First off, here is Daddy and Ripley sharing the couch for a nap. 70-pound Ripley swears he's a lapdog.
Xan wanted his photo taken with the green Camaro I had borrowed for a video shoot. So, before I turned it in, I tried to get a photo of him with it. Unfortunately the morning was so bright and glare-y, he could barely keep his eyes open.
Speaking of Camaros, here is the video I produced that required the Camaro.
Wednesday, Rodney had some of his Marine friends from the early days in Yuma come and visit. Rickey, Cody and Della have all gotten out of the military already. Rick is dating Michelle and Cody and Della have since gotten married and have a 20-month old son. Cody is the guy who introduced me to Rodney over 10 years ago. We went to our favorite Hibachi place for a tasty dinner. It was a lot of fun to catch up with them.
This is the last photos of the baby bird that I have, taken on May 18. They flew off in the early morning on Thursday. It's always sad to see the nest empty, but I could heart them chattering away in the huge tree behind the house, so I know they're not far away.
This was Will's last week of baseball. While they did defeat the dreaded White Sox on Thursday, they only had three wins this season. But it was a building year, so hopefully they'll do better next year!
As anyone who has been around Will for more than a few minutes, he loved his Pokemon cards! I have no idea how the game works, but Will goes crazy for certain ones - these are a handful of his favorites.
We babysat Jacob, the son of one of the guys Rodney worls with, for the weekend, so we just tossed him in with the other two kids. Here's a photo of them eat breakfast this morning.After church, we went to the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo in Gulf Shores, AL. Even though it was VERY hot (90+ degrees WITH humidity!) we did have a great time. The zoo was featuring three Bengal tiger cubs they have on loan. We didn't get to play with them, but we watched them through a window. But there were plenty of other, bigger, things to see, including adult tigers, lions and a bear.
Jacob is feeding a Capybara, the largest rodent in the world. This "water pig" spends a lot of time swimming and even has webbed feet. It saw us and swam across the small pond to meet us at the fence. It then proceeded to stretch as far as it could to show it liked to eat a particular plant. And then it sat and waited. It couldn't easily reach any of the other leaves through the fence, I suspected that the Capybara had people trained. He would demonstrate his love for the plant and then wait for the people to feed him. So, we did. And he was very gentle as he took the plants from the kids. A very smart rodent - he can train humans in a matter of seconds.
There's a lion there, somewhere behind the dramatic Will.
We couldn't figure out why this peacock was so intent on looking over the fence, until we got around to the other side. The peahen was in the nursery, presumably taking care of some eggs.
And, last but not least, a photo of the Sulcata tortoise house the zoo had - i case my parents need some ideas...
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