Week 38: Adventures of the drunk zombie

The time has come to again begin another post! 9 MONTHS! The weeks just pile on top of each other, and I love it! That means we are one week closer to being with our little Zachy poo!  As I have mentioned in blog posts previously, this week is the week that our sister Cassie is getting married to her sweetheart Chan. If you haven't heard of her journey, you can read about it here:

http://beautifulplacetogetlostin.blogspot.com/

Now that you know a little more, you can understand how awesome this day is for our family. I cannot tell you enough how many times we all prayed for Cassie to find someone who would treat her like a princess and be the best daddy for Tegan. Zach has been very protective of us, especially Cassie though. They are the closest siblings in age, so I think they have grown up with a special bond. I always felt like they had their own little club (which is fine, because they were both really annoying when we were young). So of anyone in this family (other than our parents) I am sure that Zach is probably the most excited about the event that will take place. Unfortunately he won't be able to be there, which is sad, but it is something that he has sacrificed to help the people of Chile. He even emailed me this morning asking if we could print out a life size, cardboard cut out of him so he could be in the pictures (tender). Knowing this, you can see how important this sealing of Cassie to Tegan and Chan is to him and our family.

Well, Zach of course mentioned general conference in his letter. How could a missionary not mention the only time they get to watch TV for two years? :) One talk that really stood out to him was Sister Linda K. Burton's talk. A question that he asked going into conference this last weekend was, how can I be better. She answered his question by saying, that everything we do, should reflect our ending goal, family. He said he felt such a great feeling spread over him, that he can become a better person, by becoming a better future father and husband. It is weird for me to think about Zach coming home next year, and then getting married and having little nieces and nephews for me. I like to just remember him as the little squirt, running around in his Tarzan loin cloth, singing Phil Collins. What a cute kid. Too bad that loin cloth ended up being burnt on our fire place... Anyways, everything he is learning there on his mission are attributes that he can use with his future family.

Ever walk down a dark road and a drunk zombie comes out of the alley way yelling at you? Well that happened to Zach. Except, he wasn't a zombie, which is disappointing, because our family loves zombies. So I guess Zach and Elder Castro were just minding their own business when this drunk guy out of no where, starts chasing them and yelling "ELDERS!" Bahaha, Zach just laughed, but I guess Elder Castro was a little freaked out (rightfully so), and he started walking faster and faster. Luckily, they escaped the cold grasp of the crazy drunk man.

Sooo, that is it for this week. Keep up the good work you guys, make Zachy proud. My new mantra is W.W.Z.D? Yes, what would Zachy do?

Hasta luego!

Zach was super excited about making this pizza for some investigators.