The Walsh Family

We were able to spend time with several different families that Doug built a relationship with on his mission and still stays in contact with them very regularly. They were all good people with sweet spirits and a love for our family, just good people. Of all of the families we visited, I absolutely fell in love with the Walsh family. They are an amazing family! They have private lakes right at their gorgeous home. I was only able to go fishing once and never caught anything but Doug was able to go another time with Bill and really enjoyed it.

They took us into their home and let us stay with them for a couple of days and took very good care of us. Bill cooked us breakfast every morning to start out the day right. We had so much fun spending time with them. Bill is a firefighter and he gave us the grand tour of the Fire House. It was fun and I learned a lot by asking him tons of questions which probably drove him crazy. We stayed up every night talking or playing cards or making smores and talking around a camp fire.

I think that it was really late and we were all a little out of it.

We went to the Meramec Caverns which was Jesse James Hideout. It was really humid inside. They had a restaurant, homemade fudge place and a cool gift shop. The hats were the best!

Stetson loved playing with Beth!

You can tell that Stetson wasn't spoiled at all! He got so much attention and was loving life.

Jake is the coolest guy in the world. He has a wonderful heart and would do anything for anybody with a great personality and WAY FUNNY! He kept us laughing the whole time.

I love all of these hats.

I think Stetson has been adopted and has a new Grandpa Bill. In all of these pictures he is playing with Bill.

These guys eyes are really glazed over - Are you sure thats just root beer?

Thank you Bill & Donna & Family for the wonderful hospitality that you showed our family. It was wonderful to have a breather and be taken care of so well by you. We truly enjoyed our visit and didn't want to leave. We love you dearly and cant wait to see you again!