Daddy Adventure to Florida

By Colton Walsh

"Daddy adventure Florida. I got picked up early for school and we went straight to the airport. Once we were there we went straight to Disney to get our tickets for the October trip that I asked for for my birthday. Then we went to get dinner at Kobe Japanese grill. It was very good. The next day we drove 1 hour to go to Busch gardens. My favorite ride was the cheetah hunt. After that we went to Aquatica for the glow party but it was closed due to weather😞, but we still had fun watching the storm. The next day we went to universal epic universe it was so much fun we rode every ride and even got 6 free line passes because it was almost my birthday. My favorite ride was harry potter battle of the ministry. We got home last Sunday night and Dad let me sleep in until 10am on Monday and then DD took me to school. It really was one of the best trips."

Grant Walsh is pretty amazing when it comes to theme parks! I was appreciative that Grant spent time with Colton to make wonderful memories and that he secured our military rate tickets to Disney so we can start to prep for our trip in October. Thank you Grant!

Back to School

By Ranger Walsh, "The transition to high school has been very easy and people make it sound worse than it is. I am riding to school with Cadence. I am in cross country. It is noticeably harder than middle school but still not extremely difficult academically wise. This year I am in World Geography Honors, Geometry, English Honors, Biology, Spanish II, and Digital Sports Media. Cross country has been really enjoyable, but takes up way too much time. I don't get home until like 6 because of afterschool practice and don't have time for anything. The people on the team are great though and I have met a lot of new people."

This year we have a junior, freshman, and 6th grader. It is really helpful having two back in the same school and also that Colton feels comfortable at Zion. Colton is now in middle school at Zion and he has three great teachers. Juli Schkade is his homeroom teacher and also his English teacher. Kelly Tiffee is math and religion and Barbara Hinkle is science and math. Colton has his own locker this year. 

School started on Wed., Aug. 13 and I took the Monday before school started off work to be with the kids and make sure everyone had what they needed. The day was full of haircuts, shopping, and hanging out for the last few days of summer. We always try to do a back-to-school fun day and a few weeks earlier the kids and I had gone to Boulder in Grand Prairie and had a great time doing the ropes courses and slides. I did all 4 levels of the ropes course and was so sore the next day. 

I am so very proud of our kids. Here's to a great year!

Sky Ranch Session 11 - Redo

By Colton Walsh.

This week was so much fun, it started out with a 1 hour and 25 min drive to camp with my friend Thomas. and then we met our friend, Philipp at camp then we got our bed set up and went to dinner after dinner we had camp show , it was not very fun. the next morning was pretty standard and so was the rest of the day. all of the days were very normal but that does NOT mean they weren't fun. Also it was a lot more empty than usual because it was the last week of summer

my counselors names were Sam, Jay, and Jesse but they all had very silly nicknames, Mr. Dude, Mr. Girlfriend, and Mr. Mullet. 

also my mom picked me and Thomas up and we went to ham orchard for the first time.

Colton got the Courageous award which said, "Colton! It has been such a honor to have you in Tuskegee! You have been awarded the COURGAGEOUS Award! This week you showed ability to encounter anything life throws out to you without Fear and with firmness! Also super courageous of you to be baptized!! We are so beyond PROUD!! (Deuteronomy 31:6) - Jay, Jesse, Sam"

Colton Baptism - Praise God!

By Nicki Gullickson, 

"August 10,2025

What a glorious  day.

First, the Walsh and Gullickson families came together to witness the baptism of Colton Alexander Walsh at Highland Park Presbyterian Church in Dallas,Texas. The baptism was performed by Jay Lee, a pastor at HPPC and long time friend.
When Jay asked some questions of Colton concerning his faith, Colton spoke out confidently and clearly how God has been working in his life. He noted the miracle of being accepted at Zion Christian School. Because another family at Zion had moved away in the last weeks before school started AND  they had a 5th grade student , Colton was tested and accepted just in time to start the fall semester at Zion.
Praise God.

Second, the whole family was invited to Dawna and John Walsh’s house for lunch and a birthday celebration. There were 3 birthdays - Colton, Hannah and Dawna. The Walsh family is always celebrating and makes a special effort to include  friends and family.
Many thanks to John and Dawna."