Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Morn- Started a new tradition~sister hike! It was a great idea till the morning of... we were all a little tired, but I am so glad we did it! I hope we can do this every Thanksgiving since that may be the only time we will have everyone in one place for maybe the rest of our lives.. kinda sad to think about!

After stuffing ourselves with turkey & Holly's yummy ice cream pie, my family went over to Sam's house to help her put up her tree and decorate. We listened to Christmas music, and then got entertained by my little sisters showing off their guitar skills while they played Christmas music. Thanks to their school providing Guitar Class as a credit!! Awesome huh!

The next day after Thanksgiving we headed to Eager, as we do every year to spend the weekend with Tanners side of the family. We love it up there, so pretty and always a good time with our cousins!
This is Grandpa Shupes cow. Poor mom cow just had had her baby a few hours before this pic was taken. She was so full of her milk that came in, her sack was starting to bleed and split, gross I know.. hahaha! Here is grandpa Shupe and Aunt Karen trying to milk her... good luck guys!

There were 4 new grandkids born this year all within 3 months of each other. Only three are pictured here. Drey is not the oldest here.. but is surely the biggest.. haha, I love it! Everyone says he looks like he will be a football linebacker.

See these cute jars? Us girls made them while in Eager, it was a fun and way cute idea!

Thankamony

Here is my 2009 Thankamony:
This year I am THANKFUL for: ( Just to list a few, not all of course there would be a never ending list.. and in no particular order of importance just my random thoughts...

A beautiful baby given to me just a few months ago
A husband that is way better then me and such a great dad, and who loves his son
A great babysitter who we LOVE
A JOB
My husbands job
A home
Food in our fridge
A great heater in our house
Family that help me
Friends that randomly text me and stay in touch
Friends at work that I can talk to about anything
A boss that's fun to work with/and for
The knowledge that I know the church I go to is the only TRUE church
My Primary kids I teach
My neighbors who I LOVE
Our ward
Sisters that make me laugh and keep me feeling young
My car that fits Drey and others comfortably and is dependable
Cousins that stay in touch and that are so fun to talk to
Cold weather, cause sweaters are so fun to wear
Clothes for my families bodies
Facebook cause it has allowed me to stay in touch with friends
Blogger cause I can keep a record of my life to some degree
My journal-I love writing by hand cause I hardly write by hand anymore
My boss-he gave me free braces that I appreciate so much cause I am so dang picky about my teeth
Sleep
Books, I feel so knowledgeable after reading them
Computers
Great In-Laws
My Parents, they helped me to become who I am today
My George Foreman Grill, I have had it forever and just now started using it and I LOVE it!!
Chicken and salad..mmhmmm
Pizza
Good Young Women Leaders that teach my little sisters and are great examples to them
Gospel Music-Hilary Weeks & AshLee Graham amoung two of my favorites
Disposable Diapers, I was talking to my mom and she was explaining to me the cloth diapers she used to have to use on us girls, YUK
Sports-only cause they make my husband so happy
TV-so I can watch The Office and a few other fun shows
Allot... I am THANKFUL for allot.. I will stop now. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!
LISA

Birthdays and Bumbo's

My sister Stacy and I are a day apart in our Birthdays so usually every year we do something together to celebrate. Her birthday was this past Monday the 16Th and mine the 17Th. This year I decided to throw her a surprise 18Th Birthday Party at my casa. I told one of her BFF's and then she took it from there. The theme was Neon-Glow in the Dark Dance Party! I guess they are pretty popular nowadays! I didn't know about it. I got black painters tarp and put that up all against my walls all over my house. Then we put black lights and strobe lights all over house as well. I ordered 50 glow sticks and 150 Glow Necklaces. I had huge blown up pics of Stacy and put them up all over my house and outside. Someone took a bunch of glow necklaces and Spelled Stacy's name in HUGE letters all over my lawn, it looked so awesome. We had a pretty big turnout, over 100+ kids!! There were kids from Basha High where both my little sisters go and also kids from Queen Creek High where Stacy has a few friends that go there as well. We had some very loud speakers setup and hooked up to a laptop that played all this crazy dance music. I'll never forget this random song the kids kept playing and doing some very weird dance to called "The Stanky Leg", what is that??? WEIRD I know!! It was the first time I had ever heard it! I had white lights put up all around my backyard and a bonfire going that the kids could sit by and roast smores and drink lots of soda and eat a ton of candy. So she was surprised. She said she had no idea! I was happy to do that for her. She is SUCH a great girl! She has like a 4.2 or higher grade point average, plays club and school volleyball and is a great example of living the gospel to the fullest. I admire her so much. Which speaking of volleyball she just got asked to play for Chandler-Gilbert CC starting next year so CONGRATS Stacy I AM ONE PROUD PROUD SISTER!! I love you!

