Our deepest apologies to our followers {all twelve or so of you} for our large absence. We {and by "we" we mean Natalie: the primary blog keeper} have been extremely busy and have not made blogging and communicating with friends and family, near and far, a priority. For that we apologize and will do a brief summary of what we've been up to the past few months:

RYAN:

Ryan came up with the idea to be zombies for Halloween this year. He was a Bayshore Nurse Zombie and Natalie a Ballerina Zombie. We're kinda sorta into zombies these days!!

Ryan and his friends started this tradition a few years back called "No-Shave-November". He even recruited several co-workers to join in on the fun {hope their wives didn't mind}. November has come and gone and the beard remains. That's okay, it's pretty manly!

When it comes to supporting your wife in her career and passion, Ryan takes home the GOLD. He comes to every ballet, helps with music and ideas, and even rubs her little toesies after her performances.

Natalie:

Natalie's biggest production and responsibility of the year was the ballet Dracula. We attended a wonderful event/fundraiser called The Dracula Ball {loved getting all dressed up}. The following weekend we had four performances of the Dracula Ballet: back by popular demand for the second year!!

Photo Credit: Caitlin Cannon

Photo Credit: Caitlin Cannon

As Ballet Mistress, Natalie is responsible for rehearsing the dancers and helps oversee the ballets. Little did she know she would have to dust off the old pointe shoes this year due to a little emergency. It was pretty PAINFUL, but a great experience.

Photo Credit: John Gladu

Mia:

Mia is settling into her new home very well. She has gained over THREE pounds {the vet classified her as "overweight"}. She loves to CUDDLE, enjoys at least one or two WALKS every day {off-leash mind you because she's so obedient and loves her Mommy and Daddy so much!!}, and is just so much fun.