5 Months

New Years babies, with cute shirts from Uncle Spencer and Aunt Cherokee

Daddy Time

This girl is always all over me:) Wow 5 months already! The babes are both rolling around, we have to keep a close eye on them now. They are eating their cereal along with most fruits and veggies and loving it. Jess can't get enough food and Justin can't get enough bottle! Their personalities continue to emerge more and more! We just love having them in our home!

Holiday sledding

Poor Braden got all the snow in his face from my feet.

Ty with some "sick" air!

Nate getting some air!

Jaron with his tag along, Braden:)

Sledding at the "secret forest" right down the street from us. The city has turned it into a nice park and it has wonderful sledding hills. The boys love the snow. Tyson got a new snowboard/sled for Christmas and is pretty darn good on it! We all went over while my mom was here (she watched babies) and had a great time!

I love my mom!!!

Over Christmas break, my mom came and stayed with us for 10 days. It was wonderful to have her here with us. She is such a huge help! Not only with the babies, but with laundry, house pick up and dinner prep. She also tackled having all 5 kids a few times while Jaron and I enjoyed some time together. She is so willing to help in any way she can and I know that she just LOVES to hold, love, bath, feed, the babes. I miss her now that she is gone, not just because of the constant help, but I miss her company. It was nice to have another adult around 24/7 that would enjoy all the little things the babies did. It was wonderful to just hang out with her and be able to chat about nothing in particular. I love you mom and thank you for spending your Christmas break with us. We miss you!!!

Christmas Day

Christmas morning, the boys were up bright and early...I really think they didn't even sleep from around 3 until they were allowed to get up at 6. Some how the newspaper that we put up in the hall for them to run through in the morn, was down, and Nathan knew that they got chairs for the playroom. Well, it is their loss.

Playing Rock Band, the present that Santa brought for us...we LOVE to rock out!

Braden and his leggos, he put together a big Star Wars ship in two days, oh how he loves those.

Justin with his present, his first football, can you tell Dad is training him early. The babies didn't even know what was going on and didn't wake up until we were all done.

That afternoon we headed to Grandma and pa's for our usual Christmas lunch and festivities.

Ryan and Amy with baby Jess. The whole crew...

Julie and Todd with Jess...I promise Justin got held too. In fact Uncle Todd had him asleep in his arms most of the day.

Our traditional Christmas story reinactment by the grandchildren. All the grandkids there took part, even Josh who is 19...what a trooper and example.

Tyson and Lauren being Joseph and Mary with Baby Jessica...

The "old" wise man, bet you haven't heard that version before:) All gathered around baby Jesus, who has now changed to baby Justin.

Christmas Eve Traditions

Grandma and Grandpa spent the rest of Christmas eve with us:)

A tradition, reading a Christmas book that the boys open on Christmas Eve.

Our little family, with Grandma and Grandpa, enjoyed the rest of the evening! We did our usual Christmas traditions, reading the story from the bibile, opening a Christmas book and reading it, opening our Christmas onaments for the year. This year Tyson got a skatboarding one...he has been so into skatboarding this year and is really good at it. Braden got a piano, he has started lessons this year and enjoys it most of the time. Nathan got a soccer one, he is thriving in soccer this year! The babies got their first Christmas onaments. I love that tradition, every year when we decorate the tree we see who got what each year of their lives and it reminds us what they have been into for that year. And of course, the kids opened their Christmas pajamas!!!

Christmas Eve Dinner

Marci, Wade, and Wells, with Jessica

Cousin Kate with Justin...she LOVES babies and is such a great help!

Cherokee with Jessica:)

Since we only have one family in town, Christmas Eve we enjoy a nice dinner at our home. We invite any of Jaron's family that may have no other place to go also, to join us. This year we had a house full with Grandma and Grandpa, Julie Panter Family, Marci Hooton family and Spencer and Cherokee. It was wonderful to share together this wonderful time of year. There were plenty of arms to hold the babies, not only our two but Marci and Wades little one, Wells. We enjoyed a wonderful dinner and then watched some old home movies, such memories:)

Thanksgiving

Cute Megan and Brooke Berrett!

The crew...check out Bradley sound asleep...he was up all night shopping Black Friday, that crazy boy!

This year my brother Bradley and family were here as well as my mom. We had a wonderful week with them, we were constantly going. It was so much fun to spend time with my cute nieces and I loved watching my kids get bossed around by their cute cousins:) I kept telling them to get used to it as that is how it is with girls, they will soon find out! Bradley and Carroll did their annual Black Friday shopping and as always were gracious to pick up some stuff for us. They are the best! We just wished they all lived closer!