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2011-03-18T12:06:00.001-06:00

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To Infinity and beyond!!!

2010-03-08T21:18:00.003-07:00

Zach is loving Toy Story right now. He loves Buzz and Woody, it just depends on the mood he's in who he decides he is. This weekend he became Buzz Light (that is what Zach calls him.) Note the Buzz Lightyear slippers and pajamas, not just the cuffs and wings. This kid cracks me up!! Sunday morning he woke up, came into our room, climbed up on our bed and on top of Paul, he looked at us and said "I want mine wings on!" Zach is the cutest little stinker, I just love him!!! He can make me so mad and want to laugh at him all within a matter of seconds! Gotta' love him!

Sunday afternoon he decided that he needed his helmet as well... lol he cracks me up!

And she's back... We'll see! :)

2010-03-05T13:46:00.005-07:00

I'm sure you all thought I fell off the side of a mountain or something due to the fact it has been over a year since I last posted. Well I am still alive and kicking just so you all know! :) Life this past year has been crazy and exciting and beyond stressful. But guess what... We all survived (at least at our house)!
I guess the most exciting news of the year came in october when we bought our first house. I keep meaning to post pictures but I haven't yet. I have pictures of what it looked like before but I still have not taken the "after" shots. How long is it ok to live in your house with out getting all your pictures and stuff on the walls?? I just don't know what I want to do yet, nothing has struck me. I am still waiting for it to hit me.
I will eventually get the pictures on the blog, I promise! :)
Here is one picture of the house... Zach and I played in the snow this morning before his nap. This was the first time he really has been able to go out and play in the snow this year. He loved it and I had a lot of fun too!! Don't make fun of the snowman... it has been many years since I have made one! :)

Happy Halloween

2008-11-24T21:32:00.003-07:00

So I guess you all have figured out I am always behind on my blogging but I wanted to show you how cute Zach was in his costume. I dressed him up as Curious George and Paul was the man in the yellow hat. My cute friend Ashley took these pictures for us, she works at the JC Penny portrait studio at the south towne mall. Awesome job Ash! :) Isn't Zach such a cute monkey!! Paul was such a great sport too!!

2008-11-14T00:03:00.002-07:00

Take the Quiz and Share Your Results!

If you are a Twilight fan this is a fun quiz!! As you can see I am Bella! Just take the quiz, it's short and it's fun! :) I can't wait for the movie... just one more week!! :)

Ties for Tots GIVEAWAY at Simple Finds

2008-11-12T22:46:00.001-07:00

You all need to go check out my GIVEAWAY at Simple Finds!!! Christie has been so great to work with, and I love her site. She finds the best stuff and does reviews on the items, I love to check out the fun new things she features each day! I am giving a tie away to one lucky person! Go enter to win! Hurry!! :)

Check out my newest creation...Tutus!!

2008-10-27T11:27:00.004-06:00

I just started making tutus last week and they have been a big hit!! They are so cute, and so much fun! These are the only ones I have made for now but there are more to come this week.. I plan on doing more "girly" colors but I thought the holiday ones were fun. Check out the post on my Ties for Tots blog for pricing and sizes if you are interested!! I am having so much fun with them, I hope you like them as much as I do! By the way, they are cute in the pictures but they are even cuter in person!! :)

Giveaway!!

2008-10-27T11:21:00.002-06:00

Leelou blogs is doing a huge giveaway this week. Visit her site each day to enter a new giveaway, she is giving away multiple items each day!! This is so much fun, and she is giving away fun things!!

Paul's 30th Birthday!

