My goal in starting this blog was to tell about our little family. All of our ups and downs (with more ups, preferably). We have had a wonderful summer. But interlaced with all of the good things came the hardest part of our summer. Bruce is still looking for a job. With graduation in May came the hard part of him finding a teaching job. He still hasn't found one and most schools start in a week. I am so grateful for my husband, for his hard work and his willingness to do whatever it takes to take care of our family. Unfortunately for him, this may mean not being a teacher for a while as he has not received any job offers. I hate the fact that he has to give up his dream a little. It is not what we planned for our little family. I know that Heavenly Father is taking care of us, though, so I have to trust that there really is a reason behind this. We have had so many prayers offered from family on our behalf in the search for a job and we really appreciate this. Keep 'em coming. Hopefully the Walther household will be gainfully employed soon and Bruce can get back to doing what he wants to do!
Gideon turned one at the end of July. What a fun time! It's hard to believe its been a year since this boy who is so full of energy came into our lives. We've spent two weeks partying for him. He had a party at Grandma and Grandpa Walther's house, cupcakes at camping, and another party for my mothers family (the Cressall Clan). Now we can post all of these fun pics and celebrate what a wonderful boy we have. We also got to go on several camping trips this summer. It was more of an adventure than I imagined. Taking a one year old camping requires a lot more packing than I knew was possible. But we had a blast. We went to Moab, to the Olpin reunion, and to the Loveless reunion. I am excited and sad to say our camping season has pretty much come to an end.
Gideon got to experience a lot of firsts this summer too. His first trip to the zoo with Mor Mor. His first train ride. His first fireworks show. How fun it was to see it all through his eyes. I was positive that he would be scared at the fireworks. Nope. He just sat in his dads lap and watched with wide eyes. No scaredy cat at our house! It reminded me of what a great thing it was seeing all of that when I was growing up. I hope that our kids (future one's included) can really learn to enjoy life and find wonder in the experiences. Thank you, baby boy, for reminding me of that.
Last- the cookie count. After taking cookies to every major family event this summer, our cookie count is now at 906. I am well on my way to my 2000 goal. I have a couple of major cookie events (yes, that is how I calculate events by; can I bring cookies to that?) coming up, so hopefully that number will jump above 1000 by the end of August. Again, any recipes would be welcome!
