Zach's 8th Birthday

For his eighth birthday, Zach wanted to have a lego party!

Zach was so excited to have some of his closest friends over.  He has gotten so into Legos the last 6 months that it is all he has asked for both his birthday and Christmas!  To start things off--a little Lego BINGO.  I was surprised that this held their interest for so long!

Nathan is so close to BINGO.  You can see that he is just hoping the next one Shae calls is the one he needs!  

He was so excited.  I think he looks so old in this picture!   I am not sure how time flew by so quickly these past eight years.

Luke and his twin brother Logan are in Zach's second grade class.  They went to preschool together and have been hoping to be in the same class for three years.  It finally happened and they are basically inseparable at school now--playing soccer everyday at recess. 

Grant and Zach have birthdays 6 days apart.  They are going to be baptized together this coming Saturday.  We are looking forward to sharing such a special day.

Logan

Carson just moved into our ward recently and Zach was excited to have a new friend with the same name as his cousin.  Turns out that Carson has a cousin named Zach too!  They both love football.  

We made some Lego gift bags that the boys could take home their BINGO prizes in.  

The boys each made a lego creation.  I was surprised what they could come up with in 5 minutes.  Each one was different and so clever. 

Rachel wanted to make Zach's birthday cake this year and it was quite a task!  She made a blue 9x13 cake, stacked it up and then covered it in homemade yellow marshmallow fondant.  She was up till midnight trying to get it just right for the party.  It turned out great, although it was so much work I am not sure she will want to ever do it again!

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Zach was thrilled to get some fun Lego sets from his friends!

Zach has been asking for a room remodel for awhile now.  His choo choo train bedding just wasn't grown up enough I guess.  We put him to bed in our room the night before his birthday so we could update it with new bedding and a sports theme.  We moved him back to his bed for the rest of the night so he could wake up eight years old in a newly decorated bedroom.  He was so excited!   

On his actual birthday, which was a Sunday, we had a little party before church.  Rachel got him a baptism towel and memory book.  

Mom gave him his Cub Scout shirt complete with patches all sewn on.  The Cubmaster came and visited him that morning to welcome him to Scouts.  He had passed off his Bobcat and started working on his Wolf by the end of the day.  I hope this motivation continues for awhile.  He is looking forward to taking his scout book to Idaho to work with his cousin Carson on a few things in Grandpa's shop.  

He got a lego set he has been REALLY wanting and a movie from Grandma and Grandpa.  

Dad gave him a basketball hoop for his new sports themed bedroom.  They had alot of fun slam dunking and I am hoping they don't break something once it gets moved to his bedroom.  I have already overheard talk of jumping off the bed to try to slam dunk it.  Yikes.

This might be my favorite picture of the whole day.  Zach riding to church in his new suit, reading his Cub Scout book.  This is a moment I will hold in my heart.  My sweet little boy is growing up.  Happy Birthday Zach-o.   We love you so much.