Uncle Zach (x2)

Last March, Jason brother, Zach, moved to Maryland, about 2 hours from us. Since that time, he's made the trip down to visit us several times, but we hadn't yet been to his place (what can I say, Woodberry owns us during the school year, or at least Jason, and it's tough to get away). We finally had a free day to head up there the Sunday before Thanksgiving, but the week before that, Zach came to see us. Zach's most recent trip to Woodberry ended up being one of the do-nothing, relaxing-Sunday-afternoon days. We didn't plan anything, didn't go, just relaxed into the welcoming "arms" of the couch (ha!) and watched some football. Sierra made Zach feel welcome by giving him all her stuffed animals!


We tried to get Sierra to say "Zach," but it's a pretty hard name for her to say. So we switched to encouraging her to say "Zee," and ended up with "Zzz." She'll get it!
The next Sunday, we headed up to visit Zach/see his place (finally) and he made us pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving dinner. It was great! Seriously, the guy went all out. Turkey (14 pounds! For 3.5 people!), stuffing, cranberries, pie. I was completely impressed. I don't know what he did with all that leftover turkey; he's probably still eating it! I pulled it all off the bones after dinner and suggested he freeze it since he was going to St. Louis (for more turkey) that Wednesday. Turkey sandwiches, turkey casserole, turkey soup ... so many options.