12.24.2011

Christmas Eve

My parents spent a week with us around Christmas helping to celebrate the holidays and encourage some great adventures.  On Christmas Eve, the zoo beckoned us with cloudless skies overhead and the promise to see some incredible animals with non-existent crowds.  

Harrison was so excited for the adventure as he joyfully made an entrance into the festive park.
 Lulu was just as thrilled to be at the zoo, 
and we enjoyed some quality moments with Santa. 

 A very happy boy...riding polar bears, 
and prehistoric cats.
 Perhaps the most memorable experience from this visit was the opportunity to see and hear these magnificent tigers.  
 The mama tiger wished us all a happy holiday with several loud and haunting roars, and then cuddled up with her two cubs.  
 The pandas were adorable,
the people movers winding through the urban jungle were fun,
and the the gondola ride at the end of the day....priceless.

We spent the remaining light on Christmas Eve on the patio,


and went to sleep with lions, tigers and sugar plums dancing in our heads.


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