Easter at Jason and Adalyn's 2011

Grandpa Croce and his grandkids

Maraya, Grandpa and Addie

Croce Grandkids- Breylee, Breckin, Maraya, Ethan and Adalyn


My brother Jason with his daughter Adalyn

Our perfect flower Adalyn

Adalyn loved being outside

Adalyn Joy's first Easter Egg

Maraya and Breckin love Adalyn Joy!

Adalyn laughing at Breckin hopping like a frog!

1st Homework Project

Breckin is learning about Humpty Dumpty. Tomorrow he will be learning how fragile an uncooked egg is. We are to wrap an uncooked egg in any material (newspaper, cardboard, bubblewrap, blankets, ect) and tomorrow they will put the egg to a test to see if their egg will survive falling off a wall...

This is what we came up with!!! Breckin is so excited!!!


Breckin the Egg!!

.....stay tuned to see if Breckin's egg passes the test!

Adalyn Joy Croce

I am a proud aunt of my niece Adalyn Joy Croce!!
Born December 27th, 2010
Time: 5:46 PM
Weight: 7 lbs 11 oz
Height: 19 3/4 inches

Jason with his baby girl, Adalyn Joy!

In this picture I can see my mother in her! She has her mouth and chin!!!

Jason's chunker!

Jason already being a protective Daddy!

Adalyn is our little angel. She will bring so much Joy to our lives! We love her so much already. Her mother will not let us be part of her life right now but soon she'll be in our lives and we will show her what love really is.

I pray that my Mom will watch over her until we can be part of her life.

We love you Adalyn Joy!!

"A baby is a miracle sent from heaven above"

Christmas Eve before Grandpa Butch's house

Some pictures of the kids before Christmas Eve at my Dad's house!! The kids are so excited to go to Grandpa Butch's house and for Santa to come!

This picture is my favorite!! Breckin and Maraya love each other so much!

Before having Christmas we will be visiting Mom's grave and share special memories we had with Mom! We love and miss Mom everyday! She is still giving us signs to let us know she's ok!!!

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you all enjoy time with your family and making new memories!

Letter to Santa

Breckin just wrote his 1st letter to Santa and this is what he wrote:

Santa,

I want air hockey, cars and baby toys for Maraya!

Love, Breckin.

Maraya wouldn't sit with Santa Saturday so Breckin thinks Santa won't bring her anything---he had to write toys for her, too! He wrote the whole letter himself. I, of course, spelled the letters out for him. He is such a loving and thoughtful child!

Santa & Snowmen

Every year we head down to Toronto to see Santa. Ever since I was little I remember going to see Mr. and Mrs. Claus -Cavey :) Santa Cavey looks like the real Santa. I love knowing my kids get to see them too. They are both so caring and loving. Breckin on the way down asked if Santa was going to be in a Van again this year! He remembers last year seeing him get out of a van!

Maraya wanted nothing to do with Santa. We did get her to talk to Mrs. Claus.

Raya excited to get her present from Santa!!

Breckin loved Santa this year and didn't cry! He told Santa he wanted big cars and trucks.

Breckin, Mr and Mrs. ClausBreylee telling Santa her list!
Breylee and Santa
Ethan and Santa

Ethan making his snowman
Ethan's finished snowman
Breylee and Breckin with their snowman

Maraya with her snowmanMaraya, Breylee, Ethan & Breckin

The kids with the finished snowman!

Maraya Lynn
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow!!



The kids worked so hard on their snowmen. They made 3 total. Last night after Ethan and Breylee went home we went to get groceries and came back and noticed our snowmen were knocked down. :( The kids were so upset. It's sad that someone has to ruin something that the kids worked so hard at.

Mom and Dad's Stone

FINALLY Mom and Dad's stone is finished! Who would have known it would take a few months just to get the design approved!!! The first issue we had was trying to figure out which side to put Mom and Dad's name on. We had no idea which plot mom was buried in. We called the person in charge of the cemetery and the funeral home. Neither one knew where she was buried. The cemetery didn't even have Mom's name down where she's buried on the plot sheet. The funeral home doesn't keep records of where people are buried. The funeral home worker said he could contact the grave digger. Finally, we had the monument place come out to probe out to see where Mom is buried. Sad huh? After all that work we did find out where mom is.

The traditional way to do things, it is the way they are at the altar when they get married and the woman is always on the man's left arm. I had no idea that there's a traditional way to bury a wife/husband. I found this info out from the funeral home director after one of my many emails to him!

Dad picked out the style of stone. He got this stone because it was perfect to put the Saying "The Circle of our Family is Forever." When Mom was in the hospital Mom, Dad and all us kids help make funeral arrangements. One of Mom's request was to have a flower on the front of the stone and the saying "The Circle of Our Family is Forever." We did just that. In the photos you'll see. On the front of the stone we put a rainbow because that is our sign from Mom! Under the rainbow is the flower Mom wanted and the word Family. Mom was all about family so it fits well to be our her stone! Dad wanted to have the wedding rings with their wedding date on the front. On the back we put WE ARE FAMILY. Mom loved that song and it fits well with our whole family!!! The words you see on the back is words from the Rocks we got from my good friend Joni! Dad and Mom have the rock "Spirit" that is the rock that we put in Mom's hands. When we are down and need a little boost we can look at our rocks and know Mom is right there with us! On the base it has all of our names on it! I think the stone turned out great and is everything Mom would have wanted!!! It's PERFECT!!!!!

Dad got a phone call tonight saying the stone was done. After work I drove down to T-Town picked up Dad and we drove to Dewitt to look at the stone! Dad loved it!!! Tomorrow they will be putting it on Mom's Grave!!! Hanson Monument in Dewitt were great!! (oh and the wording on the back are put in letters of lettering Mom picked out for Amy and my Believe rock she bought for us when she was sick!) This stone has meaning all over it!!