Memorial Weekend

I'm doing this a bit backwards since this is the way my pictures from our GREAT Memorial weekend are uploaded.....I came back on Monday to do some yard work and flowers with Taylor when I came a cross a BABY DEER in our back yard. As you can see he was cuddled up by our house and retaining wall right behind the garage. I wasn't sure what to do with him so I called my friends, the zookeepers - Heidi and Chris, they said to leave it alone. The mother will come back for it at some point. So periodically throughout the evening we would check on it, Taylor loved saying "baby deer." Eric checked on it one last time before we went to bed and he seemed hungry and lonely but we left it alone. First thing Tuesday morning, Eric went to check on him and it was gone???!!! We are assuming his mommy came back to get him!! I was home yesterday with Taylor and she didn't forget about her baby deer....she kept asking about it and wanted to go look, but he was gone! Maybe he'll come back someday.

ON Sunday we had Courtney's birthday party. Taylor and I spent the afternoon there have treats, juice, and going down the SLIDE!! She had a blast.

Happy Birthday Courtney!!

Saturday night Taylor and I headed to Paynesville to spend the night at Gma and Gpa's house. Mom was at work so we stopped in to say hi and get a treat from her work! After getting settled at the house, dad had a great idea to bring us to the DQ. Taylor's first DQ treat, a cone!! She loved it, but I think Gpa was more excited to get this for her and watch her enjoy it.

Saturday afternoon Taylor and I met Drew, Raegan, and Brooke at the Hemker Zoo in Freeport. We all had a great time. The kids enjoyed seeing all the different animals and being able to pet them, thanks Heidi! Taylor was a little scared of the animals, she is only used to seeing them on TV or in her books, not in real life. She did like the little ones though.

What a great weekend. We wished daddy good luck on his fishing trip Friday morning as he left until Monday for his annual father-son weekend.

Hope you all had a fun and safe weekend.