2008-10-15T22:14:00.002-06:00

I know that this is a little bit late but everything always is with me... So it was Paul's 30th Birthday on the 3rd of this month. I had been planning a huge surprise party and gift for him for the past year. We had the party/dinner at Johnny Carino's on his birthday, he had no idea! I am so bad with secrets so it was really hard for me to pull this off but I did it and I was so excited about it. Paul totally thought that it was just him, me and Zach going to dinner but little did he know there was a room full of friends and family waiting for him. I had called and made reservations and sent out invitations, the whole nine yards. He was so shocked when we walked in! It was awesome!! I also gave him an AWESOME birthday present... I sent him to a Denver Broncos game the following weekend. If you know Paul, you know he lives for football and especially the Broncos. I got the tickets to the game and plane tickets (with my father-in-law's help), I called Paul's boss and took the weekend off for him, it was so awesome! He was so surprised and excited about it! I am the best wife ever!!! No offence ladies but it's true! Paul was so shocked that I had pulled this whole thing off without him knowing anything. I rocked it out! :) I made him a little certificate with a poem telling him he got to go to the game, it was so cute I will have to take a pic of it and post it for you all. Anyway the whole thing turned out so well! It was so much fun and so stressful all at the same time. I was really glad when it was all over though so I could stop lying to Paul, I am a really bad liar so it was hard even though it was all for a good cause! :) Thanks to everyone who came to the party and helped me with everything. We had a great time! :) So here are some of the pics from the party... I will post pics from the game when I get them (I didn't go with him, and I had the camera... We will get pics from Craig and post them so you all can see how much fun Paul had!)

This was when we first walked in... SURPRISE!!

Paul was so shocked!

Zach didn't really know what to think of everyone yelling..

This was a gift from Parker & Dayna, it was a venus fly trap... I love how Parker is laughing so hard in the background and Paul doesn't get what it is. It was so funny... Paul even said "I don't get it!" Awesome gift guys! :)

Paul opening his Broncos attire.. Zach and I got him a hat, long sleeve t-shirt and a hoodie, you never know what the weather is going to be like in Denver.

This was the certificate telling him about the trip, he said "I'm going to the Broncos game!? You always say you want to go to a Broncos game!" Then I told him I wasn't going and he said "So I have to go alone? That's no fun!?" Then I told him who was going and he said "Oh, ok. I really didn't want to go alone!" He is so silly!

Thanks Mauna & Craig for giving Paul the plane ticket.. a GREAT Birthday present! :)

I don't love this pic of me but I was so excited about the whole thing, I couldn't stop smiling and laughing at Paul's reactions to everything! It was AWESOME! I am so lucky to have the best husband, Paul is so sweet and he gives us so much that I wanted to do something so special and exciting for him. I know he loved it and I am so grateful to everyone who came to celebrate with us! Paul said later that he was so happy to see everyone there and he said that he didn't realize he had so many good friends and family to celebrate his Birthday with. Thank you SO much everyone! :)

Family Pictures...

2008-09-15T00:59:00.000-06:00

I decided we would take family pictures at the same time we took Zach's one year pictures. I just thought that we would share them with you, I love them so I hope you all like them just as much as we do! :)

Zach's First Birthday!

2008-09-15T00:40:00.000-06:00

July 4th 2008
I know it has been almost 2 and a half months but finally here are the pictures of Zach's birthday. We had the party at Willow Creek Park, and it was a lot of fun! I worked long and hard before hand to make the invitations, (Thanks Aunt Kristi for the use of your Cricit!) I also made both of the cakes (Thanks mom for all of your help and encouragement over the phone) and last but not least the cute pin the tail on the Lion game. If you can't tell we had a Lion themed party! It was so much fun all except the part where I was sick as a dog all day long, ya I thought I was going to die! We will get back to that in a bit... So we played pin the tail on the lion and opened gifts (thanks again to everyone for your cute gifts!) then Zach dug into his cake and everyone else had some of the other cake. I missed the entire cake segment of the party because I was sure I was going to die at any moment! I hope everyone else had a good time! :) We also had planned to go to the West Jordan Stampede and watch the fireworks but again for the 2nd year in a row we missed it. At least last year we got something really awesome for missing the fun, not so much this year! :( I guess it is a good thing that Zach wasn't sick and he won't remember that I missed most of his party. He also won't know that we didn't see fireworks or go to the rodeo! :) Next year is bound to be better right? Let's hope so! Thanks again to everyone who came to the party! I hope you enjoy the slide show.. there are a lot of pictures but they are so fun! Enjoy! :)

Zach Attack!!

2008-09-14T23:42:00.000-06:00

So these pictures are over 2 months old but I am still trying to catch up... I just thought I would post some cute and silly pictures of Zach Attack.

He was so silly with the Peek-a-boo when he finally figured it out he loved to play and I love this pic of his cute "boo" face.

