new photos

My brother in law is a really good photographer.  It is his hobby, so we take advantage of his skill as often as possible.  We went to Matt's folks last weekend and had a few pics,  especially love the ones of the girls.

Safari Party

Phew, March is a busy time for us.  On Matt's said of the family (immediate parents, siblings, spouses & kids) there are 4 birthdays.  There are also 3 birthdays in April...its busy.  So we are finally through the big birthday rush and I feel that for the next 20 seconds I can take a breath.  That is until I remember that we are moving to a new house in less than 2 weeks.  I obviously shouldn't be blogging, but we all need a break and distraction.

The girls birthdays are only 3 weeks apart, so for the time being (and as long as I can get away with it) I will be doing combined parties.  Our first attempt, Safari Adventure.  I didn't include a picture of the invitation, but it was adorable.  We made passports to send to each sibling group and included their pic just like a real passport.  We had the party at the zoo.  It was great only dampened by Reese getting sick.

I made lunch sacks for each sibling set.  Including "monkey chow" (dried banana chips), "zebra cakes", "goldfish", "Animal crackers" etc

our little safari crew

present time

one of the birthday girls digging in

Explorer Parker and Explorer Cami

Cami and Josie

Overall we had a great time.  Poor Reese had the Tummy bug going around so she only managed to go to the party part and skipped the zoo exploration.  The kids all had a fantastic time.  Thanks to everyone who made it possible.  The KC Zoo was fantastic to work with and I would totally recommend hosting a party there!

Easter Williams Style

This easter was special as it was also Cami's birthday.  So we got up in the morning of course the kids got easter baskets and hunted eggs in the house.  Then we started birthday celebrations.  Our newest tradition is that we make "birthday"pancakes with sprinkles.  Cami also got to open her presents from us and my mom who was also here with us.

4 years old

After that we loaded in the car and headed to grandma and grandpa's house.  The Williams have a special easter tradition and we just couldn't skip it.

On the road.  Cami showing off her new sunglasses. 

 The Williams do an easter hotdog roast over a camp fire.  I'm not sure the origin of this tradition, but it has been going on a long time.  We all loaded up on the trailer and tractor and headed out in the field.  We had delicious hotdogs roasted on sticks, lots of sides and of course s'mores.  we had a great time.

After coming in from the timber, the kids did an easter egg hunt around the house.  Each kiddo has a different color egg to find, that makes it easier to make it fair between the little and big kids.  Even Reese had her own color.  All the kids also had to hunt for their own easter basket!  

After easter festivities, we celebrated the birthday girl!  

Cupcakes for Cami and strawberry cake for me.

What a fun and busy day.  More birthday celebrations to come!

Easter

Easter.  At our town home complex they had a little easter egg hunt and pizza party.  It was nice because we were able to have the girls picture taken with the easter bunny for free!  They had a good time.  We went to church on Saturday night.  We tried to do a bunch of the easter stuff on Saturday because Sunday was Cami's 4th birthday!  

We enjoyed celebrating the bunny side of easter, but we were also enriched with the true reason for our celebration by remembering the price Jesus paid for us.

Family Fun Day (about 3 weeks ago)

About 3 weeks ago, Matt used some time off that was going to expire.  We tried to do some things here that we hadn't had a chance to do yet.  We went to a fun center and it was FUN!  It was an indoor amusement park and video arcade.  ABQ friends it was just like ITZ.  Anyway it was really fun and it wore the kids out.