Walker Family Blog

Naomi started school this week, the day after we got back from family vacation. I can’t believe I’m a school mom. =) The Lord graciously allowed us to put her in Ambleside School of Colorado which is a private school that is renting our church facilities. We became familiar with the school over a year ago when they first approached the church about renting. Shaun was really impressed with the school leadership, and we both began to research and pray about Naomi going there. It is nice that they are using our church. Naomi is in a familiar environment and her dad gets to take her to school each morning. She goes all day Monday, Wednesday, and half a day Friday. So far she seems to enjoy it. The school has uniforms, and I am so glad. Naomi likes clothes a little too much, and with the uniforms her choices are limited. On her first day of school she came down to breakfast in a red polo, got her “first day of school” pictures taken, and then wanted to change into another shirt. So, we let her. Like I said the choices are limited, and it makes getting dressed in the morning a little easier. Esther misses Naomi while she is gone, but we all seem to be adjusting well. I’m looking forward to getting used to the “new normal”. It has been a busy week.

About a week after coming home from Peru, we left on our family vacation. We rented a cabin in the mountains about 2 hours away, and enjoyed some nice relaxing family time together. It was wonderful! It is so peaceful and beautiful in the mountains, and the weather is just perfect. I’m so glad we were able to make some great memories as a family.

Lakeside park has kiddy rides, and we took the girls to this park last year. Naomi was brave enough to ride all the rides, but Esther only rode a few. This year the girls had a blast together, and they used their own money to purchase tickets for the rides. Their favorite ride was a small roller coaster, I think they rode it at least 4 times. Ethan is still to young, but I think he will have just as much fun next year.

Shaun and I had the opportunity to visit our missionaries, Buddy and Loren Fitzgerald, in Peru. We were to visit them in their jungle ministry, but that didn’t work out, so we met them in the capital city, Lima. We had a nice time of fellowship, and I hope we were an encouragement to them. This was the first missions trip I have ever been on, and it was a great experience. There is so much I could say, but I will let the pictures tell about our time.