Showers of Love and the Zoo too!

This weekend was packed with fun for the Hinton family. First of all we had Grandma B and Grandpa D staying with us, so that always makes for a great time for everyone. But the main event of the weekend was my baby shower for Kyan. We feel so blessed that my wonderful sisters and mom put together an amazing day for us and we got some great stuff for Kyan! We had lots of family and friends over to our house for games, food, cake, and good company (and of course lots of baby goodies too!). As the houser of the baby being showered I was not behind my camera, and thus I do not have any photos to show, but hopefully I can snag some from family so that I can share with everyone. It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday though and it was perfect in every way to celebrate the upcoming arrival of this little boy! :) Thanks to everyone who was able to make it and a BIG special thanks to my sisters Crista and Gina and my mom for making it all happen!



The remainder of our weekend was just as nice as Saturday as well. On Sunday (another gorgeous winter day) we took Mckinley to the zoo! If you can believe it, it was her very FIRST time to the zoo. I know, crazy huh? All summer I begged Kevin every beautiful weekend day to go but we always seemed to have something going on. So when Grandma B mentioned a trip the zoo I jumped on it and wouldn't let Kevin find a reason why it wouldn't work! It was a great day! The crowds were perfect, the weather was perfect, and Mckinley loved it! :) What else could you hope for in your first trip to the zoo?

This little guy was in the parking lot....Mckinley was in love!

Mckinley called these guys (red foxes) "bood boy"--her name for Max! :) They do look a lot alike.

Mckinley was NOT impressed with these guys at all, but I thought it was a neat picture anyway.

The highlight of the zoo trip was by far the polar bears though....



She was in awe..."bear!!"



Another first at our trip to the zoo was a ride on the carousel! She thought it was pretty neat...a little apprehensive, but she still thought it was fun getting to ride on a "horse"!

Our first trip to the zoo was a huge success and we plan on making the trip again MANY more times!

We ended our day with a fun lunch on the water, and then Kevin and Grandpa D got a lot of "to-do" projects done around the house---which really helped with my need for things to be ready when this baby gets here! :)

What a great weekend spent with a lot of wonderful people!