Preschool Co-op

A few ladies on our ward decided to start up a preschool Co-op. I'm so happy that we jump on that opportunity. Liberty was so excited, but after the fist day she came home and said: That was fun mom but when does REAL school start haha. 

She loves to learn and I'm so glad we are doing this. Since Liberty has a september birthday she still has 2 more years til REAL school, she needed something like this. I have to say I really enjoy the weeks when I don't teach :) School is Monday and Thursdays from 12:00 - 2:30. On the days I don't teach we run Liberty to school and Paisley and I hurry home for a 2.5 hour nap! Life is bliss on those days! It has also been so much fun to be Liberty's teacher a few times a month. All the kids in the class are so good, and they all get along so well. Liberty little do you know this is the start to a very long road of school! :) enjoy it while it's still fun! 

Teeth

This summer Liberty got a new smile. I took her the dentist in May, and I knew we were gonna be in for a treat, cause yes I'm the worlds worst mom and am HORRIBLE at brushing teeth. Well It was so much worse than I thought. :( Yes she has a mouth full of cavities but we also found out she has a cross bite, her top jaw is smaller them her bottom one. Anyways after talking to the dentist (who is amazing!) we decided the best corse of action to start on her long dental journey would be to pull her top 2 teeth. And around 8 years old she will have a retainer but in to help stretch her top jaw. I left that appointment in tears! I felt sooo horrible like I did this to her. Good thing is she LOVES not having her her 2 teeth, and having the tooth fairy come was soo exciting. She is so cute without those teeth. Jeff and I joked that she got even more sassy after she lost those teeth. That toothless smile makes her seem so sneaky and sassy all the time. Needless to say I have been a brushing teeth nazi since then. My poor kids have horrible baby teeth, I have never seen kids with crooked baby teeth but our poor kids do. Another SAD note I just found out that our dentist no longer takes our insurance, I am DEVASTATED i seriously loved him and I hate to switch dentist mid treatment :(

Baby Doll Scavenger Hunt

A few months ago, our poor family and I run in with the flu. So after about 2 weeks of staying home with sick kids, Jeff told me it was his turn. He got out of all his meetings and came home to let me go to church. When I came home I was greeted with  a lovely surprise. A baby doll scavenger hunt. They gathered up all the baby dolls (12 baby dolls!!!) and hide them around the house with clues for me to find them. They were so excited and it was so cute. The last clue lead me to the freezer where there was a baby made out of peanut butter goopies haha Jeff is the best dad and does so many fun things with the girls. 

Williamson Family Reunion 2012

The weekend of July 4th the Williamsons had a Family Reunion up at the cabin. We were so excited to go and see all of Jeff's 8 siblings. When you have 8 siblings there comes a time when your family reunions consists of just your immediate family :) 

Shelley was our camp director and she did an AMAZING job as always. There was always something fun going on. Liberty was in HEAVEN with all these little girl cousins. 

I was in charge of a craft for the little girls so we decorated sunglasses.

I love these picture, I have so many great memeories with cousins. I love those are your first best friends when you are young. Too bad so many of them live so far away :(

Trying to take family pictures is always a JOKE with our family.

More Crafts, Jeff was also in charge of a craft for the older kids. They made majic wallets.

Grandma Williamson, helped the little girls make flip flops.

Our last day was July 4th, we spent most of the day playing fun games and cleaning up. That night on the way home we stopped in Globe to watch the fire works. I'm kinda a fire works snob and I love a good show. I was spoiled by all the years of going with the Willis family to our screat spot for fire in the sky. Well little town of GLobe you did not disapoint! It was an amazing show. And plus side we didn't almost die of heat stroke. We were actuallay wearting jackets at some point. It was a great reunion and I hope another one happens soon!

Family Night

Man I am all over the place trying to get this blog caught up. Back in April we had a few family members over for dinner. It was a nice night and we decided to watch the girls play out side. Well one thing lead to another and by the end of the night we had a full blown obstacle course made up! It started out as just for Liberty and Paisley, but after we saw how fun it was we were all in on the fun. The best one was the very last obstacle you had to climb in the window of the play house and crawl out the door. And don't let the cheering section fool you, my mom even did the race one time. It was SOOOO much fun. I was reminded to blog about it, because out of the blue last night Liberty started talking about it and wanted to do it again. Once the weather in nice again, I'm sure Williamson Obstacle Course round 2 will be in order! :)

Dear Siblings

I have been sick as a DOG this weekend! Strep and taken over and kicked my butt. I'm finally starting to feel better, you know when you start to feel better enough to realize that your house as completely fallen apart while you have been out, yet you still don't have the energy to clean it?! Ya that's me today. So I have been trying to feel productive cause honestly I can not watch another minute of TV, and that says something. haha So I have been going through old pictures getting ready to start on baby books. I came across this picture! 

Dear Siblings,
         I don't know what it is, but I will never be able to look at this picture with a dry eye. Although not all of you are pictured in it, I see you all when I look at it. This picture sums up so many feelings I could never discribe. My life had fallen apart just a few weeks before this was taken, and you were all there for me like you always are. It's hard to explain to outsiders, but we have a very close family, freakishly close as Jeff likes to say. ;) When we need each other we are there! This was my first day home from the hospital with Paisley, and some would have wanted to jump into bed in a quite house. Not me, I was so excited to finally be around all of you. I sat on the couch and did nothing while I just enjoyed all of you smoothing my babies. I will never forget the phone call I had with each of you as I called to tell you that Paisley was ok, each conversation was perfect for our relationship. Lindsey you cried with me and then you said Amy I knew it would be ok, I love you! You were so strong during all of that, I needed you more than anything! Kelsey you cried and I cried I'm not sure many words were said, but with us most times we don't need words. We are in each others head. Austin you are TOUGH but when it comes to family you are a softy I thought you had heard me wrong you were crying so hard, but no, your heart it so big that is breaks even with the best of news. Tiffany, you were cheerful and positive as you always are and that is just what I love about you! Mason you are a man of few words, I'm pretty sure I actually just sent you a text haha I love our relationship and I refuse to let you be the little brother who gets left out cause he is too cool for his old married siblings :) your stuck with us!!
Seriously not sure where all these sappy feelings are coming from, but I just want you all to know that I wouldn't want it any other way. You are all my best friends!
Love,
The Emotional One
(Amy)

Rapunzel

Back in April my sister in law, arranged for a big group of us to go see Rapunzel at the Hale Theater in Gilbert. We had so much fun, Liberty was in heaven. She was a little confused at times, since it was a stage and now the movie screen. Every time they were in the tower scene she would say: Mom they are not in the tower they are on the ground right now :) 

It was so much and I'm glad Liberty enjoyed it so much.