Grant's 4th Birthday

Grant turned a big 4 on Sunday June 1st. Can you believe it has already been 4 YEARS? He has been such a blessing in all of our lives. He keeps us young and makes us old all at the same time!!









Is that bike RED????????????

A few weeks ago Steve took Grant to the "real" bike shop to get a part for his bike. Grant saw a green expensive bike and talked about it from them on. So of course for his birthday he wanted a "green" bike. In our family when a kids out grows a bike so fast you don't spend $300 on it so we headed to Wal-Mart to get a new birthday bike. We did look for green but green was not a choice so Red it was..... $50 later we were home. After the candles and song Tyler brought out the new bike. You should have seen the shocked look on Grant's face as he hesitated for a second and said..."WHAT...that bike is not GREEN!" Of course the color seemed less important as soon as he sat on the bike! Blake said that this like the spoiled 16 year old girl who is upset because her new birthday BMW was blue instead of red....I fear he is bit right but how do you not spoil a little guy in the mist of all of these big kids?? :) It could be worse I guess as we could have really gotten him the green bike!
P.S.: Grant took about 30 pictures of his new bike. This is one of them.




LATER THAT DAY:
Grant's job around the house is to put the silverware away from the dishwasher. The job that he use to love to do has turned into a "real" job now and he always hangs his head when asked to help put the dishes away. So when the order was given to come help he said..." How do you expect me to even reach this....I not even 5 yet". Didn't he just turn 4? :)

Family Canton Trip May 30, 2008

We had so much fun when we took a short trip to Canton, Texas with some great friends. (The Rousseau's , Ellsworth's and Blake's friend Mike Yeck) We stayed at a FUN Bed and Breakfast if you can call it that as it was so much more!! This is my kind of camping...right Lori?! Check out Kaylee's fish..She had the biggest catch of the night!

P.S.: I figured out Picasa Lauren are you so proud??

(If you click the pictures it will enlarge the whole collage...for those of you that are new like me.)

Our Country Girl May 30 - 31,2008

Can you say Green Acres Elli May....?
(Who is old enough to remember Green Acres?)


The Owner of the BBB (Les Anderson) took to Camille and even taught her how to drive his John Deer tractor. She drove it all over the place and even came home with his hat. She is her daddy's girl as tractors are his first love.

Ward Memorial Party 5/26/2008

We had a great Ward Party at the Bear Creek Clubhouse. What a fun way to spend the day with great friends and family. We even had to make a couple of runs for more food as people just kept coming! We had well over 150 people in attendance.

Pictured here are some of our darling ward member friends..Xela, Lauren and their darling kids.


Dad in his goofy hat and Grant taking in some rays!












Elders Quorum Cooks:

These are our "Mighty Cooks "! Jeff and Nate did a great job grilling for the whole Ward. It was HOT... HOT... HOT and so are they as you can see from this picture! Can we say Buff??








LOST AND FOUND:
After the great Ward Party we came home and all went our separate ways..The boys ( Tyler and Blake went to mow yards, Steve and I and Grant all crashed on the sofas while watching a movie and Kaylee and Camille took the dog Tex for a walk) After the boys got home from mowing and had showered and eaten Tyler became concerned that the girls were not home yet. Steve and I were still groggy and not quite awake when Tyler decided to send out a search and rescue party to look for them. He and Blake hit the streets on their bikes and Steve and I and Grant went out in the squad car. After they were gone for what seemed to be about 2 hours and our searching was approaching 45 minutes we all started to be become concerned! Trying NOT to alarm people we started to call ward members that were in the area to see if maybe they had seen the girls. Of course they (Christine) were ready to start their search as well. Fearing the we were loosing daylight (it was almost 7 PM) I was seconds for calling the police for help when the girls called to see where everyone was.....They had been home safe and sound and COOL the whole time upstairs watching a movie!! It was a fun little practice rescue mission for the whole family.

Car Line

Grant had a great idea to find all of his "cool dude" cars and line them up on a chair. He would carry out his cars in his shirt and would then drop them on the floor to be lined up. As you can see Grant is very happy about his hard work!

Castaway Banquet

May 23, 2008

On May 23rd Camille had her 8 th grade Banquet. Since she served on the yearbook/student council staff she was involved with planning the banquet. The theme of the banquet was sandcastles and beaches... hinting the name of the banquet "Castaway". Camille went with Student Council (STUCO) and other friends from school. They all had a great time. Her Mom and Dad even served them dinner.

Swim Fun

May 24, 2008

We had a fun family swim day at the "Boyer's Estate". It was the our first swim of the year and Grant had to be pulled away to go to his soccer game.




Camille and Kaylee were taking in the rays. Kaylee is our NEW blond, blue eyed beauty. Something that is new to the Williams clan. We should have sprayed her down with sun screen as you will see later...SHE is the one that needed it! :)



We were glad to have Steve finally home to enjoy a day with us. It has been a while since he has been in a pool so we were glad that noodles were available to keep him afloat!