Lawns, Limbs and Laughter

I haven't updated for a while but this has been a particularly crazy week. We have also missed Andy so much this week! He has been at a conference in Cedar city since Tuesday. Zach got to tag along with me all week. He came to the Youth activity, and two different stake meetings, and to the Chiropractor. Zachary loves to go to the Chiropractor. He likes to take things to Trisha, the receptionist and loves to chase Dr. Gurney down the hall. They are good sports. We put together a bag for Z to carry so he would stay busy during the Stake Auxiliary training and I don't know what I was thinking. I should have picked out some quieter toys. A firetruck, a train, some other little cars and a book. Seems harmless enough I know but Zach has lots of great sound effects and trains and firetrucks are loud!

Here are some pictures we took out in the yard the last nice weekend we had. Zach loves to help out as you can see. It was so nice to have a day to work in the yard. We got a lot done and I was able to turn the soil and the flower beds and get them ready for some annuals!





We have been meaning to take this dying tree out of our front yard but as you can see all it needed was a strong chica like myself to pull half of it out of the ground. I was actually really surprised when it did come out. It was definitely dead.




Here are a couple of random photos we took of Zach. He was wearing Andy's coat around and thought it was so funny to fall down in it.


I came home from a baby shower one day and Andy and Zach were sitting next to our neighbors fence. Zach was sitting next to this frog that our neighbor gave him and I had to take a picture. I wonder what that frog said to make Zach laugh so hard?




I had to include these last photos because Zach loves jammies. He refuses to take them off in the morning and always says he wants to wear "jammie clothes" whenever we are going somewhere. He especially loves this hand-me-down bulldozer top which he calls his tractor jammies. He loves to push strollers around and lovingly buckled up his albino monkey so they could go for a walk.

Spring

After several beautiful days, it snowed today. Zach had a fever and slept for 3 hours and I pouted being cooped up in the house. I know that is just the way spring weather is and I will probably be complaining again when it is a hundred degrees outside but I am ready for the warm weather to stay.





It made me feel a little better to look at these photos taken a little over a year ago. Those tulips across the street are going to bloom again soon, right?

So that is how Zachary learned the color blue!

We told you about Zach's arm and the adventure it was for the whole fam. Here are the pictures we took way back in February.



A week after Zach broke his arm we took him to his pediatrician to have a hard cast put on. His "boo" (blue) cast



One week later we went in for another blue cast. The first one slid half way off his arm. Zach called the 2nd cast his "new" cast. He wanted to wear the old cast on his other arm.





One week after that he wiggled out of his new blue cast. The next cast went all the way up his arm.







One week after that, I couldn't see his fingers because that cast was sliding down his arm. Luckily it was time for the cast to come off for good. Zach got another X-ray to make sure the arm had healed correctly, everything looked okay.

I think we were all pleased when the cast came off for good! Three casts in 3 weeks was enough for all of us.

I'm So Glad When Daddy Comes Home!

One day Andy surprised us by coming home from work early with a kite.












Andy taught Zach how to hold the kite by himself.


















They were even able to lay down on the grass and just watch the kite and the clouds.





We wish we had more relaxing afternoons like this to spend with Andy!!













It was a Perfect afternoon!

Two Years Old

Zach had such a great birthday. The day we celebrated he woke up from his nap to find the house full of some of his very favorite people. Grammy and Papa, Uncle Jarno, Aunt Jan-y and Uncle Bun!!

Zach wanted "happy cake" for his birthday. He started calling cupcakes happy cakes after his friend Sarah's b-day party. It took him a couple of tries to blow those candles out!

He loves his new Cars t-shirt, Thanks Omi!







This is really why it is called happy cake!







It was fun to look back at his pictures from last year with his smash cake and his "Fun to be 1!" hat. We didn't have quite the production this year but Zach was SO HAPPY without all the fuss.

















I got him some really simple outside toys so he could "help" me in the garden without using my garden tools.











He completely forgot about his exciting other presents and headed for the garden boxes. It snowed three inches over night so he had to wait a few more days to really use them. He did get to use the hoe to help his daddy clear snow!



Zachary got a big box of surprises in the mail from his Omi!


He got a special visit from his pal Baby Hay (hazel.) Zach is impatiently waiting for Hazel to be able to run around and play with him!














Zach had such a great day! He is such a blessing to have around. We can't imagine life without him!!

It's About Time!!

When Zach was born, Andy and I thought a blog would be the perfect way to keep everyone updated since we didn't have any family in the area at the time.
Now that Zach is 2, I finally tackled the job. It was rough. It took me almost an hour to choose a format and get everything set up the way I wanted it. No wonder I put it off for so long! ...that was a week ago...let the posting begin.
Enjoy!