If you don't know Zach was afraid of animal noises for the longest time. Whenever Paul would moo like a cow Zach would make this face and sometimes he would cry. I guess I am a bad mom but I thought it was too funny and I knew (well hoped) it would not last long so I had to get a picture of it! :)

Zach loves to drink his bath water... please tell me this is just a phase and he will grow out of it soon! :) By the way how awesome is the water, Crayola makes these tablets that color the water, they are so fun!

This was the first time he un-rolled the toilet paper, he was just too cute to get mad at so I took pictures instead. They make me smile when I look at them and I love how he is dragging it behind him as he tries to make his get away! What a cute little stinker!!

Family picture day...

2008-08-25T09:35:00.000-06:00

One Sunday afternoon we met Marci and Dan at Gardner Village to take pictures of each other. It was a beautiful day but it was too sunny and Paul and I are squinting in all of the pictures. Zach did not want to smile so, as you can see none of the pictures turned out all that well. There were quite a few that I thought were really cute and funny but I don't know that any will go on the wall. Thanks Marci for your best efforts though, we had a great time! :) I do love the ones where we are looking at the pond.. that way you can't see our squinty eyes. :)

Zach and Paul had to check out the ducks while we were at the Village.

Messy boy!!

2008-08-25T09:10:00.000-06:00

Kelsie turned 18 in June so we went to dinner and hung out with them on her birthday. I made her a lion cake like Zach was going to have on his birthday as a practice. After dinner we went to Kelsie's for cake and ice cream...

Aunt Kristi made Zach his own ice cream cone... And this is where it begins...

He then got into the cake...

Then back to the ice cream...

Tried to attack Aunt Kristi...

And then attacked the cake again... Oh my goodness! He was a wreck, yes we did give him a bath before we took him home! He was more into getting messy with this cake than he was on his birthday. Sad day!

Future Fireman?

2008-08-25T08:59:00.000-06:00

These pictures were also from Idaho, My brother in law has this awesome fire truck that no one is allowed to play in... except for Zach? He didn't get in trouble so I guess it was ok! Zach loved it, the bell clangs and it didn't take long for him to figure that out! He is such a ham!!!

Family Time!

2008-07-18T11:15:00.000-06:00

We went to Idaho to see my family and to attend a family reunion. At the reunion Bob & Linda (my cousins) brought this rocket launcher they had made and the kids (Paul included) made their own rockets to launch. It was so cool! I even made one but it was really crappy! Sad day Jill Young! Anyway, we had a "blast" at the reunion!

After the reunion we went to dinner at Pizza Villa. This is Paul's favorite place to eat in Preston, we MUST eat there everytime we go to Preston it is now tradition. They happened to be having their annual Pig out so we were very lucky to have been a part of it. :) Zach ate 3 silces by himself as well as 2 breadsticks... the little piggy piggy! At the pig out they were giving out prizes and sunglasses for the kids. They gave Zach a pair of sunglasses which he did not want to wear so Uncle Brent put them on... oh boy! Zach was freaked out by the glasses, it was so funny! We got an extra pair for some reason so NaTasha put them on too... Zach did not like that either!! We had a great time in Idaho!! Love ya fam!!

Zach eating his first slice of pizza!

Zach & Grandma Priestley

Zach says "I love me some Pizza!"

Paul won a prize.. He was so excited!! He looks like a St. Bernard with it around his neck! :)

As you can see Zach is not impressed with the glasses but that is uncle Brent's hand reaching for them.

Zach looks like he is thinking.. Mom what is going on??

Oh boy! Uncle Brent sure thinks this is funny but I am not quite sure about this!

NaTasha & Brent in their awesome sunglasses! You guys look hot!! :)

Zach was covered in Pizza sauce so we stripped him down to his diappy and shoes and put him in the carseat... can you say white trash baby!?

A much needed treat

2008-07-18T09:03:00.000-06:00

After such a long night terrorizing Rodney Zach needed an ice cream cone...

Do you know Arctic Circle has courtesy cones?? Awesome!!

He took some time out to eye my shake...

Then it was back to his cone. Zach loves ice cream!

This was not the end for the ice cream cone, he ate the entire thing cone included! He is such a munch mouth! :)

Kitty Kitty

2008-07-17T22:42:00.000-06:00

On our way to Idaho to see my family, we stopped off at our friends Parker & Dayna's house to visit. They have a cat named Rodney and Zach loved him!! I don't think Rodney had quite the same appreciation for Zach. I think they had fun together, well at least Zach did. I'm sure Rodney was glad to see us go!

