Cole and his newest girlfriend!

During our Destin trip with our friends, Cole found himself a new girlfriend. I just had to share this picture! Aren't they just adorable?

We met up with our Destin gang last night for some frozen custard. My girlfriend, April, had her camera and told Cole (aka...Coledog) and Luci to stand together and take a picture. Little did she know that Cole-dog would grab Luci's hand and pull her over to him and then put on his best flirty smile!! Too cute for words.

Yes, I promise sometime this week to get pics up of Destin. It was awesome!!!

Watch out girls...here comes my little Cole charmer, lady's man!

Baby Camo

Here's a blog that was just started about the sweet little boy that I have been telling you about that is in the hospital. Please, please, please pray for him. His recovery at this point seems unknown and if you are a parent, you know that is the hardest thing ever!

Camdyn (ie...Camo) at Cooks Children's

He is only 4 and a half years old.

I just pray that God's healing hand is on him and that he is brought to full recovery. I pray more than anything that God's glory will be known ever so greatly to all around him.

A heavy month

I know that you guys are waiting to see our pictures from Destin from last week. I promise to try to get those on here soon.

But in the meantime, I just had to share a few things that have been going on this month in my life and the lives of those around me. There are times in life that you get a good reality check and this is one of those times for me.

This month alone, an old client of mine lost her son. He was shot and killed in Garland. This sweet lady that was a client for years was left by her husband a few years ago and now her only son was at a familiar place at the wrong time. He left behind a wife and 2 small children. I can't imagine the heart break.

Then on vacation, I found out that a dear couple friend of our's has separated. As soon as we got home from vacation, I re-packed and headed to their house to spend time with the family. What an emotionally hard week this has been. I love this family so dearly, so the pain I feel is greater than I can convey. I am just praying for miracles here and praying that they are drawn so close to Christ in this process.

While at my friend's house, I received a phone call that another friend of mine's 4 yr old son obtained a string of e-Coli and it attacked his kidneys and they began to shut down. He had surgery yesterday and dialysis. They are in the hospital waiting to see if his kidneys will start working again. There is a possibility that he will have to undergo dialysis again.

Wow...not sure my heart can handle anymore for this month. Please pray for these dear people I have talked about above. They could use all the extra prayers they can get right now.

Life is short and you never know what tomorrow holds. I have been reminded to make the most of each day. Love on my family and get in the Word of God. I tend to let this slip in the chaos of life. But I can't live without Him in every part of my life and every day of my life.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding. In ALL your ways acknowledge him and He will direct your paths." Prov 3:5-6

Happy Birthday Ella, Saturday June 14th

Though we have already had Ella's birthday party, her official birthday is today. My baby is now 2 years old.

I just wanted to blog about what a special little girl she is. As I have said 100x on my blog, being a mom is truly one of the greatest blessings. I feel honored each and every day that God has entrusted me with this task for my 3 precious children. There are just no words for how much I love them and how blessed I feel.

Having Ella has been no different. She is such a joy in our household. She is full of personality and is quite spunky. You can't help but love her. She seems to make an impression on pretty much everyone that she meets. She is just loveable and she knows it.

We have had such a special mother/daughter bond. She is possessive of her mommy. If one of her brothers tries to crawl in my lap to snuggle, she will drop everything she is doing and come and fight for her place. She will push them out of my lap and say: "My Mommy!" The boys of course get a kick out of pushing that button in her. She loves her brothers and her daddy...but she wants Mommy for everything. I suppose we Williams' women need to stick together since we are outnumbered!

Ella is quite expressive with her face. You can't help but crack up at her. And she is very intense on telling stories, even though at this point you have no idea what she is saying for the most part. The boys were not quite the talkers at this age. Difference between a girl and a boy for sure.

My favorite memories of her this past year would be when she started telling me that she loved me. Every night when I put her to bed, we say our prayers (and she is now praying every night with me) and then I put her to bed and tell her I love her as I'm walking out the door. When I shut the door, she will YELL: "WUV EWE!" Melts my heart every time.

I love that she truly prays with me at night. As I'm praying aloud over her and her life, I hear her say all the names of her friends that she knows and can think of. Of course, she always started with Reid and Cole-Cole. We hold hands and together we say "Amen!" Priceless.

I love to watch her dance. It's the best ever! She really gets into it and has quite the groove going.

She is 100% girl all the while being 100% tomboy! I wouldn't have her any other way. She can keep up with her brothers while wearing a skirt and high heel shoes! Too fun.

