Puerto Rico

These two folks are my WONDERFUL parents! This was our last hoorah as a family before they left on their mission. I am so excited for them and proud of them. We were able to get everybody together for a dinner celebration. They left for Puerto Rico at the end of February and will be serving an 18 month mission there. I just got off the phone with them and they are loving it. They are very busy, have tried various foods that they would never have tried (and will never try again). Good luck Mom and Dad!! I love you!

Ladie's 80's Party

In January, Darsha put on an 80's party. We had food, fun, karoake, too much karoake and lots of hairspray! These girls are so much fun! My favorite of the night was Erin in her 80's mom dress with her flipped up bangs. These pictures do not do it justice because it was just so eerily weird seeing her in person, especially with her 80's dance. LOVE IT! If you don't notice my "dress" is actually a pantsuit. It was so ugly, I LOVED IT!

Grandkid pictures June 2011...yes it is January

These are some pictures I forgot to post. We took all of the Williamson side grandkids and for my mother-in-law's birthday made a collage. I will post the group shots and of course just my kids. I think they turned out great even if they were taken in June and it is already January! I'm still catching up.

All the girls! All the boys!
My kiddos

It's funny how everyone has changed so much! From cutting off Hannah's hair, to Ella having bangs now, to Zach getting glasses it's time for new one's! Of course before that we really need to have family pictures taken because our last family picture was when Jake was 18 months old. I WILL GET THIS Done....hopefully come spring time so we can be outside. These pictures are also almost overdated because we have two more grandkids coming into our family come March. My bro-in-law is getting married and she has two adorable girls! So, time to get more done dang it!

What time is it? It's Bean time...it's a vacation..

It's that time again for a vacay with the Beaners. Are you tired reading about them yet? Too bad! We decided to meet in Phoenix since we figured it was October and the weather would be to our advantage. Within minutes of checking into our house, I almost stepped on TWO scorpions! What a way to start a vacation. I think one of the best parts of this trip was "the wager". Now, we met the Beans in Iowa where Jon and Aaron did Podiatry school together. This is where the wagers started. All because Jon was a Bears fan and Candace was a Packers fan. Every year they have a bet on who will win and whomever loses has to do something agreed upon. One year it was a NASTY shake...and not a good kind, it had everything in it that they could find in their fridge. He almost barfed...or maybe he did. It was so long ago I couldn't remember. This year the bet took on a new meaning. If the Bears lost, Jon would have to wax his chest, if the Packers lost, Jon would be doing her makeup "really bad" and posting pictures all over facebook. Not really a fair bet if you ask me, but I am not the one betting so it's all on them! Well, the poor Bears. It seems that they just can't catch a break when it comes to these bets. Oh gosh, it was so flippin funny! Poor Jon! I would totally put up pictures of the "wager" but I don't want to embarrass him. Let's just say we have it well documented and I really think I could do this for a living. Don't worry, the kids were already in bed when we started bring out the wax! We went to the zoo, went out for dinner, went to a GHETTO inside amusement park. The kids loved it, and didn't care that it really wasn't that great.
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On Saturday night we met up with the Freestone's. He also went to school with Jon and Aaron and we all lived in the same apartment complex. It was so good to see them and their not so new baby.

Can you believe all these children belong to only three couples?

Darrick and Rebecca

Zach LOVES Candace

Don't ask!

The other best friends

These two are seriously so cute together. They are little besties too! Don't you just love the picture Aliece drew?

Can't wait to do it again!

Welcome to the Family Ricky!

My brother and Richard adopted a little boy Ricky. He is so cute and fits right in with my kids. The first time I met him he ran up to me and buried his face in my hair and wouldn't let go. He stole me heart right then and there. Welcome to our family Ricky!

Girls Camp Aug 2011

My fearless Asst. Camp Director! LOVE HER!!

In August was our Girls Camp for our Church. I was called as Camp Director and I have to tell you I was SO excited! I always seem to miss the cutoff for going to camp when I work in Young Women's. I am either pregnant, just have had a baby, or moving to a different state. This year was my year and I was a leader, which was even better! I was looking forward to the crying, fighting, teasing and then of course the Make up testimony meeting where everyone is your best friend again camp. This was not how it went, it was amazing and my girls were THE BEST! I have to say sometimes I think we had a little too much fun, whether we were bombing other wards (we made paper mache bombs and filled them with candy and threw them into unsuspecting tents from other wards at midnight and 1 in the morning). We were indeed "The Bomb Squad". The camp theme were variations of SWAT team, 007, you get the idea. Justin Bieber was our mascot for the entire week of camp, he got "bombed" and his song was pretty much a constant staple to our dance parties. Of course these parties consisted of me dancing like a lunatic while the girls all laughed at me. Gotta love it! I even got the "I didn't know you could dance Sister Williamson, you know, for an old person". Oh man, I have now passed over to the dark side of ma'am, lady and no longer is it Ms. or Miss. Anyways, these girls were amazing and we had so much fun together, especially my Asst. Camp Director. We are two peas in a pod and seriously we were the loudest ward there, and of course the messiest. I can't wait till next year, I have already told them they better not replace me because I am going whether they call me or not.

Everyone together! Do you like our shirts?

Bieber getting "bombed".

You can't go anywhere without Jacob with these girls. This was also placed on the latrine door.

These girls seriously bring out the young girl in me. I sometimes felt like one of the young women instead of the leader. So here's to camp next year! Can't wait.

Zach's Birthday

Happy Birthday ZJ!!!

My Zach turned 7 in September...yes I know I am really late. I am actually writing this in December. DECEMBER?? I just can't keep up with the happenings of the family and blogging. Not enough time, or its just not a priority to me. We ended up going up to Santa Fe with our friends, the Reitz's, to visit El Rancho de las Golondrinas. The kids made these fun masks and it was fun trying to keep up with 6 kids running through the adobe homes.

These are our good friends, we met when we were all newylweds living in Lexington Apts. (which we named Mormon Manor).