More pictures of the little guy!

This last picture is auntie Aubrey serenading Paul to sleep!

Paul Alexander Zenk

Paul Alexander Zenk:

Born July 12th, 2009, 10:16 AM
6 pounds 5 ounces
19 inches long

Bethany's water broke about 5:30 AM on July 11th. The contractions were pretty constant the whole day. She was put on a progressive dose of Pitocin to strengthen the contractions. After many hours of that, they took her off the meds for an hour so she could eat something! Then she was put back on the progressive dose. It was pretty much a long and miserable waiting game for the first 18 hours. We had a great support group with Ceri (sister), Aubrey (sister), and David C. Green (friend). The doctors were discussing a c-section if things didn't progress any quicker. Little Paul was a bit reluctant to come into the world but at about 6:30 AM on July 12th Bethany got an epidural and things began to progress much quicker. Finally, at 10:16 AM Paul was born! Our wonderful nurse Christy (who worked the morning shift on the 11th and 12th) said it was one of the longest, toughest labors she had seen in a long time (over 28 hours)!

Brothers and cousins!

Happy Independence Day!!!

Our 4th of July started at 7:30am when we heard a loud noise outside our window. It turned out to be one of the hot air balloons that launched earlier that morning. It was a good thing we didn't get up early to go see it because the show came right to us! The balloon had to make an emergency landing. It flew over our neighbors house and ended up landing in the street right next to our house!

We also went to the Grand Parade in Provo. My youngest sister flew in from England last night so we went all out with American activites.

Me and my sisters Aubrey and Ceri.

Thanks to all of the men and women in the military!
Of course you can't have a parade in Provo without having the missionaries be apart of it.

Memorial Day!

Here are some pictures from a picnic we had with the Shelton's and the Bobby Zenk's on Memorial Day. Thanks for a wonderful time!!!

F-22 Raptor Animation

I'm still learning a lot about animations. I couldn't find any more detailed pictures of the thing so this is probably as good as it'll get without having to do a piece by piece model.

Trial and Error of the Solar Powered Plane

My good friend, Kevin Hoopes, and I have been working together on a remote-controlled solar powered airplane. The project is sponsored by BYU. Kevin was kind enough to inform me about the project and let me join in the experience. We've both learned a lot.
We are in charge of making the wings from the molds we've been provided and attaching them onto the fuselage, and minimizing weight of course. The plane has a wingspan of about 17 feet and will probably weigh around 30 pounds. Just recently we've made a few carbon fiber panels. They're very strong but we're still looking for other ways to reduce weight. Here's a picture of Kevin trimming the carbon fiber before it goes into the oven to cure.

1 Year Anniversary!!!

Sunday May 10, 2009 was our 1 year anniversary. Ceri and Melissa came over and catered a candle lit taco salad dinner for us :) It was very romantical :) We have survived a very action packed first year together. We're ready to take on another one with the upcoming addition of our little boy. :)