hard the first week of the 2008-09 school year. He looked like a Who for about a week. Then his front two teeth started to turn brown. He must have had at least 6 visits to the dentist due to this injury. He got at least 4 cavities in the surrounding teeth. Then they got darker and darker. The last straw was this homogeneously huge puss filled boilish thing on his gum. Because Brenn is allergic to all the sulfur meds, they gave him a special med we have to special order. It cost nearly $30 dollars, and he absolutely refuses to take it. It makes me grouchy!!!!!
The Tooth Fairy still hasn't collected it yet,(I'm not ready for Addie to have teeth yet.(We've been able to see the bottom 2 for over a month)- When Ash lost her first tooth, she asked granilani were it went. Granilani told Ash that the tooth then went to a baby who needed a tooth, and maybe her tooth went to Easton. Ash called her Auntie Em to see if baby E was getting a tooth. He just happened to be getting one, and so Ash thought he must be getting her tooth. Every time after that, she called Emily to see if Easton was getting another one.), he wanted Grandma on the Hill to see it first. Every time he puts it under his pillow, the Tooth Fairy doesn't come-the first time was about a month after it was pulled. The last time, he got really mad...we told him that he needed to tell mommy, because we had to call a special tooth collections number, because the first night after it was pulled, the Tooth Fairy came and there wasn't a tooth there. So, we have to call a special number to tell the Special Collections Tooth Fairy that Brennen is ready to give it to a baby.

Playing Catch UP

Ashlynn-Marie after she was Baptized


Tampas'


Rogers'


3 Girls in Special White and their brothers

The weekend of October 10th and 11th was a very special one for the Rogers-Tampas family... One that won't easily be forgotten.



Ash,
Daddy and I are very pleased with the decision you made to be baptized. As a parent you are always worried that you won't understand the grown-up commitment you are making. Even the strongest adults have problems keeping the covenants that they made at baptism. But even as a baby you have had a very STRONG spirit and personality, and at a young age you've sought out Christ. My hope for you, is that you'll remember that you are a Child of God, no matter what goes on in your life, you have a Heavenly Father and an elder brother that loves you very much. As do your Mommy and Daddy, Papas and Grandmas, Uncles and Aunts, and Cousins. Your little brother and baby sister look up to you and follow your lead.
Love, Mommy

End of Year Letter

Be Strong and of good courage...

This is my dear friend Denisse (and my Primary Secretary).
She has had a very hard year!!!!!!!!
She has been an inspiration to me. She has shown me what you can do through your adversity. I value our friendship dearly.

Last Saturday, I helped her make a few gifts, and some signs for her home.
We had fun. She kept saying I don't know how you handle three kids,
I've got two...and somedays...
Denisse makes me laugh all the time. When she calls me, it probably takes 4 times the amount of time to get through a conversation, because all we do is Laugh!!!

Hoedown Throwdown

Ash begged me to learn this dance. Her aunties and honorary auntie (AIL-auntie in Law) learned it too. Meomories!!!!!

Pumpkin Patch

We have a really cool place we like to go to, to get pumpkins. We usually go to a Harvest Party each year with a group of friends to this place, but mom wanted to wait until Easton was here to go this year. The only time we figured we could go was on Friday at 10 am. I knew Ash would freak if she didn't get to go, so we went and checked her out of school for two hours (I swear that this is the first time we've ever done that. Paul and I are both pretty stringent on attendance!!!-It's not an issue with Ash, she loves going to school.) Little did we know that they don't run the hayride until after 4 in the afternoon. It was a bummer, but we had fun anyway. The Vegas-ites were freezing!!