The long awaited update

*Pictures to be added, but I thought I should get this posted before any more snide comments appeared on my facebook account :) *
Lately I have been receiving some nasty comments about my lack of blog posts and lack of having children. I am here to make good on the posting, but not the child bearing :) Here is a little update on what has been going on lately with us.

June: I was still working at Willow Creek School as a teacher. I almost quit when a student tired to hit me. However, he was kicked out of my class and I came back. It was kind of nerve wrecking for a while though. I also worked at BYU curating fish for the Bean Museum, it was totally mindless but I got to watch a lot of movies on the computer. I also started grading packets that students did while in wilderness (they go there at the beginning of their therapy) this was a nice addition to our income.

July: My sister and her 5 kids drove out to Utah from Ohio for the 4th of July. We had a really good time and did a lot of fun things like going to the water park and seeing Miley Cyrus at the stadium of fire. Casey's brother Dustin, his wife Maddy, and their 3 kids stopped by on their way to Idaho and we took Maddy and Ellie to see stadium of fire as well. At the end of the week we all got really sick and I spent about 3 days in bed, which was not so fun.

August: Still working as usual. We moved into a basement apartment in Provo from our place in Orem. The great thing about the new place is the landlords have two dogs and fenced in backyard. We are also 1 house away from a park and walking trail. Neville is in heaven. Johanna came to visit with EZ and her newish baby Netta. It was the first time we had seen Netta and she really is as big as Jo said. She is incredibly cute and looks remarkably like the marshmallow monster on ghost busters.

September: I started my first semester at BYU as a graduate student. Around September 15th I was told that the school I was working at had gone bankrupt and would be shut down on September 29th. That was a little surprising. Luckily I still get to grade the packets and I work for my professor at BYU so I did not have to find another job. I hate looking for jobs. We ran our first 5K in about a year. It was hard and I had some trouble with my asthmas but it was fun overall.

October: My parents came out to visit, which is always fun. We run a 5K and it was much better than the one the previous month. Not much else happened except we made some kick butt pumpkins and ran a Halloween 5K.

November: Thanksgiving in Arizona. We got to visit Casey's family (Jim, Cheryl, Doug's family, and Dustin's family) were all present. It was a lot of fun and I got to visit my friend Jason who lives in Phoenix now. At this point I begin to slowly go crazy as I realize I took too many credits this semester.

December: I almost have a complete nervous breakdown due to my over zealous first semester. I will be taking less credits next semester for sure. I did however finish with a 3.97 GPA, all As and one A-. At the beginning of the month we spent 8 days in Springville Utah babysitting for my friend. We were responsible for 5 kids, ages 5-13. It was a big change, but a lot of fun. The kids loved Neville, espesically one little girl Rainy. We were beat afterwards and took about another week to recover, but it was fun and well worth it. I will devote a separate post for Christmas.

Remember To Vote

Hey everyone, this is just a reminder to go out and vote!!! Casey and I did the early voting (can you believe we actually did something before the deadline?)

Sarah's Summer Update

I am sure all of you stay up late at night wondering "Gee, what is Sarah doing this summer?" Well wonder no more. Here is little peak at my life this summer.

• Work- I am currently working two jobs this summer trying to save money for graduate school next fall. My first job is a summer school teacher at Willow Creek Academy in Provo. I teach M-F 3:30 to 6:30. It is interesting, we do 2 week session where the students come to my class all 3 hours each day. Out of the 10 days of class we are on site 4 days, doing community service 2 days, and going on field trips 4 days. It is a lot of working and can be tiring at times but over all it is good.
  
• Job #2- Due to the high levels of mental stress teaching can cause I decided to get a mindless grunt job for the mornings. Luckily a BYU professor needed some students to take his collection of dead fish, their stomaches embryos and prepare them to be put in the Bean Life Science Museum. So basically I fix up the vials of fish parts, make labels for them, and verify the information is correct. I really enjoy the job, but I am not quite sure what that says about me. There is a chance that once the fish are ready I can start working more with the data and helping with publications or the evaluating or the current study abroad program the professor and his grad students run.
  
