hold on tight folks...this is gonna be a big one!!!

My parents came to town - YAY! It was so much fun just being around them for the week and 1/2 they got to come stay, and enjoying them enjoying the boys - what a great blessing for us and the boys! Here's a chronicle of what we did...
my mom is the goddess of clean - so she taught the boys some of her famous tricks...


they had a great time reading books every night before bed. The favorite was Diego's "great whale rescue" everyone say "aaahooooooaaaahh"

we went to the farm with micah's "best friend" anabelle

a trip to the...

my self portrait/tyler's stylish way of wearing sunglasses

"hi, elephants"

our monkeys meet baboons

tyler is so chill...

face to face-I wonder who's more in awe

sweetest brothers

mmmm...juicy tyler - I could just bite those succulent cheeks!

micah admires the meerkats, while i admire his eyelashes and freckles

riding the tram



then they worked on painting their first canvases ever for wall decor for their room. they did GREAT. tyler was quite the natrual artist. Micah was much more careful and calculated...



needless to say, we had an absolute blast and were sorry to see them go.