A weekend well spent

This past weekend my Dad & Kim came to visit. It was so nice to see them especially since I haven't seen Kim in over a year & she hasn't met Hayden yet. They arrived on the 6th & were here until the 8th. We all went out to a nice dinner at Chili's on Thursday night. Rya & Hayden were angels! Rya was so cute pulling all the sugar packets out of the container & putting them back. She did all the colors she knows (orange, purple, green, blue & black) for Papa & Nama. It was a great dinner! We really enjoyed catching up with them & it was wonderful for them to see Rya & Hayden!

The next day, they met the kids & I at home. We ran to the grocery store to grab some lunch & then off to the park for a picnic & some play time! It was a beautiful day so we were able to enjoy a nice lunch. Rya was very eager to get to the playground so we all moved over there & had a blast playing with the kids. Rya loved going down the slide with Mommy. Hayden had a great time on the swing (his 1st time!) Rya was so adorable running around with Nama, playing in the leaves with Papa & climbing around with Mommy.

Saturday was a fun day! We all met up at Kim's (Garyn's mom) house to head over to the Phoenix Zoo. This would be Hayden's 1st zoo trip! We thought wisely & brought the double stroller (thanks, battle!) Rya loves to walk but we knew she'd get tired so we thought it best to bring it along.

Rya had such a fantastic time! We took her to the zoo in March 2010 & everything was a dog or a duck. This time she was actually able to identify some animals on her own & knew what something was after we told her. Her favorite animal was the prairie dogs. She stood & watched them with her cousin, Mason & she kept laughing at them & really enjoyed them!

What was really nice for us was that alot of the animals were out & they weren't out when we went last year. We were able to get a great view of the bobcat, lions & tiger (just to name a few). It was unfortunate that we all forgot about Zoolights that evening so the zoo closed early but we all had a fantastic time! It was such a great end to a great weekend with my Dad & Kim. Just hoping it won't be over a year before we get to see them again!