Zachary is 18!

I feel so old!! Zachary turned 18 on Sunday. This doesn't seem real, could he really be 18? Could everything he has worked so hard for over the last 18 years be coming true? Well, Here are just a few of his monumental accomplishments this month. He turned in his Eagle Project on Saturday, April 25th, one day early!!YAAAA Then the big day, turning 18 on Sunday, April 26th. We went out to my moms for a BBQ with the our family and friends. On May 17th he will Graduate from Seminary! Yes you read it right, Seminary!! Then the one we have all have been waiting for May 20th is Westview High School Graduation. WHEW! What a busy month.

Here are a few of my favorite memories of Zach over the years!

1. Lets just start with a fabulous pregnancy weight gain of 80lbs, then on two being over due by two weeks, and then the 9.8lb baby!!!! How could it get any better.

2. Well how about the cutest baby ever! Zachary had the cutiest curly hair, for the first year I wouldnt let anyone touch it. Then for his first birthday, we went for a trim!!!! The wonderful lady chopped off all the curls, and I cried for days. They never came back.

3. His first Soccer game was on the Green Lizards Soccer team. The determination of is face, and the over exaggerated arm and leg strides running towards that soccer ball were priceless.

4. The red collard shirt he wore to Kindergarten is embedded in my mind, and a Smile from ear to ear sporting a new backpack!!

5. (Sorry Zach for this one) His first crush!! Crying all the way home from vacation because he liked her so much, and thought he would never see her again. Well he has spent a week every year since then with her!!! Nothing ever developed, but a great friendship!!!!

6. Getting very little playing time in High School football, and the coach putting him in the last play of the game, and he caught an interception!!! In your face Coach. We know how great of a player you are!!

I love you Zachary, I am so proud of everything you have done so far in your life. I'm looking forward to many more. You make us so proud of your great example to your siblings, your righteous desires, and your obedience. On to bigger and better things.RIGHT?????