Saturday...

Our time with the Colorado crew continued that Saturday with a trip up to Solvang.  We strolled around to the different shops and snacked on Danish treats.

It wouldn't be a proper trip to Solvang if you didn't stop and take a picture in the clog.

Next stop, OstrichLand.

Oddly enough, this shot is sort of reminiscent of family dinners at our house some nights.

At one point, we lost sight of Thatcher and realized he had climbed into one of the pens. Thankfully, the one he climbed into had no ostriches in it.  Seriously, who is in charge of this kid?!

Aggressive little buggers!

Next up, the Quicksilver Ranch miniature horse farm.

The baby miniature horse was about the same size as Lollipop.

The girls were more interested in dancing.

Here Lauren performs her "Bow and Arrow" dance.  Fast forward 12 hours and I was doing the same dance out at a club.  When you are 8, it is cute, when you are over 30, not so cute... 

Next stop, the Sunny Fields Park.

Love this laughter!

A special shout out to Reese!

We headed back to Santa Barbara for a late lunch at Los Gallos.  Hands down the best fajitas and nachos you will ever have!

Later that evening, we headed over to the neighbors for a barbecue so that Dylan and Lauren could meet Sofia and Alex.  They are all about the same age.  Sofia performed a flamenco number and then played guitar and sang a Beatles tune.  I need to take video and post it on You Tube because I'm fairly certain some type of Bieber-esque phenomenon will happen to her.  If her parents don't take her to the American Idol auditions when she is old enough, I will!

While Todd got the kiddos ready for bed, Michele and I met up with some friends at Holley's house for dinner.  She made an amazing chicken dinner that you must try, recipe here.  Thank you Hols!

After dinner, our limo (yes, we are now "friends" with the limo-taxi guy), picked us up and we headed downtown to The Savoy.

Once there, we all took turns trying to get a long-arm shot of all of us.

Clearly, our arms weren't long enough...

Or perhaps this had something to do with it.....I know it had to do with my "bow and arrow" dance....

Much better when someone else takes the picture!

Cheers to a fun night out and coming home to these two sleeping cuties!