The Job Hunt Continues

So I have been off of work for over a month now. One would think that it means I have all kinds of time to get things done and lay around the house but that never seems to happen! I have been attending some career resource classes and those have been very helpful at boosting the spirits and getting my resume in order etc. It has also given me a great chance to meet some wonderful people.

I spent the last weekend helping out for a wonderful career weekend held at Iowa State for students with disabilities. I helped the leader with the class for resume writing and interview preparation. It was such a wonderful group of kids to work with!

The kids are having a pretty laid back summer. I think some times they are bored when Eric and I are job hunting and taking on line courses but overall they have been doing ok. They have been attending several camps for sports and dance. Those keep us hopping!

We are Back!

Ok so I have been a huge slacker on the blog. I get that for sure! I will do my best to update more often now that unfortunately I have nothing better to do! I have been laid off from my job. Eric was told a week later that he also was being laid off from the same position. Not exactly sure what God has in mind with all of this. The good news is that it gives me more time to try to recover from the gallbladder surgery I had a couple of weeks ago. It should have been a routine surgery but little hiccups have occurred along the way.

So, kids are busy as usual. Jayde is finishing up softball. She has also developed a love for Volleyball which should be able to utilize her freakishly tall figure :) Mason has finished up his baseball season with a big Tournament of Champions win for his team. Now his time is filled with various camps. FUN!

All and all we are well and slightly stressed. Keeping the faith and trying to keep our eyes open for new opportunities!! :)

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.