The Sea World Scene

Ashlyn and Jaedyn met Opie the Otter this time at Sea World.

One of Jaedyn's favorite things at Sea World is this climbing structure. Ashlyn and I usually wait at the bottom for Jaedyn, but miss monkey legs wanted to do it too so I followed her from behind.
That's Jaedyn crossing over the bridge...

Ashlyn running towards Jaedyn shouting "I did it, I did it!!!"

Viewing the penguins, another top favorite of Jaedyn's.

A hike with some of my favorite little peeps...

Allison, Kellie and I went on a hike last week around Lake Hodges which is bursting from the seams. The highlight of the hike of course was Jaedyn, Lilly and Karson putting their tootsies (and boots) in the water.


Ashlyn decided to practice her martial arts skills on the side while her buddies played in the water.



And here is Adelaide...cooking away in Allison's oven. About 7 weeks to go!

We ended our hike with a pit stop at the RB Park for a picnic lunch and some swinging.


And here's Kamble, Karson's baby sister. Kamble and I had about a 10 second photo shoot which you can find on my photo blog. www.nikkicrockettphotography.blogspot.com
Cute, cute, cute!!

Lake Hodges spilling over!

We went back to the hiking trail next to the Lake Hodges dam last week after getting a couple of days of rain. This time we found success!

The first of many piano recitals....

Snow Boots....CHECK!

Last Sunday we woke up and ran around like headless chickens for an hour trying to get ready for a last minute trip to Laguna Mountain! We purchased some boots for the kids (thanks, Walmart!) and some snow chains for our tires and off we went to Laguna Mountain. After about an hours ride we arrived in this wintery wonderland which honestly couldn't have been more beautiful.





Not our snowman....but Rob did make one. It's down a bit further.





Rob decided that it was time for Ashlyn to have a run by herself. After taking this picture Ashlyn picked up speed and was zooming her way right towards the cars and the street. I got my super woman skills on and ran in the snow (which was up to our knees) and did a running jump onto her sled (while holding my new camera up out of the snow....EEK!) I'm not sure how many more sled rides she'll be doing by herself and I'm pretty sure this is the last time I'll be bringing my new camera in the snow.






We had to make some changes to this Frosty...two pennies for eyes and our apple core for his nose and poor Frosty didn't have a mouth because everyone's feet were numb.


Thank you, LORD for your amazing works of art!

Valentines Day Cookies ala Chef Jaedyn

Thank you, Nana for sending Jaedyn the heart shaped cookie cutters. We put them to use the next day and Jaedyn made some nice sugary cookies!