2008 Skyland Awards Banquet

We went to Zach's Awards Banquet this past Saturday. They have the awards banquet every year in January to give out awards to the firefighters for what they have accomplished through out the year. It starts off with us having a very nice dinner. After we have eat dinner they start giving out the awards. They give out awards for Fire Prevention Presentation, Honor Guard, Training award, Promotional award, Badge Pinning, Presidents Award, Years of Service, Ten year ring Presentation, Lifetime Achievement Award, and then the Firefighter of the year Award. This year Zach got awards for Fire Prevention, Training, and Promotional. Then the best Award was when he got 2008 Firefighter of the Year. When they started to give this award out they had two people stand up and say something about the person. Zach not only got a Plauq , a Fire Bell, but also they had a helmet that has a firefighter painted on it by one of the men he works with. I am so proud of Zach for getting this award.

Zach and Jon's Names

How the Banquet was set up.

2008 Fire Prevention Award

His Promotional Award

My Little Brother Jon.

Every one standing as Zach got Fire man of the Year.

Zach telling everyone thank you.

His Firefighter of the year award.

The bell he got for Firefighter of the Year.

His helmet that they gave the Firefighter of the Year.

This was hand painted.

Christmas 2008

Well, can you believe that another Christmas has passed, and it was Landon's second one. It just seems like yesterday that it was his first Christmas and he was so little. This year was so fun. He knew more of what was going this year then last year. He helped make cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve (sorry I did not take any pictures of us doing that. We got too in to it to take time to get one.) Then when we were putting out the cookies for Santa we had Landon do it and as he would pick up a cookie to put on Santa's plate he would take a bite out of it and then put it on the plate. Then on Christmas morning when we got up and looked at what Santa brought for him and if he had ate what we put out for him. There was only a bite of cookie left on the plate. As we started opening our presents Landon would go over to the plate and look at the piece of cookie that was still there. Finally he had had all that he could take and got the piece and ate it. Landon raked in on the toys. Here are the pictures that I took with the new camera that My loving and so sweet husband Zach got me for Christmas. He also got me a TomTom that I ask for. Landon got me the Book Multiple Bles8ings by Jon and Kate Gosselin. So I would say that Santa was good to Landon and me this Christmas. Hope everyone had a good Christmas.

The two sweet men in my life.

My so sweet husband Zach

Landon not liking his Dad playing with his new toy!

My Little man.

Landon's Room full of all his Christmas Toys!!!!

My little handy man

Holding his new basketball that goes with his Basketball goal.