Where'd You Go?

Hey! Loving My Amazing Life! Where did you go? Your blog was shut down, and because of the current circumstances plaguing your family, I worry.
Leave me a comment, lady!

Major Hiatus

Sorry for the utter lack of posts lately - summer has scooped us up and has had us going and doing!

So. Updates: We got all sorts of big fancy pigeons for the aviary. They're beautiful and the boys and I are really enjoying them. What was cool is that the bigs and I made our way to the Pigeon Show (anyone who knows Zephan knows those birds dodged a bullet when I left him home with Daddy). Once the sellers were made aware that we weren't breeders or showers, we just wanted some pretty birds to enjoy, they began handing us free "imperfect" birds. They didn't want these in their breeding lines because the crest is too high or the eyes are the wrong color, and their fellow breeders didn't want them either! So folks were just handing us different breeds to take home! Perfect! We spent a whopping $5 for our "slightly irregular" birdies.

So, this is what I usually see while I'm doing dishes: One or more boys in the aviary, one or more cats waiting vigilantly on the roof, praying to God that one of those kids leaves the door open, and the dog supervising the whole arrangement.
Kids have been cute as ever, see below:
We had a fun week with Auntie Cyn visiting and my little Malachi turned 6. We met a bunch of his friends at the splash park and then in the morning.

Then, later on we had family over to eat Alien Cakes :) Can't believe that kid's 6! Combine that with camp for the bigs, tons of activities and swimming weather and you get zero blog posts! Consider yourself updated! Looking forward, this next school year is going to be crazy. Crazy exciting, crazy busy. God is doing a new thing in our little family - wait and see!

Happy Birthday, America!!

~Cousins~

We spent the 4th in relaxed bliss in Grants Pass with our family. Auntie Angela has a huge jet tub that she stocked with any kind of bath product I could could want. Uncle Daniel is king of the BBQ and blessed us with awesome dinners. The boys' cousin, Edan, was excited to share her toys and house with a horde of little boys for a few days. Goga and Papa drove down, as well. They live beside a big mountain and our evening walk brought us into the domain of beautiful deer (I was holding Zephan as we saw a baby deer and whispered, "Fin! Look! What's that?" He whispered back, "Chihuahua!")
It was such a great time of chatting on the patio together, watching movies and just enjoying one another's company. We're very blessed to have them.
This is everybody watching the fireworks show in the back of the truck:

Mommy's Helper

I'm trying to get caught up on laundry (hahaha) before we head out for a fun weekend with Micah's Auntie and Uncle. Goga and Papa are already down there and we're heading out in the morning. It'll be a great time - have a wonderful 4th everybody!!
I'll be back with pics....