Christmas

This Christmas was one we will never forget! From passing around a virus to getting snowed in for days, the craziness just never seemed to stop.

On the Sunday after Christmas, everyone was finally well enough to exchange presents. This picture sums up the chaos of opening tons of gifts with a five year old and three others under the age of 3. Paper flew and pandemonium ensued!

It's nice to have an older boy in the family who can be our toy tester. John Michael, my nephew, received a Little Tikes basketball goal a few years ago and loved it so much that Mom thought Casen needed one. Here is John Michael assisting Casen with his gift.

My nieces received some very girly ride on toys that Casen just had to test out. This is Juliet and Casen going for a spin.

After attempting to head to Stillwater a few days earlier, we finally fish tailed (literally) out of my parents driveway and made it to Chris's parent's house. The snow finally let up and we enjoyed our visit with Chris's family including his brother and sister-in- law who were in from South Carolina.

One of Casen's favorite toys was his new bench that his Grandpa made him by hand.

The cool thing is that Chris's Grandpa had made him a similar bench when he was little. Here are the boys siting on their benches together!

Even though it was a crazy trip to Oklahoma we had a great time with our families and also are so thankful for the true meaning of Christmas...Jesus Christ!

Williams Christmas, Part Two

Baupo and Cale

Casen playing a serious game of dominoes.

Cale received a lot of hugs from Juliet!

Casen and Juliet posing.

Fun Around the House

One of Casen's new favorite activities is playing with the shampoo bottles in the bathroom. He lines them up then knocks a few down, only to line them up again. I'm all for it. Whatever keeps him occupied for a few minutes is great with me!

Casen loving on Seymour, his giant giraffe.

Casen loves to play at the playground. Luckily, our neighborhood has one located at the end of our street. One great thing about Texas is the few 70 degree days in the midst of winter. On those days you can find us at the playground.

Casen also enjoys drawers. In every room he has a couple of drawers that are "his," items that are safe for him to play with. As you can tell, one of his drawers in the bedroom is the sock drawer.

Thanksgiving

Since it's Christmas Eve, I figured it's about time to put up Thanksgiving pictures...

Addie and Casen playing at Pa's house.

Casen and Lawson playing with blocks. Lawson and Addie are Chris's cousin Sarah's kids. They live in the Tulsa area so we don't get to see them often enough. Lawson and Casen are almost the same age, so they had a great time playing together!

Casen getting a smooch from Pa.

After our fun in Owasso, we headed to Edmond to see my side of the family. Casen enjoyed his seat high a top my cousin Creighton!

Audrey, Casen, and Juliet playing a tune.

Crayons!

I love the smell of crayons and can't wait any longer to Casen to start coloring. A friend told me how to make big crayons for little hands. I know you can buy them now, but I thought it would be a fun project for Casen and I.

To my surprise, Casen actually did pretty well with the plain big Crayola crayons.

Nevertheless, I forged ahead. With Sutton's supervision, we broke the crayons and placed them in a muffin tin.

After we finished, we placed them into the oven to melt together for about ten minutes.

Casen loves his new crayons! He doesn't fully grasp the concept of staying on the paper. Either that or he is truly the creative type!

Halloween

Our little hunter...

Trick or treating at our friend Joey and Kari's house. This was his first (and only) house and yes Dad did enjoy the candy!

Riding the roller coaster at our church's carnival.

Hamming it up for the camera!

Costa Rica

Since everyone has been asking, here are just a few pictures of our five year anniversary trip to Costa Rica. Below is the view of our resort from the main lobby.

Chris and I on our way to dinner one evening. The food at the resort was fabulous!

We laid out by the pool a lot!

We also met some interesting creatures. This little guy (a cousin to the raccoon) joined us for breakfast one morning.
One day we took a tour that involved horseback riding...
some interesting and wonderful (except for the rice) authentic Costa Rican food,
and ziplining through the rain forest.
The last night we were there we took a sunset boat tour and it was absolutely beautiful. It was probably the first time I've ever seen a complete rainbow!

The beauty of God's Creation was amazing!