Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We were so happy and lucky to have Jordan to ourselves for Thanksgiving and the rest of the weekend. We took advantage of this time and did lots of fun things together. Swimming, movies, and the zoo. This is not your ordinary zoo. This zoo is AMAZING! This lady in our ward told us about it, so we decided to take the hour drive to Colorado Springs and go. It was so fun. The highlight of the zoo was that it was on the mountain, and they really used the mountain to make the animals feel like they were really home in their natural habitat. It was beautiful. Another highlight were the giraffes. Let me show you why.

We got to feed them and pet them. It was such a cool experience. The girls were a little bit afraid, but gave it a try anyways.

Fun thing about the giraffes, is they are right there.

Nissa showing us what the giraffes do best, stick out their tongues.

Even though she was terrified, she gave it a try. I think their long purple tongues is what scared her.

Jordan feeding the giraffes.

We had such a fabulous experience. If you ever come to Denver, Cheyenne Mountain zoo is a must!

Knock Knock

Kat is our little comedian. She loves to tell jokes.

Here is Kat telling her knock-knock joke.

Halloween

We had a fantastic Halloween. The girls looked darling in their costumes, they loved trick-or-treating, and they ate as much candy as they possibly could.

Dad had trick-or-treating at work where they went from office to office. This was so fun to watch Kat. She was a pro. She went up and said trick-or-treat and then helped herself to the candy. Especially the chocolate. Nissa was very polite and quiet.

Nissa cat

Kitty Kat

The community had trick-or-tricking, so we thought we would join in on the fun. The AMC movie theatre was there advertising for Puss in Boots, and were giving away these darling masks. The girls loved them.

My beautiful Rapunzel Nissa at her school parade. We were so lucky to have almost 70 degree weather on Halloween. It was perfect!

Getting ready to go to the neighbors house for Haunting Hot Dogs and Chillling Chili. I love how involved the neighborhood is around here. Everyone is so kind and welcoming.

Feet were tired, candy dumped out, and pj's on. It was time to watch for the trick-or-treaters and pass out candy. I think this was Nissa's favorite part of the evening. She loved passing out candy to the kids.

Happy Halloween!

1st day of Preschool

My sweet little girl started preschool. She loves learning, meeting and playing with new friends, and loves to pack her snacks. She was so happy to go to school. She had been talking about it for months. We started really late due to us moving, and then we were out of town for awhile, and then the school had a long fall break. She has now started, and loves every minute of it.
I sure love my sweet little girl! She is such a blessing in my life and is my best friend. I love her to pieces!

Gardner Village

I tried to squeeze in a lot of fun Halloween activities while we were in Utah. One day meant that we were going to Gardner Village to see the witches. Lately, Nissa has been obsessed with witches. Good witches, and bad witches. The good witches are nice and come visit her, and the bad witches are bad and don't obey. Its quite the funny little obsession. Zeke, Nissa, and Aunt Toria. We were happy that Toria could use her lunch break to join us for a little outing.

Kat didn't know what to think about the witches.

This little one has funny little quirks, like sticking her finger in her nose, for no reason at all. She's a funny little person.

Nissa was so excited to see a witch that had a pet frog. She insisted on a picture.

Taking a candy break.

Nissa thought it was hilarious that there would be a witch sitting in the out house.

Since she has been into posing for pictures, she wanted pictures with Mumma.

Nissa loved the witches.