The Williams Family: July 2016

Derek does the blogging most of the time, which I love, but I forget to post pictures for my phone. So continue on from Derek's post.

This little one likes her bath time, even in her pjs!

Ashlyn had a great school year attending the zoo preschool in Omaha. Many fun memories and she loved her teachers. She is getting so big! I tear up every time I think that she will be going to kindergarten in the fall. I picture me being that mom that will bawl the morning that I drop her off on the first day of school.

Ashlyn's teachers: Mr. Brian and Miss Emily

We miss our besties!

Many road trips in this van! I can't believe how well our kids do in the car, but I am happy that we won't have any road trips in the near future (sorry family).

Fun Lagoon outing with cousins! It has been so great to see this cousins get along so well!

It melts my heart seeing them hold hands.

Derek and I had a blast with the girls on our Lagoon date! We rode on a ton of rides and had dinner there. We were there from opening to closing. Derek and I were going to have an evening date at the Lagoon, but the girls were having so much fun we could take them home....so what did we do....we had a family date!!! YAY!

While in Utah I was able to spend so much time with many wonderful friends! I wish I got a picture with every single one of them, but there is only this one. Love you guys!

I don't know where this picture was taken, but it is adorable so I had to share.

Our adorable Desi! She is getting so big. We love all the smiles, giggles, and this good natured baby.

Another Thanksgiving trip when I took the girls.

Too scared to ride the pony.

There are many joys and challenges with having your kiddos close in age, but it makes it worth it when you see them love and play together! Best Friends Forever!

I love how her arms love to go up while she sleeps. We definitely can't wrap her up in Texas because she is a sweaty mess... I may need to buy new clothes for this extreme humid weather. She has been living in onesies.

Cousins on the rock!

On the drive to Texas we went to the Dallas Children's museum. It was nothing compared to Omaha. It made me miss Omaha so much, but the kids still had fun!

It rained while we were playing outside.

The joy of being a kid when you are so carefree.

We threw a bridal shower for Minnie and these girls were the toilet paper brides for one of the games. This picture is just so adorable...Derek tears up whenever he thinks of this day for them... ha ha.

Bounce house

We absolutely love station park. It is one of our favorite places to go when we are in Utah.

This may be a disorganized, very long post because there is a lot to upload.

Brinley saw a picture of me recently with a beard. She looked at it, then looked at me and said, "Daddy you're silly. Are you Trevor?"

Playing with marbles with David and Maren at Great Grandpa and Grandma Robertson's house.

We went to Thanksgiving Point and the girls got to touch a Komodo Dragon!

We visited Amberlin's new house! It was beautiful and Brinley became quickly interested in Amberlins toy room.

Bed time story on the back porch before sleeping outside in the tent!

Grandpa loves his granddaughters!

We went for a walk by the river in Spanish Fork. It was lots of fun. Grandpa even made a movie about it!

Happy cousins! Stuffin their faces with Swedish Fish.

Daddy's homemade swing. As hard as it was to hold on, balance, and not hit into the tree, fence or bushes, the girls still had a lot of fun.

We went to the SAND DUNES! We had a blast! Here is Uncle Trevor flying over a dune.

Home made strawberry ice cream on the back porch!

Fun Uncle Preston-

Ashlyn loves twinning with her Nana! Matching necklaces...

And glasses! Ashlyn loved Nana's glasses so Nana bought another pair and punched the lenses out of Ashlyn's pair so she could wear them.

Ashlyn has loved wearing the glasses. She's also developed a love for the movie, "Once I was a Beehive". She told Jenny, "Mom, I just think the girl is so cute." Jenny tried to figure out which girl she was talking about. She was surprised to find out that Ashlyn was talking about Phoebe, a bookworm girl in the movie.

Grandma Martinson paid for us to go to Lagoon! We had such a BLAST! In the morning, Parker and Sawyer came with us.

Claire was traumatized on the first ride. It was a little jeep ride that went in circles. After that, she wasn't getting on any other rides.

We absolutely loved this roller coaster! It's called Bombora. It's actually a pretty fun roller coaster. I was afraid the girls would get scared but they absolutely loved it. For the last hour of Lagoon being open (they close at 10pm) we basically just rode this roller coaster over and over. It was such a fun memory!

Getting wet on Rattle Snake Rapids!

Here's another one I thought the girls would be scared and crying on but they ended up loving it.

Papa brought home the Ranger to let us go for rides on the mountain above their house. We had lots of fun. The girls couldn't decide if they wanted to slow down or go faster most of the time.

THANKS PAPA!

Claire was having a ball getting water with the cup from the sprinklers. She's such a bundle of fun.

Back to the Williams! On a hike to the grotto!

The girls love playing on Grandpa's iPad and reading stories.

We love playing with our Uncle Kris!

Nothing better than stories read by Grandma!

Visiting Grandma Lewis! The girls loved seeing the horses in the back.

Claire loves being a baby!

"Is this the right way, Dad?"

We met Rapunzel at the ward party in Centerville!

Sleepover in Grandma's room!

This girl doesn't fuss often, but when she does, I wish she didn't.

There were a couple times while talking to Trevor that I felt like I was looking at myself. Weird.

We went to Cascade Springs! Food was not allowed so we had a tailgate party lunch!

What a dood.

Grandpa taught the girls how to fish for Swedish fish at home in the kitchen. This led to more questions which led to Grandpa getting a fishing license and buying fishing poles for the girls. They loved it!

This girl loves shoes! It doesn't matter who's they are, she will try them on and wear them around the house. She prefers one shoe on and one shoe off.

We went to the Provo Rec Center and had a blast! There was a lot to do and we loved it! Aubrey and Dennis made it a lot of fun. They are a great aunt and uncle.