Zach's First Communion

Zach received his First Communion on Sunday.
He and his class have been working hard all year to learn about God, the mass, and communion.

He got to get all dressed up in a suit and everything!

Doesn't he look handsome??

(At first, Zach did not want a suit, but when he saw himself in it at the store, he said, "I look good!") :0)

Zach and his BFF Cody:

Zach and his teacher, Mrs. Rudisill.

We LOVE her!! =)

Zach and his Godmother {my BFF :0) }, Stephanie:

Zach's second grade class at All Saints:

We did not get to take pictures during the mass, but they had photographers there so we will get a picture of him receiving his first communion. It was less distracting to have one person there the whole time than having parents run up and down the aisles the entire time.

After the mass (and after pictures, which took forever....), we had a party at our house for Zach, and his cousins Tabitha and Carson who also had their first communion on Sunday.

Here is Carson looking handsome in his suit:

And Taby looking adorable in her dress:

My sister Mary (Taby's mom) made this beautiful (and yummy) cake:

Thank you to everyone who came to make this day even more special for all three kids!!!

Class Book

Zach's second grade class has been working on a class book about animals.
Every student researched an animal and then they drew a picture of it and wrote a paragraph about it.
Then they had it published!
We could each buy one if we wanted.
So, of course we bought one.
(Especially since we had an 8 year old pleading with us...)
This is the cover of their book:

Zach's animal was the Bottle-nosed Dolphin.
Here is his picture:

Here is his paragraph:

This was such a fun project!

Zach really enjoyed doing it and was very proud of his book when he got it. =)