Bonnie's Disneyland Wedding

Last weekend, we went to a cousin's wedding at the Disneyland Hotel. I thought it'd be really cheesy and tacky, but it was actually pretty nice. Here are some pics. Next week, we're going to Disneyland!



Boo's favorite part of the wedding were the topiaries of Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse and Goofy.


Here are some pics of the ceremony.





Here are some pics of Boo running around with Cami and Brennan at the cocktail hour.


Here are some pics of the reception.

Joshua Tree & Easter

Even though we were all sick last weekend, we decided to still go to Joshua Tree to see the, um... Joshua Trees. Really, it was because it was too late to cancel. We stayed at this really cute bed & breakfast called Roughley Manor, which was the reason why our trip was probably so pleasant. Twentynine Palms is not a particularly nice place, but was interesting in a high desert sort of way.

Our first stop was at the Rib Co for some lunch. We decided on this place because I had been following the Rib Co catering van for about 20 miles, just in time for them to unload the mashed potatoes from last week! Terence's BBQ sauce is much better.


A traveling doggie = a happy doggie!

Twentynine Palms touts itself as the "oasis of murals," which are basically painted on the sides of all these run down and abandoned businesses. It was kind of fun spotting all of the different murals. Here's one I thought was tastefully done at the Joshua Tree Visitor's Center... or maybe just one I actually took a pic of.


Here we are "hiking" at the "oasis" of Mara, which had NO water at all. Booo. We did see 29 palms, some quail, and some roadrunners though, which was sorta neat! Boo loved the "bud'ns" (birds).


Here we are at the cool Cholla Gardens (rhymes with 'holla'?). They are super interesting and prickly cacti. Terence was trying to get one off his shoe, but the thorns were super hard and barbed. Needless to say, Boo likes to live dangerously... or maybe we're just bad parents!


Since Terence and I were tired, Boo drove us to our next destination, which was our B&B. Wuggie called shotgun.


Here are pics of part of our shabby chic cottage. It was nice, but definitely the crappiest cottage/room in the place. We had to do some minor rearranging to make the place more baby friendly. The other cottages were full of nice, expensive antique furnishings and flat screen TVs. This was the designated dog friendly cottage, and for being such, it was pretty nice!




Our swing outside of our cottage.


The view from the back of our cottage-- just a vast expanse of nothing.


The resident horned owls (there's mama and baby) that live at the manor.


The cottage at night- Terence thinks it looks like the cabin in "Lost."


A mutual smelling of the rose (the Innkeepers do cute things like give people freshly cut roses from their gardens and baked desserts and stuff).


Bang Banging Sammy, the Innkeeper's very soft and cuddly "done" (dog).


There are some things in life I consider fun, and others that I don't. Hiking 3 miles with a screaming bag of cat food wrapped around my chest in the hot and sandy desert is NOT one of the things that I consider fun. It was really quite horrid, actually. Especially if that screaming bag of cat food only saran wraps to you, or else cries and says "momma, momma" incessantly.

Anyway, here are some pics from our various hikes. One was around Hidden Valley, which is a valley enclosed by boulders, and another was the hike to a mill. They were both really pretty and interesting, and would have been thoroughly enjoyable sans cat food.






Here's a pic of our geriatric doggy "Zo-zo" just running around the B & B grounds.




Finally, here are some Easter pics with the Easter bunnies. Boo was too engrossed in the "egg'ns" (eggs) to smile.

Fun in the Sun

Last weekend, we went to San Diego to go to the beach and the zoo. We stayed at this Hilton Homewood Suites business hotel, which is awesome if you have picky eaters since each suite has a full kitchen. It was like staying in someone's one bedroom apartment. Anyway, here are some pics.

Here's Boo in a very preppy outfit.


We stayed at Del Mar because there's this park called Powerhouse Park that faces the ocean. Boo thought it was fun, fun, fun, and didn't try to eat the sand once. He did, however, fall down in the surf, haha. Here he is playing with sand for the very first time.


I love sand!


The best swing ever!

Oooo, a beach!


Helping Daddy make sand castles. Boo was much better at destroying all the turrets.


Sitting in the beach chair Daddy made Boo.




Taking the bus tour at the zoo, which Boo strangely enjoyed.


Nap time at the zoo.

Boo's favorite part: feeding the goats!




The skyfari ride is sooo cool!

A REAL polar bear?? Yaay!


Every time we go to the zoo, we inevitably get stuck walking through the monkey trails, which is the most boring thing ever. It feels like we walk 2 miles through zillions and zillions of monkey habitats. We vowed not to go anywhere near the monkeys this time, but since Boo can make monkey sounds now, we thought we'd just see one. This is what we saw..... Yup, that's one monkey rubbing poop on another monkey's back! Everyone looking at the exhibit was either appalled, shocked, or grossed out, which we found hilarious. It was totally worth it!

Here's a video of Boo making animal sounds. He knows the whole alphabet now too, yaay! He can also say a ton of words now, even though we're the only people who can understand what he's trying to say (he has a tendency only pronounce the first syllable of words; for instance, water is "waw," milk is "nuk," cookie is "coo-coo," turtle is "tur-tuh," door is "doh," crayon is "crah," kayla the cat is either "la-la, kit-ty, or eyow," and zoe the dog is either "zo," or "dug'n (doggie)." Confusingly, "bah" is either brush, book, bath, or sheep. If I had to guess, I'd say he has about a 40 word vocab.