I survived the month of May!!!!!!

Wow, May has come and gone and I am totally exhausted.  I'll give you guys a quick overview of the month.  We started the month off with Mother's day.  The kids took me to Babe's chicken.  I received a Kindle Fire, flowers and handwritten cards and books.  I absolutely LOVE my kindle.  I have read 4 novels since I received it.                                         

Teacher's appreciation was next.  The kids and I spent an entire day decorating Sonic drink cup holders.  We then filled each compartment with the teacher's favorite things.   The school sends home a list a couple of weeks before teacher's appreciation week with things that your teacher would like and you just select items from the list to give to her.  I guess that cuts down on her regifting things.  So Alyssa 's teacher received a mini chocolate chip cake (from Nothing Bundt Cake), paper clips from Vera Bradley, almonds, chocolate and a large sweet tea from chick-fil-a.

The Awana  award's ceremony was next.  This is their third year in Awana, and each year I tell myself that I can't do it the next year.  It is such a commitment from both parent and child.  I must confess that I have threatened to punish Alyssa for not reciting her verses.  I then realized that it is not a good idea for me to teach  them bible verses after working a 12 hour shift.  So I changed my teaching method and we started to sing and dance to bible verses on my days off.   

Daniel did really well this year. He was pretty consistent all year.  He was Cubbie of the Year.  We were shocked and excited that he received this award.  He was the only boy in his class of 17.  Alyssa started the year off weak but finished strong.  She actually completed her Sparks book 1.  I am so very proud of her because she recited about 10 verses the last 2 weeks in order to complete her book.  Elijah and I are very proud of them. The kids were happy because Uncle Lad came to see them receive their awards.  

Field day, the  Kindergarten Beach Bash and the Kindergarten program took place this month.  I actually volunteered for the first two because my kid gave me the sad puppy dog eyes.  Alyssa was too funny on field day.  I told her that she may get wet because they were having water games.  She asked me if she would get her hair done if it got wet and I told  her no.  She goes to Ms. Catherine every other week and this was not her week.  Little Miss Priss takes a shower cap to school.  One of the mom's came up to me and said that Alyssa was being very careful and she was avoiding the really wet games because I told her she could not get her hair wet.   That's my Alyssa. She is really into her appearance.  She and her 6th grade buddy were the only 2 dry people at the school.

We ended the month with Daniel's pre-k graduation and Alyssa's recital. 

The month of May was filled with so many activities.  So many proud Mommy/Daddy moments.  I am so grateful that God blessed us with our two little ones.  They are growing up so quickly.  I am really trying to savour these special moments.  This last picture is of the 1st and last day of school. Again, thanks for reading our blog.  See ya next month.  :-)

April Showers

I just want to say thanks to my bible study group, coworkers, friends and family members for the text, emails, cards, flowers, phone calls and words of comfort I received during  the illness and death of my grandmother.  I feel truly blessed to have people like you in my life.  Although I haven't responded to all of your correspondences, I have read them all and I am grateful for you during this very difficult time.  I still can't believe she is no longer with us.  I am so going to miss her sense of humor and her "tell it like it is" attitude.  I am very thankful for the time that God allowed me and my kids to spend with her.  She was such an amazing woman and I will miss her dearly.  

 I love springtime in Texas!!!! It's all about the Texas Blue Bonnets.  Really it is all about me dragging my husband and kids out into a field of wild flowers for pictures.  I am a happy Momma because I got my blue bonnet pictures this year.  All smiles over here :-)

The kids and Elijah had a great Easter morning.  The kids woke up, attacked their Easter baskets, went to the donut shop and then to church.



 I actually only worked half a day on Easter.  Major shout out to Kim M for coming in and covering the second half of my shift.  Also, shout out to Elijah for combing Alyssa's hair.  I think he did a pretty good job.

 Elijah and I met 10 years ago on Good Friday.  Wow, how time flies.  He is an awesome guy and I am blessed to have him.  I must confess that the first 5 years were GREAT!!!!!  It was the honeymoon phase of the marriage.  The last 5 years required some work (2 kids in 15 months almost pushed me overboard- lol), despite it all I am thankful for the good, the bad and the ugly.  I can't wait to see what God has in store for us over the next 10 years. God is Love and Love has prevailed in the Williams household.

March Madness

March was another busy month for us. We experienced our first elementary open house.  Alyssa was so excited to show off all her work and introduce us to her friends and teachers.  Elijah and I were very impressed with all of her work.  My favorite was her  construction paper self portrait  displayed in the hall.

Since I work Easter weekend I decided to take the kids to an Easter egg hunt last weekend.  They really enjoyed themselves.  Check out the cute buckets that I decorated.

 A couple of weeks ago Daniel found a gift and a hand written note that was given to him when he was born.  It was a black leather Bible with his name on it.  It was given to him by one of Elijah's coworkers.  For about a week the Bible went EVERYWHERE that he went.  He would walk around the house singing "How Great is Our God" with the Bible tucked under his arms.  You just gotta love a kid who carries a Bible and sings praise songs :-)

 We spent some of our spring break in Louisiana. While there we visited the zoo, library and the museum.

Karmin is so over taking pics

 

February 2012

I can't believe today is March 1st. I totally thought life would slow down a little bit after the holidays, but it didn't. I feel like I am always busy, and I honestly can't tell you what I am busy doing. I know, it is quite sad.

Well, the kids had fun last month. They were really excited about Valentine's Day, so I decided to give them their own little party. They invited their cousins and Jonathan & Nia. I spent the entire day in the kitchen making sweet treats for them. They LOVED eveything!!! They told me I was the BEST MOM EVER. That made my heart smile :-).

As for as AWANA news, Alyssa FINALLY received her wings and red & green jewels. She was soo happy about this. Evidently memorizing bible verses is not her specialty. On the other hand, Daniel received the book review award for his class. He recited the most bible verses, he said the Lord's prayer and the pledge to the bible. I was really impressed. I didn't know he had all this bible knowledge inside of him.

Well, I must confess that I have a new obsession and it is called pinterest. The pink and brown sign, the red velvet heart and most of my Valentine's day treats came from this website. I do spend a lot of time working on craft projects and recipes that I have found on this site. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pinterest :-)

Alyssa lost her front tooth and she didn't take it very well initially. She cried and said that she was ugly. She is so DRAMATIC. I really don't know what I am going to do with her.

Thanks for the continued prayers for my grandmother. We recently took a trip down to Houston to see her. I am very grateful that God placed such an AMAZING woman in my life.

Agian, thanks for reading the blog. Keep us in your prayers, and we will definitely continue to pray for you guys. (Trust me, Daniel & Alyssa pray for EVERYBODY. We sometimes have to cut thier prayers short) Love you all :-