June 28, 2008

It's the morning of June 28th, our 16th wedding anniversary!  Gigi has been a really good girl on the plane.  She slept a bit.  When she woke up, she quietly sat and watched her videos on my iPhone.

When we got to our hotel at 6 AM in the morning, the rooms weren't ready.  Papa had picked up a car for us, while the rest of us took the prearranged hotel shuttle.  We were staying at a Hilton, and Papa hooked us up!  As soon as he got to the hotel, he got us our room!  He's wonderful!  We slept for a bit and then headed out.

Alaska was celebrating their statehood day, so there were a lot of festivities going on.  Across from our hotel there was a fair.  Here's Gigi with Grandma and Grandpa.  They were watching some belly dancers dance.

Papa drove us to the Anchorage Zoo.  I thought Gigi would enjoy that the most, so we went to see the local animals.

Here's Gigi walking around the zoo.  The coat she's wearing is a gift from Auntie Suzanne, Griffin's mom.  It fit her perfectly!  Everyone commented on how cute it was.  :)  Thank you, Suzanne!

Check out the polar bears!  They were up and about!  

Here's Gigi and Papa checking them out.

The next stop...seals.  One came over to give Gigi some love.  He actually kissed the glass!

Here's Papa and Gigi looking for moose from an observation platform.  Gigi loved just going up and down the stairs.  Silly, girl.

We got to see a baby musk ox and its mama.  Gigi didn't seem to want to get to close to them.

But here she is trying to get a closer look at the ravens.  Gigi really likes birds.

After the zoo, Papa took us to see the largest float plane airport...a big lake.  We saw several planes land and take off!