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 :-

Happy Birthday Montrell!!!!!

Happy Birthday Montrell!!! We love you!!!! I hope you have a fantastic birthday.