Happy 4th Birthday Sweet Sophia!

Disneyland!
We had a surprise visit from Brian's dad...he
came into town last minute to celebrate Sophia's birthday
with us! Such a special treat, since Grandpa Bob
lives in Oklahoma this was his 1st birthday
celebration with his granddaughter

ready for Pirates of the Caribbean


we love each other sooooo much!

Sophia & Noah with their Kavor aka Uncle John

Meech & Danielle joined us for the day too!

Maru & Michelle joined us for the day too...so

special to have so many loved ones with us.

Unfortunately my parents both got sick and couldn't
join us at Disneyland...so sad.

Sophia picked out a Cinderella dress while

we were at Disneyland...loving every minute

of her special day!

Yea...I'm 4!!!

Cousins! Logan & Noah!

playing the piano together at downtown Disney

watching the parade

Michael...aka my Kavor/Godfather

joined us for the day too...wow Sophia

was feeling the love

Happy Birthday Sophia!

blowing out my candles

ready for bed...going to sleep in my Cinderella nightgown

Where do we even begin? It's been waterworks central over at the Rodgers house for the past 2 weeks...the fact that our daughter turned 4 is just beyond anything i can imagine...and I can't stop crying about it! I know how cheesy this sounds but its really feels like Sophia was just born. My emotions are on a roller coaster ride...Sophia is growing up so quickly and we just can't believe what a wonderful little girl she is turing into. Sophia mommy and daddy are so incredibly PROUD of you! You have a heart of gold! You always think of other people before you think of yourself. Your giving, kind, patient, sweet, funny, smart, a loving big sister to Noah, a great dancer, a social butterfly, an artist, a ballerina, a soccer player, a clothes designer (seriously this kid is going to be a fashion designer at the rate she is going)...but of all you are our angel that we have been blessed with. Since the day you were born you have changed who we are...because of you Sophia you have taught us to enjoy everyday to the fullest, laugh often, smile all the time and to have a giving heart! We love you Sophia and thank God for you everyday! Happy Birthday sweetheart!

Splash Mountain

Sophia is officially 4 years old and 40 inches which means

she was tall enough to ride on Splash Mountain at Disneyland!

She has been talking about riding this ride for the past 2 months

As you can tell from this picture this kid has NO FEAR and loved

every minute of it!

More to come later

Walmart Purchase

I gave in a bought one of these little pools for our yard.
the kids love being in the water so i gave in and figured this is a perfect
summer thing to have in the yard...$10.00 goes along ways!

fun times for all

We rode a Camel...

Sophia and I had the opportunity to ride a Camel

together when we visited The Living Desert, in Palm Desert last weekend.

what an amazing thing to experience with my best friend/my daughter

such a fun family day

so many cool animals...it's a zebra

these kiddos love each other so much

can't get enough of one another

such a cool model train that was an 1/2 and acre long

feeding the giant giraffe's

Warthog...such a funny looking animal

weeeeeeeee

mini Warthog's

Good Friends & Fun in the Sun

Last week we rounded up our college friends

a.k.a the "Cabo Crew" and spent a nice long weekend at

our house in Palm Desert

the kids had a blast swimming with

everyone all weekend long

i took a break from my camera for the weekend

only leaving me with a few pictures to share.

Looking forward to more fun adventures with this group again.

San O

favorite party of living by the beach...
evenings at the beach with my family...

Happiest Place on Earth!

We had such a great time at Disneyland last week!
Sophia got to meet "Jessie" and "an Army guy",
characters from Toy Story the movie...she was over
the moon about meeting them in person!
Danielle, Christina, Meech, Hayley, Logan and
Noah of course all spent the day with us...good times as always!