Cheyenne & Pikes...

Cody was popular with the ladies.

Me feeding the slobber old giraffe. I definitely got slimmed. Thank goodness for hand sanitizer. They were cute, but very slobbery.

We spent lots of time feeding the giraffes, especially the old wrinkly one. She was our favorite.

This guy wouldn't stop rubbing his tongue all over the fence. It was hilarious. Back and forth all over the railing of the fence. It was almost like he was scratching his tongue.

Feeding the birds. Not as cool as last time when the bird tried to nest in
Jesse's lovely locks, but still fun.

Hanging out in the Tiger viewing portal.

Cody being attacked by a grizzly.

Hanging out on the overlook @ the zoo.
Too bad the camera didn't pick up the amazing view of Colorado Springs.

The thinking man.

Sad faces.

Boring!

Beautiful Cheyenne Mountain views.

Riding a Mountain Goat.

Trouble Maker.

After dropping Jesse off at work this morning we headed down to Colorado Springs to check out the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Then we decided to drive up Pikes Peak. Could have been an expensive day, but we saved big
with coupons on both experiences.

I made him stand climb up that giant snow pile. He kept sinking in up to his ankles. I think someone should have brought their snow boots.

My new friend.

Beautiful Mountain Vistas from 3/4 the way up Pikes Peak.
The weather was gorgeous in Denver today (60 degrees). The weather was of course much cooler on the mountain. We were only allowed to drive up 13 of the 19miles to the top of the mountain. If I remember correctly at that height the temperature was only 35degrees, so a wee bit colder.

Munnies, Museum, & Ice Cream...

Cody, Erin, Jesse
Our Munny Dolls. We chose the boxes @ random not knowing
what color or accessory we would get.

The start of my supplies. My original idea was to do a 1/2 angel 1/2 devil figure. I was hoping for a pitch fork as my accessory. Instead I was given a pinwheel, so my design has been altered.

Jesse's design sketches. He had originally dreamed of making his into some sort of a sasquatch like character, but once the spikes were discovered his design had some major alterations as well.

Our living room has been taking over with crafting supplies. We originally thought we would make our Munny dolls on Monday, but we're all really getting into them. It's looking more like the end of the week for the final products, so stay tuned for more.

Cody as a Junior Space Ranger.
On Monday afternoon after working hard on our Munnies we met up with our old friend Ryan to check out the Denver Museum of Nature and Science's traveling exhibit Body Worlds. For those of you who don't know Body Worlds is a traveling exhibit all about the human body. It's actual displays of human bodies and parts of bodies that have been plasticized. It's very educational, interesting, and yes slighting creepy at times. No cameras were aloud in the exhibit, so we snapped this picture of Cody in the gift shop.

After learning about all that healthy living we decided to get a tasty ice cream treat @ the locally made delicious ice cream shop called Liks. Once again I have no idea why the picture is crooked. I think our blog is just messing with me or maybe it's our computer. Who knows?

For more pictures check out Cody's Doom-omatic Blog.

An old friend ...

This is Jesse's My Pet Monster . He was delivered to our house today. We found him setting on our door step when we got back from the parade. I've heard many a story about how little Jesse was obsessed with this guy. Apparently he slept with it and slobbered on it every night. As Jesse says "He was my best friend." Well lucky for Jesse his mom saved My Pet Monster all these years, so the 2 friends could be reunited. I did take a picture of Jesse opening the box and pulling the monster out, but I was forbidden from posting it. Probably because we had just gotten home from riding our bikes 8miles round trip, 1/2 of that up hill. Who looks good after that? My Pet Monster is a big fella towering in at just around 22" tall. We're currently trying to find the perfect spot for him in our apartment and NO he will not be sleeping in our bed.

Thank You, so much Bobbi!

Parade time...

Hanging out in the crowd's just up the road from Union Station.

It wouldn't be a St. Paddy's Parade without Irish setters.

Bag pipes galore. A co-worker of Jesse's was in the parade playing pipes, but she was pretty hard to spot in the constant see of pipers.

Jesse and I were briefly separated while he tried to find his friend, Adam, who came down to join us. The crowds were so crazy that we were separated for most of the parade. This a shot of Jesse drinking a free AMP and making friends with the 2 older gentlemen he was standing next to.

Crazy giant puppets. They were meant to entertain the kids, but not all of them were amused. A kid close to us was a little nervous when he saw them coming. His mom calmed him down by assuring him they were puppets. He seemed cool about it until 3 more came around the corner. Then he started yelling Too Many, Too Many, and freaking out. Apparently 4 giant puppet people are too many, but the thousands of people squishing us and trapping us was just fine.
I thought they were pretty cool actually.

