{Meghann's 15th Birthday Party @ Grandma & Papa's House!!}

We got VERY lucky this year on Meghann's 15th birthday...it fell on a Saturday so that we could spend the whole day with Grandma & Papa in Hemet! Grandma planned out a whole day of fun for her party! We played games, ate WONDERFUL food, and enjoyed the BEST company! Meghann loves that her Grandma & Papa are so thoughtful and think of her all the time! We invited David to come and enjoy the day with us as well so that Grandma & Papa could meet him, since she's met both of his Grandmas...had to even up the playing field and subject David to the "once over"! Hee, hee! Of course he passed with flying colors...Grandma & Papa can see how happy he makes their granddaughter! Thanks again, Mom & Dad for your wonderfulness and for always making home such a happy place to be! We love you! ♥

{Decorations on the table}

{David and Meghann sitting on the couch}{Meghann and David swimming}

{Meghann peeking @ me...}

{Papa, David & Mike on the patio for lunch}

{David trying his best to "mail the lost invitations"! Sorry David...I beat you!}

{Megs making an effort to "deliver the lost invitations"! Sorry Megs...I beat you too!}

{Lani just laid there while all the envelopes were flying towards her...she didn't care!}

{David and Meghann getting ready to open the presents}

{AWESOME Grandma & Papa bought Megs an iTouch! They also bought her some wonderful watercolor pencils and paper for her to practice her art. She didn't look so good in that picture, so she can thank me for not posting it!}

{Nice green cover for your iTouch Megs...oh, wait, why don't you just hand that over to Daddy since you've been using HIS since Christmas and have all YOUR crap on it! Hee, hee!}

{Squinty Lani in the sunshine of Hemet}

{WTG Papa...distracting Mike with your antics so that NEITHER of you are looking @ the camera!
What AM I gonna do with you?!?!?}

{She huffs...she puffs...she gets all 15 candles blown out! PHEW! Yummy FunFetti cake...thanks Grandma, it was TASTY!}

{On the patio for lunch...couldn't have asked for more beautiful weather!}

Another year down...{SIGH!}...where HAS the time gone?? Our little girl is so grown up now...next year she'll be able to DRIVE! {YIKES!} We ♥ you baby girl and are so glad that you're ours!
♥,
Dad & Mom

{♥Meghann's 15th Birthday Hamster!♥}

{Meghann looking at her new pet!}

{Meghann lovin' her new pet!}

{Meghann built the habitat all by herself!}

{Cammie in her run-around ball}{Cammie going into her little hidey-castle}

{Cammie sitting in her food dish washing her face after a snack}{Cammie sitting in her food dish washing her face after a snack}

{Cammie's habitat}{Cammie's habitat}

{Cammie sitting on her slide}

{Cammie posing for a photo in her slide}

Meghann decided that she would like a hamster for a birthday gift this year! Since she just got a new dresser, we figured she could keep the habitat up there and be totally responsible for little Cammie. We've had a name change already...Megs decided she didn't really look like Rhino, so she was calling her "Hammie" all the time and Mike said she looked like "Caramel", so we combined the 2 and she's CAMMIE now! She's a super cute little hamster and has already brought a lot of joy to Meghann's day! I'm sure she'll keep doing that for many more days to come! Lani didn't seem to bothered by her running around the house in her little ball, but of course that could change! Lani is pretty easy-going, so we know it'll be fine. Especially since "that thing" (Lani's opinion of her, I'm sure!) will be in Meghann's room most of the time! Welcome to the Walker family little Cammie! ♥

{Meghann's 15th Birthday Celebration....Continued!}

We're SOOOO excited for Megs' birthday next Saturday! Our young lady will be 15 years old...{SIGH!} She wanted to spend her birthday with "The Boy". Last Saturday we went to dinner with his family (parents, Grandmas, Aunts/Uncles) so we thought it would be fun for HIM to meet some more of OUR family! So we'll be heading out to Hemet so "The Boy" can meet Megs' Grandma and Papa! It should be a fun day filled with playing games, good food, and a nice family time! Pictures will be posted...

Thanks for your wonderful hospitality Mom & Dad! :-D

{Today's the Day!!}

Meghann is celebrating her 15th birthday 15 days early! We're taking her and her friends to go see Alice in Wonderland in IMAX 3D today...OPENING DAY! Looks like an absolutely perfect job by Tim Burton! What a fun way to spend an afternoon! Happy early 15th birthday party, Meggie! We ♥ you!