• Education Publications- Once a week I meet with my graduate professor and some of the other students in my program to hep each other get papers ready for publications. I am in charge of finishing/fixing up a paper we began writing for a class last fall. It helping me ease back into the swing of college, but it also reminds me how rusty I am after 2 years out of school.
• Movies- My favorite time for movies is summer and Christmas. This summer we have seen Indiana Jones, Prince Caspian, Iron Man and Kung Fu Panda. I liked them all but my favorite was Iron Man. I am anxiously awaiting the opening of Hell Boy 2, WALL E and The Dark Knight. Those are my main desires for July.
  
• Getting in Shape- Casey and I recently joined 24 hour fitness (I get a sweet discount through Willow Creek) and we are trying to go at least 4-5 times a week.
  

That about wraps up my summer life. Please don't feel bad about your life knowing how exciting mine is.

Neville's new hairdo

Neville got himself a new haircut for summer! Notice his ears are about 25% of their hairy size! We think he'll stay a lot cooler this summer. Last summer we'd take him for a walk around the block and when we'd come in he'd plop down on the linoleum and pant for a half an hour or so.

Neville's power source revealed!

Further photographic proof, using our super photo filter detectors, show that Neville is indeed a time traveler and that his jack appears to be the source of his powers. Whether his jack is some technological miracle or a magic prism has yet to be determined.

It is also believed to be the source of his boundless energy and spaziness.

Neville can time travel or he's immortal

Here's is photographic proof that Neville can either time travel or is immortal. Look at the age of this photograph and that he's even holding his jack!

A new post, are you shocked and amazed????

Hey everyone! I wanted to update everyone that still reads this blog (which is probably no one since it has been so long). Here is a list of what has happened in our lives since Christmas:

1. Dec/Jan: My sister Katie got engaged on Christmas Eve so we got to see lots of my parents as they came out to Utah twice to help with Katie's wedding stuff. We always love to have them come so it was great. Neville loves my parents more than he loves us and he mopes around for days after they leave. On their last visit they gave Neville a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey which he looks super cute in. Yesterday when we went to take his picture he was kind of mopey but he is still cute.







2. March: Casey's dad underwent deep brain stimulation surgery for his Parkinson's disease. It was a two part surgery and Casey and his brothers went out in shifts to help. Casey and Chris went out together and helped after the second surgery. It was great that he got to see his parents again but I was pretty jealous I didn't get to go. We got an update from Cheryl about a week ago. The electrodes in Jim's brain were finally connected to the battery in his chest and it was a success. Casey and I are working on a plan to go and see the "Old Jim" as the family calls him, but it will be the "New Jim" too me so I can't wait!

3. April: Casey and I went with Katie and Brad to Brad's family's cabin in Wyoming. It was sooo fun and Casey and I got to go snowmobiling for the first time ever! If you ever see me in person ask me to tell the story of Katie's fall. Anyone who knows me knows that when I think a story is really funny I laugh till I cry when telling it, this is one of those stories. Katie was ok so I don't have to feel bad about laughing.








4. April: My Birthday! I turned 25 and while it is not that much older than 24 it kind of freaked me out. I got really great presents from everyone including being able to hang out with my parents the week after.







5. May: Katie's Wedding!!! The wedding was great and everyone had a fun time. I got to see all my family except Jo who was on modified bed rest. We flew out to Pittsburgh Wed night on a red eye then drove to NY. Friday we drove back to Pitt and then Sunday we flew back to Salt Lake. It was a lot of travel but well worth it.

6. May: Jo had her baby!!!!! My sister had her second baby last week. She was induced on Thursday due to high blood pressure but the baby was born at 8 pounds so I think she was probably ready (at least Jo was!) Jo and John sent us lots of pics and I am posting them so I can brag.



7. Future plans: This summer we have high hopes of visiting family and relaxing. Casey is still working at the Herald and I am ending my year at Mountain View High School. Over the summer I am going to tutor and teacher at Willow Creek a therapeutic high school. (the kids are in therapy during the day and go to school starting at 3:30pm) Rachel and her family are planning on coming out for the 4th of July and we were able to get tickets to see Miley Cyrus at Stadium of Fire for all the nieces! Big thanks to Aunt Meghan who stood in line for 4-5 hours, she is the Aunt of the year. Finally we are still anxiously awaiting updates on Chris and Shauna's adoption journey. I am ready and willing to come and help Shauna/spoil the baby when it happens!

