Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We LOVE this zoo. LOVE IT! If you are ever in the area it is worth effort to visit. More text here.





























































We have a photo of Mike @ 6 years old on this same deer

Stacia just walked in and said, "Wow, animals!" LOL

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Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center - estb 2006















Comparing their "jumps" with various dinosaur's














Dino rubbings


Digging


Creating

This center also has a BIG area where various sceintists are working on various projects. It's all glassed in so you can watch. We had saved this in case we got rained out of the zoo on our last attempt. We ended up doing both as we made it through the zoo before the storm began.

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Pioneer Museum and America the Beautiful Park

This was another day when our plans to visit Cheyenne MTN Zoo was foiled by rain. You can read about the adventure here.

Great statues around town

















Memorial Book - designs made with relative hair - should this come back? I can collect enough from tub drains daily to make a few pages. ::gag::


I know how he feels! ::snort::


1903 elevator - yes, we rode in it - several times


I want this and a church pew in my home ::snort::





America the Beautiful Park - lunch time

This thing spins around....stopped in action


Stacia loved "spying"





Art - celebrating the circle of water andlife


You run on this and it spins...









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Visiting with Family in CO Springs

I felt a bit strange pulling out my camera and snapping away when a guest in someone's home...but I should have!!! You can read more about our day here.

I got no photos of Jenny (niece), Kathy (Mike's sister), Sam0(Crystal's husband of 2 years from Slovenia - renewed my desire to get an assignment to Italy), John (Jenny's boyfriend)...shame on me.

This was a great day! As mentioned Stacia adopted Crystal (Miss Pistol).

Earl (Mike's brother) with horses





Nolan and Dom (Crystal's son - um...13?)


Crystal (niece) & Stacia


Jami, Jared, Dom (what would that relationship be? 2nd nephew??) Jerome (nephew) Rachel - Jerome's girlfriend


Stacia and Miss Pistol (niece)


Mary (sister in law) and Stacia enjoy a tea party with Crystal and Jenny's old tea set



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Yes, I'm home.....

do note I said "I" and not "we're". LOL

The children and I arrived home on the 20th.....a few days ahead of schedule. We dropped Mike at a local park so that he could study for his FINAL ACSC test. YES.

I've been catching up on this and that: laundry, inventoried our TOG order, mail, laundry, cleaning, shopping, school shopping (YIKES), and loading vacation photos.

Last night we met Cy at Mr. Gattis. Mike even came in from the trailer. Arielle and Nolan had been saving pages of "tickets" to treat us to a family night out. What a joy - to actually have a fun night together here at home AND to have the children work hard to provide it. The older boys went over to spend the night at Josiah's. This will be the last time for a while, as college begins next week.

Mike discovered that the Chapel Assignment's Officer is going to be on base this a.m. so he is going in to work....and then we'll meet him at noon to bring the trailer home. I suspect the rest of the day will be taken up with unpacking and any projects Mike has been dreaming about during study breaks. ::snort::

Never fear - there are only 3 more days of vacation photos to load....and then the blog (and maybe my life?) will be back to our new normal. LOL

©2008 D.R.G.