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Aren’t they so cute??

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I once told someone that you shouldn’t be allowed to have twins if you don’t dress them alike. Not one of my brighter comments… Especially since that mom had twins and does not dress them alike. To each there own.;)


But I do not have twins.. But I do have 2 girls 11 months apart and I do plan on matching them as much as possible!! They love it! I love it!!

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Bedtime fun

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So we are trying to get Mia to sleep with Avah. Avah and Mia still come and get in bed with us which is fine… But it would be even finer if these two little girls could sleep at night in their own beds. They both have their own toddler beds so after we got them to sleep at 7pm… Yes that’s early but they won’t nap. We pushed their beds together. Mia has to touch someone’s arm if she is awaken in the middle of the night.

Yes I know what you are thinking.. Why is she waking up? Well we have a sleep study appointment today so I will let you know. I am guessing tonsils and adnoids need to come out. That girl is like a water buffalo at night, snoring. Avah is always shushing her.

Anyway.. Pushed the sleeping little girls beds together… At midnight we heard Mia crying… We found this…


Now I know this is the worse quality possible but you see what has happened.
Mia is crying.
Avah’s head is touching the floor.(toddler beds)
Mia has snuggled Avah right off the bed.
The top of the bed is where the panda is.

Praying for answers on Mia’s sleep issue today!:)

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Summer Fun

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Black Raspberries are ready to be picked!


Daddy-Appa, Blake, Camye, Paul, and Avah went to the store and bought a pool.


A small pool… But a pool nonetheless.


Blake and Camye posing for some fun.


Little Avah SeeEun is a very determined little worker. She worked and worked on this one screw for 20 minutes.


And this is my verse. I feel God is saying this to me. Most of you know how hard this is for me. Especially the be still part… But I am trying. I am sitting back and trying to just let go and let God.

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-Happy Fathers Day-

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What a wonderful Fathers Day weekend we have had… Soo relaxing. No commitments.. Which is exactly what Kenny prefers.:) yesterday we did nothing, today we went to church, out to eat with friends, a nap and a weenie roast.
He is such an awesome daddy!!:) I am so blessed that he is my guy!!:)


Paul striking a pose for me!:)


Avah Smiling sweetly. This was Avahs first weenie roast and s’more. She loved them!

Mia being cute. Avah pouting because she wanted the other pink chair.:-/


Blake being creative with roaring his hotdog! I bet no one ever pinned this use for a pallet!


Chloe sitting around being pretty! See our porch is almost finished!!!


Camye enjoying the fire and being adorable!!!


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Daddy’s Girls

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Today was the first day in a long …long time, we didn’t have a single commitment. Can I say how great that feels??
Today at lunch both little girls had to sit on daddy’s lap to eat. He didn’t mind one bit.


I can’t even describe how good I feel. This is the first time in well over a year… I have been able to relax. I told Kenny all day.. This feels so good. I have no other way to explain it but it just feels right. Like I am doing exactly what I am supposed to be doing.

It feels amazing… Life isn’t perfect. But it sure is good.

Avah is doing great. We are still working out nap issues. She is snuggly, cuddly, happy, likes to hold hands, rub my face, wash my hair, help with my laundry, watch Tayo and say her prayers. We are still working on not whining, attaching (obviously)(although her psychologist said she was doing extremely well), speaking English( today is the first day I have really noticed her speaking a lot of English), doing some of the activities I have seen her do on videos( this is the oddest part for me, I am sure she is still calming down and realizing what a home is.. Who her family is… But I have hours of video of her playing blocks and coloring… She will not do either of those now) this leads me to believe we have seen the true Avah SeeEun come out of her shell yet. We have seen performances, laughter, singing.. But I want to see her feel at home. Just let go and be at home. Praying for my sweet girl who has been through so much!:):)
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Last night of VBS…

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And I am so glad. With Avah just getting home, we have had a time of it this week keeping her world small. We pretty much have one parent on Avah and one parent on the other five kids all the time.


She is easily over stimulated. So we have been trying to get her to nap… I really wanted her to be able to go tonight. She slept about 30 minutes… Not long enough.


Chloe looming cute while running the bounce house!


Avah showing us how strong she is…


And then they fell.;)


Camye doing a sac race! Cute!!!

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~Rogers Wonderful Life~

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Is it? Is it a wonderful life?

I started this blog after a very hard time in our life. VERY. I wanted to document the good. There is so much bad out there. I am purposely deciding to focus on the wonderful.

I have always said that this is my blog and I will blog what I want. However, I am feeling pressured to blog the bad. I am feeling that some are feeling that I am not sharing the complete truth. I am not lying. But I am not giving every detail of every other aspect of my life, so I will not be sharing every aspect of Avah’s attachment either.

Let me say…the good is oh soo good….so super sweet.

But there is also bad….after all, she was an orphan…in an orphanage…for over 3 years.

She lost her birth mother.
She lost her foster mother.
She lost her 3 caretakers.
She lost her whole world.
Yes, she gained a family, but she still lost her entire world…all she knew.
Two of her best friends left her 6 weeks before she left.
She left behind two more best friends.
She knows how they feel.
And she talks about them every.single.day.

So on top of all that…she was an orphan in a country where it is not good to be an orphan. Not that being an orphan is good anywhere..but being an orphan in an Asian country carries with it additional issues and stigmas.

I do not feel like I need to share all the details of how she is doing, but I will say this:  Avah is the sweetest, most affectionate, lovable and precious little girl. She will come out of this. She will attach. She will love. She will be loved.

Kenny and I are her parents.  We are responsible for her transition to family life, for her well-being, and for her development.  We have not undertaken this job lightly, and believe it or not have prepared literally for years, talking to experts in person and via phone, reading countless books and articles by experts in international adoption, spending countless hours in discussions with other adoptive parents in every step of the process, and more countless hours recounting our experiences and advice to other adoptive parents behind us…  While we understand that the thoughts and advice of friends and family are well-intentioned and sincere, we hope you will understand if we choose to give much heavier consideration to those who’ve been there, and to her doctors, and to our gut.

If you still do not understand our decisions and thoughts, please consider reading a book on attachment. And a book on international orphanages.  Then you will see how good we have it….and how much we are already able to do that most are not.  And why we choose to focus on and record the good.

So is it a wonderful life?

Oh yes…so very wonderful…..perfectly wonderful in my book. Have you seen my kids???? How could it be anything else?