Zach's Birthday - 9 Years Old!

I swear the time is just flying by, before we knew it - it was March and that means birthday month for Zach!  He decided that this year he wanted a small family party and to take some friends to the Kangaroo Zoo.  Unfortunately, I forgot to grab the camera on our way out to pick up the friends, so I don't have any pictures of the fun they had there, but needless to say they all had a GREAT time - especially Tate who had his first Kangaroo Zoo experience!

On Zach's actual birth day, Nana, Papa, and Taylor came down for dinner and ice cream.  We had a nice dinner of roast,  potatoes, and gravy (Zach's favorite meal) and then sat down to open presents.  He was so excited, I could hardly get him to hold still long enough for a quick picture.

Here he is opening a Battleship game and soccer ball from Nana and Papa ...

as well as a box of corndogs all for himself!  In case you might not already know, this kid LOVES corndogs and I think this was one of his favorite presents!  Way to go Papa, you are very good at choosing presents!

 

And he got an Oklahoma University sweatshirt from Uncle Taylor along with a big bag of licorice.

He got a remote control helicoptor,

Some new scout stuff for moving up to the Bears group,

And his own set of binoculars!

He also got a nerf gun, Wii game, and a new football.  He sure loved all of his presents!  So did Tate, he thought the soccer ball was the neatest and played with it over and over and over.

Tate and Hailey loved sitting with Nana and Papa.

But Hailey spent most of her time on Uncle Taylor's lap - her favorite place ever!

For a dessert, Zach decided he didn't want cake, he chose these little chocolate ice cream bowls to have ice cream in instead.  They turned out pretty cute, but were such a PAIN to make!  Glad he enjoyed them because I'm not sure I'll be making these again any time soon. 

We also found some fun sports ball candles for him to blow out - perfect for our sports fanactic birthday boy!

I think everyone enjoyed the ice cream - Hailey of course had more whipped cream that ice cream - man that girl loves sugar!

And Tate decided that Nana's ice cream looked pretty good, so he got up on her lap, but ended up eating mostly whipped cream instead.  Taylor was being crazy and we happened to get this shot of him being silly!

Zach was all smiles, he loved everything about his birthday. 

Happy Birthday Bud - we sure love you!