2015 Review

Well I completely skipped the year 2015! It was amazing year and it has been a whirl wind of how quickly everything has gone. Time is such an incredible thing.  Here is a quick 2015 rundown full of pictures that highlight the BEST of 2015!!!

Carter and Kamry are doing amazing and learning everyday! The are great friends and I find them more times laughing, playing or just being buddies! They are perfect playmates.

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"WILL MOO FOR FOOD!!"

Chic-fil-a has a 'dress like a cow and get a free meal' day! We, of course, had to enjoy! We had a great time and we love getting a chance to dress up!  

I love this picture so much. It captures Kamry and Daddy's relationship so sweetly. Kamry loves her Dad, and gets very excited when he comes home and he has to give her about three hugs, and two kisses before he can leave.

We had some great snow last year! Mike and Carter worked pretty hard on the snow fort on the bottom! The snowman was a family effort!

KING'S ISLAND!

We had a great opportunity to go to King's Island the local amusement park. Chad and Tosha were kind enough to share their good fortune. 

Mother's Day. I love my little ones more than I could ever express. I love being a MOM!

Family Picture for 2015

Kamry is a independent soul, and she loves taking care of her three dolls. She is a great helper, sometime it is a little too much, but she really does try. She is growing and listening more and more everyday. It is always a work in progress with a two year old, and Kamry is even more so.

Carter is almost five, and in every way a boy. He loves to ride his bike, do the monkey bars and he loves hanging out with Dad and his cousins. He has a lot of friends here in Ohio, and loves going to playgroup and the gym. He is really excited to go to Kindergarten. I, however, am not quite as excited.

Christmas Tree Hunting! A must at our favorite Country Pines. It was raining and cold but we got a great tree and had a fun adventure.

This was at Stake Conference, when these two are friends they are GREAT friends. However when they fight, they fight like sisters. They are getting better and I think the fact that they can communicate better is helping their relationship! 

Christmas Ward Party!

Fourth of July!

My Beautiful friend Shayne was married in November and I was able to take a weekend trip and go enjoy the day with her! 

I can go on, but it would be a lot of pictures. I was thinking about blogging and how poorly I have done lately, so I am making a new goal to try and write at least once a month! We will see how it goes. We are so blessed and live a truly charmed life. Being here in Ohio and Mike going to medical school, we have grown so much as a family and as individuals, it has been amazing. We love this journey we call, Life. Here is to 2016!!

The BIG move!

Well, I am just going to skip over the part of that it has been seven months! wow Life is so fast and never slows down. I'll give a quick run down. Mike finished school and did great! The basement was finished and rented. Carter turned three, Kamry turned one, Mike rocked the MCAT!! I quit the gym Hallelujah! Decided to put the house up for sale, decided to move to Ohio, sold our house and moved to Ohio. Now we are living with Mike's brother Chad and sister in law Tosha and their four cute little ones. It has been a fun adventure and we cannot wait to see what the next year will bring as we wait to hear about medical school and where our move will take us. We hope and pray that we get into Wright State that is our desire, well to be honest our desire is to get into medical school period. Where ever it may be we are so excited to continue this amazing journey we call Life!!

I am going to post pictures that I have on my new computer (that's right that is no typo the Toshiba still lives but now we have a fancy new Mac and it is awesome) Most of these picture are from my new camera that I am absolutely in love with I have always loved photography but haven't looked into learning or practicing any skills. However, when my sweet sister sold me her camera I was thrilled and I am pretty much addicted but I have sooooo much to learn. Its been fun to take pictures of the kiddos. Here are a few Ohio pictures. Some them are from my camera phone not my fancy new camera.

Mike's work took us all the the Dayton Dragons Baseball game it was super fun. Mike was in his element, and Carter loved all the entertainment and when the players would hit the ball out of the park. It was a really close and fun game.

We were able to go up to Cleveland and visit our friends and we did a 5k fun run around Historic Kirkland . After the fun run we were able to visit the temple it was cool to see the history but it was definitely had a Church of Christ view of things, which was different.

ROAD TRIPPING!! The kids did AWESOME! and Dad Williams drove the moving van we were all in the Mini van . 

