Memorial Weekend 2009

We took our second annual Memorial Day Weekend trip to Hogal Zoo on Saturday and stayed there way past naptime, which we regretted on the way home. It is just hard to leave without seeing every animal friend. The only one that we probably could have done without were the elephants--my favorite actually, but in Anna's words "Elephants make me freak out" and it's just not worth it. I also could have done without the warthogs, but not Max, he liked them.

I'm so glad that Taylor pushed the stroller up all the big hills--I am such a big wimp when he's around.

The monkey house is always a favorite.

And this year the zebras were a hit.

Max saw the carousel before I did and started frantically yelling and signing "PLEASE!" 'PLEASE!" Ironically we rode on the elephants because fake ones don't make us freak out.

We waited for the train for a long time, but it was worth it.

Choo choo!

And yes, mom needs to hand the camera over to dad sometimes so these aren't the only kind of photos she appears in.

On Sunday we headed out to the Cedar Fort cemetary (also an annual event).

Anna and Max rode in style. I have to make sure that I have both of their sunglasses in the diaper bag before either I or Taylor put ours on, just so no one gets jealous.

Anna twirled a lot at the cemetery, and we put flowers on all of the graves we could before it started pouring rain. (Grandma Leita, Paige, and Annie under the umbrella)
And last, on Monday, after washing all the windows, and working in the yard, Taylor got a very early and well deserved Father's Day present and he grilled up some dinner for us. How very manly he is!