Walkers' Trail

Birthdays. Normally a day to celebrate another year of life on this earth. But, for me, it's a day to honor the man that has shaped so much of my life and has always been there for me. There were definitely "those" days growing up where I would not have liked to have seen him but not too many! Memories of my dad include staring contests, Brown Bear/Rising Dawn, him coaching my teams when I was in elementary, trying to explain math (not that he couldn't, but he was easily frustated), learning how to drive with his yelling "BAM" when I would turn in to the incoming traffic lane, entrusting me to Jason on our wedding, instilling in our family the morals we all have today and a love for Christ, holding my children only moments as they entered the world, working to provide a nice life and good memories thru trips, and just helping out and making us laugh (some jokes not so funny). Here's to the best Bubba, father-in-law and Daddy a family can have! Happy...

Let's all give thanks to Grant for selecting among the dozens of pretty layouts for picking this one! I asked his opinion so he could be involved in our site. Needless to say, I guarantee you that he thought about OSU orange when he yelled "Mom, pick the orange one" just a second ago. He loves those pokes! But, it is a cute one!

"Let's Go to Pelican Lake, it's the place you can take your little ones. Keep it in mind when you're looking to find a place in the summer sun! What can you do? You can swim in the pool, snack in the cool, you can ride a canoe... can you canoe? At Pelican Lake you'll be able to make the way vacationers do!" From the Fair Hills theme song Any of us will be happy to bust into this song at any given time! It's been a tradition for my family (I've been 17 years) and one that Jason and I also want to start for our family - Fair Hills Resort in Detroit Lakes, MN . It's a resort retreat that we learned about from some of our best family friends years ago - the "other" Halls - and have continued vacationing together as families now for nearly 30 years. It's gone full cycle as now 4 of the 5 original Hall kids bring their own children to enjoy the magic and awesomeness (is that a word?) that is Fair Hills. Imagine having anything you can think...

Here is our album from our trip to Fair Hills! It was a lot easier to do that rather than post them all on here. Enjoy! http://www2.snapfish.com/fbshareredirect/p=677241248465934806/l=2764726013/g=112377666/redirectURL=share/otsi=SALBBL/AlbumID=1598059013/a=112377666_112377666/usercomments=I_xqd%20like%20to%20share%20my%20Snapfish%20photos%20with%20you.%20Once%20you%20have%20checked%20out%20my%20photos%20you%20can%20order%20prints%20and%20upload%20your%20own%20photos%20to%20share./counttext=254%20photos/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish

Here's Brother's Day! Yes, yes, yes, I'm awfully aware that the last post on this site was a full 5 weeks ago and I'm amazed! I'm chock full of excuses and reasons, but the main thing is this darn facebook stuff - when I do have time to sit at the computer, which seems more rare during the summer for some reason, it is facebook that I choose to do and not my blog. But, I know that there are friends checking this site to learn about us! We have had a great summer this year. - Family from both Minnesota and Texas have visited (and yes, we did the Eskimo Joes deal!) - Celebrated a new Walker family tradition - Brother's Day - celebrated annually! It was a hit. We even had another family with all brothers over to eat cupcakes and play. - T-ball season finished up (thankfully) with a happy player and a happy coach under our roof. The team celebrated with a potluck dinner at Grant's buddy's house (my buddy, too!). - Grant has gone to two VBS events at local ...

Won't he just love it in the future knowing I posted a potty picture of him on the internet? nah! BUT, he is catching on about 8 months earlier than his big brother and actually just hollered from his bed that he needed to go tee-tee .... and he did when I ran up there! What a big boy! Guess I need to go buy some pull-ups!