{Happy 39th to my Sweet Husband!}

Happy 39th Birthday!!

39 years ago my beloved husband was born. Of course, I didn't meet him until 21 years after that, but thank goodness I did! I've been lucky enough to have spent 17½ of those 39 years with him! Have a wonderful day, sweet Mikey-Poo! And for a few months, I'm TWO years younger than you! :-D

{Happy Birthday Curt & Val!!}

WooHoo! Curt's another year older today! Next year will be an interesting birthday date that not many people get to experience. 10-10-10! How cool is THAT? Most people's birthdays will never happen like that. That'll be a crazy party next year! This year...a little Knott's Scary Farm tonight(no thanks!) and brunch/Oktoberfest @ the Phoenix Club tomorrow (HECK ya!)! Look forward to celebrating our wonderful Curtis with everyone!

Our next door neighbor, Valerie, already turned 40 earlier this month but was out of town so we couldn't celebrate! Tonight, however...is another story! We're having a Surprise 40th for her! I personally do NOT like to be surprised (thankfully Mike knows this!) but Rudy says that Val won't mind...good luck with that Rudy! Ha, ha! Gotta make a special card for her today...I LOVE making special cards for special people!

I get to make another one next week for our neighbor's daughter on the other side of us that has a lot of meaning. She's heading off to Army boot camp! Her parents are very proud...Julie (her mom) was in the Army too, but we won't hold that against her! Hee, hee! And then my October cards are all done...not many birthdays in October; August and December are my SUPER busy months! So maybe I'll get to finish the other wall plaque in our bathroom...I DID finish one last night!

That's all from Walker Central for today, I'm trying to get better about posting more often again, I realized that I was slacking off and it's SUCH an easy thing to do! (Posting on here, not slacking off!) I'll try and get some pictures up later of Mike and his spooky paper maché pumpkins that he's been making! Ciao!

{HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!}

WooHoo! It's your birthday...it's your birthday! Party like a rock star! FINALLY! Welcome to "Club 14" Kendall! :-D We've been waiting and waiting for you to join Megs! We TRIED to get you Nick Jonas for your special day, but...he ran screaming! Ha, ha, ha! :-D We love you Killer Kendall!

MMML

{Happy 4th Birthday Kenzie!!}

WooHoo! Going to Mackenzie's birthday party over in Lakewood @ Ted & Steph's house! Hope she likes the gifts we bought her! Nothing like a leisurely afternoon partying with good friends! We're so blessed to have so many friends in our lives...it sure makes for fun weekends (and weekdays!)!!

{The party was from 2-4pm....we left @ 8pm! The kids LOVE Meghann and really enjoy playing with her...and we really enjoy Ted & Steph and had fun watching some funny Andy Samberg videos and just chatting. It's nice to have good friends....thank you Lord!}

{Happy 5th Birthday, Meghann's Princess Leilani!}

Today our beautiful puppy is 5 years old! WOW! What wonderful times we've had together and look forward to many, many more years with her! She is an AKC registered Sheltie. Her name is "Meghann's Princess Leilani". We call her Lani. She's an easygoing, happy, friendly, loving dog! We are so blessed to have her in our lives. She LOVES to go camping with us, loves to have her doggy friends come and stay with us (Bitsy and Camille), loves treats (and can SPELL it...so don't think you can get away with T-R-E-A-T because she KNOWS!), and LOVES her "peeps"! We are lucky to be Lani's people...and will always strive to love HER as much as she loves US! Happy Birthday, Lani! We LOVE You!!

{Happy 14th Birthday, Sweet Baby Girl!!}

Happy 14th Birthday!!

14 years ago today was THE most blessed day of our lives! Our sweet little baby girl was born @ 9:54am weighing in @ 7lbs, 2oz! We were thrilled! Oh wait....Mike wasn't THERE! :-) He got thrilled a little later that night! He was on a layover in Hawaii coming home from Okinawa, Japan. He didn't expect to meet his daughter that day! It was love at first sight for all involved! Who wouldn't love our sweet little girl?!?! She's beautiful, funny, loving, kind, sweet, smart, adorable, amazing, musical, follower of Christ, totally wonderful human being! We celebrate 14 years of wonderfulness having you in our lives! We count ourselves lucky every day! We'll be going to Disneyland today and then to celebrate with Grandma and Papa tomorrow! Lots of fun with family and friends! Thank you for being our wonderful little girl....uh, young lady!

