Good Times in Amarillo

Well, we have been in Amarillo for a week and a half now, and so far it has been quite nice. The kids and I have found our way around pretty well, and Bryan at least knows his way to the law firm and back!! :) We've been trying to find things to do that get us out of our dark apartment (that is my one complaint about this apartment, there is no overhead light and only a small lamp!) but don't cost and arm and a leg, which basically means we've spent a lot of time at the Zoo and the Mall. Yes, Amarillo has a FREE zoo! It really isn't anything fancy, and you can see the whole thing in an hour, but it does have lions, a tiger, monkeys, bears, and a few local animals. We went FOUR times last week! But really, what else do we have to do?

We have also found that the mall has a nice indoor play area that the kids both love, so we have been there about every day as well! Good times in Amarillo!

Here are the monkeys at the Zoo.

Oh, wrong picture! ;) Those are MY monkeys at the zoo!!

These are the real monkeys at the zoo. They are spider monkeys and are really quite fun to watch. They use their tails a lot and do all kinds of tricks swinging from the ropes and trees.

This is my sweet Grace. Yes, she really did the whole "talk to the hand" thing when I tried to take her picture!! Guess she was too busy watching the monkeys. What a turkey!

We have also discovered that a lot of dish soap and a little water makes A LOT of bubbles in the kitchen sink. We didn't have room to bring very many toys, so we have to get creative!

And this is my handsome husband on his first day of work! Bryan is really enjoying working for Underwood Law Firm. He has some projects that he is working on that he is really excited about, some immigration and estate planning cases, which is just what he was hoping for! The people at the firm have been really nice, too.

We went to a BBQ on Memorial Day at one of the attorney's homes. We were all a little nervous and hoping the kids would behave, etc. We walked in the door and introduced ourselves and Joshua immediately stuck his hand out to shake the attorney's hand. I'm thinking "Nice! He's going to use his good manners!" Then Joshua opens his mouth and says: "Hi, I'm Buzz Lightyear Star Command!" and walks off! He then proceeded to introduce himself to everyone at the BBQ as "Buzz!" Oh well, at least he was polite and well behaved, right?!?

It was nice to meet some of the people that Bryan has told me about. They were all really nice, and it was fun to see how well they all got along. You could tell they must get together fairly often because all of their kids knew each other and played together well. Joshua had blast playing with them and is already asking when he gets to see them again! Good times!