Life through a Lens: Rhode Island: June 2-20

We had a fabulous time in Rhode Island during the month of June. Both Jaedyn and Ashlyn did great on all of our flights and really adjusted well to all of the new faces and shlepping around during the visit. We spent much of the time visiting with our families and saw some of our close friends.

While we were in RI we were able to spend the day at the Mystic Aquarium. Jaedyn pretty much almost flew out of his socks when he saw the beluga whales. My favorite part was trying to find the frogs in the lily pads. There were tons of them if you just kept staring! (Wallison, I thought of you the whole time)

Fun times with friends. :)

Me and the Rog (aka Kelly).

Good times with the Sposatos and The Greenhalghs.

While roaming around Seaport Village in Mystic, CT we found a blue grass band that was fabulous! One of the musicians was nice enough to let Jaedyn play his cello. As you can see Jaedyn was pretty much flabbergasted.

Hanging out in Newport, RI with Nana!

Ashlyn finally meets Nana!

Jaedyn certainly had his share of birthday cakes while we were in RI. This was the first cake that he was surprised with.

As you can see I was definitely having more fun than Jaedyn.

Possibly one of the coolest playgrounds EVER! All recycled materials, wood and rubber...Jamestown, RI at the library.

We drove up to Salem, MA to visit with Auntie Lisa.

Jaedyn certainly couldn't go to RI without playing some sort of drumset. His drumming skills were back in action at Auntie Lisa's!

My mom and Dad seem to have some serious green thumbs. Their yard is always looking beautiful and the flowers are wonderful. I couldn't resist posting a few of my favorites.

Hanging out with Grampie and Ba Ba in Narragansett, RI.

We had a picnic at Grampie's house while we were there. Birthday cake #2 was introduced to Jaedyn. As you can see he was not excited at all about this one!

Fun times at the "BRILL INN"...(which is currently for sale...gulp)

Ashlyn enjoying her cheerios at Ga Ga's house.

Ashlyn got to meet her Great Nana Wade.

And her Great Grandma Brill

Jaedyn was working hard to sweep the "fuzzy things" off Ga Ga's deck. When we got back to San Diego Jaedyn went out on our patio and said "Oh! We don't have any fuzzy things, Mom. Just Ga Ga has the fuzzy things!".

One of Jaedyn's favorite things in life are fires. It was a bit too warm to start a fire at Ga Ga and Pop Pop's house so we decided to get creative. The funny part was it started out with lighting just one candle in the fireplace. My mom and I went out and left Jaedyn with Rob and Pop Pop and when we came home there was no longer just one candle....apparently Jaedyn went around collecting as many candles as he could find! As you can see from the picture...he did a very good job finding them! The lighting of the candles became a nightly occurrance.