Look at Zach's face, he is so excited! Rodney is just stareing him down not quite sure what he is?

At one point Zach would get too aggressive and Rodney would throw his paw up in defense.

Sometimes Rodney would just lay there and let Zach hit him...

Then he would get bugged and run off...

That was not a problem for Zach he would just chase after him. It was the funniest thing ever, it makes me want to get a kitten or a puppy for him although we won't anytime soon.

A day at the Zoo

2008-07-17T22:15:00.000-06:00

We got a pass for the Zoo this year, it has been so much fun! We decided to go on a play date with Marci and the boys, we had a blast!!

We had to stop and see the Giraffes, they are our favorite!

Check out Zach and Brock in the egg, Zach didn't like it at first...

But then he and Brock found something cool to play with, check out Brock's face! So cute!

How many boys can you fit into a tortoise shell?

These two crack me up look how cute they are! I can't wait for them to be old enough to really play together, they are going to have so much fun.

All of us at the Zoo!

Chocolate covered peanut anyone?

2008-07-17T21:20:00.000-06:00

So I went to Costco and bought Paul a treat, chocolate covered peanuts. Paul had been watching T.V. and had the giant jar of his yummy treats on the couch by him. The next thing we knew Zach had opened the jar (I don't think the lid was on tight) and had a fist full of chocolate. It was too cute to get mad at him, he was holding on to that thing for dear life.

The snatch...

Looking at dad to see how much trouble he might be in...

Look at my couch behind him, will it ever be clean again?

The end result... He enjoyed the yummy treat so much, you can see it on his face! LOL :)

Our summer so far... ok really just until June

2008-07-14T01:27:00.000-06:00

Hold on to your pantalones because this is a really long post... I promise more is coming so you can be completely updated on our summer but it's really late and I am really tired! So like I said there will be more to come... soon I promise!

The next few pics were taken at Kelsie's high school graduation at the E-Center.
I LOVE this picture of Zach and my dad, they are so cute!!

Grandma and Aunt Michelle with Zach.

Paul made Zach slide down the rail, I don't know if Zach thought it was as cool as Paul did.

Kelsie and Zach. Congrats graduate!! We are so proud of you Kelsie!!

Aunt DeAnn & Zach reading. I just couldn't resist taking this pic I thought it was too cute!

My friends little girl sat her apple down on our coffee table and walked away, just about 2 seconds later Zach made his way to the table and started eating her apple. Tessa saw him and freaked out so I decided to give Zach his own apple.

He loved it!
Look at that thing...
I don't know if you can see it in his hands but he ate that thing down to the core! He loved it and I bet it felt so good on his litte gums.

Ok so we tried the whole fish thing again... Zach loved to watch them, he would just hang out and laugh at them it was the funniest thing! They died but they lasted a lot longer than the last ones!!

We got Zach a new carseat and he loved the box it came in! It cracks me up to see this, did you ever play in the box when your parents got a new fridge or washer and dryer? I totally remember the forts we made with the huge boxes! :)

Zach in his new "big boy" car seat! He loves to face forward!!

Ok so I had this awesome idea for pics on my ties for tots blog. We got together with Marci & Dan, Becky & Jason, and Jill & Tyler and we all have boys so I thought it would be an awesome opprotunity to take some pictures. OH BOY!!! Seriously it was the most comical thing ever, 6 boys under 4... come on really!? There was no way that we were going to get them to all look at us at the same time! It was a nice try and a fun time, I don't think we have laughed so hard in a while! Good job boys, and to all involved!

Zach got his first tatoo... obviously it's not real! Doesn't he look so tough! Just ignore the boogers! LOL

Ok maybe I am a bad mom but I am totally laughing at this pic. right now!! I had to take a picture before I could help him it was just too funny!! Zach hates his carseat sometimes, I think he just hates to be restrained. We had just gotten home and I unbuckled him because he was freaking out but as you can see I did not take him out of the straps. I grabbed the sacks in the car and turned around to grab Zach who was again freaking out. This is what I found... I had to take a picture! Don't worry he was not hurt, just really mad!!