On Stacy's actual birthday on Monday the 16Th we got together and had dinner at my parents house then the next day on MY Birthday I worked all day then went to dinner with Tanner. We went to Cantina Laredo at San Tan Mall. Pretty good place. I LOVED the dessert. It was a big brownie on a hot skillet with caramel poured all around it sizzling with cinnamon ice cream. The cinnamon ice cream sounded weird at first but it was super good.

I just got Drey a Bumbo cause he keeps his head up pretty good now and he really seems to love it. He looks so curious in it like he is seeing all new things in it cause its at our height and not down below at his. My sisters and I went to the state fair a few weeks ago and saw Kelly Clarkson in concert. That was my second time seeing her and she is pretty good. I wouldn't say anything great but pretty good. It was fun being there with my sisters and one of their friends. Been a good month. Gone by wayyy too fast! I got sick with the flu last week and now Tanner has it! I just was so grateful I got it now instead of over the holidays. Last year I was sick during Christmas break and it was SO not fun. Can't believe this week is Thanksgiving and then Christmas! We are going to be here Thanksgiving day then up to Eager for the weekend to be with Tanners family. Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

P.S. Drey giggled for the FIRST time at his mom today, such a FUN moment!! Just wanted to Blog this for my rememberance!

P.S.S. OO yah and my sister Sam took me to see Phantom of the Opera on Wed night it was awesome!!!

Williams' Lately

Pics shown here were taken a few weeks ago by an awesome girl in my ward who takes pics of newborns as a FREE Service for the Ward, how awesome and nice is that? Her website is on the right, its Wonderland Photography. Her name is Jessica and she is such a sweet and cute girl! It was fun hanging out with her at my house!

It's funny how before I had kids or was even thinking about having kids yet, I remember reading blogs and thinking, "Why does everyone with kids always pretty much ONLY talk about their kids on their blogs, don't THEY have a life?" I remember thinking also "Ya know, kids are great and all but YOU still are a person and got to have SOMETHING to say about your life other then your kids" So here I am. Got stuck in that rut! It's not that life has not gone on for me cause it has, but Drey has become something more important and funner to talk about I guess? A friend at church today laughed and said how everyone that has kids, that THAT'S pretty much all they talk about on their blogs! So it's not just me who thinks or THOUGHT that way! So I would like to talk a little about Drey but also about Tanner and I too!

A few weeks ago I started playing on a softball league. FAVORITE activity for me besides hanging with my family. Seriously I come ALIVE when I play! I played softball for Mesa Girls Softball ever since I was little up until maybe Jr year in High school I think. It is so hard to explain how fun it is for me and how much I love it! I am sure it's how Tanner feels when he plays b-ball once or twice a week. He LOVES to play and will play ANYTIME because he has such a passion and love for it. That's how I feel I guess. The team only had an opening for a girl right now so I played and ended their season with them. Tanner and my sister Samantha will be joining me next season in a few months on a team and WATCH OUT it's going to be THEBOMB.COM!!

Tanner has been super busy with work and playing in his city league tournament of Basketball. Drey and I usually go to his games and watch him. It's fun to watch someone and a team who has so much passion and love for the sport. It's also fun to watch his team cause so many friends of ours play on his team, such as: Tanners Bro-Ryan,Mike and James Justice, Jeremy Baker, Tanners cousin Robby Carter, and a few others. We went to EAC with all these guys so it's fun they get to play together every week. Plus I get to hang with all their cool wives and cute kids when they come to watch their hubby's.

