August Update

WOW, can you believe summer is almost over? What a wild ride it has been... So far I am still riding the FrontRunner and loving every minute of the ride... I ride down on the train and plan my day, on the way home I unwind... It is the most peaceful ride to and from work. If you live in or visit Utah, make a plan to ride our train... It's a great thing...
The garden is finally starting to grow, the herbs are doing fantastic, the tomatoes are doing ok and I wonder if I'm going to have any green peppers... (<: The front of the house looks like a wild flower picture out of an old magazine... I wish my garden did as well as the flowers...
Teresa is done with her travel for awhile and now is working on redesigning the house "Again"... New carpet couches and other decorations. She has the knack for decorations and remodels...
Steph and Cede went to ABQ to spend a week with Step's sister in Law.. I flew down with CEde then Steph joined her later... They really had a good time...
Chaz is out on his own now, he bought a place in Riverdale and him and Loni moved in... He is doing very well on his own...
Ashley is getting huge and she still has 3 months to go... It will be interesting to see just how big that baby gets...
Rachael and Luke just got back from Peru where they spent 6 weeks, what they did not know was Teresa completely redid their Living room, new floors, paint and a bar turned that living room into a whole new area... They really enjoyed the trip to Peru and loved coming home to their new room in the house..
Swenson got out of the grocery business and now is fully employed in the Drug business... He loves working in the Pharmacy and is thinking about going to school to be a Pharmacy manager...
Joe is trying to get on at Target Grocery store, I'll update you more on that next time...

Overall, life is good in the Walker home still, looking forward to fresh vegetables from the garden and BBQ's in the backyard... Hope to see a few of you there with us...
love ya all
Chuck, Teresa and Kids...

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Just for those who want to see updates and how the walkers are doing

Summer Time Fun

Well here it is mid July, Gardens in, pool is up and it summertime... It is pretty hot here in Utah... I did just a small garden this year, shuda planted more garlic... Just sitting here on the Deck watching Hannah swimming... Updates on the family... Chaz moved out and bought himself a little 3 bedroom for him an Loni... I flew to ABQ with Cede where her Mom joined us and is spending another week down there... Ash is getting bigger as each day passes and X-man knows it's a brother... Ash and Josh are good with another boy... Rachy and Luke just got back from Peru after spending 6 weeks roughing it... Rachy thinks she might just be a little bit of a "Fancy Girl" after that adventure... (<: Sweny is in the mist of switching careers... He decided to be a drug pusher like his sister Ashley... "Pharmacy"
Joe is is finding the grown up world to be a little rough and is learning fast that you need a little savings to make it all work...
Teresa is wrapping up her travels across the nation, none to soon, I think it was wearing her down a little... Me? I'm just working, and living one day at a time... Someday, I'll be like my bud Ernie and hit the golf courses two to five times a week...
Well that's all for now, catch you on the next update of Home with the Walker Family...
Later Chuck

July Update

Well the yard is in this year and we finally have grass... The garden is not as big as it was last year, but then I moved the tomatoes to the hillside... (<:} The Ironic part here is I helped Ashley plant her tomatoes and those same plants from the same nursery bought on the same flat as mine, they are kicking my plants butt... She must have a natural green thumb... LOL

The floral pots around the deck are doing real good and the front gardens are going to be in full bloom in about 2 weeks.. That will make the front of the house AWSOME!!!

On the work note, I got UTA, "Transit in Utah" up and running in the office... We have a lot of the folks going green... There will be 15 of us riding the train together and then riding into the office in a big van... Ride time to the office will be a few minutes more, ride time home will be a KILLER savings... We pass the freeway every night and it is STOPPED, a 4 lane parking lot... Gotta love mass transit...

Anyhow, that's it for now..
Catch you on the next post...
later Chuck

1st Post

Ok guys, Ashley has convinced me that I need to get my Blog out there for all to see... Whatever!!!
The next step is to get my family to post Blogs and then Link it to mine... Yeah that would be the Walker Girls who are now married, and all their kids... SO, here we go...

As you can see by the posted PIC of my family, it ain't no small group... I have 8 kids, 3 and 1\2 grandkids and wife... Teresa and I live in a comfortable house and my 3 oldest girls have their own home... My sons all live at home with us... We all live in Utah in the northern sector...

I work for Kroger's and travel a lot around the western U.S. My favorite city to visit is Albuquerque, New Mexico... The Land of Enchantment... I've been working in the grocery industry for 33 years and love it... Teresa works at IRS, "YEAH the Tax Man", but she mostly helps out others by keeping the manuals up to date... She loves her job too.. 6 of the 8 kids are in the work force doing all kinds of things from Selling insurance,Programming, 2 are drug pushers - "Pharmacy Techs", Teaching, and Data communications...

Even though I passed the half century mark, my kids all keep me young at heart...
We all enjoy family get together, going on trips and BBQ's... Our latest fun thing to do is riding the train and seeing the sights and malls along the trail.

Well I think that's enough for the 1st post, catch you all on the next one...
You saw the family, here is the house...