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!