I think that is all the big news, I will try and update more often! Here is just a pic that I like.

Under Construction

This blog is currently under construction. I don't like our template and I am looking for a new one. Once we have a new template we will try and blog more often and I will have Casey post as well since he is a great deal funnier than I am. I would post a picture but we literally have not taken a photo since August.

Sarah

Wii Play!

Yesterday Casey had the day off so he took his old cds into Gray Whale (a cd exchange type store) and traded them in for another wii mote and wii play!!! So we now have 4 wii motes, which makes for a rockin good time. We played the mini games on wii play and Casey demolished me every time, but it was fun anyway!

A quick Update

Well, we can all see that I Sarah Rogers should never promise to do anything, because I stink at keeping promises. So I apologize for my lack of blogging, but will try and do better. Any who here is a quick update on the lives of the Rogers.

Casey: Casey is really liking his work at the Daily Herald and has been designing some pretty cool features sections. There is a link you can go to and see some of his work, I will ask him to put it up so you can all ohh and awe at his creative genius. Casey has also been enjoying playing Zelda on the Wii each morning after taking me to work. We are currently looking for another car, however, so he won't have to wake up at 7 every morning. Finally Casey has recently gotten some pretty cool puma stuff (one awesome hoodie and bag) and added the games Incan Gold and Witts and Wagers to his collection.

Sarah: I have been working 2/3 time at Mountain View High School. When we moved here there weren't any full time science teaching positions open, so I took a 2/3 time one teaching biology. The school is nice, and I have to admit working part time is nice. In addition to working at the school I am taking a post-bac class at BYU and applying for graduate school there next year. So I have to start writing essay, getting letters of recommendation, and preparing for the GRE, which I am slightly scared of. So that is pretty much my life right now, but hopefully once we get another car I will get a part time job for the afternoons so I can save up for grad school.

Neville: Neville has taken up the habit of rubbing his head into the carpet and creating huge matts all around his ears so last week he got a major haircut. We then realized that he is all skin and bones and what we thought was meat was really just fluff. He is still cute but we prefer him with shaggy hair so we are making in effort to keep him matt free. Neville also got a pumpkin shirt (which I am sure Nate will be jealous of) and a glow in the dark skeleton hoodie, which is the coolest shirt ever. The shirts look super cute on him and help to hide the fact that he really is a walking skeleton now that he is fluff less. We will post pics soon.

Well that is all the news for now, so I hope everyone is doing well. Also I am sorry for all the typos, Casey is not here to edit my writing for me.

We love you all!

New York New York

My family and I just got back from NYC where we picked my sister Meghan up from her mission. She served in NYC and Norkwalk Connecticut, so we got to tour around a bit. We all had a good time, but I know I am not a city person. Since we got back we have just been bumming around the house, and my dad and I are working on redoing my old bedroom which has become the family junk yard. Today I took 6 bag of clothes/shoes/toy to Goodwill and we have already taken about 4 bags of trash out. Sorry I don't have any pics or videos right now, but there will be some soon. Casey is going slightly crazy with boredom while stuck in Provo, but he comes out to PA on Friday so we can all go visit my grandma in the hospital (she had heart surgery). I hope you all are doing well!

Shattered Glass and other videos

In the mean time we got a new flip camcorder so here are a few links to videos we have made. One is of Neville because he is the love of our lives and the other is of the kitchen in our apartment. We are subletting till August 11th and believe me we can't wait to leave.

While here, Casey managed to destroy some highly-valued property.



Here's a comparison of the kitchen floor, partway through Sarah's scouring of it.



And finally, Neville REALLY wants to go on a mission!

Much Needed Update and Promise to Do Better

Hey all, its time for a much needed update and a promise that I Sarah Rogers vow to update this blog once a week. The posts maybe be short and uninteresting (we aren't that exciting) but they will be there.

