More Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

As you can see I enjoy the giraffes the most. But we did go off and see other animals and then at the end of the day we went back to see the giraffes one more time. We saw a great deal of the zoo this year. The monkey house was the best as the gorillas and the apes were very playful. One of the orangutans fell in love with Sarah and was showing her his food and giving her kisses. We also saw an elephant that has been in movies in Hollywood. I can't say it enough how much fun we had.

More Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

Near the Giraffe area there was a huge pile of snow built up. The girls played on it and we took pictures. As you can see we stayed with the giraffes a great deal of the time. I took over 400 pictures and about 350 pictures with the giraffes.

Our trip to Colorado Springs

The Richter's went to Colorado Springs on November 19th through the 22nd. We had an awesome time. When we landed in Colorado Springs we had snow on the ground. Not a great deal but enough to have snowball fights and get our hands very cold. We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Santa's Workshop and Garden of the Gods. It was a short trip but filled with lots of memories and fun.
Friday Morning we woke up and went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. We introduced Mona to the giraffes and them spent a great deal of time feeding them. Mona had never seen anything like it and had a blast. One of the bulls was in a pen by himself because the Zoo didn't want to have to explain mating. While we were there feeding the giraffe's we called Aunt Marcy in Dallas and told her to get on the Zoo cam and watch us feed the animals. It was way cool for her to watch us.

Mary Poppins

To start our day off we went to the Spegetti Warehouse with Darlene Fournier and her girls Claire, Abby, Donna and Bob Gilling and their girls Lucy and Sadie and Wendy Gee and her girls Hannah and Emma. We got a group shot at the resturant and then had a lovely lunch.




After lunch we went to the theater to watch the musical. We had a fabulous time. Sarah fell asleep thru some of it but the 2nd act was much better at keeping her attention.

October 31st continued

Halloween begins with face painting at the Fournier's house. Claire wanted a leopard, Abby wanted a monkey and I a jack-o-lantern. After the painting, we went on to the carnival. Some lady asked Russ where the face painting table was and he said our home. I think she really liked it.





In the afternoon we went to a carnival at the Fourier's church. It was a great deal of fun. Sarah and Mona got their nails painted, went fishing, tried to make a basket, jumped in an open moon jump, put on tattoos, pinned the nose on the pumpkin and rode on a train. Each time they got candy. I am not sure if they liked doing the activities or getting the candy. I loved watching them have a great time.











In the evening after the sun went down, we went trick or treating in the neighborhood. It was a wonderful day and evening. All the kids got way more candy then they will ever need.

October 31st

Here are the girls in their costumes. Sarah was a spider and Mona was half angel, half devil. I wonder which half wins!!! After getting every body ready we went to the Fourniers.




Halloween was the best day for the family. We started our day by making carmel apples. Mona and Sarah did most of it. I just supervised. Then Russ painted every ones face. Sarah got a dragon, Mona got a devil and I got a pumpkin that later became a jack-o-lantern.