I could go on and on about her! She has captured my heart in every way. I am looking forward to our growing relationship over the years to come and I can't wait to watch her grow into the beautiful young woman that I know God wants her to be. She is just beautiful inside and out. I do pray that her inside beauty will prevail as beauty comes from within.

To know her is to love her. Her Gran once said that she just captures your heart...and she does.

SO....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY LITTLE PRINCESS! Always know that you are a princess and you are worthy of being treated like one. You are not only our little princess, but God's little princess! We love you.

I also want to wish one of my BFFs, Jeffie, a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Jeffie, I hope you have a wonderful day. You are very special to me and I have loved our friendship over the past few years. It has truly been a blessing from God in so many ways. I love that my precious daughter shares a birthday with a friend that is so dear to my heart! I look forward to celebrating with you soon. I love you girlfriend!



BTW....the top picture of us is from her birthday LAST year!! And the other one is from last summer as well. I'm sad to say that I don't think we have had a picture together since then. Where did the time go?

Ella's Birthday Party

I thought I should share some pictures from my sweet daughter's 2nd birthday!!! I can't believe that my baby is now turning 2! Where oh where does the time go?

As you can see, she is proudly sitting on her throne! She is truly a princess. Not only do we want her to know she is our little princess, but that she is God's princess! She is definitely special!

We had her birthday party at Pump It Up Jr...which I thought was just a few minutes away. HOWEVER, as we were driving to her party that day, it was about 25 minutes further than I had thought. Oh me. Apparently, I should have checked the location before booking the party since most all of her friends came from a million miles away. But in reality, we were just testing to see how much our friend really loved us. We wanted to see just how far they were willing to drive for us with the gas prices going through the roof...oh yeah, and most of them own SUVs so you know the gas wasn't cheap! So sorry guys. We owe all of you big time!

Anyway, the party was so much fun. Ella had a blast!!!! She loves to climb and slide, so this was right up her ally. And she loved wearing her tutu as well. What a combination, huh?

Here's the birthday girl getting a good read in before starting the party!

Here is her cake. We got this cake from Little Piggy Cakes.

Here she is entering her own little door. How cute is this door?

Here she is having a blast with 2 little girlfriends on the slide. Don't you just want to eat them all??

Had to put at least one picture of her with her mommy! We have such a special bond that I pray will last for years to come!! Ok...she wasn't really excited to have to stop playing to take a picture with me, but oh well.

Here is the group that showed up. I know...a lot of people really love us! Notice that there are about 13 little girls and one little boy!! Man oh man, he doesn't know just how good he's got it, huh???

Here we are blowing out her candles. She wasn't really sure what to think when everyone started singing to her and we were at the front of the room sitting on the throne. She wanted Mommy to come sit with her.

Once the singing was done, she was more than glad to eat the ice cream. She didn't eat the cake however. I'm thinking she was the only one in the room that didn't like the cake.

All in all, my little princess had a great party! We really appreciate all that came. Ella felt very loved.

Reality is beginning to set in....

Last Friday, Reid had his last day of school for this year. I went with him to school to share in the last day school festivities that they had. The moms gave his teacher a gift to let her know just how much we love and appreciated her. She is by far the best teacher. Reid has grown just leaps and bounds with her this year. Luckily, she is going to be teaching music next year, so he will still get to see her 2x a week.

Then we had a little carnival at the school. Each child was given a certain amount of tickets to go and "spend" as they please! He LOVED that. I think he used 1/2 his tickets for cotton candy. Did I mention that they only had to give 1 ticket for each thing they wanted to do? Give you an idea of how much cotton candy he must have consumed that day???

Reality is setting in though that he will start Kindergarten at the end of the summer. I have been in denial I think as I can't believe it's that time. I can't believe that I have a child that will be going to school full time. My oh my how time flies. There are just no words to describe our Reid. We have thoroughly enjoyed him these past 5 years. He is a diamond in the rough. I can hardly wait to see what God has in store for him as he begins this next chapter in life. I tear up thinking about it. Yes, I will be that mom that cries the first day that I drop him off. I can't help it. I have already told Bry that he will have to go with me to drop him off that first day so that he can drive home! I'm a wimp, I know.

I just pray that we have been training him up in the Lord so that as he will be around other children that will start having a strong influence on him, he will not turn from what he has been taught. I feel that my knees are going to get pretty worn out over the next 18 years with all the praying I know I will be doing!

Here's a picture of Reid on the last day of school with his teacher. Trust me, when he starts Kindergarten, I'll have a pic of him with me and me crying! LOL!