Random pictures...

 I have quite a few random pictures that I either got from people who took the picture or took 1 picture but think it is so cute to not put in our yearly book...

Anthony thought he was so funny in this little box with all his blankets playing the wii!

 Jenna loves to hold her "baby Owen Stephan Williams"

 Pictures from my cousin Beth's wedding.  Love the one of Jeff and Owen---they look alike but it may be because of the bald heads :)!!

Jenna loves Uncle Jon!  She is so happy he is home from his mission and runs to him and bugs him :) whenever he is around!!

So tired...

"Sometimes it is tiring trying to grow into my big brother's socks!"

Just Chillin...

The kids think that every time they lay on the floor together that I should take a picture...this one just happened to be cute enough to get the camera out :).  I love that my kids are such good friends and love each other SO much!  We of course have our struggles, but overall it is so nice to have the kids so close together that they call can still play together.

Chunky monkey...

 I love the picture above because I caught Jake yawning in the background just like Owen--CUTE!!

This little boy LOVES to eat.  He loves baby food and already tries to take the spoon by himself.  He also loves when he sees his bottle coming his way.  We are continually amazed at how chunky he is for one of our children...we usually don't have such big babies!  He is so quick to smile and such a happy kid!  We love having Owen at our house!

I love this man...

 

Getting on the back of this motorbike with Jake made me think back to our dating times and how much I am grateful Jake is in my life.  I cannot imagine life without him and am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who brought him to me!  He does so much for our little family, the kids adore him and I am still madly in love with him---could you ask for anything more?

Owen is 4 months old...

 Little Owen is already 4 months old.  I cannot believe how incredibly fast time passes....when you aren't pregnant or on crutches then it goes really slow :).  He is SUCH a great kid.  He is SO quick to smile...just look at him and he starts smiling.  He loves to wiggle and exercise his little muscles because he wants to be running with the big kids as soon as possible.  He loves to eat his hands and almost constantly has them in his mouth, so much that he has made the skin on his hands peel.  He loves to watch his older brother/sisters and gets so excited when they pay attention to him--as long as it is not TOO much.  He is in #2 diapers, but needs to move to #3 soon.  He wears and fills out 3-6 month clothes already but loves to not have any on at all.  He is super ticklish so he giggles a TON when you take his clothes off and it is SO cute.  

The kids still adore him and we do too!

Jenna's sunflower...

Jenna brought home a cup of dirt with a sunflower seed in it from preschool and wanted so bad for it to grow into a sunflower...well, I helped it along enough that it DID!  It became a HUGE beautiful sunflower.  I helped it when it was in the kitchen and as soon as we could we transplanted it outside.  Jenna would occasionally go out and make sure it had enough water and if it didn't, she would come inside and ask for pitcher of water and take it all the way out there to water her flower.  She was so excited as it grew taller than her, then got the yellow part of the flower and now when its head is full of sunflower seeds!  It was fun to watch her get so involved in the process....success!!

1st "real" food...

 Owen loves to eat so we thought we would try some "real" food.  He wasn't too sure with the first bite but once he figured out it was so delicious, he didn't want to stop eating!  He constantly has his hands in his mouth and would probably eat just about any time.  He never turns down a bottle, unless it is too cold :).  Love this little guy!

Foot surgery...

 Wow, what a crazy couple of weeks.  Since we hit our deductible on insurance this year with having Owen and I really wanted the pain in my foot to go away, we decided to take the plunge of doing my tarsal tunnel decompression surgery on my left foot.  Wow, talk about painful.  I have never in my life had so much pain.  It really hope it was worth it all, but so far the signs are good that it will be.  We spent a lot of time on the couch as pictured above and Jake has taken care of the rest of the things needing to be done.  I am really ready to be done with crutches and be able to get up and walk across the room on my own, but know it will come soon enough.  Below is the incision about 11 days out....hopefully I will get the stitches out soon!

Anthony's 1st tooth....

He was SOOOOO excited the day he came home and figured out his tooth was loose.  He came home from school with a HUGE grin, came downstairs and told me "Mom my tooth is loose want to see?".  He was seriously so excited.  It took several more days, but one night I told him if he wiggled it left and right it would come out.  A few minutes, maybe 30 to 40, after we put him to bed, he came down with his tooth in his hand.  I couldn't believe how happy that simple little tooth made him.  He was super excited when the tooth fairy took his tooth and put a dollar bill in the bag under his pillow that very night!  He can't wait for the next tooth to come out :)!!

Top of Utah FULL marathon...

Jake decided that he was going to cross off running a full marathon and he did it this year!  He did an amazing job and I can't believe what an emotional journey it was...even for me and I didn't run it.  It was awesome to see him doing something so hard and doing it well. Anthony and I went out to Hyrum and waited for him to come out of the canyon *about mile 14* and it was hailing, raining, blowing, lightening, etc. and was SO cold but Anthony did NOT want to go back to the car because he wanted to hold up his sign for his dad!  It was so awesome when we finally saw Jake coming and held up the sign to cheer him on.  We saw him again at mile 20 at my parents house and he still looked great!  Anthony and I then went down to the finish line with my Dad and waited for Jake there.  I was so excited to see him turn the corner and come down the Finish line.  He truly amazes me!