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365: Day 137

5/18/13: After not seeing everyone for way too long, on Saturday we had our second gathering in the span of a month! Ricky & Heidi hosted a southern-style BBQ and we had a very fun day hanging outside!

The highlight for S&Z was learning how to drive Holly's Barbie Jeep. She showed them how it worked,


And then they were off on their own! Seriously, they drove it for hours. Zoe was a better driver than Silas, and every time we turned around she would be back in the driver's seat after giving him a turn for just a few minutes.


They also played a lot on the swingset.


Every so often they would take a break and come up on the deck to say hi and get a bite to eat. I got to snuggle with Brad and Christina's baby, Emmy, and they were pretty curious about her.


Until Emmy started pulling Zoe's hair.


And then Zoe wanted nothing to do with her.


Until Auntie Megan helped her hold Emmy on her lap.


Since we don't have a ton of family around I love it that S&Z are getting to know everyone better! 


Hopefully our get-togethers will keep picking up steam this summer!
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