While Marci & Dan were on their cruise Paul, Zach & I had a play date with Braden. We took him to the zoo & we had so much fun! You wouldn't know by the pics but I promise I was there too! :)
On the train ride!

The white alligator... Braden made me go back with him to see it twice! That thing freaks me out!!

There is a cougar in the cave thing to the left of the boys. Braden is a true BYU fan so we had to take a pic with a real cougar!

The boys haging out with the tigers at Asian Highlands.

Zach loves the swing at Marci & Dan's house... thank you Ryan(Dan's dad)!

As you can see, Zach also loves the fridge! Everytime I open it he boot scoots right over and gets in, he got really fast!

This is what my kitchen has been looking like for the past few months. Zach takes everything out of the cupboard plays for a while then finds something new and I clean it up... eventually the vicious cycle begins again. I think because we have a lot of family and friends with kids I realized long ago you have to pick you battles. This is one battle that I don't pick, I just let him play and when he moves on to something else I clean it up. :)

He plays in the cupboard and then moves on to the drawer.

These are pics of Zach when he first started to crawl...

Look at this face, he is so cute and so mischevious!

I was sitting on the floor playing with him and taking pictures when I realized why he likes to get in to everything... this is his view. I mean look at all the cupboards and drawers and the dishwasher. How could you not get into everything? :)

My cute little helper!

Zach's first hair cut!

2008-05-21T13:13:00.000-06:00

Happy boy ready for a hair cut!

Check out that hair!

Here is the first cut

Help! Mommy save me!!

Anyone in the mood for sumo wrestling?

I don't know about this!!

Are we done yet?

All done... Happy boy again!

Zach did not love his first hair cut experience, I'm not sure Aunt Marci did either. At times I was worried Marci was going to cut Zach or herself because Zach was being so wiggly. Luckily, we all got through it without any casualties. Thank goodness!! Thanks Aunt Marci for my great hair cut! Look at me I'm a stud!!

A day at the Zoo

2008-05-21T13:07:00.000-06:00

We just got a Zoo pass, it was my Mother's day present. I was so excited about it, I have been wanting to get one for awhile. We had such a great day at the Zoo, I think Paul and I were more excited about it than Zach but that's ok. The pass is for a year so I think Zach will start to like it more and more, let's hope!!

2008-05-21T11:52:00.000-06:00

Tip toe through the tulips...

The other day I was out planting flowers and could not pass up this photo op. Zach was not sure about the flowers and dirt at first. He warmed up to the idea when he figured out he could push and pull the flowers around.

Who LOVES Ice cream???

If you can't tell this is deffinately my son, I love ice cream and now so does Zach. Paul and I had a bowl for dessert the other night and Zach freaked out until we gave him some. He pulled the bowl down and face planted into it trying to get some ICE CREAM!!!! He is so crazy right now about food, if we are eating he has a fit until we give him some!! Can you say SPOILED!

Daddy and Zach

I love this picture of Paul and Zach. Paul is such a cute daddy which I always knew he would be. I love how he will lay down with Zach and just play with him or let Zach beat up on him, that happens a lot! :) It's so fun just to watch my two boys spend time together!

Big boy!!

2008-05-16T16:27:00.000-06:00

Zach is such a big boy, he had so much fun riding Braden's scooter! Zach obviously thought he was so cool! Look at his face, he had a blast!!

Zach's new tricks

2008-05-16T15:36:00.000-06:00

This is what we found a few weeks ago when we woke up... Zach peeking over the top of his crib.

Then about a week and a half later he learned how to stand with his mobile...

And at the side of his crib. I think it is about time to lower the mattress what do you think? :)

Fishy Fishy... Zach's first pets!

2008-05-16T15:09:00.000-06:00

A few weeks ago we bought Zach two gold fish from Wal-mart. I was so excited about them because when we were in the store as you can see, Zach could not take his eyes off of them.

Zach loved watching the fish

My fish!

Getting the bowl ready for the fish.

Can you see my new friends? "Fish are friends!"

Zach and mommy with Zach's first pets!

On a sad note, one of the fish was dead when we woke up the following morning and the other died the next day! Sad day fishy fishy! Good thing it was only a 56 cent investment. We may get new fish but not from Wal-mart!

Happy Easter... just a little late!

