411 The Walters Bunch

  Happy Thanksgiving! What a wonderful week we have had! Overall, things moved at a slower pace around here. We took time to go visit family and just to enjoy Thanksgiving day. On one of the days A had off before Thanksgiving, we took the time to venture out to my in laws to not only enjoy a Thanksgiving meal, but to visit with them and our Aunt we don't get to see very much of. We had a really nice visit and greatly enjoyed our lunch. My father in law had smoked a turkey all day the day before and it was the best turkey we ever had! In fact, A doesn't even really like turkey, but she ate it plain and went back for seconds! It was a good day. My loving husband ❤️  The kids with Pop Pop. T is such a giant! Gigi and her sister getting our yummy lunch ready. The little calf in the middle was born on my birthday and I named it Meatloaf. She is so cute! Last year I basically cooked our entire Thanksgiving dinner the day before so I could watch the parade with A. She really enjoys t...

  The "wall" we're standing in front of is really just a curtain made to look like a wall! We had a fun week! We have been pretty busy lately. The kids got their wish and we went ahead and put our outside Christmas decorations up. I will put the indoor ones up after Thanksgiving, though I probably won't put the tree up until after the first week of December and it will come down in the evening on Christmas day. The cats will NOT leave the tree alone when it's up so they pretty much drive us crazy whenever it's up! I am not sure what the extra excitement about Christmas is this year, but I am happy they are so excited to do our Christmas traditions like making cookies, watching our favorite holiday movies, and looking at lights. T already told me that he's listening to Christmas music!  The kids have enjoyed riding scooters, playing Mario, shooting archery, and shooting hoops together. I am glad they are having fun together! They even went to see a movie th...

  My first baby turned 32 this weekend and to celebrate we all packed up and made the hour and a half trek to C and H's Bonham lake house. C had asked for me to make him a red velvet cake with cream cheese icing. I just vaguely remembered that when he was growing up we would periodically have a red velvet cake. It took me awhile to find the the recipe, but I finally did and it turned out FANTASTIC! A said it tasted like her childhood.🥰 We went out to eat at a burger place C recommended, but we arrived about an hour before they closed and the line was literally out the door. I have never seen a place so crazy busy! There was no room to sit at the restaurant so we took our burgers to go and ate C's house. The burgers were really good, but the fries were just ok. I would definitely eat a burger again , but probably wouldn't get any fries. We had a great time hanging out with C and H and celebrating C's birthday! This was A's first time seeing the new house. She though...

  Marty McFly- Back to the Future  Since Halloween was on a Friday and A had to work we celebrated a little bit on Thursday with A while she was home and then T and I had our normal Halloween day. Halloween isn't a huge holiday here, but as a tradition we usually make our jack o lanterns, watch Halloween themed tv shows or videos, and make fruit pizza and regular pizzas. Lately we have been having pizza on Wednesday after we visit Aunt P, so we weren't really in the mood for regular pizza, but the fruit pizza is always a hit so that stayed! We carved our pumpkins while A was home and watched the cartoon Legend of Sleepy Hollow. We had been reading the book and it was interesting how close the cartoon stayed to the book. I honestly can't remember a Halloween without watching the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I remember watching it as kid and now my kids watch it every Halloween. It's a fun little tradition.We also watch Hocus Pocus every year.  We still didn't have any tr...

  D, T, and I had plans to go camping for a couple of days for awhile, but T had a meeting he couldn't miss with his scout group. The boy is crazy busy all the time. Even A said that he is never here. However, I am not having to take him to all his activities so it doesn't effect me too much, but we do miss being able to hang out frequently with him. It's just him getting ready to be an adult. Because of this, and the fact he's completely trustworthy, D and I have decided to go on some trips without him and leave him here with A. We have our family trips planned that even A will come with us, but there will also be a couple that will be just D and I.  I am frequently alone at the house which feels just weird since for so long the house was just crazy loud and always full. I miss the craziness and doing everything together, but I am so happy they are starting to have their own lives. I really, really look forward to grand babies I can spoil and create memories with! Si...