Opps...I forgot!

A few pictures from Halloween...

Superwoman & Pink Princess with their Great Grandmother...


Getting the goodies...


Look out world here they come...

To Be Thankful...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, it's easy to be in a thankful state of mind. For most, this time of year lends itself to gratitude and joy. I know I have a lot to be thankful for this season. The health, safety and love of my family. My husband's job and constant provision from the Lord. Spiritual life....just to name a few.

But what about the rest of the year? What about when my children are sick? What about when the bills are more than the paycheck? What about the times depression or heartache rule?

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 tells us to "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."

As the holidays approach and quickly depart, let us be mindful of these verses. Let us remember that Jesus is all we need. Our joy and peace are found in Him alone. All the other things we are grateful for this year are good gifts from our Father, above and beyond what we need to obey the urgent command in 1 Thessalonians.

Blessings to you this Thanksgiving!

Life in High Speed...but not internet

The title sums it up.

For the past 6 weeks we have been staying with my parents while we wait for our new home to be ready. It has been wonderful! I'm so thankful for my parents! Dial-up Internet, not so much! :)

Things are moving at warp speed it seems. I only have 3 weeks of class left at APSU. I was officially accepted into the nursing program at Hopkinsville CC, so I will be transferring there in January to finish up my degree! Thanksgiving is upon us and Christmas soon to follow.

Our little family is BLESSED! I'm sorry blogging has been sparse. I look forward to beginning again when we are settled in the new house. Until then...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Looking Back...

Well, here we are again, on the eve of yet another "move". It seems our family can NEVER stay parked in one place very long! But we have been in the house here on Powell rd for a year and a half, and what a blessed time it's been.

Last night as I was finishing up painting (in order to get our deposit back!), I was listening to an old recording of the Doxa band when we played at a camp down in Florida, and hearing it brought back so many memories... it got me to thinking about how over the last few years the LORD has had His hand on our family. Listening to Steve Moore sing made me think about when I first came to First Baptist Church, and how the LORD led our family to completely uproot from somewhere else and move there... about how He was completely faithful to help us with the transition, as it was extremely hard to leave friends and comforts we'd had. And not only that, but He also was even gracious enough to us to partially reveal His plan for our move, in that He orchestrated me to start leading worship in Doxa, and then to even bring me on as a full time staffer at FBC. Folks, I'm here to tell you that I was scrubbing toilets and taking out trash for a living... not that there's anything wrong with that (hey, I even really liked that job!), but God decided to answer my prayer for me to work for Him and to allow me to be a full time musician, with no theological or musical degree. Don't tell me my God can't work miracles!!

It was a good night. It reminded me that it is good to take the time to look back and remember what the LORD has done for us. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in looking to the future, we forget to enjoy what we have right now. It was good to remember all the good memories my family made in our little house, and I thank God for the blessing of it. I hope the next family will be just as blessed. Thank you God, for your ever present provision and love over us! We would be lost without You!

Congratulations, Boyd Family!!

I had the great privilege of meeting Elias yesterday!

Corey, Leann, Ezra & Elias...we love you :)

The Sun Was Shining At Lunch...

We were so excited to have lunch with some great people we are blessed to call friends! These small windows of time with people we love make the tough days easier :) 

Corey & Leann, thanks for giving us some of your time while you are here. We know it's fleeting...

Bryan & Jennifer, SO glad you joined us! We have loved getting to know you guys! Your time to go is coming too quickly as well!! We're holding out for Montana :)

It was raining outside...but my heart was so happy to be there with you all :) 

Cozy Good...

This is why building a tiny house with only two bedrooms will work for us. This is what I call cozy good...

Autumn's Version

Here is Autumn's recent version of the "I'm rubber, You're glue..." chant Mike taught them :)


"Momma, you're glue, I'm the man and whose ever the man has to be sticky."


She was seriously proud of herself for being able to say it just like Daddy did! I LOVE my girls and all their silliness. They make me laugh hard everyday! :)

Housin' Around...

I am SO excited to let y'all know that a few weeks ago the Lord handed us one of the coolest blessings! We are BUILDING A HOUSE!!

What?

I know!!

ELVIS LIVES...well sort a...

Not only are we big Elvis fans, but so is the whole Williams crew! So we piled in and drove to the Williamson Co fair to see the King. Well, his fun tribute artist look-a-like, Shawn Klush...

As the music swelled along with our anticipation, out burst "Elvis"! Autumn turned and looked at her Daddy with the biggest, most excited expression and declared, "Ha! And I thought he was dead!" Fun times!

Shawn Klush (AKA Elvis)

Waiting for the King :)

TCB, Baby...

