411 The Walters Bunch

They had some great maternity photos. Halloween isn't really anything big since the kids are all now grown, but we have started a tradition of dressing up the animals to take calendar pictures (though T still has fun dressing up for pictures too), carving pumpkins (just for fun because I use the fresh pumpkins to cook up and freeze to use throughout the year), watch Halloween movies and shows, and have our traditional pizza and fruit pizza ( not really sure how that started, but it's been the tradition for awhile). This week we took Axl to PetSmart's trick or treating event. It's nice to have a dog we can take everywhere that's just so chill. He was a little anxious at PetSmart, but cheered up once we were done and took him to Home Depot. He did enjoy his treats he got from PetSmart though.😂 Everyone at Home Depot enjoyed seeing our giant dog in his cute little pumpkin costume though the two people who were going to pet him thought better of it as they came closer....

  I can't believe he's almost here! First off I am sorry I am a little behind in posting. First we had the craziness of getting ready for last week's party. Originally our Aunt C was going to be there and everyone was coming to see her, but unfortunately they ran into trouble on the way down here when their trailer brakes and lights suddenly went out. It took 4 days to get everything sorted out and back on the road so they weren't able to come and we decided to still go ahead with the cookout and turn it into a mini baby shower for C & H. Aunt C did make it a few days later and we spent a couple of days just enjoying having her and her husband here. It had been 7 years since we had seen her and it was really nice having her here. Immediately after Aunt C left, we had the official baby shower to get ready for.  We had such a great time visiting with them! Unfortunately, D had to work so he only had about 30 minutes each night to visit. A has been waiting to see Aunt ...

  H, C, and Baby Wesley  Back in the day it seemed we had parties all the time. Just having family come over to celebrate with us yielded almost 20 people. Unfortunately through the years we have lost grandparents, let go of others, and had health issues effecting the mobility of others. Our parties are now about 10 or so. We use to have birthday parties for all 4 kids, Easter get togethers, Christmas celebrations, and July 4th cookouts. The kids have since grown up so there aren't any birthday parties, COVID took out most of our get togethers and they never really came back. The past couple of years we have sort of started to throw a couple of get togethers, but nothing like we use to. They are more small, simple affairs, which is a lot less stressful and I feel like I can enjoy the moment more with our loved ones. I always enjoy seeing everyone and it feels like we never really get to spend a lot of time together so I treasure the time that we do get. This weekend we planned...

  I did not plant these Morning Glories, but I really like them. I think they are beautiful. The summer heat has FINALLY subsided. This September smashed the record for number of 100 + degree days, by double! I was still running the misters for the animals until this week. I have NEVER in a decade of having the farm animals ever had to have the misters up until October! This week finally brought us some seriously needed rain and much deserved cooler temperatures. Unfortunately, we have had 7 inches of rain in 3 days with 6.23 being in about 5 hours. It has turned our pasture into a quick sand mud pit.  Unfortunately, our little sweet donkey hurt her back leg trying to pull it out of the mud so I am dealing with that. Hopefully, she'll pull through. She's not really wanting to stand up now or really eat so I am going out every 4 hours to give her some mush I make with her pellets. She seems to like that plus I can hide her medicine in it 😂 We are now down to about 12 chickens....