We love you!

Daddy & Mommy

{Happy 38th Birthday Daddy/Mike!!}

38 years ago today, the kindest, most gentle, caring, understanding, loving, generous, handsome, sincere, amazing person was born. Meghann's Daddy and Michelle's best friend! We love him more each day and are constantly in awe of how wonderful he is! With a lot of adversity in his life, he's overcome it all! We love and admire you, Daddy/Mike!

Happy Birthday!

Love,
Michelle and Meghann

{Happy 8th Birthday Leni-Loo!!}

Happy 8th Birthday!!

Today our sweet little niece & cousin is 8 years old! WOW! Time flies! Seems like just yesterday when an almost 6 year old Meghann was holding her newborn cousin! And NOW look @ them:

We hope you have a fun day today, Leni! Enjoy ice skating with your friend and we look forward to seeing you next weekend! Start thinking about what you want to do! Do you want to go to Dave & Buster's? Chuck E. Cheese's? Whatever you want, that's what we'll do! We love you....have a Happy 8th Birthday! (We'll call later to sing to you! We know you look forward to the Cha-cha-cha!)

Love,
Uncle Mike, Aunt Michelle & Meghann

{Happy 67th Birthday Mom!!!}

Wow! Has another year really gone by? Seems like I was just wishing you a Happy Birthday! Hee, hee! My Mom is a wonderful woman! She always had/has my best interests at heart. She taught me how to be firm, but loving...nag almost without anyone knowing it (sometimes it wasn't so subtle!)...be caring and compassionate...how to love others more than you love yourself...how to do laundry...how to iron (and if I owned ANY 100% cotton clothes *I* was the one doing all the ironing of them!)...how to run a household so that your husband could concentrate on his job...how to love children (though during those "childcare years" I was pretty sure I'd NEVER love children!)...how to save $ (not that I always listened)...how to clip coupons and file rebates...and just all-around how to be a good human being who loves the Lord and tries every day to follow in His footsteps! (My Mom is my spiritual Mr. Miyagi....if you haven't see the Karate Kid, you won't get it!) I still call her up for her advice, because it's always given with a lot of thought, not just willy-nilly. I love my Mom! I love my Mom for how good of a mother-in-law she is to my husband. I don't think my husband would even consider her a mother "in-law", more just a straight up MOM! I love my Mom for what a wonderful Grandma she is to Meghann. She spends a lot of time doing anything that Meghann is into @ the time! Whether it's American Girl dolls, Webkinz, online games, Mexican Train, painting, crafting...Grandma can and DOES do it all! The BEST Grandma Meghann could ever hope for! We hope you have a wonderful birthday, Mom/Grandma!
Love,
Mike, Michelle & Meghann

The Following Video is for ALL Moms:

{Happy 70th Birthday, Dad!!}

Happy 70th Birthday!!

Today my Daddy is 70 years young! He is one of the most amazing people that I know! You can't run into anyone in our hometown that hasn't met him, had him as a Principal, who's parents haven't had him as a Principal, who's grandkids haven't had him as a Principal, etc. He is a docent @ 2 local museums and just continues his love of teaching people new things and showing them new things! We are SO blessed to have him in our lives! Besides being an amazing father, he's the best husband that I know (next to mine!), a wonderful chef (cook just doesn't describe it!), a fabulous Papa to Meghann, and just an all-around SUPER dude! He's also a shy guy. Doesn't like the spotlight on him. We attended a 70th birthday party for our close friend's Dad last weekend....who is just 5 days younger than MY Daddy. Unlike my Dad, Fred LOVES the spotlight and big parties. Our gift to my Dad this year......NOT doing a big party! Hee, hee! That's how you know your family loves and adores you.....when they WANT to do something to acknowledge what a wonderful person you are, but because they know it would make YOU uncomfortable (and you'd probably get your butt kicked for it later anyway!), they just don't do it! But we LOVE YOU Daddy.....and we want you to know it! All these years have meant a LOT to a TON of people, and we're happy to share you with all of them......but really love having you to ourselves!

Happy 70th Birthday!!

Love,
Mike, Michelle & Meghann