Epic Battle of the Chosen Ones

Ok, I'm being a dork with a title like that, but this is seriously a cute video!

Update

Whew! Have we been keeping busy! Between work, seeing family, and still trying to keep some semblance of order at home, I needed to force myself to update this thing :)

Mike has already come and gone, but it was so nice just to hang out, even if we didn't do anything elaborate. The boys had a Guy's night, and though slightly rushed, I understand it was a good time. Grace leeched onto you Uncle Mike, and still looks for you! We should set up a skype time this weekend ;)

We went to the Butterfly Pavilion yesterday, with Ballingers, Mom and Sarah, and Rachel and Jacob. What a fun time that was! The kids got to touch starfish, a horseshoe crab, and a hermit crab; and Zach and Katie were totally brave and held a tarantula! Zane wasn't going anywhere near that action. After the awesome butterflies we had a picnic lunch outside. Thank you Rachel for awesome krautburgers!

Last night we went to Mimi's Cafe for dinner with the whole crew (including Dean!). It was very good, and Gracie was the star of the show. Papa asked her if she was a ham and she gave a very enthusiastic "Yeah!" And thank you Uncle Dean for the origami cranes; I hardly knew there were other kids there, they had so much fun with those cranes!

After dinner we went shopping for Zane's new bike, and another little boy with a birthday coming (ahem, Jacob!). Zane found the bike he wanted on the first try and pedaled it along with us through the rest of the store. I was so wishing the battery in our camera hadn't died earlier! He even rode it out to the car, it was so totally cute.

I am working on pictures, so here is a slideshow of our night at Casa Bonita.

Hanging out the Laundry

I found this print of a photo on Etsy.com, and I immediately thought of you Mom! I know how much you love to hang your laundry out to dry, these days. I would love to do that too someday :) If you follow the link and look at the description, you will find that the picture was taken in Sarasota...