Thursday, October 31, 2013

Ev's First Birthday!

Our little fella turned one in May! He adores Mickey Mouse so naturally that was the party theme.
We celebrated with lots of family and friends at MyMy & Papa's house.
 
The kids made candy necklaces
 

We ate lots of yummy food

Here he is posing with his cousin, Em.

Opening up some presents


His smash cake

 
This uncertainty did not last long at all


 
Beginning to enjoy himself a little bit
 




He made a HUGE mess!


He went straight from the high chair to the bathtub



Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Easter 2013

We did most of our usual Easter festivities... we decorated eggs.

 
Looks like the Easter Bunny came!

 
The annual egg hunt and Easter breakfast at our church


We posed in our Peeps shirts that Mama Jean gave us!


MyMy held an excited Ev


Kris gave bunny ears to my niece as the kiddos were ready to begin their egg hunt
 

We made (and ATE) plenty of pretty little cookies!!


Spring 2013

We went back to Disney for J's birthday.
Monsters University was the popular theme at Epcot:


Meeting Minnie Mouse at Animal Kingdom



J riding a Star Wars Imperial speeder at Hollywood Studios
 


Oh, no... here come the Storm Troopers!


Aurra Singh caught our E at Star Wars Days!


J with Mike and Sully


We also had the Upward closing ceremony.


February 2013

February was low key compared to the previous months. Not a lot to report... fun days at the park with friends and lovely warm temperatures.
 



January 2013

January 2013 was a fun month.
We went to the Zoo with M! It was Ev's first time and the big kids were able to feed the giraffes.
 
 
 Posing on the bridge.
 
 
 We went back to Disney for Miss E's 5th birthday! We had breakfast with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore. This is one of my favorite pics~ the looks on their faces when Ev takes a bite of Tigger's nose is priceless. 
 

Part of the big birthday celebration was a princess makeover in Cinderella's Castle at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique. Miss E was so excited. Here she is as Sleeping Beauty. 

 
We ran into a villain named Gaston in Fantasyland. I know Kris will tell you that Gaston is a hero, but that is simply not true. This Gaston was absolutely perfect. He saw Miss E and said, "Even royalty comes to visit Gaston. So, you're that princess who is always sleeping... must me dreaming of me."
 
She replied, "Not yet."
 
He pondered that, laughed, and repeated, "Not yet."  
 
Miss E told him that he was her daddy's favorite character. When he noticed how muscular Kris was, he mentioned that K must be eating four dozen eggs to stay that size, but suggested that he eat five dozen to be as large as Gaston.
 
As we left, he said "Au revoir! That's French for 'get out of here.' " It was hilarious.


The magical moment that our Princess Aurora met the "real" Aurora. I teared up a bit.


The littlest member of Team Williams is a huge Mickey Mouse fan.  Of course we had to visit with him as well.


J went to the Jedi Training Academy at Hollywood Studios where he battled Darth Vader!


Ev won't let a little thing like not being able to read stop him from checking out the park map and planning our next Disney adventure!

(Not sure why I can't delete that duplicate picture of us at the zoo.)
 
January also brought about the beginning of the basketball and cheer leading season. Here is our adorable little cheer leader.
 

And our veteran basketball player!



December 2012

December 2012 was quite a BUSY month! I wanted a memorable picture for our annual Christmas cards. I picked out the cutest outfits and had such high hopes! I was going to make photography history. And then my normally happy fella decided to be a cranky boy. He was not having it. None of it. He was miserable. Believe it or not, this was the BEST picture that I got of all 3 of them.
Sad, but true.
 
 

December was Ev's first trip to Disney. You can see how excited he was. Haha. He actually woke up and loved all of the rides and especially the lighted parade with Mickey Mouse.


J and Miss E love a good cookie. Here they are decorating some gingerbread people.


What a big boy! Riding in the car cart and getting a cookie at Publix was a real treat. He was all about sticking out his tongue.


Here he is at Panera having a grand time.


Christmas morning! Sitting on his big brother's lap opening up some presents.


Miss E got a princess bike from Santa.


My mom, J, and Uncle Rocky giving me a thumbs-up


My sister and niece


Me and Kris


Miss E and MyMy opening some princess toys


Cherish Blinkie