A week of milestones!

It's been a good week for our family. Liam's birthday was a huge success. We had so much fun! I made grandma's cheesecake and Liam said I was the best cook ever. The theme of our party was Chuck E Liam's and my sweet son planned the whole thing. We had transformer bean bag toss, shoot the storm trooper, tic tac toe, and go fish. The prizes included pencils, erasers, fruit snacks, bubbles and mini candies (more for the parents then the kids) We made mini pizzas from biscuts and just had a jolly good time! I feel so blessed to have such a great little man to lead out for the other kids! Thank you to everyone who helped make Liam's day special.




Liam also got glasses this week. His right eye has to work twice as hard as his left and so he needs glasses for reading and close up stuff. He loves them and is learning to take good care of them. The day he got them he sat down and read his newest tree house book all the way through (thank you GG and Pops) I can tell that it is making a difference. Yay!



Liam also learned to ride his bike without training wheels. All this fun this week!! Wow! Sara taught him how before we left for Idaho, but we were slow to follow up. Turns out he has a great memory and took off. He says going down hill is a little scary still, but he loves to ride! It's been good for me. I am a lazy bum and needed a good reason to go for a walk each night, so a bike ride/ walk before bed is a habit we are building!





Emery has stayed dry all day including through a nap the last two days. Way to go Em. She still has about one accident a day, but we'll allow her that. She is also getting up and going potty in the morning and rarely wakes up wet. I think we are making progress. We are still a no go in public or if there are lots of people around, but hey, we will get there! Yay Emery!

Isabelle is loving letters and draws constantly. She's been a bit moody lately due to the fact that she can't fall asleep at night. Poor girl! Mom's I attribute her night owl syndrome to you! I love you anyway. hee hee

I finally talked Morgan into going to the chiropractor. He's had a stiff neck since Sunday and all the massage in the world would not fix it. He has another appointment on Tuesday and should be back on track this weekend.

Lastly, I wanted to say thank you for all the words of encouragement. We are super excited and look for our bundle of joy to join us in the spring. Until then, I will busily school kiddos and joy of all joys I get to participate in a play!! Yippee! I am playing a mom (how appropriate). We will be performing during the day on Wednesdays for middle schools in the area. It should be lots of fun. Right now we are trying to decide if it is something that Morgan can also participate in. hmmm That would be super fun!

So that's life in the Williams/Hamilton home. We hope that all is well in your neck of the woods. We love you!

Some updated photos

Just too cute.

"Daddy, I wanna drive."

We love story time with GG.

Meredith is sporting her shades.

We actually stopped to take a family photo.

Summer Joys!!

Summer car washes are always fun! Especially when you're Emery!




Liam is as of late, a little frustrated at not having anyone to sleep with. We've had quite a few "campouts" To help him feel better.
Our school day starts early and after ends with lots of free time. Liam spends his free time playing legos and Isa is always drawing, gluing, and cutting. Gramachele, she is your granddaughter! Emery is usually with me taking a nap. By the way, Emery is really growing up. She knows blue, circle, heart and star. She is getting triangle, and square and almost has orange and purple figured out. Way to go Em.




SURPRISE!!!






If you have figured out our happy news, please keep it quiet for a day or two. We want to see how long it takes for others to figure it out. hee hee. Feel free to comment or call us though!

5 Years of Wedded Bliss

Nic and I met 8 1/2 years ago and have been married for 5 years this past July. Here is a picture of our first date and then us on our 5 year anniversary. I love my sweet baby probably more now after all this time. He is my everything. We haven't changed right?!! :)

Summer in Idaho

Ok so I found my picture CD. Silly me. But I swear I looked everywhere in the house and it was totally in something random that I brought back home so it wouldn't break. Oh well. So here are a few of my favorites. Hope you likey.


Ok so this one is probably my favorite. They all look so happy to be in that wagon. What a fun time!


Happy little sir by the Falls. The water was quite something. Beautiful.


Jackson and Merideth at the lake. They are good buddies who prefer to be naked buddies!! haha.


A generational picture with Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma Williams. Grandpa and GG Williams. Us and our boys.


Cole and Emery on the plane. I just thought this one was super cute!


Cole and Isabelle and Liam on the canoe at Dierke's lake.


We took lots of walks to the fountain. Pretty much tradition. We miss it! :(


Ashley and me at Peter Pan. I love my sister.

To curve Jessie's boredom!

As you all know we went to Fall Creek Falls a week before Kendra left. We would have liked to have gone camping more but weren't able to squeeze it around my class schedule. :( I only added a quick few pics for your viewing pleasure for lack of time on my part. We really LOVED it here and I can't wait to go back and actually hike in further with Nate. The easier path we chose was only 6 miles and is very kid friendly....it just takes longer with them of coarse unless you use the pack like we did....which by the way I am very proud of myself for going almost the entire distance while carrying Mar. A friend of mine from class met up with us on our second day with his two boys whom you see in the photos. It worked out great because they quickly became best friends with Kendra and she enjoyed the company. Anyway, can't wait to get some camping in hopefully with most of you in October for a little Yogi Bear fun!!!

I know others sister in laws take photos!!

I know that I am not the only one who takes photos of their kids. I also know that you have cute kids to show off! Come on ladies. I'm bored. hee hee

some temple shots!

GG and Pops! Thanks for such a great visit. We appreciate so much all that you have done for us and the fun times we had. Thank you for making it possible for us to go to the temple with our children. It was so sweet to be there with them. Thank you!