Basketball season is in full swing. The kids are having a great time. Alayna doesn't look terrified the whole game and Ashton plays hard. That boy wants the ball so much you can almost taste it. He is constantly running up and down the court and positioning himself for rebounds. One of the highlights for him is having another boy named Ashton on his team.

Yes, we had a week of crazy storm weather. No, we didn't hide inside the whole time. We took advantage of the dry times and went walking down to the barranca to check out the water level. While on one of our walks we found butterflies trying to dry out. They couldn't fly because they were all wet and it was about to rain again, so we moved them from the sidewalk to the a sheltered spot. The kids were so happy to save the butterflies. Ashton and Alayna also really wanted to splash in puddles so we let them. OI! I mean, really? Ashton had so much fun he was sitting in the water. Yeah, they had to defrost after that. Gotta love the rain here in So Cal!

Basketball season has started. Both kids are playing and have had two games thus far. Alayna, who plays at eight in the morning on Saturdays (wrong, I know) looks scared and nervous through most of the game. Ashton, on the other hand, is loving it. He has scored in both games and plays hard.