411 The Walters Bunch

L wanted sock curls to go to VBS. The next morning....super curly hair! so bouncy! This week is the much anticipated, always loved, fun filled week at The First Baptist Church of Lewisville, aka VBS.  The kids have been looking forward to this and they were not disappointed! They learned some great new worship songs and really enjoyed celebrating the Lord's love with all their friends. The church always goes all out to make VBS fun for the kids and this year was no exception. The church even constructed a cave for the students to walk through. The theme this year was Journey Off the Map (think Indiana Jones) and all the little explorers were out finding clues of God's love and grace. We had a blast and have even downloaded the worship songs to play at home. Squirrels love the park too! A and T playing ball It is already the end of June and we have not hit 100 degrees yet! I know it is coming, but the lower temps have been enjoyable, though the high

In front of the band at the Back the Badge Festival Today we went to the Back the Badge festival that the town gives for its firefighters and police personnel. They make it a day thing starting with a 5k at 8:30am, they serve lunch, have multiple games and activities to play, and conclude with the softball game between the firefighters and police. It was originally scheduled to be at the beginning of May, but thanks to all the rain we had they had to reschedule it. Unfortunately for us, all day activities that are outdoors in North Texas in June are HOT! It was 96 at about 1pm therefore we did not do the 5k (when I say we I really just mean me) and we only stayed about 1hr and 15 minutes. The kids really wanted to stay to watch the softball game, but they were extremely red faced already and there was no shade in the bleachers so we decided they had enough and took them home. It was a lot of fun, but even the bounce houses were scorching our feet! This was harder than it looks!

A chillin with the flamingos. This has been a great week! It has not rained in about 4 days which is wonderful. Maybe one day soon the flooded highway will be passable again.  We rushed out in the sunshine to enjoy the last few days of quiet before the children in public schools, who are released at the week's end, flood all the amusement areas. We decided the Ft Worth Zoo and Legoland were on the agenda for this week. The first stop was the zoo. We had a great time, but we will stick to November from now on for our visits. It was very warm during our visit. The kids started complaining and acting up after just a couple of hours. We only stayed for about 3.5 hours before we had enough and left. This was the first trip to this zoo in about 2 years or so.  We did enjoy the exhibits, and maybe just because we were so hot, we still liked the Dallas Zoo better. The Ft Worth by far has more animals and I love half priced Weds., but the Dallas just seems roomier and to have higher qu