2008-04-21T10:43:00.000-06:00

Ok so I sort of skipped the whole easter thing so I thought I would fill you in on it. We had such a fun day! We woke up and did the whole easter basket thing, then we went to church... notice Zach's cute new easter outfit and the tie! :) After church we went over to Chris & Sarah's house, they have twins one day younger than Zach. The babies & Tate were so cute together, it was so fun taking pictures of them! Then it was off to G & G Young's house for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. We had such a great day, it was so much fun! We really enjoyed spending time with friends and family, we are so lucky to have such great people in our lives!

Ties for Tots

2008-04-18T12:38:00.001-06:00

I have started a new business venture, Ties for Tots. I have been making these adorable ties for babies and toddlers, I have even made some that fit a 10 year old. I can make any size, including an elastic neck for babies as well as "big boy" ties for your older kids. The ties with the elastic necks are still very much like a real tie (daddy's tie). They have a small piece of elastic with a snap so you don't have to put the tie over your babies head. However, the tie still adjusts like a regular tie so you can easily adjust it to grow with your little one. The ties I make for older kids are just like a real tie, they come already tied so they can easily be taken off and on with just a little adjustment (just like daddy's). If the tie happens to come untied, it can easily be re-tied just like daddy would tie his. I have many colors and designs to choose from. If you are looking for something specific just let me know and I can see what I can find for you.

Zach & Karson

2008-04-14T17:35:00.000-06:00

Zach & I took a trip to Idaho and surprised my parents, it was so fun everyone was so excited to see us, well that's what they said but they were really just excited to see Zach! Karson just could't get enough of Zach, they had so much fun together!

Zach's new faces and tricks!

2008-04-14T17:33:00.000-06:00

I know it has been a long time and I have heard how SICK you are of Zach's new hat so here you are...(Rhianna!!) :)Finally new pictures!! Zach has been such a ham lately, he is the funniest kid! I just love him and can't get enough he is always happy and laughing and goes a mile a minute (and he's not even crawling). He is a jabber box and thinks he is sooo funny, he must be Paul's son!! :) He is not crawling yet but I think he had decided that he might be interested in trying it. I am not sure how I feel about that though, I want him to crawl but I am not sure our house is ready for it yet. I know it won't be long yet so I better get it ready right!?

Zach's new hat!

2008-03-06T23:06:00.000-07:00

Ok so here it is... these pictures were taken today so that means our blog is completely updated!!! YEAH!!! I just had to blog these pictures I took today of Zach in his new hat. I don't know if you all got in on that 40% off sale at Old Navy a few weeks ago but that's where we got the hat. I love it and Zach thinks he is such a stud in it, he loves it too! And really he is a stud I mean look at him, he's just so cute!! Happy blogging all! Love ya! :)

Licorice anyone?

2008-03-06T15:52:00.000-07:00

Zach loves to eat what we eat now and usually won't take no for an answer. I was eating Twizzlers the other night and he wanted some too, as you can see he enjoyed the new treat!

Don't you just want to kiss those sticky little cheeks! :)

Wild hair

2008-03-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

Zach is one wild kid, the other night he was in his crib and mad about something. When I went to his crib he was under his bumper pads, I pulled him out this is what I found. I thought it was so funny that I had to take a picture! This kid cracks me up he is so funny, I just love him more than words can say! :)

Reading the newspaper

2008-03-06T15:16:00.000-07:00

Zach is reading the paper with Uncle John, reading....

reading....

reading and eating....

and eating... I guess there wasn't anything good?!

Congratulations Mark & Karissa!

2008-03-06T15:14:00.000-07:00

Mark & Karissa got married on the 23rd of February, we are so happy for them!! It was such a beautiful day, we spent the day downtown at Temple Square enjoying all the festivities. I am so excited to have a new sister-in-law, Karissa is such a cute girl and we are lucky to have her as part of our family! Congratulations and best wishes to the new couple! :) We love you guys!

2008-03-06T14:06:00.000-07:00

I have this issue where when it starts to get dark I close the blinds in the house, I am freaked out by people being able to see in but I can't see out. Every morning I get up and eventually open the blinds, well check out our surprise! Paul and I don't watch the news very often and had no idea it was going to snow! We were very surprised to see all of the snow!

