Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend was a very busy weekend for our family. Friday night, I had volleyball practice and Joshua took Cooper to Eldorado to meet "uncle Loot" (Uncle Luke). Cooper stayed Friday night with Luke and Cori, and then Saturday afternoon and night with Grandma and Grandpa Meyer. When Joshua and I got home we met some friends for dinner and called it a night.

Saturday started bright and early for us. We were playing in a softball tournament in Harveyville (about 45 min. from us). Our first game was at 9 am, and our last at 10 pm. We had a full day of softball, but some beautiful weather to play in. We got home about 1 am and were ready for bed.

We got up Sunday morning and had two family reunions and our nieces birthday party to attend. We were able to make both reunions, but did not make it for the birthday.

On Monday, Gayle (Joshua's mom), Chantal (Joshua's sister), Todd's family (Joshua's brother), and us all drove to Wichita to go to the zoo. We got to Wichita around 11:30 and stopped at mom and dads for lunch. We did not stay long, but enjoyed the quick visit. We got to the zoo about noon and spent just over 4 hours walking around. All the children seemed to enjoy it and behaved well.

Cooper did not really like the petting zoo as much as he did last time. He was a little more intimidated by the animals. He did not want to be put down and would not let them eat out of his hand.
Penguins

Journey and Cooper





Cooper really liked the bear. He kept saying, "momma, he twimmin'".

When I was putting him to bed that night, I asked him what he saw at the zoo, and the bear was the first thing out of his mouth.

I would say the lion was another favorite. When we first got to the window, no one else was around. Cooper would stand against the window and say, "hi lion, hi!"




My cousin Linda gave Cooper a giraffe beanie baby when we were staying with her during grandpa's funeral. Ever since then he has really liked them. He knew exactly what they were when we got to them.
We got a cute picture of the three kids before we left. Baby Lanie was asleep again and didn't get in the picture. Joshua finally found some time to mow are yard during Labor Day weekend. The yard had needed it for about a week. Cooper thought that he better grab his mower and help too.

On our way home from the family reunions on Sunday we took our time. We had to drive through Council Grove and decided to drive around the lake. We stopped at DQ and grabbed some ice cream first and then headed out to the lake. Cooper does not like ice cream, we assume because it is cold, but I thought i would try and ice cream sandwich. Cooper ate all the cookie on the outside layer and left all the ice cream. When I turned around and saw him I said, "Oh my goodness, Cooper you are a mess!" Cooper just laughed and said, "momma, take my picture." How could I refuse! The kid never wants his picture taken, but he must be getting used to it. Cooper had to ride home that way and then got in the bath!