This Morning Jesse and I got a wild idea and decided to ride our bikes downtown to check out Denver's St. Patrick's Day Parade. Which is a 4mile trip and well neither one of us have rode our bikes in ages. We did great getting down their, but the trip back which is all up hill (they don't call them the Highlands for nothing) was a little torturous. These were a few of the random photos we took while down there. The crowds were so crazy that we ended up sneaking out early and going to brunch with Jesse's friend, Adam.

My new/old toy...

My freezer! Yes, it's finally back in action.

I bought this freezer used from an older lady a few years back. When I was living in my studio. That may sound weird to you, but in my studio I had a rather nice large kitchen and it added some nice counter space. Plus my old kitchen had a 1940's refrigerator that literally has a tiny tin box in it. Yeah that wasn't going to work for me since I often get meat and corn from my parents, so I was on a mission to buy a freezer. Except, Did you all know that freezers are really expensive? Yeah little microwave sized counter top freezers are over a hundred dollars most of the time. Yikes! Anyhow I scored this one for $50 or $75 and it's a decent size. It was more than big enough when it was just me and now that there's two of us it's just perfect. I wanted to put it in our kitchen when we first moved in, but Jesse thought it took up to much space. It's been living in our storage space in the basement ever since. Last night I finally got him to help me move it back upstairs and into our spare room (which I rearranged to make sure there was enough room).

We cleaned it out last night, because after setting in the basement unused for almost 2yrs we figured it could use a good rub down. Plugged it in and let it get nice and cold last night. I don't know the exact cubic feet, but I believe it's somewhere between 10-12 which like I said is perfect for just the 2 of us.

Starting to stock up. I went grocery shopping today to stock up the freezer. Corn beef was more than half off. I'm so excited! It really is funny the things that excite us as we grow up. I'm definitely not a kid anymore, because having a deep freezer excites me. Should I be happy or sad about that?

P.S. I have no idea why this picture turned out crooked, because it looks normal on the computer.

Jesse's new toys...

Jesse's new action figures... Uh, Hmm, I mean artist's mannequins.

They are completely pose-able for artist point of reference.

The box they came in had some interesting warning signs. Click on the images to enlarge and enjoy the reading.

They've found a home on top of the TV shelf in the spare bedroom. Which is where their transparent friends will soon be joining them.

Transparency...

The transparent couple.

A couple weeks ago Jesse was talking about how he wanted to buy some artist's mannequins (like the one in the link only more detailed) and some transparent people. I said if he really wanted them he should get them. They would be great for references for her art. I also thought they would both be really cool to set on a floating shelf in our living room as decorations. Yeah that was until the transparent people came in the mail. They are 19" tall. Do you realize how big that is? I was expecting something maybe 12", but these guys are HUGE. Oh and did I mention that they come with assembly required. We have 2 giant transparent people that need to be assembled. That means cutting, painting, gluing, and who knows what else. This isn't exactly what either of us had planned on, but it's kind been fun and we're really learning a lot about the human anatomy.

Optional pregnancy

Ok so that part weird-ed me out a little, but honestly that's pretty realistic. I have no idea why Jesse would need to draw a baby in utero, but if he did he know has the reference points to do so. *The baby comes mixed in with the organs. He required painting and some assembly as well. I was probably the most weird-ed out when I realized the baby was missing a leg, but then I found it (apparently you glue that on later).

The empty shell of a woman.

Some... Ok all assembly required.

It comes with 2 booklets. 1 is purely instructional and the other is some background into anatomy.

Where to begin?

He would probably shoot me if he knew I posted this picture, so Shhhh... please don't tell him. Jesse started off making the basics of the skeleton which by the way has cool joint pieces that make it completely movable.

Skeleton... A work in progress.

Organs in the painting process.

A tray for female organs and a tray for male organs... I realize they are basically the same, but look closely and you should be able to tell the differences between the trays.



As I said before these are a work in progress. I am sure we will still be painting organs all week, so stay tuned for more pictures. I'll keep you posted on where we decide to keep them once they are finished. The shelf idea might be a little too weird for company.

P.S. We ditched the creepy eyes (as seen in the 1st photo on the box). We decided they were too bizarre and completely un-necessary. Also, is it just me or does the woman's picture on the box make her look like she has an alien head?