Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

On Tuesday, we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo with Gary and my sister's family. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time. We drove on Gold Camp Road, the route used by trains during the Gold Rush, on our way there.






The first stop at the zoo was the giraffes. The kids got to feed them lettuce...no more cracker treats anymore I guess!





The cousins by the snake sculpture.



One of the free-wandering peacocks. Their call sounds like they are saying "Help!" and I kept on thinking it was D or M each time!



Hey...we match!



Petting the wallabies.





Another favorite at this zoo is feeding the birds seeds on a stick...kind of like fair food for birds.







Riding the tot train.



It was fun to see the cousins have so much fun together.











We got to see the zookeepers feed a hippopotamus.



After the zoo, we drove to the Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun. It is even higher up on the mountain than the zoo is (elevation level is 8000 feet) and it gives you a magnificent view over all of Colorado Springs. The information board said you can see up to 130 miles!









Jane and Gary had everyone over for dinner in the evening. Jane gave a different colored bouncy ball to each of the kids and they had a blast with them, even making up their own game on the floor (as seen here).



Good times.

Denver and Casa Bonita

Monday morning we saw our favorite dental hygienist, Becky. M had two cavities in the same spot that D had two years ago. Gotta love laser dentistry! He didn't even know what was going on. I got my new crown, too.









Another favorite pastime--swimming in the hot tub.



Monday afternoon we drove to Denver and saw Ryan and Hillary's house. We then hooked up with my sister and her family who had just flown in to Denver that morning. We all met up at Casa Bonita for Mexican food and fun family entertainment.

Manitou Springs

We flew out to Colorado Springs Saturday morning to spend two weeks with Steve's family. Here are the kids relaxing on Grandma and Papa's deck.



Saturday night in Manitou Springs.










On Sunday, the kids enjoyed taking Sydney to the dog park.

Happy Seventh Anniversary

It's our seven year anniversary today! We decided to celebrate with a family brunch cruise on the St. Croix, similar to the boat we got married on.







The food was delicious. I fully pigged out.











The kids had a blast and loved eating breakfast on a "ginormous" boat, as D put it. M loved waving to boats as they passed by.



They both enjoyed watching the paddle go around and around.





Heading towards the dock.



On Friday afternoon, our basement was flooded due to a backed up city sewer line. I am pretty much numb to the situation now and too emotional about the loss of personal property and the fact that our once finished basement now has no carpeting and the walls will have to be cut out. So I am opting to only put happy pictures from this weekend on this blog post.