I went back to work a month ago and am loving it. I feel like its where I need to be right now. I have SUCH a great babysitter that I never get nervous leaving him. It was meant to be for sure! My job is one I LOVE. I really LOVE getting to see all my patients so often and their families. I get to work so much on each patient that we get to know them so well and whats happening in their lives. When I came back to work so many patients saw me and the first thing they said to me was "I want to see pics of Drey!" So they are all good friends to me and if I saw any of my patients outside of work I would definitely want to say hi to them! My boss is really great too and makes my job allot easier and fun! He is very into doing fun things and having fun with our patients. I hear so many stories from my patients that have jobs and hate them because their boss or someone they work with just makes work awful for them. Isn't that a shame when you really would enjoy doing something but ONE person can really spoil that whole apple! I definitely have had jobs where there were a few people here and there that would make me want to quit a job. So not cool! Anyhow, so work is good.

Drey is growing up so darn fast. Every time I look at pics from even just a few weeks ago, he already looks different to me. He fits into his 0-3month onesies still OK, but they are a little tight. His 3 month onesies fit great. I finally went and bought him some warm pj's and a few outfits I thought he needed for this GREAT cold weather we are having! I love taking him on walks and outside allot and I hate being worried about him being cold. At night we open our bedroom window and it can get pretty cold in our room so he has got some fuzzy warm pj's and his new clothes are size 3-6 month outfits. They are a little big on him but really not too big. I just went and had his 2 month checkup although he was 2 1/2 months when I went but he definitely measured on the higher end of how much he weighs, his head size, and how tall he is. So 2 weeks ago he was already measuring at 24 3/4 inches tall. I hope he keeps getting tall, I would love another tall boy in the family. Drey is a sweet boy though. He sleeps pretty well in the night. I do get up once or twice to feed him but he sleeps pretty well. He is starting to smile and talk I LOVE it! I love just having him stare at me and jabber on. Tanner has had allot of "football time" with him lately. Sports are ALWAYS on in my house and so he gets to enjoy the games with his dad. Father and son time is great with me since there's always laundry to be done, cooking I love to do, and a dog to feed.

For Halloween Drey is going to be a baseball player. I had this outfit past down to me from a lady that used to be in my ward, but its really cute and I dressed him up in it already when I took him to my softball games. I have to dress up for work on Wednesday so I am still trying to decide what I will be.


Tanner and I talked in church today. I talked on "Seeking to know God, our Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ", and Tanner talked on "May Our Burdens be Lighter" all talks given in this past Conference. They both went well. Neither of us locked our knees or fell flat on our faces. We survived. I felt the spirit pretty strong. The missionaries in our ward spoke right before us and of course they have a great way of bringing in the spirit into the room. I loved my talk because I think you can never get to know our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ enough, There's always more to know and learn of them. Tanners talk was also a great subject. He just mentioned how there are different types of burdens. Some burdens are burdens we can't help like natural distasters and such, some burdens are from others and their choices and free agency, and some burdens we place upon ourselves. He said serving others, and putting Christ first in our lives will help to lighten our loads, and I truly believe that. When I am making correct choices in my life, things seem to go a little smoother, and things that happen in my family might seem like heavy burdens at first, but they somehow aren't that heavy anymore when I'm doing whats right. So needless to say it was a good Sunday. After church, got a little nap in, baked cookies, and went for a walk with my two boys. That's pretty much the Williams' Happenings for now.
Our cousins Kyler and Kara Merrill just welcomed their baby boy Braxten Kyler Merrill into their home on Oct 22ND. I am so beyond happy for them! I cant wait to meet him. From his pics he looks like a sweet little doll! Thanks for reading my blog and staying in touch!!
LISA

Faces

I took all these photo's today on my phone. It's funny how many faces Drey already is getting. He is so fun to just sit and watch. Tanner and I sit and stare at him all night and just constantly say "Isn't he just so dang cute!" We are just so in love with him! Just wanted to share his cute little faces with you!

