Starting Summer

Uhh, so I guess this blog is supposed to be closed but I still think that we will post occasionally. Or maybe just me. Either way I am posting again so here we go...

So we have been having fun this year as summertime slowly comes around.

So of course I have to talk about Zachary.  The kids is stinking cute.  This was his favorite sitting/hiding place for a little while. 

It has also been quite a while but I should probably also mention this next picture:

This is Tori from my work's cafeteria.  Yes, Zachary is buddies with everyone there and he had quite the friendship with Tori.  He used to always find her when he came to lunch and would help her hand out change from the register to people paying.  Unfortunately she is no longer there (she had another baby and wanted to be a mom full time) but Zachary is still buddies with Luis the grill chef and also love to stop buy and visit Shuryne and Lacy from HR when he comes and visits me.  They make sure to load him up with obscene amounts of candy before he leaves and he absolutely loves it.

Yes, this picture looks random but I just had to comment.  This was done by Zachary as he was playing one day in the kitchen.  What is this?  He told me that Ramone is "pooping."  I loved it.



This is Zachary's favorite activity.  Occasionally I will bring home some liquid nitrogen to make ice cream (which is awesome by the way...) and we always end up having to play around with it a bit.  He loves watching it disappear into the carpet and then running around over it and feeling his feet get cold.  He actually remembered the name of it this last time too.

So Memorial Day weekend we went up to the "Day out with Thomas" up in Heber.  I swear to it Zachary was SO excited leading up to it.  He constantly was asking Rachel and I how long he had till he could go see Thomas.  If nothing else the anticipation was worth every penny we shelled out for the tickets.  So we got to take a "ride" on Thomas.  I use that term loosely because really we kind of rolled down the tracks some 300 yards or so and then went back.  Zachary loved it though and he loved seeing the trains.

Here is Zachary stuffing his face with cotton candy (he loves the stuff, what kid doesn't?!?) and showing off his Thomas tattoo on his face.  He also was sporting a James tattoo on the other cheek for the next couple days and he absolutely loved them.  In the end we had to take him swimming at the pool to strategically remove them. 

We had an awesome time.  Zachary's love for Thomas the Train has been fun and it is perfect timing for this thing.  We will see if he even cares for it by next year...

Every year we get hooked up by Rachel's sister Andrea with tickets to the Shriner's Hospital Dreamnight at Hogle Zoo.  It is super fun to go each year and we really have started to look forward to it.  This year Rachel's other sister Cheryl and her family went along too.  As you may know Zachary loves Cheryl's kids so it made for a fun night with them.

This is Zachary in his "Shoot Shoot" pose.  He occasionally thinks he has a laser in his arm like Buzz Lightyear and goes around shooting people and things.  We really need to get it on video.

So much to talk about....

So here we are, half way through summer and we have posted virtually nothing. Sad I know. I guess that is what happens when you get busy. Anyhow. We have definitely had fun this summer. In June we took a trip out to San Diego with Rachel's mom. It was a great time and we enjoyed taking Zachary to Sea World, the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park. He absolutely loved the zoo and Sea World. Grandma Sharee bought him a little Shamu stuffed whale that he called "Shampoo" for some time after the trip. Even now he still sleeps with it every night.

We loved the trip and had tons of fun.

So Zachary also turned two in July. It is really crazy just how fast he is growing up now. We had a little party for him during singing time on his birthday and that night we had family over for cake and swimming. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate so we scratched swimming and just did cake. Rachel made this AWESOME "Cars" cake as Zachary is currently loving the movie. Thanks Cheryl for generously donating your Cars characters to help out with the cake. It seriously turned out awesome and Rachel was up till 1:00AM finishing it up to perfection.

It is crazy just how fast Zachary is growing up now. It is so fun to see him learn new things and play and interact in different ways now. It is strange to look at him and think just how much he has developed in the past two years!

Other than all of the forementioned stuff, we have just been having fun this summer and playing as much as we can. We will try and keep updating the blog where possible and let you know what is new in our lives!

Hanging out at the Cabin!

Alright.....I am off to bed!

-Daniel