Texas, Part 2

Friday night, I got to go out with my friend Kathy and have a good time visiting.  We went to see Night at the Museum 2 and then went out for a little Mexican food.  Yum!  Mexican food is just not the same out here as it is back home.

Saturday Christina and I took the boys to the Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch.  It’s pretty cool.  I had never been to anything like this before, but you get some animal food and drive around the ranch.  The animals come right up to you to eat.

Beware…Lots of pictures to come.  Don’t say I didn’t warn you.  Continue at your own risk.  OK, you’ve been sufficiently warned. 

And by the way, I don’t know all of these animals, so don’t ask me what they were.  I can only name the obvious ones.  We were too cheap to buy the book that told us what they were.  I’m a Williams, what do you expect?  The name might have changed, but this girl is still a Williams.

It was really neat.  We let the boys out of their carseats, and Micah had the whole backseat to himself while Caleb stayed up front with us.  The animals would come right up to us.  I was really impressed with my boys.  They weren’t scared one bit.

The ranch has all sorts of animals.  We saw a lot of deer, and some other deer type animals, and other deer type animals.  Christina warned me of taking too many pictures of the same animals, but I just can’t help myself.  So you, my friends, get to suffer through all these pictures.  It’s kind of like a newer version of those vacation picture slideshows our parents’ friends used to make us sit through.  Welcome to the 21st century version!

 

Then we got to the zebras.  These were what I had been waiting for!  They were pretty cool.  The people in front of us kept spooking them and they would run off, but then they came right up to the car and ate from our hands.  What a neat experience!

Next, we came upon the ostriches.  Christina warned us that we would need to roll up our windows when we got to the ostriches because they will come right up to the car and peck at you.  Plus they have those long necks and they would come all the way inside our car.  But she said the trick is to throw some of the food onto your windshield.  Then the ostriches will peck the food off of your car.  And that’s exactly what they did.  One ostrich even came to my side and thought my finger was some food.  He pecked at my window for what seemed like forever, thinking he might finally get my finger if he tried hard enough.  Caleb and Micah weren’t too sure about that.

 

We got through with the drive-around tour right before it started to rain.  There was a petting zoo that was covered, so we parked and went over to check out the goats.

                 We had a great time.  This is my favorite picture. 

             

Whew!  I’m exhausted just typing this entry.  The rest of our trip will have to wait until another time.

Road Trip to Texas…actually we went on a plane

It’s just more fun to say road trip!  The boys and I went to Texas a couple of weeks ago to visit my family and so I could go to my sister’s bridal shower.

John drove us to LAX on Saturday morning.  We waited a couple of hours for our flight.  The boys were absolute ANGELS on the plane.  I really couldn’t have asked for a better flight. 

My parents were on vacation in Orlando until the next day, so my sister picked us up at the San Antonio Airport. 

They all had big plans for us while we were there.  We took the boys to the children’s museum in town.  The last time we were there, Micah had fun while Caleb was stuck to me…literally.  I had him in the Snugli.  So this time he was free to run around as he pleased.  He especially liked the grocery store.  He shopped and shopped and thank goodness we didn’t have to pay for all the groceries he “bought.”

He also helped Grandpa do some repair work on a house.

He also got to drive an ambulance, ride in a kayak (I wonder if this kayak could actually be used in the water.  I didn’t know they made them this small), and have a nice “dinner” with a very lovely little girl.

Big brother also had a great time playing with the train sets.  And there was even a little time for the boys to play a little Dance Dance Revolution.

 

The next day Grammy, the boys, and I went to visit Grandpa while he worked.  Mmmmm….Cracker Barrel.  My mouth is watering just typing the words.  After we had lunch, the boys played a little checkers while sitting in the rockers.

This post seems to be getting a little long, so I will continue the tales of our trip in another post.

Dodgers vs. Rockies

Back in April, John took Micah to his very first professional baseball game.  John has been wanting to do this for a long time, and he finally got some tickets online.  All four of us were originally supposed to go, but Caleb and I instead stayed home.  John and Micah invited Aaron and Joseph Cook to go in our places. 

Everyone was excited to go, and the date of the game was actually On the Field Photo Day.  So the guys got to go onto the diamond and take pictures with the players. 

                       

John had taken two baseballs to get autographed.  They got Hiroki Koruda and Matt Luke to sign balls.  Micah also got to take a picture with Matt Luke.

That’s Micah showing off his signed picture of Matt Luke, who I guess used to play until fairly recently when he was injured.

                

                

There’s Micah and Joseph cheering on the team.  And in case you are wondering, John is not a Dodgers fan by any stretch of the imagination. 

All the guys had a great time.  I am sure there are many more baseball games in our future.