Family Stuff

April 13th Sarah turned 25. The kids made the day special for her in every way, and there is no doubt in my mind they love her more than me! :)  It was also a big month for Anders. After a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication, and focus, Anders received a $10,000 scholorship from the Experimental Aviation Association that will help him get his private pilots license. So, this month he started flight lessons and most likely will have his first solo flight within a week or two! Unreal, at 16 our son is flying airplanes! We cannot say enough thanks and gratitude for the mentors of EAA in Anders life. They have truly been remarkable. But most of all, we are so proud of Anders and his determination and maturity. He earned the scholarship through good old fashioned hard work. In the end, this scholorship is a huge answer to prayer for us. When we saw his desire to pursue aviation, we had no idea how we could help in the financial part, as it is very costly. Once again, the Lord has provided in an amazing way.  He still has 2 years of high school left, but is already beginning to narrow down some options into what type of field he would like to work in.  All the other kids are doing great and ready to finish school for the year, and since we have 7 kids, if I was to write up a long summary of each of them I would have no more memory available on my laptop. So for today, you got the details of Anders. 

Anders is the plane ready for his first flight lesson

One day he is playing with a toy plane, we blink our eyes and then he is playing with real ones

In mid April my folks arrived and have been here in Salem a month. They sold the farm and now live in an RV and are swinging through Oregon. They have been able to see the "daily life" of the Walter clan in many ways. The above picture is of when they first arrived the kids put on a circus for them.