The Best Star Wars Party!!

Austin's Star Wars party on Saturday was a great success! He turned ten and was surrounded by several of his favorite characters...Chewey, Obi-Wan, a StormTrouper and others! Of course his family members were there along with family friends to cheer on the occasion.

Here are a few pictures from the party:



This is how Palmer reacted to the characters. He was not afraid at all. He went straight to them.

Mom, Dad, Palmer and Wynita spent the night with us Saturday night. On Sunday, we had a great day with each other. Mom ended up getting in the pool with Britleigh & Austin. Here are a few pictures of the afternoon:

Even though Mom was "attacked" by water tubes (that she bought), she had a great time with the kids. Until later...

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Three more days of school & Rogers' happenings

Wow! Can you believe there is only three more days of school? This year has really gone by so fast...and I know the summer will as well. Next year I will be teaching second grade. I will be responsible for the inclusion and resource classes. I am really excited! The best part of all is I get my own room. I am so excited about that. I have truly enjoyed being an inclusion teacher for the past three years, but I am ready to add resource to my experiences. My first year I taught a resource class for 1/2 day, but this will be different.

I can not believe it has been a whole month since I posted here. It has been so busy with school ending and other activities. Britleigh had her band concert last Thursday. They did VERY well. She will march with the Royal Kingmen Band in the Fall. Eight graders can participate in the high school band. I am glad Britleigh will get that experience.

Another great thing happening to the Rogers' family is we are developing into a band. Doug plays the banjo, Austin on the drums,guitar,and mandolin and now Britleigh is learning to play the bass. Doug bought one Saturday while Austin was at guitar lessons and Britleigh started playing it Sunday. She is a true natural! Wade plays with them and he tells Britleigh the notes. She is great! I will try to post a video clip of them playing together. You will think they have been playing for a long time!!

Last weekend was the Hillside Bluegrass Festival in Cochran. We were pleasantly surprised when the Ezell family called and they would be performing. Wanda, Mr. John, Corley, Erica, and Monica play in a group called "Pink Grass". We enjoyed visiting with them watching them play. Austin took his mandolin on Friday night and played along. We all had a great time! Austin and Monica really hit it off. I wish we lived closer so we could visit more often.

We are very excited about this weekend. Austin is turning 10!!! I can not believe he will be ten. It does seem like a long time ago when he was a baby and goodness knows he has been through alot in those ten years...but he is getting too old. I definitely do not have a "baby" anymore. I will post pictures from his party.