A Snake, A Cake, and Jake

The Walton family of Virginia --- not the famous Walton family of Walton mountain --- has been changing since we returned from Utah this summer. First one snake, and then another arrived to take up residence in Michael and Nathaniel's room. Here they are:


They eat frozen mice (thawed, of course, but not cooked :-) It's fascinating to watch them detach their jaws to swallow their meals.

We have also added a fence in our backyard. That makes it so that Nathaniel's big wish could be fulfilled -- a dog! This is Jake. He is a 5 month old Beagle puppy.

Jake isn't so sure about which toys are his and which ones aren't. But he is already getting better. We haven't had much trouble keeping the children from eating Jake's food (or the snakes' food, for that matter). The other way around is likely to be an interesting development.

Finally, we thought you'd enjoy seeing Zachary enjoying his dessert. Actually, this isn't cake; it is an ice cream sandwich. But that doesn't rhyme well with snakes and Jake.

Hope everyone has a happy Halloween!

Amelia Speaketh

To her dad:
"I love you daddy, you are my boy ever."

On doctrinal subjects:
"Adam's transgression." (sometimes "Adam's discretion")
"When Jesus was resurrected, the angels come and put his body back together."

About the cat:
"Tula is my best friend."

About her pumkin:
"This is my Jackolin."

Meta Blogging

My family is into the blogging scene and they post more regularly then I do. My little sister blogged the weekend we went to my cousin's wedding. Number #1 appears in three days of that week.

Thursday
Friday
Sunday

Sorry, the littlest is not on these posts. I will see if I can dig up some others.

Nathaniel's baptism

Okay, so it's been a month since the event. But here is a quick report.

Grandma and Grandpa Halls as well as mom and dad came out for Nathaniel's baptism on the weekend of Labor day. Nathaniel was excited about his baptism until he realized that everyone was there to watch him. However, after he made it in for the meeting, he didn't really stop smiling. Grandpa Walton gave a great, personal talk to him that I know made Nathaniel feel special. The baptism and confirmation both went just great.

Here are some pictures.

photos by Caroline

By the way, we finally got the DVD from Caroline and we will be sending copies to you this week. Stephanie & Dallan's picture has white sky in back. However, Dad took some landscape pictures and is photoshopping the background in. The trial runs look cool. All the other pictures look great

Look! It's Mom

Dad helped me. I'm going to try this out also...a little at a time. Love you all. Archway looks cool. I'll have to make those carrot cookies again, Kim. They really are good. Dad says, "Thanks, Chris for the Bluff pictures. " Bye

Under Construction!

This is what we've been working on all summer long! Dallan has done a lot and learned a lot about house building (although he now KNOWS he doesn't want a construction job, or anything similar. He's happy with his computers!)

This is what it looked like before. Notice the placement of the gate made it very difficult to get to the laundry room located in the carport. With the help of a neighbor we cut out some walls and doors and put in new ones and, VOILA! We have indoor laundry! HOORAY! :)