Saturday morning the whole Jansen crew met up at the Denver Zoo to celebrate Mark's Mom's birthday and belated Mother's Day! It was cooler than expected outside but the animals didn't seem to mind! They were unusually active and gave us all quite the show for the day!
Payton and Nolan checking out the hyenas! They were running back and forth showing off the hair on their backs that sticks straight up! Pretty cool!
Inside the Feline House we saw leopards and tigers eating and romping around!
I missed it on camera, but the polar bear was really playful! He was throwing his ball up against the glass right in front of our faces!
Oma and Nolan getting mighty close to the peacock! Later on he flashed his feathers for all to see! Beautiful!
Heath LOVED all the fish, turtles, and stingrays! He gets a bit nervous when up close to the other animals, but can't get enough of the sea creatures! Maybe he'll be a marine biologist someday?!
About half way through our zoo trip we stopped and set up a picnic in a grassy area!
After eating we surprised Oma with her presents!
Nolan, Heath, and I worked hard on a stone for Oma too. We made hers with a heart mold and painted it. Nolan chose all the colors and tried his best to stay on the lines! It's not perfect, but it's made with LOVE!
Here we all are getting ready to dig into Oma's birthday carrot cake cupcakes! Nolan has been talking about these cupcakes NON STOP since! Good baking Cara... he is obsessed!
Cousins riding the hippo statue...pretty cute!
And the REAL hippo was really just as fun to see...
He was running back and forth, splashing in the water, stretching his jaws open wide, trying to chase off a peacock, and eating some questionable material for a snack! He had us all laughing!
We all had a little too much fun seeing how far we could jump!
Seeing how my little monkey measures up!
Despite chilly temps, if you couldn't already tell by the look on this face...we all had a fantastic day together!
We love you Oma! Hope you had just as much fun as we did!
2 comments:
A very awesome time and birthday celebration! Thanks for coming up with a new idea! The animals were so entertaining as were our own family members as well!
You got some great pics, and that hippo video is hilarious!
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