Now for a recap:
Since our last post much has happened. First we went to Hawaii!!!!! We stayed at a cute little beach house in Laie where I went to school. The beach was great, though it rained a bit, and we came back no longer looking like sickly ghosts. It was Casey's first time in Hawaii and he loved it. We bummed around and ate amazing local food and just enjoyed not working. It was the first time we had spent more than 2 days off together since moving to California, so we loved every second of it. Here are a few pics for you to enjoy.

Sarah at the Laie Temple Casey at dinner, what an animal




If you are wondering Casey is
NOT photoshopped into this picture Sarah really loves the beach that much




The day we got home from Hawaii was my birthday so I took the entire day off and we partied! I got some clothes and a game for the Wii, by the way we got a Wii.

Not much happened until June when Casey was offered a job as a features designer in Provo Utah. It is day time hours so while the idea of Provo didn't thrill us at first, we took it. We had 2 1/2 weeks to move. I finished teaching on the 15th and Casey started work on the 18th so it was a little crazy but we made it.

The Roger's Family is Still Here... and We Have an Addition!

Hey all just wanted to let you know that we are in fact still alive and that we are reviving our blog. To sum up the last 6 months, we live in California, we got a puppy, and we are going to Hawaii on Monday for spring break. We will fill you in on the trip and hopefully get a new picture of the puppy up when we get back. The puppy's name is Neville and he is super cute. His favorite things to do are chew on 20 oz pop bottles and eat my hair.

California Love

We are in California!!! Casey and I arrived on August 12th with the help of my dad who flew to Utah and drove the rental truck out here for us. We had a good time and things went very smoothly for us on our drive. My dad had to go back for work the next morning though. Since then my mom has come and visited us as well as Rafe, so we feel very loved. Chris and Shauna have been keeping us entertained and helping us through our Internet crisis. We are having some issues getting service so they have traded us internet time in turn for Casey taking over as Bernie's dog walker. Casey started work on the 17th and I have been around the school but officially start tomorrow Aug 24th. Hopefully we will be able to post pictures and create more bloggs soon, but I guess that depends on the lovely folks at AT&T!

And now the weather

The weather today in Provo was CRAZY!! As you can tell, our weathergirl was almost swept away by the 80 mph winds, hail and rain. It lasted for about 10 minutes. Center Street in Provo flooded, several powerlines went down, and lots of damage was caused to the Provo airport. Maybe when the Daily Herald Web site starts working we can post some professional photographs of the mess. Our photos were taken at around 11 a.m. Notice how dark it is! or was.

Our new nephew is one cool dude

Hey everyone! In the continuing fury of trying to catch you up with our lives while we were lazy, meet our new nephew! His name is Ezekiel or Eazy-E, depending on which circles you run in. Well Johanna and John (that's Sarah's sister and her husband for those who are just catching up with us) came to visit a couple of weeks ago and brought along their baby. He's pretty cute without comprimising his gangsta-ness.

Oh Zion, Dear Zion

Casey, Amy, Dillon, and I all drove up from Vegas to Zion national park. It was quite the experience. The night we got there a dear came up into our camp site and just looked around and started eating the grass. It was about 3 feet away from us and wasn't bothered at all. I wanted to take a picture but was afraid of scaring him away. We spend the next day doing some hikes and they were amazing. I wish we could have done more but we were all pretty tired from the heat and our wild time in Vegas. Here is a picture of us on a log that was perfectly worn for my butt. It was like sitting on a cloud! -- Sarah

Cherry Cherry Cobbler

Several weeks ago (I know we're really slow, but honestly we thought it was due to a problem with being able to load photos, and really, what's a blog without photos?) we made a delecious cherry cobler with some cherries grown locally (I think, that grocery store could've been lying and remember this was a while ago). It was utterly delecious and a macabre affair as you can see how bloodied Sarah became while making it. Yes, several cherries were hurt in the making of this cobbler.

Viva Las Vegas

Here is a pic of Jason and I in Las Vegas. Casey and I had a great time hanging out with Jason and eating fabulous food at Mesa Grill a restaurant owned by Bobby Flay. The food was amazing! We also managed to risk it big in the casinos. Jason won a mind blowing $1 playing video poker while Casey and I both managed to lose $2 at the nickel slots. I attribute Jason's success over ours to his four years of riverboat gambling experience.