Happy Birthday to T dog!

Trevin Turns 9

I seriously can't believe that Trevin in 9. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home from the hospital. But at the same time life would be so boring without him. He is the most caring 9 year old I know. He takes the time to truly listen. We may be 14 years apart but I consider him one of my best friends. He probably know more about sports than any one I know. We always laugh because he knows random facts about anything sports related. Trevin is a good older brother to Brinlee.

My favorite story about Trevin. This was hard because I can remember his whole life. When Triston and I were dating we did the long distance thing. So we saw each other on the weekends. Triston came to Rexburg for a weekend and I got really sick. :( Triston was so good to take care of me. We call Trevin our cuddle bug. Because he has always been the snuggler. When Triston and I would be laying on the couch Trevin would run and jump on us and yell "snuggle time" it drove me crazy while I was sick. But now anytime I need a hug or a snuggle I tell Trevin its snuggle time and he is happy to.

Trev we love you and can't wait for the many more years of sports and laughter and fun with our snuggler.

Love,
The Rogers

Summer Fun Part 1 and Elder Lords Birthday

Our Summer so far...

This being our first summer married, and our first summer together. We are trying to take full advantage and play, play, play. We both go back to school on Sept. 2nd. So we are trying to enjoy our time school free. We are both working full time. We both work at Advanced Spinal Care in Spanish Fork. It is a chiropractic center. Triston does the Physical Therapy and I am the front desk girl. Our clinic is working on becoming bigger and we have had fun helping that along the way. People ask if we get sick of each other being together all the time. And we actually love it. I am sad that when Sept. comes Triston will go back to BYU and won't be working with me anymore. 

Ignore our squinty eyes. But it was bright. We were able to go to the Odgen Temple open house on Friday with Tristons mom Cindy. It was beautiful and it was fun to see the changes that were done there. We loved it. 

On Friday night our ward had a luau and our bishops wife is polynesian. So this was the real thing. We had a lot of fun and made some friends. So we are excited about that.  

Saturday morning we decided to hike bridal vail falls. We hiked to the top. I got a little nervous because the hike was a little sketchy. But Triston loved the whole thing. If you are ever in the Provo Canyon then you need to go see Bridal Vail Falls. 

Saturday night we decided to take advantage of our pass of all passes. A little plug for them. They are totally worth it. We paid $30 for a year. And we have been into 7 peaks once and been mini golfing, and hitting in the batting cages. And have many more plans. All of this has been free. Anyways I beat Triston in mini golf and batting.... oh wait that didn't happen. It's bad that he is as competitive as I am. But it makes for fun date nights. 

 HOLY COW Elder Lords is 19!!! 
Seems crazy to me that he is that old. He has always been my baby brother but now he is all old and on a mission. And honestly couldn't be more proud of him. The first picture is one of my favorites of him. When I think of Trevin as a baby I think of the fighting it was to hold him. Josh was so excited that he wasn't going to be the only boy. He couldn't wait to teach him how to play ball just like him. And they have done just that since the day Trev was born. The day Trevin was born Josh couldn't get to the hospital fast enough. My grandma Lords was with us. And when we got news that Trevin was here, Josh was in a hurry. Because we couldn't go right up to the hospital my gma decided to stall and go get my mom flowers. At the flower shop Josh lost his patience and told us to just pick the first flowers we saw. And from then on those two have been besties. How lucky is Trevin to have such a good older brother who has loved him from day one. What a good example Trevin has! 

In honor of his birthday I have to tell my favorite story of him. When he was born I was almost 3. I was the only child and quite liked that. So when I was taken to the hospital to see him  I wasn't too happy to have someone in on my territory. So my aunt Nicole asked me what the babies name should be. And I told her potato. And called him that for a while. Josh I didn't want you then. But I am so glad to have you new. I am so blessed to have you as my brother. You have taught me so much. I can't even believe the person you have become. We love you! 

Love, 

The Rogers  

The Rogers Lives as of Lately

Since I have blogged last there is so much to update on. We have had a crazy, exciting, emotional, yet fun couple of weeks.

As we have gotten our house put together I have started to try and become a homemaker like my mother, grandmothers and great grandmothers. And let me tell you, it isn't as easy as it seems. But I feel that I am off to a good start. My great grandma Hinman would make rice balls that are to die for. She passed the recipe on to my grandma Lords. Who then passed it on to me. I must say I need a coupe more years practice to make them taste as good. But Triston and I did like them. It has been fun to share more of our lives with each other.

 We also spent a weekend in Rexburg for Josh's ferwell. I joking tell my mom if we knew how much work that was going to be we wouldn't have gone. Because my dad and Josh and Triston worked on the new deck. Because those crazy boys decided to build it in a week. Thank heavens for the Rasmussens who came and helped. While the boys worked on the deck mom, Shayla , Nicole, Grandma Wenczel and I make food for the dinner on sunday. All the work was worth it. Josh has an amazing ferwell and it was so fun to see friends and family. We also took the time to take family pictures. We knew this would be the only time we had before Josh left. Here are some of my favorites. 

Also SURPRISE I chopped my hair. I have always wanted to have it cut after the wedding. And Triston was getting sick of my long hair all over the place. So I asked Jaci to work her magic. And as you can tell she did. I love it. It is weird because I have had long hair since high school. But I love the change.

The next week my family came to Provo to take Josh to the MTC. I couldn't believe that the day had finally come that Josh was going to be leaving on a mission. Growing up I can remember he would take his BOM and shut all the doors in the house. He would go to each one and knock and pretend to be a missionary. And when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he always said a missionary. Safe to say this boy was ready to go. It just like my dad said. Dropping him off at the MTC wasn't something that we could ever prepare for. It was hard to say the least. But we are so proud of him. Here are some pictures of the drop off. Poor Trevin has missed his best friend. But what a good example Josh is for him.

Elder Lords is doing well. He is loving IA. And we are so proud of him

The following weekend we were able to head to AZ for a family reunion. It was fun to meet Triston's family. But it was the most fun to be with the girls and spend time with our family. We love being an aunt and uncle to these cuties and count down the days until we get to see them.

We also got to go to the families favorite Mexican restaurant. We were able to celebrate Triston and Jackson's birthdays. It was a fun weekend that we didn't want to end. We wish our 9 hour drive was shorter and that we got to see our AZ family more.

Which leads us to Triston special birthday. This year he turned 24 on July 24th. Unfortunalty we had to work all day on his birthday. But we did take a break for lunch with Matt and Hannah. I love but hate going to eat at their house. Hannah is an amazing cook and I love to eat what she makes, but I always leave wishing I could cook like her! Since we had to work we ended  up celebrating on friday. We hiked the Y which I hadn't done. And that was a lot of fun. It was a beautiful hike. We then had lunch at Tucanoes. That Sunday we invited friends over for cake and Ice cream. Triston got the head phones he wanted. I tried to surprise him, but he caught me red handed.

Anyways sorry for the long post. But I finally finished my semester and I now have time for blogging. Hope everyone is having a good summer.
Love,
The Rogers