Memorial Day in Kansas

Shane and I have made the decision to spend Memorial Day weekends with his family in KS. It is a long 8 hour drive so we need a long weekend to enjoy our time there. Like always, we enjoyed our holiday weekend.

Saturday we headed to the Rolling Hills Zoo near Shane's parents' home. It is not a huge zoo but a great size for a toddler. The animals are close enough so Lincoln can actually see them and they have a museum of "stuffed" animals.

I love this picture of the two "strollers". Shane's grandmother was a trooper with the heat.
Lincoln had a scary experience with the sheep in the farm area. He stood close to the cage and said "baa" to the sheep and was not expecting it say anything back. He nearly jumped out of his skin when it reacted to him. After that he was a little weary of all animals, including the statues.

This zoo has a walk-through museum of stuffed animals from around the world. It is pretty neat but kind of creepy. Lincoln was again a little weary of the animals.

Other than the zoo, we mostly spent the weekend outside at the pond. Shane was pumped to take Lincoln to the pond and fish and ride in the boat.

Lincoln was thrilled to be with the boys outside. It made me N-E-R-V-O-U-S to have him so close to the water so I couldn't stay outside too long.

He went on the four wheeler a few times.

Shane wanted to take Lincoln on the boat around the pond on his parents' land. He had to have a life jacket and he surprised us by not pitching a fit about wearing it. It was a little humid and still on the water so the boat ride did not last long.

The weekend had some time inside working on the tool bench.

You know it was a good weekend when your hair looks like this at the end of the day!

We had a great holiday weekend with family and we are thankful for those who served and made our freedom possible.