The Williams Family: Holidays

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Friday, July 6, 2012

Happy 4th of July 2012!

Per my doctor's orders the day before, I was supposed to relax and take it easy on the 3rd and 4th so I didn't go into labor. Because of this I didn't feel like going to the lake on the 4th, so I stayed home and Kraig took the kids to Mark and Missy's lake house for a few hours. We were going to watch fireworks that night but didn't think keeping the kids up late would be good for our big day Thursday. So we cooked out at home as our last night as a family of four.

Happy Fourth of July!

Monday, November 28, 2011

November in a Nutshell

Sorry I've been a bad blogger lately. To catch up here is what we have done this month!

November 1st, Colton had his 2 year check up. Click here for details

November 2nd, I had dinner with my girl Tracey Farmer and her 1 month old baby boy Austin at PF Changs

November 4th, my niece Katlyn turned 10 (yes I said 10!) and we went to her surprise birthday party

November 5th, Kraig and I went to the Razorback game and tailgate where Arkansas beat South Carolina 44-28! All thanks to Uncle Ryan and Aunt Lisa for watching the kiddos (the kiddos had a great time at Jump Zone by the way)

November 11th and 12th, Kraig went deer hunting

November 15th, I had dinner with my girls Keisha and Melissa at Johnny Carinos. I had not seen them in a long time so it was great to catch up!

November 16th, I had dinner with my sis-in-laws Kristen, Lisa and Chelsea for Chelsea's belated 21st birthday at Bonefish. Lots of fun had when we get together!

November 20th-23rd, Kraig went duck hunting

Sunday the 20th, I hosted my first family Thanksgiving at my house for 30 people! Everything turned out great (a little later than I planned to pull everything together but it was a success)! I even cooked my first turkey (21 pounds) and ham (10 pounds) and everything seemed to think they tasted good so I was happy! (Thanks Melissa for the recipes!) Click here for the Turkey Recipe.

Monday the 21st, Lauren went back to the dentist for her 2nd filling (and last hopefully) and did great! I stayed home with her that day and we enjoyed some mommy daughter time!

November 22nd, the kids and I had dinner with Uncle Larry Beck and cousin Robin Beck from California at Mellow Mushroom along with the rest of the Beck clan for Larry's Birthday

November 23rd-25th, our family went to the cabin on the 23rd to have Thanksgiving with Nana and Papaw and the Beck clan and came back Friday to watch the Razorback game.

Saturday the 26th, I went Christmas shopping with my girls Jen and Lori and got some awesome deals at Kohls! We were supposed to go to St Louis for the weekend but Sue was not feeling well so we stayed home and gave our tickets to Spencer. It was a great weekend!

Sunday the 27th, we celebrated Mimi's 90th birthday! The full Ellison clan was there and it was great to see everyone!

Lauren is taking dance every Wednesday night in Tontitown and loving it!

I've been cooking more and more and getting the hang of it! LOL. Click here for all the recipes I've been trying.

So that's our month of November in a nutshell. I do have pictures of some of it so I will post those soon. I can't believe it but Christmas is right around the corner! Happy Holiday's everyone!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Flower Pictures

Sunday after seeing the Easter Bunny we moved on to the other side of the Pinnacle Mall where they had these nice flowers set up...just perfect for a fun mini-photo session. :-)

Why Is The Easter Bunny So Scary?

Sunday, I decided I would get the kids all dressed up to get pictures with the Easter Bunny in Rogers at the Pinnacle Mall. Aunt Kristen and Uncle Brian were going to meet us there since they had not taken Ava yet either.

On my way to the mall I called to just make sure we would not be going during the Easter Bunny's break. Well I was shocked to find that the Pinnacle Mall did NOT have an Easter Bunny this year! WHAT?!?!?! I mean, did these people not know the work that goes into a mom of two getting their kids all dressed up and out the door without getting something on the clothes five seconds after they are all dressed? I mean they were all dressed and ready to go, loaded in the car and I was almost to the mall...PLUS my sister-in-law got her 9 month old daughter all prettied up to see the Easter Bunny for the first time! I was NOT about to let this time go to waist. :-)

The security office (yes that's who I had to talk to about the Easter Bunny) told me that "we don't have an Easter Bunny this year but he is over at Old Navy this weekend". I thought 'ok, we will just go over there'. But before we went I thought I better call and check it out. The person at Old Navy assured me that YES they did have an Easter Bunny walking around the store. I being the ~~crazy~~ creative mom I am said asked if they had anything set up for pictures and the store associate said "well we don't have an official set up, but there is a bench outside you could use" and I thought 'perfect'!

We get there (me, Kristen, Brian and the 3 babies who are all dressed up in their Sunday best) and make a full lap around the store but don't see a bunny anywhere? I found 2 managers at the front of the store greeting customers and I just said "I have a random question for you...I was told the Easter Bunny was at your store today since the mall doesn't have one this year" and the guy said "oh, that was yesterday." I wanted to scream...but kept my cool and said "NO! I was literally just told 10 minutes ago by someone at your store that the bunny was here today" (how's that for keeping my cool!) I explained the situation and he asked the other manager if the bunny was still here. She said "he's not but he could be" with a smile on her face. So, they went to the back and had someone get the bunny (and by that I mean someone had to get all dressed up again since they thought they were done for the weekend!).

Needless to say, we basically made someone get all dressed up again just to take photos with our kids! LOL Hey, that's what you do when you are a mom right?!?!?!

Colton was not a huge fan of the bunny and Lauren would not even sit near him which is why I'm in the photos below

(BTW I'm consoling Colton in the 2nd photo...not getting on to him)

Oh, the things we do for our kids!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patricks Day 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

Happy Valentines Day!

These were taken at the kids school this morning on my phone before we went into Colton's room. Lauren is trying to 'help' hold Colton still for the picture...you see how it goes.

Colton walking away

"Bubby be still!"

Then I sat them in the cubbies and Colton thought he was big stuff!

‎"Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning."
These precious babies give it meaning for Kraig and I!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Christmas with the Becks 2011

Uncle Spencer

Lolo with Chelsea's phone

Colton in his chair

Lauren Princess

Lolo showing Colton how to play

Daddy showing Colton his new football

Lauren and Mimi

So I'm in the other room eating dinner and I hear this hysterical laughing...so I grabbed my camera and went into the dining room. They were saying Cheers and so Lauren of course had to join in...so she was 'cheers-ing' with Papaw and saying "Cheers to bubbas pants" and "Cheers to this" and "Cheers to that" she was having a blast as you can see!