We are Back

So it's been WAY to long. Almost 18 months. I had a bunch of drafts written half way here and there and now I'm done with trying to catch up so I'm going to just start from where we are with a short update of the new addition in our Family. I'm sorry for everyone who so eagerly has been waiting to hear what's going on with us. j/k. This is mainly for me to have some what of a diary and for all of you loved ones who we miss and don't get to see all that much.

Ava Michele Williams

Ava Michele Williams is finally here. She was born May 12th at a healthy 8.3 lbs. and 20 inches long.



I just happened to have the camera on and ready when she was dreaming something funny because she was smiling big as you can see.

It has felt so good to have Ava here. I can't describe the relief I have felt to have everything go well. We have been so grateful for all of our children and can't thank Heavenly Father enough for how blessed we are.
Koen's first words when he came to visit and meet Ava in the hospital were "Mom, she didn't die". He has been very happy to have a little sister that got to come home with us.

I can't believe Lana's already 5. She's such a big helper. The other day I wasn't able to cook dinner right away so Lana went and washed the pan she needed to make macaroni and cheese. I got the water in the pan and set the heat. She then waited for the water to boil, put in the macaroni and cooked it. I strained the water and she mixed the ingredients in.

Lana loves holding Ava and helps me a lot with getting diapers and wipes and putting her binky in when she's not happy.

Yes, you are seeing this right. Elliott has miraculously grown a mustache. However he was only able to pull off one of those Mexican Junior High looking ones. (Don't worry El, that's one of the things I love about you, you're not hairy). The only reason he even grew one is because of mustache May in the PHX PD. You will see more cops with a mustache during May than any other month. This was taken the day he had to shave it off. I told him he couldn't have it for the new babies arrival. So when my water broke he had Lana take this picture and then shaved it off.







Their is nothing as sweet as a potty trained cowboy.

Way to go Koen boy! He has been successfully potty trained (day and night) for almost 4 months now.













Elliott and Koen went on the father and sons ward camp out. They had a blast! They went fishing, played in the creek with hand made wood boats, went shooting, hiking and all in 24 hours.

Our most recent family outing was to the Gilla Valley Temple Open House. It was great.

Lana's favorite part was going into the Bridal dressing room because that's were they get ready to get married.

Koen's favorite part was the Ceiling room with the huge chandelier. We walked in and all he could say was "Wow". He couldn't stop looking at it.
It was beautiful.
Sadly we didn't have the best spot for a picture. Note: the background was a horrible choice. We totally spaced it to get a picture in front of the Temple until we were on our way home. I guess we will be going again some day.







Have you ever wondered where all your wet wipes keep disappearing to?

I finally found them.






















Lana love's our dog Schoggi (sh-o-gee). I'm not sure how much Schoggi appreciates it.




















We have chickens and they have been laying eggs almost every day. However when we found this ginormous egg I could not help but feel sorry for the one who layed it. Had this hatched it would have been twins. Their were two yokes.