Much needed update

Beware: TONS OF PICTURES

 Getting ready for the big trip was a breeze with the help of Caitlin. LOVE HER! 

Loving on Oma & Opa and the rest of the Haynie's on the day of our arrival. Whoosh, we were exhausted!

 Miss you J.R.

Matchy cousin jammies. 

10 crazy cousins under the age of 6. 4 of which are under 4 months. WOW!

Grandma's house has just turned into a day care!

 Miles - Kace - Jaxon

 Elliot's first and last time getting action in the back seat. :) 

(Pretty sure Brooklyn was not a fan!)

More visitors...

 Kieffer....Love you!

 Gma and Gpa Haynie

Watching deer and enjoying the view of the mountains with Uncle Diesel

Relaxing and enjoying the occasional quiet time.

I've been digging through some old pics at my moms house and found these. This was at my one year anniversary. I was so happy I could still fit into my dress, but then check out my mom...25 ish years later and she can still rock her wedding dress! I hope I can say the same thing! My mom looks awesome!

ps: Makenzie is so cute and little.

My obsession with TOES

 Jaxon

 Miles

There is nothing that makes me smile more then looking down and seeing their cute toes sticking out of the bottom of their nightgowns. LOVE IT!

This is my best helper! She seems to call and come over at just the right time. What a good little mother she will be one day!

Impromptu photoshoot

Just having some photo-op fun!

Too bad the twins were asleep and it was freezing outside or they would have been involved too.

Edge of our seats!

The pictures are terrible, but the night was AMAZING! We had such a good time. Idina Menzel is absolutely incredible. It is such a neat experience to watch someone that talented sing live. It takes your breath away and is so moving! Even the way she moved her arms when she sang....so much purpose, it's just awesome! I tried to sneak a picture of her, but J.R. made me obey the rules. (party pooper)

Thanks J.R. for being pushy and winning us the tickets. It was so great!

Downtown Indy is really cool. The circle is really pretty and lots of good restaurants right there. We decided to hit Hard Rock before the show. There was a band competition starting just as we got there so it was crazy loud - not ideal for bonding with the spouse, but fun to be out experiencing the city.

Thanks Rushtons for watching the kidos!

Cutie Patuties

Both wanted to be entertained by this toy so they were forced to share and be squishy. Good thing their used to being close! 

Love these boys!

ps: Jaxon (left) Miles (right)

Visit from Carolyn & Braydon

Oh my goodness. That was the most jam packed week of fun we've had in a LONG time! What a blast to share it with J.R.'s sister Carolyn and her sweet son and Elliot's buddy Braydon.

We seriously did it all. Bounce Stop - Children's museum - Zoo - Great Times - Bday dinner for Carolyn....Lots and lots of Mario Bro's on the Wii. We put the kids to bed and the adults got a chance to play too. Why is playing that game so funny? Who cares....WE CONQUERED BOWSER! A little dancing to Just Dance and of course plenty of baby feedings. 

It was so great to bond and have so much fun! Braydon and Elliot were so exhausted at the end of each day that they would willingly go to bed at 7:30. I've never seen Elliot fall asleep so fast! He's been desperate for a playmate and he definitely got his fill.

Thanks for the visit! Love you guys so much!

This shows just how exhausted he was. Sleeping on the floor of the restaurant. Nice.

WZPL 99.5! We won tickets!

What a funny two days...

It all started when J.R. was on call this entire weekend and he didn't have time to do anything for me for Valentines day. No big deal to me, but he was feeling really bad and decided to try to make it up for me by winning tickets to the Glee touring concert off the radio. He never got through to win the tickets, but decided to call the station and ask if he could have a set of tickets anyway. They said, no way, we can't just give them to you - but then decided to turn it into a game. They said they would let the listeners decide and if the first 5 callers said YES he deserved the tickets then they would give them to J.R. The first 3 callers said YES, but the 4th caller said a big NO and I quote, "If he fails to plan, then he plans to fail." (ha ha ha!) So the radio station said sorry, the people have spoken I guess you don't get the tickets.
J.R. hung up and thought that was the end of it, but I guess the stations facebook page got hit with a ton of people saying they thought he deserved the tickets. One woman even called in and said she was going to try really hard to win tickets just so she could give them to J.R. (so funny! Love that woman!) Because of all the hype, the station called J.R. back and said they wanted to talk to him again this morning. After retelling his sad Vday story they decided to let him sing for a set of tickets. They played "Fat bottom girls" and when they stopped the song J.R. had to finish the line of the song. Of course he got the lyrics right and they gave him the Glee tickets and on top of that Indiana Symphony Orchestra gave him tickets to see Idina Menzel!!! They even talked to me for a minute. It was pretty cool! We've never been on the radio before so it was awesome!!


Thank you Smiley in the Morning! We love WZPL 99.5!

Valentines Day

This year for Valentines day I decided to be a little more creative then usual. J.R. and I are terrible at celebrating holidays, but I'm determined to stop our laziness and let holidays be a day to do something special and out of the ordinary. So, I set my boys on a scavenger hunt. They had fun running around the house looking for clues and finding "Naked" Green machine fruit drinks. Of course the end surprise was chocolate and new Superman shirts for the kids. 

I love you J.R.!

I love you Elliot!

I love you Jaxon!

I love you Miles!

Happy Valentines Day!

Elliot was playing camera man. 

He's getting better at getting us all in the shot.