411 The Walters Bunch

We had a wonderful Easter. No one had volunteered to have anything at their house so I decided we could do Easter dinner at our house. Normally, we have lunch, but this means that do not have time to go to church on Easter Sunday. This year we had the family celebration at our house and I made it dinner instead of lunch so everyone could come after church. It was great! We had a ham and a brisket and lots of yummy sides. We always do our egg hunt first thing on Easter morning, but once the grandparents and extended family get here we have another hunt with everyone. The weather was fantastic and the kids could run around on the property. We missed the eldest, but he had come over the day before to watch L's soccer game. It is kind of far for 2 trips. Yep. It is early. The Clan. First time in 23 years that the cat is not in the Easter basket pic. :(     We are still getting use to having so much space. It is great, but requires a lot of up keep. Mowing, even

This past weekend was our semi annual scout trip. This time it was at Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose, TX. As usual it was a lot of fun. We arrived on Friday about noon. Friday is a day for setting up camp and visiting with friends. Saturdays from 2-4pm is lesson time for badge work and then at 7:00pm  is a dutch oven contest and dessert bar. Afterward, we build a campfire and the scouts perform their skits and around 9pm we have a flag retirement ceremony. The next morning we have breakfast at 9am and then a church service at 10am. This year D was in charge of the dessert bar and bon fire and the girls and I did breakfast. Cooking for 186 people is challenging on  a good day, but take away modern conveniences like an oven and it becomes a little trickier.  We did it though, however I prefer to just show up and wait in line for breakfast instead of helping to prepare and serve it. The dessert bar is easier because every family contributes one dessert. So lets see there was 186

The Last Party!!!!  Yay!!!! Birthday Celebration #4 We have finally celebrated with everyone L's birthday! Yay! No more birthday! L wanted a spring flowers theme so we decorated the house in artificial flowers and butterflies. It turned out really lovely. She is quite the inspiring chef and made a cookies and cream cake that was fantastic. She also made a homemade fruit dip and vegetable dip. She took the time to cut up and arrange the vegetables and fruit herself. She did a wonderful job and as a bonus I DON'T HAVE TO! The weather has been formidable lately, but so far we have lucked out and the really nasty stuff has skirted around us.  However, our yard is drowning! We have several "ponds" on the property now and while the birds have been enjoying their choice of a bathing area I just see a muddy mess where I have to wipe the dog's feet off  EVERY time she goes outside. If it ever stops storming for a couple of weeks, we will plant grass so we w