Little Angel

My little Angel! Ahh he is the best thing ever! I love him more then my chubby body loves Paradise Bakery Choc White Choc Chippers! Hahah! K, so on that note my body has been through some weirder things to me NOW then when I was prego. Like when I was at the hospital right after having Drey my aunt brought me some Paradise Bakery Choc White Choc Chippers and the coconut n choc chip ones. I have had Paradise Bakery Reg Choc chip cookies before but that's it, and didn't think they were anything to DIE for ya know? Well ever since my aunt delighted me with those little chipper cookies they have I have been CRAVING them. I got some the other day for myself, then had Tanner run after he got off work one night to get me some! I never had him run to get me anything when I was prego! HhAHAH, Then a few days after I had Drey my mother in law brought over Burger King Whoppers. Well I am SOO not a fan of BK, But ever since I had a half of a whopper, I have been CRAVING Whoppers! I don't even like Hamburgers from places really. I always get chicken sandwiches. Weird right!! So I finally stopped getting BK after my second Run there and then stopped with the cookies after the second run as well! I went online and found a recipe for the paradise bakery cookies so I made some last night and they are DELICIOUS!! Love em! VERY chocolaty but great! Hmm.. so besides my craving all that's been happening with me?... NOT MUCH! I just am getting used to the idea of being a mom. Weird! I have so many moments where I am like "MAN how did this happen and is he really mine?" I still don't get how he was ever in me?? But I LOVE being a mom. It is definitely a work of PATIENCE! Tanner and I take turns getting up with him and burping him and all that jazz and when you are so stinking tired its hard, but we are working together so we each get nights where we sleep less then the other. Overall I get up with him early sometimes middle of night/early morning and take him downstairs and just feed him and put him to sleep with me so Dad can have some Zzzz's before going to work. I figure if I can be at home all day with him and take a nap when he naps then dad deserves more sleep! BUT when I go back to work the end of the month things will change! I will have to rearrange all my feeding and sleeping hours somehow! Not sure yet how all that's going to work but we will figure it out! People are saying Drey is looking more and more like Tanner. Still allot of me in him, but more like Tanner so that's fun! Erin Householder in Thatcher, took some AMAZING shots of little Drey even though he was awake and a little fussy and so Ill put some of him up! She really is an amazing photographer and I would recommend her to do your family, baby, whatever! My little sister Brooke is getting her PERMIT today even though my dad already lets her drive ALONE sometimes!! She really is a great driver though she has always been mature in those ways for a long time just like my older sister Samantha. My other little sister Stacy just had her first Varsity Volleyball game and she started and did amazing! She has improved over her years in club and school V-ball I'm so proud of her! I love my sisters to pieces! Not much else new, I still need to go private soon but I just get worried I don't have every ones addresses and people will not be able to stay in contact with me once I go private since Blogger does not have a way to message people and request to be their friend, I hate that don't you? There should definitely be a way we can do that! Why have they not thought of this or made it happen? Just like facebook you can see the person and decide whether to Deny or Accept them ya know?! Anyhow, these are all my thoughts for the day..

O we are blessing Drey on Sunday the 6Th! He is still a little young BUT Tanners sister Kristy is blessing her baby that day as well so we already have family in town thought we would just do it then, if anyone wants to come let me know Ill give ya the info!

3 Weeks Old

Drey is 3 weeks old tomorrow, Tues Aug 25Th! Time flies! He already looks allot bigger to me and I don't like it! I want him to stay little forever! He is so fun though. He is so sweet, and has the cutest little grunt and squeals. I tell him to give me O kisses when he is Hungary and looking for food his lips go into this O shape and get all tight and I just kiss his lips away till he gets real mad at me and makes me feed him. What a doll he is though! I took him tonight on his first walk around the neighborhood in his stroller and I kept thinking" O my heavens I'm walking a kid in a stroller, this means I'm really a mom now!" Ahh.. I have moments like that that make me have a reality check and tell myself I am really a mom now. It's hard to believe. I just feel like I have a new puppy or something that I'm taking care of for now, I don't know its hard to explain. Everything is just so new it's hard to fathom sometimes the realness of it all.

This last weekend Tanner and I traveled to Safford to go to Ryan, Tanners Brothers Reception. So it was an eventful weekend around lots of family it was allot of fun! Kristen, Tanners sister took this pic of Drey and I love it! I think my kids the cutest ever as all moms feel about their kids I guess. This pic of the Newlyweds (Ryan and Caroline) is borrowed from Kristen Hansen who took it!