Yesterday was a great day, our little Coleman mna got baptized. He was soooo excited for this day. He looked so hansdsome in his suit & tie. He told Ryan right after he was baptized that this was the best day ever. We had a great brunch after with lots of family and friends. I just can't believe that I have 3 kids that are baptized!!! They grow faster than you can even imagine!
We took a family trip to Hollister CA to visit Ryan's Aunts, Uncles & cousins. We went to Ryan's cousin's wedding reception in Gilroy CA and then the next day we drove to San Francisco. It was a fun place to visit and we did TONS of stuff.
This is at the Golden Gate Park Children's Quarter. It was the best park I have ever seen the kids loved it!!
We went to Muir Woods and saw some redwoods!! They were HUGE!!! It was a very fun & beautiful place I could have stayed there for hours!
And of course we saw the Golden Gate Bridge!! When we pulled up to the parking lot we saw a few dolphins in the bay area!! It was freezing by the way, 60 degrees!!! After 4 days in San Fran we drove to Hollister (yes it really is a real city!!) and did family time, visiting everyone, birthday parties, BBQ's, Gilroy Garlic Festival, & swam & swam & swam!! Thanks Auntie Ruth for the use of you pool!! We then left Hollister and drove to Manteca CA to see Mindy & Barratt and guess what we did? SWAM!! It was a really fun, yet long trip 10 days!!! I was sooo glad to be home.I can't believe it's back to school already!! We shopped all day long, but the kids are almost outfited!!!!
We are still here!!! 2009 was a great year full of many blessings, and highlights. Here is a few we would love to share!
Jaxsyn (3) started preschool, and dance this year. Coleman (7) is in 1st grade and plays soccer & wrestles. Ashlynn (8) is in 3rd grade and dances, dances, & dances. And she was baptized in July! Samantha (10) is in 5th grade and is in gymnastics & basketball. We are running like crazy in the evenings from 5-7:30 and then luckily we can sit down and eat dinner together. I am getting the swing of things with working a little each week. And Ryan is working at Blendtec and doing an amazing job!
We been so blessed this year with some wonderful trips to visit some fun places. We went to the Dominican Republic to see Ryan's Mom & Dad (they came home in July!). We also went on a cruise with Ryan's entire family (25 people!). Wow we were a big bunch! And then I got to go on a girl's trip to NYC right after Thanksgiving, with my Mom & 2 sister-in-laws.
We wanted to take a moment to say Merry Christmas to all we love and we hope you have a magical New Year!!!
Love you all,
The Crockett's
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Halloween was fun this year Ryan & I were Captian America & Captain America's daughter! Sam was a pirate, Ashlynn a witch, Coleman a skull biker, and Jaxsyn was Belle. This picture was taken at the Crockett Family Halloween Party. What occurred at this party needed to be written for posterity. Ryan dad is an amazing story teller, his Davy Crockett story is legendary, anyways Rob & Christy asked him to tell the story of Sleepy Hallow at the Halloween party. Let me set the scene spooky trees on the wall, lights out, fog machine going, and spooky music playing. Then Rod began telling the story of the Headless Horseman!!! The story was nearing the end and all of the sudden the CD player started the sounds of a horse galloping. My nephew started yelling "turn it off"! Then Rod yelled "look" and pointed to the window, and there stood the Headless Horseman on a horse with a pumpkin in his hand! The kids started running, screaming, crying, & hiding. The parents started laughing, crying (from the scene we where watching, and laughing so more. The Horseman left and we calmed them all down and then he came back and it started again! Rob & Christy had a neighbor with a horse come to scare us all. After, we took the kids out to see the horse and neighbor so they wouldn't be to spooked but it was one of the funnest memories of Halloween ever!
This is a classroom for the street boys (homeless boys).
This is a neighborhood of 3 LDS families we visited!
The Fiesta! This is the traditional clothing at CARNIVAL.
All of us at the resort!
They all piled into 1 truck to drive home, from church!
This is the Branch Pres. Home. It took 7 years to build. This is actually a larger home.
Rod & Kathy's classroom!
The Fiesta the Institute planned for us!
Rod & Kathy's Apartment 4th floor window is theirs!
For 2 1/2 days of our vacation to the Dominican Republic we stayed in a resort! 
A hike to a waterfall we had to cross 3 bridge's
Dinner in the clouds! This is a nice restuarant up in the mountians that overlooks the country!
A gorgeous river we stopped to look at!
Sosoua Beach!! This where we snorkeled & Ryan scuba dived! 
Coleman's team is the White Sox, and after figuring out that not everyone plays so hard core he has really had fun! He is loves to bat first so if he gets a home run it's just his home run! He really is pretty good at hitting and has gotten a few home runs! I think he will love REAL baseball (as he calls it) next year!
Sam and her best friend Drew had a summer camp of kids!! They charged $2 per kids per hour! They planned the entire thing!!! Clay making, coloring, finger painting, snacks, games, and a relay race! They were so cute, the whole 1/2 half I just sat and watched. They each made $7 for that hour and they are so excited to do it next week!!
The rodeo this year was so fun!! The kids were all great & actually were enjoying the rodeo! We had the whole big family!! My Mom, Dad & Great Grandma Hirst; Ryan, I & our 4 kids; Shaun , Tammy & Bailey; Nate, Ashley & Preslee. Ashley's Family & Chantelle my cousin we always go to Starwberry Days with her! Ashlynn sat with her all night and learned a ton about rodeo's!!
This is photo will always be one of my favorites! Look how cute the men in my life are? Ryan is a wonderful husband & we spend a lot of our days laughing together! He is truly my best friend, and when I saw him across the room and starting falling in love with him I could have never imagined how blessed I should have felt that day. He is such a great dad! He is there for them always, at their sport events, at their dance stuff, and taking them to BYU football games.
I have been neglecting this blog I need to get caught up before summer gets crazy!! So I promise I will be better! here are 2 back posts!!!
We put money in the eggs!!! Just kidding this was all for candy!! So funny!!
The lack of posts is due to having a few more children at my house for a few days! Mike & Jen went to Mexico so we returned the favor of watching their kids (they watched ours when we went to Florida). So for Wed, Thurs, & Friday we had their kids! Then on Friday-Saturday we had my brother's dog & both of my parent's dogs! Then on Sunday-Monday Boston, Aubrie & Tyson came to stay until their mom & dad got home. WOW!!
The kids did great, Tyson got sick & so did Jaxsyn so they were on the grouchy side. I did not get any pictures which I am sad over!
I took a short video of Ashlynn's Dance performance. This is her 2nd competition and she team got 2nd place on both of their dances! She loves dance so much, which makes it fun to take her & watch!
