Anchorage Zoo!

Just chillin' with the sunglasses while we were driving to Anchorage...and of course, the binky, but that's a whole other story.

We went to Anchorage the weekend of April 8-9th to help Ty & Liz in moving to their new house, but b/c of how things go when purchasing a home, they were unable to move in until the next weekend. But, this meant we had all of Saturday to just hang out with our friends in Anchorage, which we haven't done in almost never!

So, we all decided to meet up for lunch and then went over to the Anchorage Zoo. When I say all I mean: Ty & Liz and their two boys Zachary, and Xander, Kaye & Jared and their two kids Malia & Tyler, and then us with The Bug. So...it was pretty much an outing for the kids.

It was such a nice day with the sun shining that it was pretty much perfect weather for the beginning of April.

It was our first time to the Anchorage Zoo, though the other families had been there before. The Bug not only loved checking out the animals, but he had a blast running around with Malia and Zach. The other two were stuck in backpacks. :)

Notice The Bug and his new sunglasses. He loves them. We were worried about getting him a pair, b/c last year he mutilated the pair we got him. But, this year he loves to put them on and just chill with them. We keep them in the truck and he knows to ask for them, and then that he has to put them away. When he gets tired of them on his eyes, he pushes them up onto his forehead...it cracks me up. And...we don't go anywhere w/o the hat either. And, lately it has to be this particular orange hat...it's his "bobber" hat b/c of the bobbers on the front. But, he kept the glasses on the entire time we were at the zoo. It's nice he knows how to use them now, b/c it makes it so much easier for him when we're driving and the sun gets in his eyes.

Anyway...as far as the zoo...we saw polar bears, seals, otters, brown/black bears, yaks, 2 humped camel, lots of birds of prey, foxes, wolves, coyotes, etc...most of the stuff has to be able to tolerate the Alaskan winters, b/c it's not the biggest zoo you've ever seen. :) So, even though we didn't get to see a lot of exotic animals, it was fun for the kids just to run around and see the fun animals they did.

We are excited to go back another time. And...it was so fun to be able to spend time with our friends in Anchorage too.