Roll Tide!!

This picture was just too funny not to share. We have HUGE elephant ears growing in our backyard and David cut some so the boys could "be elephants". As we in the William's House are preparing for football season we talk alot about elephants!!! Roll Tide everyone!!

Gigi's Visit

Mom will probably kill me when she finds out that I put this picture on here, but I thought it was too cute, and too perfect as a photo description of her visit with us. She came in last Sunday afternoon to spend the week helping me out because I had two work meetings and needed to work in my classroom some, and also Mason had a proceedure done on his pee-pee. So it was Gigi to the rescue. Well, while she is here she barely has a moment to potty without the boys. Nathan slept with her every night and Mason was in there too all but three nights I think. And mind you, it is a full size bed!!! Well, as the week progressed Mason told different people he was going home with Gigi and we didn't pay him much attention. On Saturday morning he was talking to Pop and said, "Gigi is staying one more night and then I'm coming home wtih her." Needless to say bright and early this morning the bags were packed and the kids were in the car (long before it was time). They have gone to visit with Gigi and Pop (and hopefully Uncle Stan and Aunt Darby) until Thursday!!!

Batter Up!!

After our weekend in Georgia we headed straight to Nashville to spend a few days with Nanny and Buddy. While we were there we were able to go to Buddy's baseball tournament. Although it was 100 degrees, everyone had a great time. The boys caught a few plays in between much playing of their own. There was an empty field that they played their own games on. We were there for three hours because Buddy's team won twice. The boys were filthy by the end. Thank goodness they stayed awake long enough for a quick bath.

Another thing we enjoyed while in Nashville was going to the YMCA to swim everyday (for three hours)!! The boys love it there. The water slants down like the beach so they can swim around without their floaties on. It was great!! We enjoyed our time with Nanny and Buddy(and Paula and Jim too).

Girls (and Kids) Weekend

What a wonderful weekend it was at R-Ranch outside Dalonaga, Georgia when I met up with my College friends Cindy and Katie and our 6 kids!! We stayed in a cabin (with no TV) for two nights. Two of the boys were 2 1/2 and my boys are 4 so there was a lot of excitement and tatteling!!! We went swimming, played putt-putt (I use that term lightly), and just hung out!! On Saturday night Katie's parents were sweet enought to watch all the children so the girls could go to dinner...ALONE!! It was just like old times, you'd never know we hadn't seen each other in years. We can't wait until we can get together again. Next time we will leave the kids at home!!!

A Week At Camp

I had the opportunity to spend last week as a family group leader at middle school youth camp. My brother is a middle school youth pastor in Knoxville and for the second year I went along to camp. It was so wonderful to watch a group of 220 middle schoolers worship the Lord. Sure they enjoyed all the recreation that camp has to offer, but it was the times of worship that they couldn't get enough of. What a blessing to be a part of such a wonderful event!!

The pictures need a bit of explanation...the first one is me in the the mud portion of the Adventure Race (which my team finished LAST!!!). I am wearing the mask because last year the smell made me gag. I thought the mask would help, but I ended up getting sick anyway!! The second picture is my group of girls after the race. And the third picture is Stan and I right before we did the zip line. This is definitely the most adventurous week of my year!!

Beach Boys!!

We took a quick trip to the beach over July 4th week. We were only there a couple of days, but enjoyed the time we had. The boys had not been to the beach since they were two so it was fun for them to be reintroduced. We went with David's mom and stepdad who have three young children of their own. David's brother and his daughter were also there, so there was no lack of entertainment for the boys. Neither of the boys just loved the ocean. They both got in for a very short time and tolerated jumping waves for a while. We spent most of the time at the pool, but it is always nice to have the option. I can't wait to go again!!

We LOVE ice cream!!!

One of our favorite things to do on hot Alabama summer days is get ice cream. Saturday after dinner we ended up at Ben and Jerry's and it was YUM!!! As you can see the boys enjoyed themselves. They may have made a mess, but they really did eat a majority of their cones!!