Other than the fact that he wasn't immediately ushered out of the building by 48 body guards directly after the show...one kinda forgets it wasn't really EAP...

Me and my Hunka Burnin' Love posing with Shawn...uh I mean Elvis...

The Fancy Surprise

If your sweet siblings-in-law decide to throw you a surprise birthday party, and the girls cook some awesome mexican goodness and leave the decorating to the boys, here's what you might find:















Have you ever thought of starting your own interior decorating business boys? No? You might be missing your life's calling. Just sayin'...

I love you all, you crazy Williams'! It made my heart happy that you took the time to love on me! I never saw it coming! :)

We had a fight, the can and I....and I'm not sure I won...

So....

Anybody have a can opener I can borrow?

Dern.

What feels like a few short moments ago, we bid farewell to 1st grade and a happy "HELLO" to summer!

Much too soon, we are on the door step of 2nd grade. I'm trusting the Lord for a safe and healthy year...


Darling Girl,Starting second grade couldn't come soon enough for you! A new school. A new teacher. So many exciting days ahead. Daddy and I love you so much and are so proud of you! We are so thankful God saw fit to let us be your Momma & Daddy! Keep dancing doll baby. Jesus is watching. And He is so in love with you.

All my heart,
Momma

GPS (God's Plan of Salvation) Music Camp Production

Gracie went to Music Camp last week and just LOVED it! If you know Gracie very well at all you know she loves to sing and dance...









By the time her camp was over both Autumn and I knew all the words too! I'm thankful for our church and all the people who put in so much time and energy to make it a great week for all the kiddos.

Here's a video of Gracie singing her favorite song. And dancing with much intensity! Sorry the camera bounces around quite a bit. I got so tickled at her passionate expressions in this song I could hardly keep the camera still.

I'm very proud of her! She gets all that talent honestly. And not from me.

Williams Family Vacation 2009

Slime Time

Thanks to our new friends we have had non-stop fun with homemade slime! This morning the girls invited two of their neighborhood friends over and they each made their own slime.

*To hear the video, scroll to the bottom of this page and mute the song player first.*

Yes, you heard correctly. No, it's not proper. But it sure is fun!

Thanks Kerri, Sunny and Ella. We had a great time getting to know you all :)

In case you want to have some slimy fun, here's the recipe.

Per Person:

1 1/2 cups water, separated
1 (4oz) bottle white liquid glue (like Elmer's or RoseArt)
1 tsp Borax
food coloring
wax paper or garbage bag (to dry mixture on)

In a bowl mix together entire bottle of glue and 1/2 cup water. Add food coloring to get desired color. Set aside. In another bowl mix together 1 cup water and 1 tsp borax. Slowly pour glue mixture into the bowl with the water and borax, stirring continuously. A gel will begin to form. Pick up the slimy mixture and gently squeeze out excess water. Lay the glob on a piece of wax paper or garbage bag to dry. Let dry approx 2 minutes. Flip mixture and dry other side for same amount of time. After about 5 minutes you should have a nice hunk of slime to play with! Enjoy! :)

PS. When you're done playing simply place glob in a Ziploc bag and place in the fridge until next time. Or throw it away and make it fresh next time. Cause making it is half the fun!

Should it go....or should it stay?

*Update* Thanks for your comments. And for understanding my posts might be far and few between! :)

Blogging is fun. But I'm busy.

As much as I enjoy it, I fell a lot of anxiety over it sometimes. It's just another thing to keep up with. In August I enter my last pre-nursing semester (Lord willing) and I'm not sure I can afford the time it takes to keep it rolling...

So the question is:

Should it go? Or should it stay?

You will decide. The comments (if there are any) for or against it will be my decision...

Blessings!

Vacation!!!

Ok. Shame on me for leaving that last post up so long! Poor Hubsy. See what he has to put up with?!

Anyway, we are leaving at 2 am Friday morning for FLORIDA! A woo hoo!!! We are going with Mike's parents, brother B and his precious wifey, sister K and her friend... we have never done a "family" vacation like this before. It's usually just the 4 of us. We are really excited and looking forward to a week of fun! Just gotta say we are gonna miss brother T and his super awesome Mrs. and the little man, but Lord willing we can make this a yearly trip and next year we'll all be there!

So, until we get back and I blast you with endless pictures....this is Mrs. Williams signing off!

Oh, and HAPPY 4th!! :)

You should probably have that checked....

Either he's REALLY allergic to sushi...

Or we are easily amused by a giant strawberry masquerading as a super gross tongue.

Either way.

You probably want to back away slowly.....