Uncle David comes to visit

My Uncle David came to visit. All the way up from San Antonio! It was a 13 hour travel day for him! We had such a good visit. And it was really nice having Zach get to know some of his family too because he has a big ol' loving, happy family!

This was the first full day he was here. We went to the Summer Market and Festival. It was basically an excuse to get outside and spend money....which we did! We all got T-shirts that say, "Alaska-Pissing off Texas since 1959." The joke there is that Alaska took the largest state title from Texas when they joined the union. There are a lot of other things that feed the rivalry too. What is really funny is I lived in Texas for 20 years and didn't know that Alaska had so much drama with Texas. Us Texans are better than that! :P

Then we took this picture. Isn't that funny! Chris and David look like they're about to go ice fishin' for the women and children, lol! Zach wasn't too keen on this and that's why you can see his shirt, lol. I am not going to lie to y'all...I've never even had a passing fancy for a fur coat...until I put that thing on. It was mountain sheep fur. And it was possibly one the best feeling pieces of clothing I've ever put on. Sorry. But it is true. And that one was used and it was summer! :)

So David got this for me for my birthday. It is a russian style fur hat made of fox fur. You may be rolling your eyes. But next time I go to a parade when it is in the 20s and snowing (only crazy alaskans)...I'll be nice an toasty. Or at least my head will. I love it! It kinda makes me look like I have a mullet though.

So after the market we went to have lunch with my second cousin Dean and his adorable family Judith, Jaylee and Jared. Jared will be one next month and Jaylee turned three earlier this year.

We are going to have to work on Zach's table manners.

Here is the obligatory Balto statue picture. I think we're going to make all visitors get their picture with our famous dog!

We went to Chili's while David was here because we discovered we both love it! We tried to get a laugh out of Zach by giving him a lime. He ended up liking it...so there were no silly faces. :(

While David was here he insisted that we go out while he stayed with Zach. It was to be our first outing since we've been here, about seven months. Now they will tell you I was all worried but I really wasn't! Although I did ask a couple times if David was sure he had our cell phone number. And then...we go to the movie...and they ask to please silence all phones and I went to turn mine off...guess what? I FORGOT THE FREAKING PHONE. Can you believe that? Other than that it was a really nice time and we owe David one!

Some finale pictures with Uncle David! If you blow the one to the right up you can see Zach's newest tooth, lol. David got sick at the end of his visit and had to fly home that way! Then his flight got delayed and he missed a connection. What a nightmare! But we had a lot of fun and made some precious memories!