2009 Family Newsletter

This was done before Christmas, but things have been so crazy that I did not get it posted. Sorry for the Delay.


Special events in our family’s life 2009,

· January-Jintry and Simon’s Birthday’s

· February-Paul and Cherri get to go out for Valentine’s Day

· March-Spring Break! Loryn went with her boyfriend and his family to visit his relatives in Colorado

· April-Cherri Begins working for Dillon International as their Adoptive Family Outreach Coordinator. She writes a weekly article for their blog

· May-Landon’s Birthday, School’s out

· June-Sami’s Birthday, Paul and Cherri’s 20th Wedding Anniversary

· July-Family Fun Days, Paul goes to Branson for the Gospel Music Association Convention with The Boys of the Fort

· August-Jamison’s Birthday, Simon had more cleft palate surgery

· September-Sami’s Adoption Finalization and Loryn’s Birthday

· October-Sami’s 1st Gotcha Day, Paul and Cherri’s 40th Birthday’s

· November-Thanksgiving! Jintry gets a new kitten

· December-We celebrate the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ!

Our Family went on a “Stay-cation” this year. We spent the day at Crown Center and Union Station in Downtown Kansas City. We ate at Fritz’s Railroad and took in the Chronicles of Narnia Exhibit.

Here are all of the Walrod Kids! (From right to left in the side bar picture)

Jamison (age 13, 7th Grade Eudora Middle School)

Sami (age 2, in June 2009)

Loryn (age 20, Sophomore Baker University)

Jintry (age 6, 1st Grade Eudora Elementary School)

Simon (age 5, Kindergarten Eudora Early Learning Center)

Landon (age 15, Freshman Eudora High School)

Cherri