Happy Holidays

Well here is a picture from Christmas Day of the whole family. I can not believe I am actually in it but here it is. I have so many pictures from the last few days I need to figure out how to do a slide show. So until then everyone have a happy new year!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

What a beautiful day our Thanksgiving was in Southern Indiana. We went home to our house in Newburgh for the long weekend. We spent Thanksgiving Day at Scott's family's. It was so pretty outside we got some amazing pictures at Scott's mom's house we are going to use for our Christmas cards. The kids got to ride their dirt bikes and 4 wheelers at Scott's dad's house and his grandmother made a wonderful Thanksgiving Feast. We had my family Thanksgiving on Friday at our house in Newburgh. My brother and his wife and twin babies and Jake and his wife came. It was an absolute great day until Scott got called in to work for that night and the next. We didnt miss him much we partied and played games. Fun Times. Missed you babe. Here are some pictures of the kids from our weekend. Happy Holidays!

Cute little guys I can not believe they are almost 18 months.

Morgan Shad, he is such a awesome little guy. He takes after Sadler alot. Very Emotional.

Mason Reid, curls, curls and more curls. Never expected curls. What a dream child. Mason takes after Sawyer alot. Very good but very evil!

What cute little guys we are going to use some of these pictures for the babies 18 month pictures. They had so much fun just playing in the leaves.

I think we are using this for our Christmas cards. Everyone actually was enjoying their picture taking which is very unusual. Someone is always upset.

Or someone is being a goofball. Justin could not keep his tongue in his mouth. Almost every picture it was out.

Sadler Dean, him and Morgan just happened to be together wrestling so I snapped just in time to make it look like he was giving his little brother some lovin. NOT. Are all brothers joint at the hip but yet are not happy unless they are wrestling? I wonder if mine are the only ones?

Sawyer Randall, blue eyed beauty. His eyes just shine. Thanks Kenny for the eyes. He fits right in with the crowd. I can not believe I did not have 1 boy that was not different. I guess I have not given them much time to be different but basically so far they are all falling in the footsteps of their older brother.

Jaelynn Riley, of course we are posing in this picture. She was the first one to say get the camera Mommy I want a picture of me in the tree. What an angel she is but we have started the sassy talk backing. Oh my goodness I could do with out the drama and sassyness of girls. But I would never trade her for a second.

Oh and I was wondering if all boys were that way. I guess they dont have a choice when their dad starts it. Scott is such a great father. We are really trying hard to figure Jaelynn out but other than that it is all good. Sorry Justin I didnt get any good pictures of him by himself but we still love him just as much. He is our rock and he is such a good little guy. I actually was upstairs the other day and his door was locked and I asked him to open it and to my surprise there was a little neighbor girl in there with him and he was changing right in front of her. School clothes to play clothes and didnt think a thing about it. Boys will be Boys. He now knows that is not appropriate.

Happy Birthday Dad

I am so blessed to have such wonderful parents. I just wanted to take a quick entry and thank my parents so much for everything they have ever done for me and my family. I am very loved and I hope I do 1/2 as good as they did in raising our kids. My dad just turned 58 and we got to be with him on his birthday and it means alot to me that he is a better grandfather then he even was a dad. My kids adore him as do I. Love you mom and dad hope to see you soon.

Sawyer turns 3

Yes this entry is a little late. Sawyer turned 3 on Nov. 4. He is such an amazing little man. He brightens our house with his amazing blue eyes and gorgeous smile. He looks alot like his papaw Wall. He had a good birthday. We have small family birthdays for now. Everyone is still content with out the big birthday bashes. He is doing great with the potty training. He goes to a pre-pre-school class 2x a week and he loves it. He is not the most out spoken kid but when he has something to say he takes his time and is very articulated. Here are some pictures of his birthday and some we are using as his 3 year pictures.

Sawyer was learning how to hold up 3 fingers.

He is really into monster trucks and Iron Man. (He was Iron Man for Halloween)

The Best Weekend Ever!

I can honestly say this was the best weekend our family of 8 has ever shared. Our Saturday started out with a trip to the Indianapolis Zoo. What a great zoo our circle city offers. Everyone was on wonderful behavior and even the babies did great. We left the zoo about 3 or so and everyone passed out in the car like 5 minutes after we left. Scott and I decided to do our pumpkin patch adventure. So we went to a local orchard that is an amazing place. The kids all woke up grouchy. The babies were hysterical not getting a good nap but as soon as we got on the wagon ride back to the pumpkin patch everything was great. The kids loved the tractor pulling us and all the little bumps we went over. Our pumpkin patch adventure finally got over about 6. Here are some pictures of our amazing day with our truly blessed family.

My beautiful babies!

This was Justin's favorite part of the zoo. It is so cool Indy Zoo has a dolphin show.

This adorable monkey was Jaelynn's favorite. It looks so comfy.

You can see it on his face. The seal going back and forth made Sadler hysterically laugh. It was so funny.

Sadler and Sawyer loved the roller coaster. It was their first time on one.

Sawyer loved it!!

What a cutie!

OFF TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH

Morgan loved the big pumpkins. He tried to sit on them and was laughing and trying to pick them up. It was so funny. He is alot like Sadler already. He is a very emotional little man.

One minute he is extremely happy the next NOT!

SEE

Mason loved it when we finally got to the pumpkins. He would pick on up and hold it for a while. He would attempt to walk with them. Then he would pick up another and walk around with it. Smiling the whole time he thought he was a big boy.

What an awesome family I am so blessed with.

First Set Of Stiches

So we are officailly irresponsible parents! (some would say) Well our little man Sawyer has gotten the first set of stiches for our family. We had to take him to the ER last friday night b/c his lip and everything around him was full of blood. He needed 3 stiches on the outside and 3 on the inside to sew his lip back up. Well we didnt have time to call anyone to stay with the kids and Scott didnt want to stick him in the car seat so the whole family went to the ER. It was Friday night and supposed to be movie night so Justin grabbed a movie on the way out and we dropped them off and went and got a pizza and had movie night in the truck. Awful some would say but we have a 20 inch TV in the truck so the movie time wasnt to bad. What is bad is that we were in the truck until 1:00 AM. 6 hours. My kids are such troopers. Sawyer didnt cry at all. Not for the IV, Cat Scan, Stitches nothing. Yes I guess you get a cat scan now for busting your lip open. They wouldnt let him leave until he would talk. I guess they thought he had head trauma b/c he wouldnt speak. He is a very stubborn little guy. So Scott called me at midnight and said he couldnt get him to talk in front of the nurses and so we switched and I went in and a few minutes after Mommy was in there he softly said "mommy I want to go home" so we did finally. I hope he doesnt have to go thru that again. For that matter any of us! No more Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Here are some pictures of the little guy. It is pretty gross, Sorry.

Nice food! Yuck

Justin wrote this letter to his baby brother

Jaelynn wrote this letter to her baby brother.

Another Set Of Twins

Well as all of you probably know my dad is a twin. My dad has first cousin twins, natural triplets way back and of course my Mason and Morgan. Well my younger brother Josh and his wife Jen (yes there is another Jennifer Mason now! cool huh!) welcomed their boy/girl twins on July 18. I am an awful Aunt that I am just now putting pictures of them and they are 12 weeks now. Anyhow here are my beautiful and adorable niece and nephew Anna Cosette and Rowan Evrit.