Baby Mason Zayne's Arrival

Mason, all ready to go home from the Hospital



Our first family picture as a six-pack


The boys as they greet Mason at home, I am so blessed to have FOUR precious boys!





I am She-rah, Princess of Power! Ha ha, not really. But I did just give birth naturally for the fourth time... so isn't that kinda the same thing? lol.
Mason (finally) joined the family on June 4th at 4:40 in the morning. He weighed 7lb 15 oz and was 20.5 inches long. He was my biggest baby! He came awful fast, we didn't even make it to ANMC in Anchorage. We had to detour to the Valley Hospital here in Wasilla and luckily so. By the time we walked in the ER door, I was already at 8cm and not too far from already being done with the whole process! Being six days late, I couldn't have been happier to finally hold our baby in my arms. He is such a sweetheart. His brothers are absolutely in love with him (as is everyone else). It is just hard to believe that Tysen is a "big brother" now and not my baby. He seemed to grow overnight and seemed like such a big brother when he came to greet his brother. My grandma was still here from Albuquerque and got to be here for the birth so that was awesome. We were surrounded by all our family and Mason got a proper welcoming Sunday after church with everyone here at the house. The home health care nurse came to the house today and he already weighs 8lbs, 4oz so I dont' think we need to worry about him eating or anything! :) We are settling into our groove but Phillip is still very busy with our hydroseeding business. I am just glad it is summer and there is no school, babysitting etc to worry about. I look forward to this summer with our family..... our family of SIX!!!!!

B's Track Meet

My son is such a natural athlete! He wowed me today at the regional track meet. We weathered it out through sun, rain and hail but had a good day in Houston, AK. The meet included 588 kiddos and he was one of the bright shining ones! He placed 2nd in the 4 X 100m, 3rd in the 800m (he actually came across the line second but for some reason, they announced him as third) , 4th in the 100m, 1st in the high jump and we don't know if he placed in the long jump or not, we left before they announced the winners. He did so so so awesome and tonight he is one totally exhausted young man. Here are a few from the day.....

36 Weeks

Well, I am almost there... 36 weeks! After this week, I will be considered full term and I am so anxious to hold my new baby! I still haven't finished unpacking. I have a few odd totes here and there but somehow they just don't seem too important at the moment. I did however, get all the baby clothes and blankets washed and in the dresser, ready to go! I even bought my first package of newborn diapers. So, I think it is safe to say we are ready!

Frosty, all completed and cool

Winter Picnic

After a long hard weekend (where should I start.... we made a day and a half mass move to our new home if that wasn't stressful enough and then 2 days later my car was T-Boned and sent to the shop, the day after that we had a house fire started by the dryer and had to call 911 and have since been displaced to my parents house for a couple of weeks while the house is cleaned and repainted, everyone got SICK SICK SICK, etc......) it was time to get outide. Everyone was stir crazy from being pent up with the Kleenex box so we bundled up and headed outside to make a Frosty the Snowman and a winter picnic complete with chips and marshmallows. The kids had a blast! Poor Nana had to wear a mask to keep the smoke out of her lungs since she just got out of surgery.

24 Weeks!

Well, I am 24 weeks and counting! Looking forward more and more every day to meeting my sweet little one!

Wanna See something cute?

Matching outfits from Christmas make for the cutest picture!

My Guitar Heros

Ty, sporting his BK crown.

Donovan, the great copy cat

Brandon, concentrating on the notes....

My boys....

So Auntie Tracie and Uncle Jimmy splurged and spoiled the kids with the Guitar Hero set... drums, microphone and guitar. Brandon couldn't have been more thrilled. Donovan found his own "guitar hero" later in the week at the local thrift store for $2.50. He couldn't be prouder either! The two make quite a pair, standing in front of the Wii. Tysen just gets a kick out of running around bugging them while they "play."

Almost half way done!.... okay, sort of.

So here I am, 16 and a half weeks pregnant!

The "Side view"

Doing homework

Here I was, 13 wks pregnant

working hard


Brandon is so great at coming home and getting his homework done. He is auch a wonderful student and we are proud of him. Donovan just has to be like him and wants to do homework with him. Aren't they cute? And speaking of cute, look at my honey and I (picture taken a month ago)!