End of Summer

I have been a slacker- I embrace it sometimes...ha ha. The kids were pretty busy most of the summer. Mason had several football camps that started and that kept him pretty busy. Jayde had a brief time off but had dance camps and clinics and softball clinics so she had her share of fun too. She also danced at the state fair again this year. She does such a great job- I am very proud of her. Here is a photo of the two kids waiting for Jayde's time to dance. We had a good time at the fair.

We took our annual trip to Okoboji in July. We had a really good time hanging out with Angie at her lake house. It was stormy some nights but the days were pretty great.

Jayde is starting fall ball for softball. She really likes it because she gets to try her had at pitching. That makes for a long game to watch but the girls try their best.

Well that is it for now. I will post pics of the kids from the first day of school when I get them downloaded from the camera!! Take care!

Summer Fun

We have finally wrapped up the baseball and softball seasons. We still have several camps going on for Mason but our weekends have finally opened up a bit. We were able to break away and head down to St. Louis last weekend and enjoy a cardinal game and some sites when we were down there. The hotel we stayed at was fabulous and quick to everything so that was nice. The weather was really hot but still bearable since we chose to do indoor activities for the most part LOL. Next week we will be spending the week in okoboji with my sister. The kids are very excited to hang out at the lake. I am excited to have nothing to do but hang out and enjoy the water ha!!

Summer update

We finally slowed down a little bit for me to update this. Most of you follow all of the activities on facebook but Eric kindly reminded me that there are very few Walter family members on Facebook so I have to keep this updated. What is wrong with you people? Even my mom is on Facebook!!! HA! :)

Jayde took a week and went to visit Grandma & Grandpa Walter early in June. Mason has been pretty busy with baseball. That is wrapping up this weekend and then we have a month off. Then football starts. I shouldn't say a month off really because there is still running to basketball and football camps as well as the team may potentially start a summer basketball league in July. That remains to be seen yet. But on the flipside there shouldn't be any weekend tournaments that tie us up. This weekend we are taking a quick trip to St Louis to catch a Cardinals game and to do some sight seeing around St.Louis.

Here are some photos below. Mason playing baseball, Jayde performing at the mall, me and the kids at my graduation, Jayde dancing at the Iowa Barnstormers, me and my sister Nikki at my graduation (William Penn alumni) and Mom hugging her handicap sign :)

Oscar speaks

I have been meaning to post a video of Oscar talking to us. You see- he thinks he is human and will try to hold a conversation with you. It really is quite funny. Hopefully you can get it to play. You have to have the volume up to hear his low rumbling.

Spring break and Easter

We decided to do something fun for spring break. We decided to head to the Amanas to stay at the waterpark there. The kids had a blast with the exception of Saturday morning when Mason had a small stomach flu. He spent part of the day in bed. The good news is that he bounced back quickly and still managed to have fun later that day. Here are some photos of the kids at the waterpark. Sorry if they are a little dark.

We drove up to lake to my sister Angie's house to celebrate Easter. Jayden and I traveled to Angie while Eric and Mason had to stay back for baseball. We had fun seeing everyone and the boys had fun hanging out with our friends back here.

One Sport Done....on to warmer weather

I thought it was time I should update the blog. Things have been busy as usual. Basketball finished up for Mason. He ended the season placing second in the state school tournament for Urbandale. It was an amazing tournament! In the semi-finals Urbandale was down by 1 point and there was 8 seconds left in the game. The other team blew the throw in and gave Urbandale the ball. Our boys get the ball in and passed in to Mason. He shoots up a three pointer and it swishes with 2 seconds left in the game. The other team couldn't get it down in time and Mason's team won! That was awesome! That put them into the final. But it wasn't meant to be and they couldn't pull off the third win of the day. They did qualify for Nationals this summer because of their high placement at state. We aren't sure if the team will be going though. The game is in July and that is when the boys are usually wrapping up baseball.

Mason will be playing both little league and AAU baseball. Baseball started in January and the games start in March. He is very excited about that. Jayde is registered for softball as always so she is very excited about that. She gets to perform a dance routine at the Iowa Energy Basketball team. That is on April 2nd. She is SO EXCITED! If I can get some good photos I will post them of the dance. Her spring recital is in May. I am very excited to see her routines she is working on it. She loves it.

I am one class away from finishing my Master's degree!! Happy Dance! Eric is currently battling a flu bug so that isn't good. We celebrated our 12th anniversary last weekend. I was knocked over with a feather when my hubby surprised me with roses! WOW! He never does that. I in turn took him out to Texas Roadhouse for a thick juicy steak. We both win! HA! Here is a photo of our wedding day. We look so young!!!

Busy Busy

Hey there. Finally got a chance to download some photos from the camera so I figured that I better update the blog :) The kids have been busy as ever. Mason is wrapping up his rec basketball team and still is playing AAU basketball. He has also began practicing baseball so it is a very interesting balance act. Jayde is still in her two dance groups as well. She has performed a couple of times at basketball games and has recently signed up for softball. I am looking for the warm weather that typically comes with baseball and softball. Mason's rec team won the league and his team won the championship as well. Mason was also nominated to the All-star team and his team played a bunch of 7th graders. His team won that as well. It was VERY exciting!

Eric and I are about the same. I am wrapping up my final class in my Master's program so the end is finally in sight. Eric has been down and out since the accident with his back and is now getting back to normal since it is healing. He has been struggling with a sinus infection as well so it has been a good time for him ;)

Anyhoo- no time to write more but here are some photos to enjoy!

Much Ado about Nothing

I don't really have much to report but was tired of looking at the Happy New Year page on my blog so thought I would ramble about nothing. January is really about nothing don't you think? No one gets overly excited about January unless your birthday is in that month. It is usually to freezing cold to do anything- yep that is happening right now although today was a balmy 30 degrees with 100 mph winds!

We had the joy (actually Eric since he was driving) of driving in the winds to and from a basketball tournament in Harlan. It is about an hour and a half east of des moines. We played in a 7th grade (our boys are in 6th) tournament and ended up taking 7th. Not too shabby considering those boys made Mason look short. Guess I can expect him to continue to grow like a weed in the next year. Great!

Jayde made it through her recital. She did a fantabulous job on it. She was in two routines. I will post pictures when I get them downloaded. We finally got our camera traded for a new one since it was defective. So, the pictures are much better quality now ;)

We will be traveling to Kansas City next weekend for a tournament there. It will be nice to get away and spend a night in a hotel. Mason can hang out with the boys and Jayde can swim until her heart's content. As long as she doesn't try to drown and make me jump in fully clothed again, I am cool with her swimming! HA!

Update you all soon!