411 The Walters Bunch

  They love each other. 💗 The insanely hot, long summer can end! I think everyone can agree that the South is ready for fall! Things have been busy here. Having only one child still in secondary school has been different. School seems to move so much faster since T doesn't have to wait for me to finish doing something for anybody else first. Most of the time it's just me, T, and D. It reminds me of when it was just me, D, and C (our eldest). Life has come full circle. Speaking of C, we are going to go spend a few nights in Bonham in a couple of weeks to celebrate his and our granddaughter's birthdays. We always enjoy our visits with them, especially since we don't get to see them very often. I can't believe C turns 30 this year!!! Time goes by so fast. I am never sure how each day can seem so long, but at the same time I feel like I barely blink and a decade has passed.  T has been busy with basketball. The craziness of basketball season starts the first weekend in

The lovely cool weather made this trip especially nice. I decided this summer that at least once every 6 weeks I was going to book us a stay at a State Park to just get away and unwind. It will only be for 2 nights, but I had started to feel like I made sure everyone else was able to do their stuff, but I had neglected making sure I had some things that I enjoyed. My happiest times have been spent camping with my family. We have so many wonderful memories. Now, we are down to just T being in school and I still enjoy going. This year I am making time for me. I told everyone that unless someone dies we aren't missing the scheduled trips. I don't care what game pops up or church function. We will miss it. Our first trip this fall was to Eisenhower State Park. We love this park and had a great time. L stayed home to do school with A and it was just D, T, and I. We hiked, walked, watched movies, laughed, and got fried pies. It was exactly what we needed. The girls tolerate the hikin

The kids had to test ALL the furniture out, which was conveniently under all the shelves. First off, Iris, the horse, has had no more issues this past week, though I did make extra sure to hose her down on the super hot days. I am really happy that this week will be nice and cool so I should be less busy checking on all the animals all day for heat exhaustion. We celebrated A's birthday the day before since she had to work on her birthday. She wanted to go shopping at Joann's for some crafting stuff she wanted and she also wanted to go check out the brand new At Home store that opened last week. We have been waiting for it to open and it did not disappoint. We also drove up to Gainesville to take A out to lunch on her actual birthday. She wanted to go to Schlotzkys again. I got the gluten free BBQ pizza which except for the crust still being cold from being frozen was better than last week's sandwich, but still not impressed. For the price, I would rather go to a regular re

  Happy birthday! T was really excited for his birthday. The first thing we did IMMEDIATELY after feeding the animals in the morning was open presents, which was followed by making "fancy" scrambled eggs. Fancy scrambled eggs are 1.) Plentiful. I think we used 12 eggs for only 3 people that eat eggs! 2.) They include sauteed onions and peppers. 3.) They have lots of cheese and some salsa. He also wanted orange juice. I usually don't buy any juice because they contain so much sugar, but I will as a birthday treat. We then went to church. After church, we went by a 24 hour speciality donut store and indulged in some speciality donuts like strawberry shortcake, cookies and cream, nutter butter, etc. They were super yummy. T then wanted to go to an antique store to look for some new coins. He started collecting coins about a year ago and has invested quite a bit into a pretty impressive collection. Right now he has a book for the 1800's he is trying to fill. He actually f