2008: The Year in Review (so far)

Well, I just wanted to give everyone an update on what has happened in the life of the Walters family this year, in a nutshell. First, in January, we welcomed the newest member of our family: Boston! We adopted him from a local humane society. He will be 5 years old in October, and he is just the cutest, sweetest, funniest little doggie you've ever seen (and, no, we're not biased at all).

The next major event of 2008 was our mission trip to Acuna, Mexico in April. It was such an incredible trip. We both loved it and hope to be able to return there on mission trips in the future.

Then in May, we had a Walters family vacation in Gatlinburg, TN, and had a great time with everyone! Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures from that on this computer, so you'll just have to imagine it... 9 adults, 6 kids under the age of six, and a dog all together in one big cabin - it was fun!

On June 1st, we celebrated our 6 year anniversary! Woo Hoo! We are on a pretty tight budget, so we just had a wonderful evening walking around a nice little area of Nashville called Green Hills, and then a delicious dinner at California Pizza Kitchen - YUMMERS!! And I don't have those pics available right now, either, sorry I know it's killing you. :)

It was right around this time at the first June that we were approached with the possibility of moving to Buffalo, NY. So, most of June was spent doing nothing but praying! We both felt the Lord saying yes to moving to Buffalo to help plant Restoration Church, so needless to say, this has totally rocked our world and been the focus since then. For those of you who don't know, Wes was asked to be the worship pastor for Restoration Church, a church we will be planting (starting from scratch) in Buffalo over the next several months.  We got a chance to go up there and visit for the first time in July, and we loved it.
We also got to see Niagara Falls, which is just a half an hour from Buffalo and it was amazing! Our official move date is October 13th, and we'll be writing much more about all that soon.

In August, we celebrated my birthday by going to a Nashville Sounds game with some of our friends (they aren't very good and totally lost, but it was still fun) and back to our place for some AMAZING cake. (The vanilla cake with cream cheese icing at Publix is heavenly, so if you have a Publix, go get one NOW.) Also in August, we had a Skelton family vacation in Panama City Beach, FL which was wonderful.

Wes also got to see his mom on this trip, which was great.

Well, those are the highlights. We'll be writing more about what's going on with us as we are preparing for the biggest move/change we've ever had as a family, so stay tuned!