Catching up....

Thanks to Roberto, I can post some pictures again! Hooray! Ashlyn and Jaedyn are getting so big. It's ridiculous how time flies right bye and how I would just love to hit the stop growing button at times. I would love to hit pause right now...especially for Ashlyn...I just love this age. So expressive, full of giggles, and so much joy found in simple things.


A favorite activity...the "couch game".


My poor dad volunteered to paint our guest bathroom, our bedroom and our bathroom area in our bedroom. What a task and a half!!! He is finally finished and it all looks GREAT, GREAT, GREAT!



Ashlyn and Dad....computer hardware 101

Most nights at the Crocketts look like this....







Some lingering rain drops after some rain...

Boo hooo

Due to some technical difficulties with our computer I can't post any pictures for a little while. :(
But on the brighter side after at least a year of trying to convince Jaedyn that pooping on the toilet really is not that scary, my child is FINALLY completely potty trained. Can you say WOO HOO! I thought the day would never come. Now for the next one. :)

Mirror Mirror On the Wall

A short clip of Ashlyn watching herself on my video camera. What a clown and a cutie pie!

Swimming in Feb.? Yessum.

Just north of where we live there's a park with this super cool colorful mosaic maze sort of thing. We had a great time running around and playing hide and seek with Grammy.







We are lucky to have a lap pool which is heated all winter and nearby is a fabulous hot tub. So Jaedyn and Pop Pop got some exercise this week swimming around in the lap pool and decorating each other with bubbles in the hot tub. Next to drumming the pool is Jaedyn's second favorite activity so to say that he was excited is an understatement. I think he would probably spend an entire day jumping off the side into the pool if he could!

Gettin' down with some Church friends for a special musical playgroup!




Looking at military helicopters with great awe...

Taking a walk to Felicita River....

Lake Hodges

What's some rain without some rockin' boots!

Wowsers

What an awesome day it was in La Jolla watching the waves this past week. We heard the waves were going to be over 12 feet so we figured we'd go take a peek. It was incredible....the booming sound, the turquoise colors, the spray, the huge waves and just the fury of that raging ocean. Unfortunately I do not have a wide angle lens (and I learned it is quite challenging to capture the beauty of a wave) so you can't appreciate what we saw in person with my photos, but trust me when I say that it was truly amazing.








This is the spot where you can walk out and say hello to the seals. For obvious reasons it was closed off.



And of course I couldn't resist a couple of photos of my favorite friends...flowers. :)

A Rainy Day with Pop Pop and Ga Ga

To say that my parents couldn't have arrived at a worse week as far as the weather goes is an under-statement. We have gotten more rain, wind, thunder and lightening this past week than we have gotten in the past 2 years! The weather has been absolutely crazy here from trees falling down to tornado watches. Despite the weather we are all having fun and are enjoying having "Pop Pop" and "Ga Ga" within walking distance. It is WONDERFUL!

A blueberry pancake party at their cute little condo.

We found this bow next to our dumpster in a violin case. Just as we figured Jaedyn is having a blast with it. For share day on Tuesday at school he brought in the guitar and the bow inside of a violin case (which is quite large by the way). I placed it in the share box next to a couple of other share items like race cars, stuffed animals and a book and had to laugh to myself. The director saw the giant item and came over and said to Jaedyn "Holy cow! What did you bring in?" And Jaedyn very nonchalantly said "Oh, that's just my instrument. It's a bow and my pretend violin". She and Jaedyn's teacher and his classmates thought it was pretty cool. The other 4 share days Jaedyn brought in the "Musician's Friend" catalog his pretend trumpet, a harmonica and his music book. If Jaedyn doesn't end up being some kind of musician I'll eat my socks!



The first day of rain...