This is a picture of Daniel, Carter and Garret. It is from one of our family July 2003 camping trip. It is so cute to see my chubby Carter, and for all of you who know Garrett...look how young and cute he is. 
The lamp was a good buy from target. It had a piece broken on the inside that was easy to repair and I got an additional discount! I got the bedding a PB. I still can't figure out if it is worth what we payed for it. Don't get me wrong it is great quality and the boys and I love the way it looks, but Carter gets nose bleeds at night and I am constantly worrying about this expensive buy. What was I thinking?
Did I mention they love sharing a room? I actually think that if we split them up they would be upset about it. Also, we are no longer letting Chase get into bed with us in the middle of the night. Daniel and I are taking turns every night putting him back into bed. We have had a Chase free bed for 2 nights now!
The boys are as excited about how their room turned out as I am. They love to show it off. They don't even pull on the border because they want it to look nice. I got the stickers for the boarder at the dollar store! I can't believe how great they look.
I got the pegs for their backpacks from Michaels. They were only a dollar each and my niece, Oakley, helped me paint them. Thanks Oakley! I would love to do a few more things to their room, but I won't go into debt doing the, so they will have to wait.
The man on the left side of the Beautiful woman...(that I inherited my GREAT skin from...all most no blemishes) is my grandpa. This man has done some amazing things in his life. He has lived through the depression, flown planes in the war, fathered 4 boys, 9 grandkids, worked a hard life, owned his own plane, made a quarter out of a penny, served our country forever, was a supportive husband to a hard working school teacher, rooted for the Oakland A's, and much more. I wish I had known him when he was young and vibrant...and very very handsome. He had to have been so much fun flying around California with his brothers, wife and children. This man worked hard his entire life to care for his family, and was very successful. I didn't really spend a lot of time with them growing up because they lived to stinking far away. I did see them enough to make myself his favorite granddaughter! 3 years ago the family and I lived with them for a summer. It was a great time for me to get to know both my grandparents! I am so glad I did because early Thursday morning Fred Jackson Rodgers passed away while sleeping. I am sad for grandma because she is alone, but I am so glad that grandpa was able to pass on. His body was getting old, and he couldn't do anything for himself anymore. The last time we saw him he was barely talking. Grandma made him talk to Carter though. So I just want to say...I love you grandma and will enjoy getting to know the young you in the future!
Carter had a two week break. First we went to Garrett's baptism. (no pictures) we spent a little less than a week there. We had a great time seeing Jenn and Payton's amazing house. You can tell the worked hard for it, and they did such an awesome job. We love staying with them because their entire family is so good to us! I even get my own LARGE room and bathroom there! We spent one night in St. George... We should have spent more. I felt cheated when I left to go home. I didn't feel like we had enough time to visit everyone. Grandma and Grandpa took us to Cafe Rio! Thanks You! When we returned home we went to Superstition Farm for a free day. The boys got a ton of free give-a-ways. They had a milk bar there. You could choose from 10 flavors. Carter chose Cherry Cream, Chase chose...just milk, and their friend, chose chocolate. So much for exotic flavors. Next, we went to the zoo. I didn't take many pictures there. I decided to just focus on having fun with the boys. Last of all, Carter had a football game. Daniel is the coach, and it is soooo cute. It melts my heart. l love watching Daniel play with 8 little boys. Check out a few pictures!
Carter loves to play rough. He has already been punched in the face at school because they were playing rough, and his teacher has banned her class from playing tag because it was getting out of control. Yesterday we went to the park with a few friends and Carter got this as a souvenir.
