Walkers' Trail

We had our family trip for the summer this past weekend. We let the boys skip the 3rd day of school and headed to Branson to stay at Big Cedar lodge.  Jason had an ODA continuing education course there for three hours - a great excuse for a vacation! Mini golf was free (and that's about it) - the boys loved this bonus!   These are just shots from around the resort We went to Top of the Rock for dinner. This is the driving range of their golf course. My boys were drooling! We ate at the new Arnie's Barn, named after Arnold Palmer. It was mexican fare and was delish! Enlarged card from an Open Championship! This barn is 150 years old - taken from his hometown and rebuilt, piece by piece, here. the chapel at sunset chapel A view of the course from the restaurant. So pretty. The waterfall on the right was lovely! This was the only picture from the second night. We ate leftovers from dinner ...

Twas the night before school and all through the house Not a creature was stirring, well, maybe a mouse.. The backpacks were hung by the back door with care In hopes that morning would soon be there...   It was still dark outside when we started taking pictures!  We had random weather today - rainy and a high of 70 - in August!!!  Outfits had to be adjusted slightly!  Reid Jeffrey Walker He was excited about today. He never seemed nervous, but perhaps a bit quiet. He will be attending only half day, which is for three hours.  It's perfect for our family's and Reid's needs at this time. Favorite color: orange and red Favorite sport: golf, basketball, soccer, baseball Favorite food: carrots When I grow up, I want to be a(n):  police officer, firefighter man, and a doctor     Kyle Douglass We have had a rule with Kyle for years now - pick out your clothes the night before school. We always argue about them when he ...

This is our new pavilion. Our PTA has purchased this for the school's smaller playground. It was requested when Grant was in Pre-K and Kindergarten but the last batch of officers decided to go ahead and buy it due to great fundraising! What a great group of officers that must have been.... cough.... cough... Meet the teacher night -  Reid gets the same Pre-K teacher we had with Kyle! Mrs. Gardner Kyle and GG made a 3rd Grade Rocks rock for his teacher... Mrs. Goad! Grant gets a new teacher - Mrs. G!

We've had morning cuddles several days in the past week! One of them turned in to a "Mom, take our picture!" for these two kiddos. Silly faces! sweet smiles! Reid loves to play pretend - store, kitchen, restaurant, etc.  He has set up our wet bar area as "his toy store" and this is, obviously, his cash register area.  On the left you can see open cabinets... ... which is where he keeps his merchandise to sell!  He would love to play with anyone if you want to come visit! Our "Summer of Dawn" as Jason called it is now complete.... from the Wednesday of the first week of summer to the Wednesday of the last full week of summer .... we now have our dishwasher.  "Funny" thing about the whole deal is it isn't the model we bought as we didn't want the handle; after three months, we decided to keep it anyways.  We can now use our big sink and not the prep sink!    We've been to White Water ...