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!

More Cousin Fun!

The next morning we walked over to IHOP for a "healthy" breakfast

Followed by a trip to Carpinteria Beach so that the Rocky Mountain crew could feel the sand on their feet and see the ocean.  The problem was, it was colder in Santa Barbara than it was in Colorado that day.....

Seriously, how bad is that bowl haircut Thatcher got?  (future blog post on that one....)

Samantha dipped into the ocean a little too much and got soaked.  The only dry clothes I had in my car were a 6-12 month sized pair of sweats and shirt of Thatcher's. 

She made it work ;)

The kids played at the Tomol Interpretive Play Area that is about a block up from the beach.  The slides they have are pretty awesome!

After the park, we headed over to Yo Yum Yum Yogurt for something sweet.

Which made the kids crazy and hyper, which meant no naps.... 

So we headed over to La Cumbre Plaza to burn off some energy.

For dinner, we ate at  Sushi Teri

And then back home for some bath time acrobatics (which by the way, I don't approve of because of how dangerous it is but somehow pictures like this seem to show up on my camera.....).

Some late night dress-up

and baking

and eating....

Tired yet?  Because there is more eating, nap skipping and central coast activities to come ;)