It took us almost an hour to get our white car out of all that snow! Paul was so mad and I just laughed, which made him even more upset! Sorry love! :)

The many faces of Zach

2008-03-06T13:49:00.000-07:00

Happy New Year!

2008-03-06T12:59:00.002-07:00

We spent New Years Eve at Fat Cats bowling all night it was so much fun! They have all you can bowl and a pizza deal thing every year, then at midnight there is confetti and they give you hats and noise makers it is really fun.

Zach and Mommy

Our cute family!

Daddy and Zach... I love this picture, but I think the hat is a bit small for Paul! :)

Christmas morning

2008-03-06T12:59:00.001-07:00

Do you like my hat?

2008-03-06T12:29:00.000-07:00

I bought Zach this hat and mittens this winter and I just love how silly he is in them!! Check out the long johns too. This was the only time we put him in them but how funny are they? The things we do to our kids! These are going to be fun to show his fiance in twenty some odd years.

Zach

2008-03-06T12:20:00.000-07:00

I just love this kid, Zach makes me smile and laugh everyday! We have been so blessed with him. He is such a good baby and he is so good natured. I have so much fun with him and I just love being a mom it is the best thing in the world!! I love this picture of him so much it makes me smile everytime I see it so I had to share it with all of you! :)

Go Broncos!!

2008-03-06T12:13:00.000-07:00

Paul grew up in Denver so he is a Broncos fan to the death, and now so is Zach as you can see. Paul was so excited when he saw this jersy in the store and he just had to buy it!

Two hands on the ball!! This was Zach's first football lesson, two hands on the ball. It looks like he mastered it! :)

Happy Halloween (just a few months late)

2008-03-06T11:49:00.000-07:00

Zach's first fall. As you can see he is really excited! :)

Mmmmm Yummy!

Paul is having fun carving his pumpkin!

Check out the finished product! This was the first time I have carved something cool, not just a standard pumpkin face. By the way mine is a mummy and Paul's is a spider. We had so much fun!

Happy Halloween from us to you!

Check out our pumpkins aren't they cool!?

Trick or Treating.. in the carseat

Zach is such a cute Tiger! Roar!!

Cousins

2008-03-05T23:13:00.000-07:00

On Paul's side of the family four of us had babies all within about 2 1/2 months of each other. It was really fun to get the babies together and see how different they are!

Here we are with the babies... Me & Zach, Marci & Brock, Meagan & Mason and Hillory & Colton.

Zach, Brock, Mason and Colton... The babies were all crying at one point, it was so funny!

Idaho here we come!

2008-03-05T23:06:00.000-07:00

This was Zach's first trip to Idaho so of course we had to take pictures! I know I know he looks so excited to go!

We had to take a picture by the Welcome to Idaho sign! I almost had to wake him up for this shot. :)

Family!

2008-03-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

I love this picture of Amy and Zach, aren't they so cute!! :)

Paul cracks me up everyday! He is just the cutest dad and so silly! This is him with Zach and Brock(Marci's baby) on Brock's blessing day.

Generations. This is Grandma Young, Great Grandpa & Grandma Furness, Zach and Daddy.

Zach's new trick

2008-03-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

I had to post these pictures, this is one of Paul's accomplishments. Zach was only 3 months and I nursed him most of the time but when he was home on wednesdays with daddy this is what happened. Paul started to teach Zach how to hold his bottle at about 8 weeks, when I went back to work. Paul was very proud of Zach for learning at such a young age, I think daddy just didn't want to hold the bottle! :)

Birthday buddies!

2008-03-04T08:07:00.000-07:00

I love these pictures of Zach and Roman. They were born on the same day just a couple of hours apart. Roman is our friend's baby, his mom Nicole works with Paul. Watch as Roman attacks Zach's head it is so funny!

We should have taken a picture after all of this, Zach's head was so wet from Roman trying to eat him. We all just sat there and laughed at the two boys it was just so cute and funny!! Apparently Roman was hungry!

Prayer time

2008-03-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

We often go to my in-laws for sunday dinner, this sunday was no different. We sat down for dinner and I had Zach in my arms we had just said the prayer then, Zach decided to join in. I thought it was so funny we just had to take pictures!

Zach likes the corner!

