Fall Fun

Here is a little of what we have been up to so far this fall Building forts with cousins.

Visiting the pumkin patch. Zac loved running around all the pumpkins. It took him awhile but he finally picked a pumkin that was just his size. Zac also loved riding around in the wagon with his cousins.

And we can't forget his new boots he got from his Aunt Kate. He is so happy when he has these rain boots on. He also got a pair of cowboy boots from his Uncle Scott and Aunt Marie, I will have to put up pictures of those in another post.

ARIZONA

A few weeks ago Mark and I ran away to Arizona for a few days. One of Mark's mission companions was getting married so it gave us the perfect excuse to get away. We left Zac home for the first time. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Mom struggled but he did great with Grandpa and Grandma Bradshaw. We stayed at the amazing Arizona Grand Resort. Since it was a random weekend in September the place was empty. Most nights we had the pools to ourselves. This was the amazing view from our room at night.

On Friday we attended Brett and Hayley's wedding. It was fun watching Mark interact with his Mission Companion. After the reception we went to dinner at an authentic Mexican Restuarant in Mesa. As you can see the salsa was way too spicy for Mark and I. So we ordered the guacamole with was heavenly.

Saturday we played at the resort's waterpark all day. Unfortunately no pictures since I left the camera in the room. The waterpark had 3 huge waterslides, a wavepool, and the best part a half mile lazy river. We spent he majority of the time in tubes floating the lazy river. That night we met up with Josh another one of Mark's companions for a Brazilian dinner. Dinner was again amazing. They served all you can eat 15 different types of meat, fried bananas, and my favorite grilled pineapple.

Overall it was a great spur of the moment trip. Good friends + good food always = a great time. Zac did great with Grandpa and Grandma they kept him so busy he hardly even noticed we were gone. A huge thanks to them for watching him while we were away.

A Manly Post.... Finally!

Katie was fired from blog posting because her blogs were too cute! Zac has her tied up with his binki saver, while I pirate the blog. Hence the new manly back ground... or as manly as a background as I could find.

As you will see, Lil Bro. Scott and I hit up the sand dunes this weekend. These pics prove that we are just seconds away from sponsorships.... Any time now...

We also survived an almost near death tarantula attack and both realized that we are no longer 18 and can only do this with an iv drip of ibprofen after.

Tune in next time when Zac, Bronco and I tickle Katie till she..... you get the idea.

IF 1 IS GOOD 2 IS BETTER

One night a few weeks ago some of our friends were over for dinner. As we were eating dinner I looked over to check on Zac since it got a little quieter than normal. This is what I found. I swear he stashes binkies like a squirrel stashes nuts. Love him don't know what we ever did without him.

15 MONTHS

I can't believe that my baby is 15 months old already. He is growing up way to fast. Zac is totally independent. He has a mind of his own and beams from ear to ear when he figures something new out. Just last week he started walking/running around. He has such good balance for just starting out. He is still faster at crawling so he will only walk when it is his idea. We have been so blessed having Zac in our home. He makes us laugh everyday. His favorite words right now are Thank You and UM. We went the the Dr. this week for his 15 month check up. He is growing just like he should be. Still tall and skinny. Sure do love our little man.

15 month stats....
weight: 21.11 lbs
height: 32"
head circumfrence: 18"

WAKEBOARDING SEASON IS FINALLY HERE!

So its finally here...Wakeboarding season! Since it rained most of June this year we didn't get to the lake to go wakeboarding until July. I was nervous how Zac would do this year. Worried that he would hate the boat and having to wear his life jacket. As always my little man surprised me. He doesn't even notice his life jacket is on and he loves the boat. We went wakeboarding with our friends this week on Wednesday night and Zac didn't move from this spot the entire time. He loved watching the people wakeboard he would even clap and wave at us.

Brian and Lindsay Bunker some of our longest and best friends. We had so much fun with you guys.

Our little family.

Our little man. He keeps growing up on me. I wish I could put him in a bubble. I love the stage he is at right now.

John and Heidi. Love these two. They always make anything we do so much fun.

Of course Mark's first jump of the season. Not too bad for the first run. We had a great night with our friends on the lake. Looking forward to many more nights of boating memories with them. Hooray for Summer finally being here.

CORONADO 2010

Over the 4th of July weekend this year we were lucky enough to go spend some time with Mark's family in Coronado. It was a short trip but we had so much fun. Zac loved the beach and playing in the sand. He cried when we had to leave the beach he was having so much fun.

Of course he had to taste the sand just to make sure he didn't like it.

Grandpa thought it was a good idea to bury Zac in the sand. So we decided to make Zac some extra long legs. Shortly after we finished Zac got himself out.

Exhausted taking a much needed nap with Grandma

Zac and Mommy Monday morning refusing to get out of bed

We were lucky enough to be in Coronado when they did the fireworks in Glorietta Bay. The barge stopped right in front of the Condo so we didn't have to leave. It was so fun watching the fireworks with Zac on the Balcony of the condo with the Ocean crashing in the background.

Monday morning Mark's dad rented a sailboat. We went sailing for about 2 hours in the Glorietta Bay. It was beautiful.

Jenny and Katie

Mark and Zac

Zac helping to man the sails. A huge thanks to Mark's family for letting us come and spend a few days in Coronado with them. It was fun to be with family in a beautiful place over the 4th of July weekend.