May and Kamry like to play/get into things together. However they are pretty rough with each other we have to run some interference every once in a while. May just has such thick full curls that Kamry cannot resist to pull and tug on her little piggy tails. They both definitely hold their own.

swimming has been a favorite pass time while we have been here with the heat and humidity it is a perfect pass time!

most of the time when we went swimming we had two pairs of goggles that everyone wanted . So Tosha found a end of summer sale and bought enough to keep the whole lot happy!

I love this one they are such good sports as I annoyingly follow them around with my camera.

MayMay!! such a happy girl!

Carter thinks Aimee is pretty much the coolest person (besides his Daddy of course) and follows her around before she goes to school and then after. She enjoys it because Carter is more than willing to play pretend and follow her lead and instruction. 

We have made good friends here. There is a group of regular play group kids and we go to really fun and beautiful parks. The kids love it and the Mom love the company of other adults.

Pratt is probably the kid that wants his picture taken the most and so has the most pictures of him he is pretty creative and often tells me to 'take a picture of me doing this' 

These three! oh boy they are funny boys and have the most amazing conversations.

Mike and I were able to go to the Columbus Temple it was a really fun and spiritual experience . 

frog catching another favorite pass time.

Aimee is such a sweet heart and was very willing to have me take her picture. (lots of pictures)

teeth!!!

our sweet little Kamry we love her so much and is so friendly and happy to everyone!!

Needless to say we are having a great time and feel truly blessed to have amazing family who are willing to house us while we find a great place to live. I'll try to post more than every seven months. No Promises but I will try..

Renovation Junkies!

 

Well it has been a while, but I blame the very busy schedule and our addiction to always having a home improvement project. I love being able to work next to my husband to make our home beautiful.

A quick update on the family before my picture overload. Mike is a very busy man he has been working full time in the mornings then going to school. He also helps with autopsies and volunteers at the free clinic, and of course, renovating our house.

I am helping the owner of the gymnastics facility I have worked at for five years, by managing while they figure some things out. The job keeps me extremely busy, hence the low number of blogs :) The gym has been a very eye-opening experience. I am learning so much and trying to keep up with the demands of managing, coaching and raising two very cute kids., and of course renovating.

Carter, on the other hand, LOVES the gym he is crazy and can flip and run around that gym like a pro!! I love watching him jump and go to class. He is taking a class for 3-4 year old and he is doing so well he listens and is able to keep up with the older kids. Definitely the bright light in undertaking the stresses of managing the gym. Carter also is a pretty awesome helper when it comes to the projects in the home I love having him help. He will follow Mike and Dad Williams all day!

Kamry is such a sweet and beautiful girl. She is pretty indifferent when it comes to the gym. Also it is getting a little harder to have her at the gym because she wants to roll all over the place, and there is no way I could keep the countless amounts of foam and other unsafe pieces that float around the gym. But there are some amazing mothers of students who are always willing to hold the little bundle of joy. She is sitting and rolling and trying to scoot. I love this stage!

Now for our before and after Bathroom pictures!!

 

 

 

 "Before" Ugly, sticky, rolled linoleum.











"After" Tile and new base boards!




                                                                           

                                                                                        "Before" Pink Toilet and old cabinets

"After" white toilet and white shaker cabinets

 

Hallway "BEFORE"

Hallway "After"

 "Before" Pink tub, old disgusting blue tile, old rusted fixtures.

"After" The tile was amazing! Mike did an amazing job on the tile!! and I love my
new shampoo holder, and new shower head and loofah

I am loving my new bathroom! Mike is such a handy man and I love it!! also we are so blessed to have Dad Williams always willing to help us!!

 

 

I will post the basement pictures soon! Can you tell we like home reno!

Catch-up





We have been really busy since last I posted. We were able to go and visit my sister in Utah and we had a great time. We went flying in the my brother-in-law's airplane, boating and to the Hoogle Zoo we had a really good time.

 

 

Coloring and tummy time

Our little girl is so cute and growing so fast. 

 A couple of weekends ago we went to Twin Falls to hang out with our good friends and we went shooting and we had a great time.We are lucky to have such great friends that we enjoy doing things together.

 Kali and Carter are such good friends they play very well together!

 

Not a long post but I thought I should at least post every couple of months.