Last week and weekend

We had such a good week last week and weekend even though Joe went out of town again last week. He left on Father's day. My mom came to visit last Monday. She flew into Ontario Airport, so Joey and I drove there to pick her up. It is closer than LAX and easier to get to, however the roads to get there are mostly desert roads and driving through the San Bernardino forest, the only treeless forest that I have ever seen. Anyways, my mom and I hung out all week. She taught him to say "Me" when she says "Who is the cutest boy in the world?"

Joe got home late on Wednesday night, but we didn't see him until Thursday evening when he got back from work. On Friday, my cousin Eva who lives in San Diego came up for a visit. We had a really good time and Joey loved all of the attention. We all took a drive on Saturday to Pasadena and got back home really late. Luckily Joey likes to sleep in the car!

The other day, he started a new laugh. I am not really sure how to explain it and not sure where it came from, but I love it. I think it is the cutest sound that I have ever heard. Joey is also wanting to go outside all of the time. He loves to play in the backyard with his toys. Unfortunately, if we don't get out there before 11, it is way too hot to be out there and he can't even touch his slide because it gets so hot. The weather is consistently in the 100's now so outside play is limited. We having been doing some coloring with paints, crayons, and markers, and play-do inside to pass the time. He loves to do all art stuff, but he really likes the play-do. Everytime that we play with it, he tries to eat it. And everytime he puts it in his mouth, he makes an "eck" sound. I am planning on making an edible play-do one of these days so that he can enjoy eating it:)

He has definately turned into a toddler and enjoys getting into things, climbing, and throwing. I love my little monkey and he is so much fun! Here are some pictures of Joey from June: Joey June.

Last Saturday...

I just realized that I haven't posted about the TPS graduation that we went to last Saturday night. Our friend, Chris, graduated. We knew him in Minot and then he moved here to go to TPS 6 months after Joe. We had a really good time at the graduation party, hanging out with friends that we hadn't seen in awhile.

Me and Joe

Some friends from our TPS class.

Here is a picture of Joey and his babysitter, Elise. She is such a nice girl. Unfortunately, she is moving to Alabama next week so we won't have her here to watch Joey anymore:) Joey loved her!

Joey-angelo

We have a little artist in our presence. I bought Joey some paint and finger paint the other day and let him go to town. He had a lot of fun, even tasted some of it! Afterwards, I had to hose him off, but you are only a kid once, right?

Just Getting Started

Tasting the finger paint.

The Los Angeles Zoo

This past weekend, we went to the LA Zoo. We we expecting a huge zoo because LA is such a big city. Unfortunately, we were disappointed. It was small and uphill! Well, on the way out it was downhill. Anyways, we had a great day with Joey and we are so happy that we do can things like this with him and he enjoys it! The zoo had a few really good features, including the giraffes that were right in the middle of the walkway. We were feet from them. Also, they had a lot of chimpanzees and they were right up at the glass for us to see. Here are the pictures: LA Zoo and here is one of my favorites from the day.

Reason 1,285 why California is broke.

This a musical road that is in Lancaster, CA, about 30 minutes from our house. They carved into the road so that when you drive over it, you hear the William Tell Overture. It was in a different location last year, but it was too loud and the neighbors close-by complained. So they filled in that road and then moved about a mile away to a street that is not close to houses. We video taped our car driving over the road. Sorry that the camera is shaking...I was laughing as we drove because the road is kinda silly.

Rosamond Cat House

On Saturday we went to a cathouse in Rosamond. It was so strange. I guess if you lived here, you would understand. Rosamond is a town right outside the base. It is kinda a dumpy town with a McDonalds, Albertsons and a few small restaurants. So to find out that there is a cathouse didn't suprise me because I figured that it would be a smelly house with house cats. We were amazed when we got there to see that the cats weren't house cats. The cats are tigers and leopards and jaguars. Seriously, I couldn't believe it. Oh, and there were peacocks walking around right next to us. What a coincidence since Joey started saying "peacock" because there is one in his new book. You can see in the pictures how close we were to the animals. I got a little scared because I was afraid of one of the "cats" knocking down the cage and attacking me. They looked hungry.

He wanted to eat us. He just kept pacing back and forth.

Joey wanted to pet this guy. I stood close by, ready to pick up Joey and run to the nearest exit!

Here is the black panther, pacing and making a loud growling noise. Did I mention that he scared me?

This a cougar.

And here is one of the peacocks that open his feathers for us. I guess he liked us!