Thanksgiving in Texas

Mark, Zach and I went to Texas for Mark's brother's, Dan, wedding. He got married the day before thanksgiving so we had a microwave thanksgiving dinner the following day. (We couldn't find any restaurants open) Fortunately for us we flew back to Utah that afternoon so we were able to have a homemade thanksgiving dinner that night.



Thanksgiving morning we went downtown Dallas and walked around the block where J.F.Kennedy was assassinated.

Mark and Zach

I was looking through Mark's baby pictures and came across this one of Mark and had to post it. I think Zach looks just like him.Mark at 20 Months
Zach at 16 Months

Trip to Kaysville

Zach and I took a little trip to Kaysville last week to see my family. We stayed there about 4 days. It was so much fun. Zach loved playing with all of his uncles and getting spoiled by them and I got pampered by my mom. Unfortunately the only picture I got of Zach with my brothers is the one above and Zach is crying because he tripped and fell down. My brother Seth is in the picture with him trying to consol him.
Zach loved looking 0ut the back door and watching our cats.

Zach's favorite toy was the trash compactor. He would turn the button to turn it on about 50 times a day.

Halloween Horse

These first pictures our of our halloween party at our appartment complex. The managment had games for the kids and of course candy. Zach had fun with all of his little friends that live here.
The girl holding Zach loves Zach. During the summer her and her sister would always come over and want to play with Zach.
Zach had a hard time staying out of the candy!

Zach and his friend Joshua.
Zach was a horse this year for Halloween. Thanks for the costume mom, I thought he looked so cute!!

Zach's First Pumpkin Carving Experience

Today Tiff and Zach and I carved our Jack-O-Lanterns for Halloween. We thought Zach would love playing in the pumpkin guts. Well, we found out that he has some aversion to pumpkins, maybe it's vegetables in general, but especially when he sees the inside of the pumpkin. Check out the video. Notice: gagging, crying, horrified expressions, and pleading for Mom to take him away from the pumpkin. He gagged probably a half dozen times, but we only got one good one on film.
Even though he hates veggies we still think Zach is a super cute and funny boy.

Pumpkin Patch

Mark had the day off of work today so we decided to go a pumpkin patch here in Twin Falls. It was at a nursery so we didn't get to pick our own pumpkins but they had lots of fun activities for the kids. Zach's favorite was the maze. They had a small maze made with bunndles of hay. Zach loved it! He loved running through all the paths, a couple times he ran away from us and it took us a couple minutes to find him.





There was a tunnel that the kids could run through. Zach was pretty scared in the tunnel. A leaf blew on him and he started screaming. They also had a smaller tunnel kids could crawl through but there was no way Zach was going through that tunnel.

Valentine Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Valentine along with my brother Luke came to visit us yesterday. It was so much fun to spend the day with them and Zach loved having a playmate!

Sleepy Baby

Zach has been having a hard time transitioning to one nap. He won't sleep in the morning (most of the time) but gets so tired by lunch time. A couple days ago he just couldn't get through lunch...

Zach's first haircut

Sorry, wrong order. We gave Zach his first haircut. I think it turned out pretty goofy. He was so wiggly and I ended up cutting it a bit too short in the back.Zach may have a future in plumbing. Mark thought this picture was hilarious.