You Get What You Pay For....

and let me tell you...its NOT cheap!!! This summer our generous neighbors gave Joel a job-to dog sit their dogs while they were gone. He got to do it a few times this summer and made some good money. He immediately knew what he wanted to buy with it. So the day after he got paid we searched all over Lexington for the REPUBLIC ATTACK GUNSHIP! We went to two different Targets and one Wal-Mart but non of them had it. Then our smart little RiRi said: "What about Toys R Us?? So we drove over there and guess what...there were only 2 left!! He was SO excited. And I have to say, the other 3 were just as excited for him. It was very cute to see that. A few weeks before he got it he actually took a pole in our family to see how long we thought it would take him to build it. I think the majority of the Rogers family thought it would take him between 3 or 4 hours. But it took him a bit longer...10 hours to be excact. But he did it in two days. He started out down stairs in the play room on mommy's craft table.(See Pictures Below)

Here is his very FIRST piece completed!

All the people that came with it!

Concentrating!!!

Then on Sunday after church we went over to Oma's to spend the night. So he decided he wanted to take it with him. I was a bit scared about that because I didn't want him to lose any of the pieces. But he said he wanted to do that. So when we got to her house he got himself settled in the kitchen and stared building some more until dinner time and then he stopped for the night...

We told him Sunday night that he would be able to go down stairs at 7am on Monday morning to start building again. I think he said he woke up at 6am and just laid there waiting for 7am! But he finished it in an hour. He was SO happy.

The final result!

Now lets hope no little hands will touch this.That would be bad!!!

A lesson in building!

Since I will be watching Alina again this year we thought it would be a good idea to put another gate up by the stairs, since she is not all that good at going down stairs yet. So some great friends of ours donated their old gate (they never used) to us. So last week Terry went ahead and put it up but he needed some help from his little JoJo. So Josiah got his tools together in his tool box, put his safety glasses on and showed daddy how it is done!!!

JoJo's Astronaut City

If you have been around JoJo the past few months you know he LOVES astronaut's and anything that have to do with space. He especially loves the movie Planet 51. My dear friend Mari let us borrow their copy and to be honest, I don't know how many times he has watched that movie. He tells everyone about it. He even invited the librarian at our local library to our house so she can watch it with him.
So I guess he even takes the stories to church. This afternoon I went to check my email and got a message from church. She didn't really know the entire story but evidently he built an astonaut City in Sunday school yesterday. His teacher, Mrs. Ann was so impressed with it that they took a picture of it. (See below). Look at his face, he is SO proud of it. Thanks Mrs. Ann and Mrs. Francis for sharing this with me. It is always nice to see what our kids do when we are not around. I am pretty proud of my little JoJo:) Now if he would just use the potty!!!

Becoming a member & Lake Day at the Brewer's.





Yesterday was a big day for the Rogers, especially Joel. He joined the church. Terry and Joel took a class at church which was about a month long to see if he was ready. He went before the session (actually just one of them) and talked to him. So yesterday he got to stand in front of the entire church to become a member. Terry and I are very happy for him. He was very excited...when we were leaving the house to go to church he said "I am becoming a member today, Mom"!! Another neat thing about this is that he got to do it with some of his very close friends. Most of them he has known since birth. Philip and Joel have been close friends since they were in diapers. Noah and Joel have been friends for a little less then 3 years now. But I am so glad they are friends:) It was very neat.



All the kids that became members



Riley and Jackson.

Jesse & Caroline (Husband and wife one day???)

The flowers that were bought for this special occasion.

Josiah with his "listening ears" on.

"Listen to God and Talk to God"...is what the ears say.

At Ted and Sarah Brewer's house.

Joel & Burton in the "TUBE"

Josiah and Daddy in the "TUBE"

Burton & Joel. "That was AWESOME"!!!

JoJo LOVED it!!

Jesse didn't want to do the "TUBE". He liked the boat better:)

Riley & Mommy's turn.

This is what happens after a very busy day.