1/27/2009 1:06:00 PM Arizona sextuplet family enjoys a ride on the Polar Show will air on WE in June
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The Masche family of Lake Havasu City poses for the camera. The family recently enjoyed a ride on Grand Canyon Railway’s Polar Express™.
By Courtney Wells and Kristina Henson Special to the Williams-Grand Canyon News
Bryan and Jenny Masche from Lake Havasu City had their hands full with their 20-month-old sextuplets as they ventured to Williams to ride the Polar Express on Jan. 10.
"I've had friends go on the Polar with their kids and they all just love it so we wanted to go, too," Jenny explained.
The sextuplets' grandparents Laura and Bill Masche of Lake Havasu City and Sue and Bob Simbric of Camp Verde accompanied the Masche family on their trip.
Jenny commented, "Even though they [the sextuplets] are probably too young to remember everything, it's still a fun tradition to start."
The family had their hands full - just keeping track of one 20 -month-old can be difficult, and they had six. The family was constantly counting all the children to make sure everyone was there.
To add more chaos to their trip the family had a TV crew filming them for their new TV series called "Raising Sextuplets" set to be aired on WE television in June. A premier of the TV series was already aired in October and in June six more episodes are scheduled to air. The family decided to do the show because they thought it was the perfect opportunity to document all six of their children's lives. The show will follow the family and show how Bryan and Jenny Masche raise their three boys, Blake, Cole, and Grant and their three girls, Savannah, Molli, and Bailey, while still managing to keep full-time jobs. The family lives by themselves and manages to do everything by themselves; the only help the family does receive is from the sextuplets' grandparents. To manage this, Bryan and Jenny have to maintain different work schedules. Brian works during the day as a pharmaceutical sales rep and Jenny works the night shift in the ER of Kingman Regional Medical Center as a physician's assistant.
Both of the parents are Arizona natives. Jenny is originally from Camp Verde and was actually the first baby to be born in the Camp Verde hospital in 1975, and Brian is originally from Lake Havasu City where the family raises their kids today.
Bryan and Jenny's adventure all began when Jenny and Bryan decided to try artificial insemination after not being able to have children on their own for two and a half years. On June 11, 2007 the sextuplets were born in Phoenix at the Good Samaritan Hospital through cesarean section. Jenny delivered the sextuplets at 30 weeks, eight weeks premature. After the delivery Jenny went into heart failure and nearly died. Luckily, Jenny is now well and happy and the family was blessed with six healthy babies who have no health issues. The family does keep a blog online where people can get the full family story, updates and pictures at www.maschemiracles.com.
The Polar Express episode is set to be the fourth episode aired of "Raising Sextuplets" and will air this summer on WE television.
(Editor's note: When Courtney Wells and Kristina Henson discovered the Masche family would be at the depot, they made sure they were there to report on this story. We thank them for this submission. If you see something interesting happening, we encourage you to submit your photos and stories. Submissions can be sent to editorial@williamsnews.com for consideration.)
