Denver Zoo!

Saturdays are one of my favorite days because Jared only works until 4 or 5!! Then we get to play together the rest of Saturday and ALL of Sunday!! I totally have a new found appreciation for weekends! => But, there is still an 8-9 hour block of free time on Saturday that needs filling. So this Saturday some wives and I went to the Denver Zoo. That zoo is huge! We didnt even see everything and we were pooped after 2 1/2 hours! => Here are some of the pics we took with the animals!
Watch out zoo, here we come!!!
One of the first animals we saw was this gorgeous lion! And I just fit right in with him! Rawr!!!
Then there were giraffes! We tired to stretch our necks like theirs, but we are shortie-necked wimps => This has to be one of the cutest baby giraffes I have ever seen!
This bird had the craziest hair I had ever seen on a bird! It was cool!
I couldnt ever get a picture with this beautiful animal, it was so antsy and kept pacing everywhere! Who could blame him though, being confined to a small space does not sound too pleasant.
At some point during the day Julie and I stopped for Dip N Dots ice cream! I havent had those in such a long time! They were every bit as good as I remembered them to be! =>
This picture is kind of dark, but its of Danae and I making fish faces by beautiful angel fish! I love those fish, they are just gorgeous and fun to look at!
We took pics with some snakes and sticking out our tounges, but they turned out way dark, and this is better anyways. I'mm acting like a snake, just chillin on my rock! => (hehehe, yes I know I am a nerd)
We totally saw Dory and Nemo and Marlin!! They even swam together!!
It is dark again, but this was the funniest turtle I have ever seen. IT was the pig nosed turtle (we are making pig noses)
See! Look, it totally has one!! Sweet!
So I dont remember what this animal was called, but it was so weird and cool at the same time! It had a Zebra bum, horse body, giraffe face, and like rabbit ears! What a freak of nature!! => lol And we are trying to imitate it! =>
Hippos!!!! Well this one was broken, i think. It was so slow walking and it looked like it had a limp. It was painful to watch, but when he got in the water he was fine, but it was a little touch and go there for a bit =>
And we saw a poor little rihno with his horns shaved down. Well I guess its smart on the trainers part to shave them down, but still. Its like taking away his man card => lol
Wahoo!! Elephants!! They were super dirty but also way cool!
Asain black bears! These things were gorgeous!!
We just had to pull th "Marry Poppins" penguin dance out! =>
I think flamingos are one of my favorite zoo animals! What could be better than a pink bird standing on one leg that has no effect on the eco system whatsoever! lol Not a lot! =>
So we were totally playing with this gorilla and as soon as we whip a camera out, he goes away from us! Who has ever heard of a camera shy gorilla?
k, so Julie and I wanted to take a picture on this statue so bad, but it was roped off and a sign said "display closed" so we hopped the rope and took it anyways! => We are such zoo rebels!
Thruought the whole zoo there were peacocks just walking along! I tried so hard to get one to fluff its feathers out and take a pic with it, but none of the would do it. So as we are walking out of the zoo, what do we pass? A peacock with its feathers fluffed! What a wonderful end to an animal filled day!
Can you understand now how long this day was? These are not even a fourth of the pictures we took, i just picked out the coolest ones to show! => But this day was so much fun! I do miss Jared and wish I could do these fun things with him, but I am grateful for these wives and their willingness to play with me! =>