Monday, September 1, 2008
:)
so, i really have nothing to say, but it looked like our family needed a new post on the blog, so i'm posting one. school's going pretty good. the family's having fun. hm...i don't know what else to say. oh! mike almost finished his killer trashcans movie, and it's pretty good. daniel walker is in it. hm. well, that's all i can think of right now. Remember, keep smiling; eventually you'll feel better.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Reunion
Hey family, have a great reunion this weekend. We are sorry we can't make it. Thanks for all your hard work, Jill. I know it will be a great time for everyone. We love you guys. Oh, but don't have too much fun without us, k?
MIA
Marisa, where is your blog? Did you stop writing? I am bummed, if so. Hopefully you will resurface somewhere. And, I hope all is well with you guys.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Talking with Grandma
Yesterday, I went and visited Grandma and Grandpa Walker, and I got talking with Grandma about some stuff from her early life. I'd thought I'd share.
Grandma grew up in Salt Lake City and went to East High School, the same school that I worked at. It was in a different building back then, but the same place as it is now. She lived in the Sugarhouse area, and once her parents had children, they stayed settled down in one spot. Her mother's dream house was a one-and-a-half story house.
Grandma had a job working with music teacher--helping tend kids and cleaning, that sort of thing, I think. They were going to have a recital, and she was instructed to dust the floor. It was dark, and she couldn't really see, so she just wasn't very thorough. But when the recital came, the sun came up and shone on the floor and you could see just where she had swept. After that, the music teacher didn't need her anymore.
She had another job working at an ice cream place. They were open on Sundays, but they let her go to church and then work afterward. She was a car hop there, and she mentioned that there was a couple who came in every week and ordered two glasses of buttermilk (ick!). They always tipped her quite well, probably about a dollar or so.
Grandma was a sociable and nice, so the guys liked her. There was one guy that she liked as well. His name was Stu (not sure on the spelling). Stu asked her to go to a dance and Grandma wore her favorite rhinestone dangling earrings. When she got back from the date, she only had one earring. She didn't have a phone number for Stu, but she knew he worked at a car dealership so she went with a girlfriend there and asked if maybe the earring was in his car or something like that. After that, Stu didn't go with Grandma anymore. Maybe because he got in trouble at his work or thought she was too pushy, or whatever, but that was the end of it.
So that's what we talked about.
In other news, I just updated walkerboot.com so that is in CSS and valid xhtml 1.0. This took me hours and hours and hours and the website looks pretty much the exact same. There is little fruit of my labor. Oh well. That's how a lot of things are. But now, if I want to, I could make the website look completely different by changing one style sheet. Before, I would have had to change each page (and there are over a hundred pages).
Wonderful. That's all.
Grandma grew up in Salt Lake City and went to East High School, the same school that I worked at. It was in a different building back then, but the same place as it is now. She lived in the Sugarhouse area, and once her parents had children, they stayed settled down in one spot. Her mother's dream house was a one-and-a-half story house.
Grandma had a job working with music teacher--helping tend kids and cleaning, that sort of thing, I think. They were going to have a recital, and she was instructed to dust the floor. It was dark, and she couldn't really see, so she just wasn't very thorough. But when the recital came, the sun came up and shone on the floor and you could see just where she had swept. After that, the music teacher didn't need her anymore.
She had another job working at an ice cream place. They were open on Sundays, but they let her go to church and then work afterward. She was a car hop there, and she mentioned that there was a couple who came in every week and ordered two glasses of buttermilk (ick!). They always tipped her quite well, probably about a dollar or so.
Grandma was a sociable and nice, so the guys liked her. There was one guy that she liked as well. His name was Stu (not sure on the spelling). Stu asked her to go to a dance and Grandma wore her favorite rhinestone dangling earrings. When she got back from the date, she only had one earring. She didn't have a phone number for Stu, but she knew he worked at a car dealership so she went with a girlfriend there and asked if maybe the earring was in his car or something like that. After that, Stu didn't go with Grandma anymore. Maybe because he got in trouble at his work or thought she was too pushy, or whatever, but that was the end of it.
So that's what we talked about.
In other news, I just updated walkerboot.com so that is in CSS and valid xhtml 1.0. This took me hours and hours and hours and the website looks pretty much the exact same. There is little fruit of my labor. Oh well. That's how a lot of things are. But now, if I want to, I could make the website look completely different by changing one style sheet. Before, I would have had to change each page (and there are over a hundred pages).
Wonderful. That's all.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Great FHE
What a fun night tonight. Thanks Stephanie for all the help with Grandma and the certificates. I know she never could have done it without you. They are so fun, we had to come home and find a place to hang them. It was great to see everyone. What a great thing to have a happy family.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Welcome home Ben!
Welcome back to the USA. We are so excited you are home, but most importantly, we are so proud of you and your honorable mission service. You are a great example to all the family and especially the young men. You rock!
Good luck getting back into life. We'll let you know if we think you are too weird. And good luck with the dating thing, oh and school. (I think you should name your first son Philip- in honor of your mission. His middle name could be Eens.)
We love you!
Good luck getting back into life. We'll let you know if we think you are too weird. And good luck with the dating thing, oh and school. (I think you should name your first son Philip- in honor of your mission. His middle name could be Eens.)
We love you!
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Congratulations, Robert!!
We here in Arizona are so excited for you and your mission call! We hope you are excited as well. Good thing we will get to spend a little time with you this summer before you leave. You are going to do great there. Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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