411 The Walters Bunch

I think we should call it the "Mystery Machine". I can almost hear Scooby. Once upon an early June morning, my daughters and I thought, "how wonderful and fun it would be to repaint and update our camper." We stepped forward with excitement and gusto. Wow. That was a good day. That's all it lasted...one day. We quickly discovered that WAY more was going to have to be done and my husband had to become involved. Instead of a two week redo, this became an almost four month long, several hundred man hour project. We took two and a half of the walls down to the studs and rebuilt them; we put putty tape under EVERY outside screw hole (240 ft to be exact); replaced almost every light with LED lights, including brake lights; we reupholstered couch and dining cushions; we repainted inside and out; I sewed new curtains and privacy drapes; the girls decoupaged the table with places we have visited; D repacked the wheel bearings and mounted the spare (with the new wood

We did it. We made it through birthday week. Unfortunately, a stomach bug hit hard this week. A and T were both completely miserable with T being by far the worst in actual sickness. A was the worse by far with the moaning, complaining, and just general whining. You would have thought she was about 6 if you just went by behavior. Granted she doesn't get ill often, but boy is she exhausting. Fortunately, all is well now. L and I were only mildly ill and D somehow missed it entirely. I have banned all throw up stories because for some weird reason the kids like to regale us with their tales of sickness over and over, usually during a meal. My girls played an intense volleyball game on A's actual birthday, which was too much for her and caused a relapse that night. Of course, the youth volleyball league changed the rules again. I mean why would they keep the same rules each year then everyone would know what is going on. They raised the points needed on the first two sets,

It's true. Virtually every family member both immediate and extended celebrate their birthday from August until just before Christmas.  In our household, three of us celebrate our birthdays in 10 days, which makes it easier just to take a week off school; it starts with my birthday. My kids, especially my youngest daughter, are so sweet about making a big deal for your birthday. I will really miss it when she out grows this. She literally spent hours making birthday signs for me and decorating after I retire for the evening the night before the big day. My view when I first open my door. I follow the arrows through the living room to the kitchen. Passing several decorations on the way. We had lunch at the Mexican restaurant and yes they told them it was my birthday! Yummy lemon cake. She totally gets me! He is so sweet to make me a card; he never likes to do stuff like that. She was sweet to do all the d