411 The Walters Bunch

 I have to say this summer has been so busy! I can't believe July is almost here! This past week we celebrated T's Freedom Award with Trail Life. The Freedom Award is a very prestigious award. It is basically the equivalent of the Eagle Scout award given in Boy Scouts. Not everyone is eligible to earn it and it takes a lot of work. T worked relentlessly towards this for two years and I am so happy he was able to do it. The scout group put on a ceremony for him to honor this achievement and several families came out to celebrate with us. The group gave him several gifts to acknowledge his achievement. He was given both a Texas flag and an American flag that were flown over the respective capitals. He was given a real sword plus a wooden display sword to hang on the wall. He received a letter from the President congratulating him plus a pin to wear on his lapel. D and I also received pins to acknowledge our involvement in helping him meet this milestone. It was a wonderful experi...

  T sent off several extra invitations to his Graduation cookout to several businesses. Apparently, A informed him that recent grads are doing that and some companies send them free things. He probably sent out 13 or so to different companies. I was really worried that people would just show up to our cookout but fortunately that didn't happen. He has had 2 companies send him some graduation stuff. One was a Christian publishing company and the other was the Mavericks. I didn't think anyone would send him anything so kudos to them for going the extra mile. I ended up setting out 10# of thighs instead of breasts to grill so I had to go get 10# of breasts. We had 20# of chicken and 16 hot dogs for 9 people! I was worried that the rain would cause problems with grilling, but we just pushed everything back an hour and it worked out....though I am not doing anymore grilling for awhile. That took Forever! We also got to find out the gender of Grandbaby Blob! It was a great day with e...

T had his birthday party at Slick City and had so much fun that he decided to celebrate his highschool graduation there. He and his friends had a blast! I actually booked an official party through the company this time. Not only did it save us a few bucks, but someone else was in charge of checking everyone in, getting the pizzas, and cleaning up. We were literally the only party during our time frame so we had the entire party area to ourselves. It was fantastic! Slick City is an extreme slide and trampoline park. The boys did slide on some of the slides but mostly just played basketball on the trampoline court. The party hostess did get on the intercom to wish T a very happy birthday on his special day.😂 It became a running joke about wishing him happy birthday.  After nearly a month at the mechanic's shop, we finally got our SUV back. I have no idea why it took so long, but for the amount of money we paid to fix it, it better not have anything major go wrong for like 4 years!! ...

Well, I didn't take any pictures again 😔 No worries though. Next week we have a lot planned so there should be lots of new pictures. Here's a flashback from Google to enjoy!  We have been so busy getting ready for T's graduation parties, getting him ready for school in August (which he was very upset to learn he has to go to school on his birthday 😂), dealing with the cars issue, and now Axl surprised us by breaking the couch. It's a lot, but hopefully we can enjoy the slower pace of summer soon. We haven't even had time to get our fun jar ideas together! That's a big deal for us. We love the fun jar! I figure we're so busy right now anyways that we won't be able to start for a couple of weeks anyways.  The most pressing issue is our lack of a cars. We are so grateful for the loaner from D's friend. I really don't know what we will decide to do. The little mirage commuter car is definitely not coming back. That was actually a great car for comm...

My Grandbaby Blob from the latest appointment.🥰  Two months ago we were blissfully unaware how this summer would start. This down hill slide all started when T totaled the Volvo, then the SUV had engine issues, and this week the transmission went out in D's little commuter car. Basically, we went from 3 cars to no cars in a span of about 2 months. Thank goodness we found the BMW a lot faster than I thought we would find something and so far I haven't missed the seat warmers as much as I thought I would 😂. Maybe in December I will. Surprisingly, what I miss most is the blind spot sensors. I didn't realize how much I actually used them to double check myself. I do love that the wipers can be set to auto and speed up or stop depending on how much precipitation it senses. I also LOVE how the interior of the car is low lit at night so I can always see into every corner/cubby, but not blind everyone. Overall, we love it. It's a little peppy I think for T, but it is what it ...

  T's last honor guard event. He can't participate after he turns 18. First, and most importantly, both my dad and D's mom are home from the hospital and both are recovering nicely. My Dad's platelets are at 384,000 after being at 2000 when he checked in to the hospital! He is responding very well to his treatment. He has 4 more weekly doses and then they will switch him to a maintenance plan. He will always have to get treatments for his cancer since it's not curable, but he should be able to maintain a fairly normal life by getting the treatments.  C and H had their first official obstetrician appointment this week. The new due date is December 5 and yes, they found out what the gender is and no they aren't telling us until June 14 at the gender reveal. I personally think it will be a girl. I know H's family is really hoping for a boy since they have no boys on that side. I don't really care what it is. I am just super excited about having a grandbaby ...