2008-03-03T22:53:00.000-07:00

I guess babies like to be snuggled up to something or maybe it's just Zach. This was the first time we found him at the top of his crib, I thought that he was some sort of Houdini. Zach had somehow managed to get out of his burrito and his speed bumps as Paul liked to call them.(you know those sleep positioner things) Anyway we thought it was the craziest thing! Everything was exactly as we had put it when we placed him in bed except for Zach! We now discover him at the top of his crib quite often, it seems to be his favorite place to sleep in the crib. I move him back to the middle and then hours later when I check him he is back at the top, it is a never ending game for him. :)

Latched on tight!

2008-03-03T22:39:00.000-07:00

Braden LOVES Zach so one day he was holding him and he said to me laughing, "Hey Zach just licked me!" I didn't really think anything of it until I turned around and saw this....

Look at those lips he is latched on tight! The only thing I wish is that we had taken pictures the next day because Braden had a hicky on his chin! Marci touched his chin and he said "Ouch that hurts!" It was huge, the poor kid!

Way too long!

2008-03-03T22:26:00.000-07:00

Ok ok I know it has been way too long since my last post. I was trying to do way too much with the blog so now I am just going to post a few of my fav pics of Zach and get on with it. I will be better about posting new pics and keeping the blog updated. Ok no promises but I will try really really hard! :)

These are a few pics from Labor Day.

Zach and Aunt Beth

Zach's first hot tub experience... leave it to Kelsie! :)

Snuggles with Grandma!

Cute pictures of Zach!

2008-01-20T16:29:00.001-07:00

2008-01-19T08:59:00.000-07:00

These are just a few pictures from Zach's blessing day...

These are most of the men who were in the circle.

I love this picture of Grandpa Furness with Zach, he says that he never holds any of them but if you make him he will. Look at him, you can't tell me he doesn't love it!

Zach had this thing where he would stick his toungue out all the time it was so funny! Paul and Mark thought it would be funny if they all did it, silly boys!

I love this picture of Zach and Braden! Braden has been so cute with him, giving lots of hugs and kisses. I think it was good for Zach to have come a couple months before Braden's new brother so he could get used to having a baby around. What cute boys!!

2008-01-13T21:56:00.000-07:00

Uncle Mark and Zach's first meeting

My friend Sarah had twins the day after I had Zach... It is so fun to watch them grow...Zach is in the middle with Lincoln on his left and Sally on his right.

2008-01-13T21:28:00.000-07:00

Mommy loves her muffin baby!!

Daddy is eating Zach's hand... AHHH!

This was Zach's first Dr.'s appointment.

Zach had a little bit of jaundice when we brought him home so he had to have what they called a bili blanket. It was this paddle like thing that we placed on his back and strapped around his belly. I called him my little glow worm because that's what it reminded me of... you had one as a kid right? To be honest with you the whole bili blanket thing was a pain in the booty but it did get the job done!

Grandma Young gave me my first bath at home

Grandma Furness came to visit!

Our 3 day adventure!

2008-01-13T21:12:00.001-07:00

2007-12-10T21:13:00.000-07:00

Here is one of the very first pictures of Zach. Obviously it is from the ultrasound, we were so lucky to have Dr. Mike Draper do the ultrasound for us. He is in our ward and he spent a lot of time with us explaining everything we saw on the ultrasound. Zach was not shy when it came to letting us know the gender, we found that out very first. We were happy to know that we were going to have a healthy baby boy!

This is the last picture taken of Paul and I before I had the baby, this was taken about two and a half weeks before our little Zach was born. Look at us we had no idea how much our lives were about to change!

Zachary Paul Young
July 4th 2007
6lbs. 8oz.
20 inches

These are some of our visitors in the hospital.

Braden, Marci, Grandma Young, with Zach, and of course Zach's daddy.

Grandpa Priestley, Michelle (holding Zach), and Grandma Priestley... DeAnn was there too I'm not sure why we didn't get a picture of her, maybe because she is really good at avoiding the camera?!

Grandpa Young with Zach.

Our Wedding

2007-12-10T15:16:00.000-07:00

Paul and I were married in the Bountiful temple on October 8th 2004. Paul has been going to school on and off and I have been working as a dental assistant. We found out that we were going to have a baby last november, now that Zach is here I decided that it is finally time to start a blog. So here goes!!