Weekend Update: Mom's Day

Another weekend has FLOWN by! We had an action packed weekend, once again.  This weekend was EXTRA special though, because we celebrated Nug's 4th birthday! (cue the tears, please...)

Eddie's dad came to town to keep the kids when we went to Miami last weekend, so he stayed through the week and Eddie's mom came in on Wednesday so we had the party Saturday afternoon.  I am doing a separate post on the party though... gotta make shorter posts! ha!

Here is a look at our weekend!

Friday, after the boys went to school, Patty and I picked them up and headed home to let Bruce out.  We played for a while and then went to the mall to get the boys some new shoes! Andy has been asking for "tie" shoes for a loooong time now.  It's all he wanted for his birthday.  He quickly picked out the brightest shoes in the store...

Cal picked out some blue ones, but they did not have them in his size, so he decided to get matching shoes... the Williamson boys will be easy to spot...!
While at the mall, Cal mad a comment about not feeling well and his tummy not feeling right.  I figured he was tired, but it was obvious he was not at 100%.  

We headed home and the boys had a killer dance party in the driveway.  Andy was BESIDE himself over the new shoes.... 

 They were going ALL out dancing.  I can't imagine what neighbors thought as they drove by-- and I don't really care, ha! These kids were having THE best time!

 Please take note of Andy in the background.... see his hands?

 Yes.  He is rocking.it.out. 

 The shoes pretty much glow. 

Cal didn't eat much of his dinner, which was odd because it was his favorite.  We put the boys to bed and then got to work decorating the kitchen for the big party day the next morning!

After we finished decorating it all, Cal cried out for me.  I went into his room to find he had puked EVERYWHERE.  It was the biggest mess I have ever seen.  Thank goodness my mother in law was here! She took care of the entire mess so that I could deal with Cal.  She washed sheets and scrubbed the floor...everything.  I cleaned Cal and helped him throw up again... bless his heart. He slept on our floor that night in case it happened again.  It didn't, thankfully!

Cal woke up Saturday morning in the BEST mood! He came downstairs and announced that he felt SO good! haha! I guess something just didn't sit right on his stomach-- he was good as new come Saturday morning!

Andy was beyond excited to come down and see the decorations.    

We headed out the door early for a 9am soccer game.  These three little blondies had a blast playing together.  

 After the game, I got some snuggles with my two favorite Ducks...

We ran a few errands, including going by a house we think will be Tricia and Tommy's new house....!!! And headed home for showers and naps... (ahhhh, thank goodness he napped!_

When I woke him up for the party, he was SO EXCITED!!!! He quickly got dressed and I kid you not, did not stop smiling the rest of the day....

 We spent Saturday night at the party, and that post will come tomorrow (maybe??).

Sunday morning was Mother's Day! We had a low key morning at the house.  Tricia and Tommy and Carrie went to Panera and brought breakfast over for us.  We hung out and I did some cleaning and then we headed over to my parents house for a mother's day brunch-- it was fabulous!

Mom and I had on all kinds of layers because the weather could not make up its mind.  We look goofy in this picture, but I am so glad I have it.  My mom is the most selfless, caring, wonderful person I know.  I am so thankful to have her help me become a better mom...I am lucky to get to learn from the best!

 I got a picture of Eddie's mom, Patty, and her three kids. I adore every one in this picture.  Eddie's sisters are truly two of my closest friends and I love Patty too.  We all get along so well---which I know is rare! Soooo glad they were here this weekend to celebrate Andy and to celebrate mother's day!

And then there's these two...

Being a mom is hard.  And tiring.  And so trying.  But it is also SO amazing and so fun and so exciting and so wonderful! I can't believe God gave me these two little boys to love.  I do not ever want to take that for granted.  I adore being their mom and I am honored to get that title!

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and a fabulous mother's day!


 

LAST weekend update: MIA

Life is kicking my rear this week! Playing catch up with everything....the blog has taken a back seat. 

Last weekend, we headed out of town and hit MIA for the weekend. We went with the Corleys and we had SO much fun!

We got up SUPER early Friday morning to catch a 6am flight:

By 11, we were sitting in the poolside cafe having lunch and drinks.

The boys were enjoying tequila shots-- ha!

We moved down to the beach and had a cooler packed with our beverages.  And we enjoyed said beverages....very much. 

 We left the beach and headed up to our rooms to get ready to go out Friday night-- it was a gorgeous night too!

All ready to head out!

We had a BIG night out after a BIG day on the beach.

But we mad reservations to go to Barry's Bootcamp Saturday morning.  We had heard much about this workout and we were excited to give it a shot; we were not excited about doing it hungover!

It was a KILLER workout...I didn't think I would survive. We spent the first 24 minutes RUNNING on a treadmill.  If you know me, you know I do not run.  Like, at all.  If a murderer were to be chasing me, I would just turn around and say 'here ya go' because I ain't running away. 

But I managed to run on that damn treadmill and I didn't kill myself, although I did think my heart was going to explode out of my chest. Multiple times. We definitely sweat out all of the alcohol we consumed the previous night.

Saturday night we went out again, this time to several different bars.  It was another fun night!

 We ended the night at the Fountain Blue, where we stayed up entirely too late. 

We stayed on the beach for all of Sunday and then got on our flight at 8 to get home late...

A shout out to my AMAZING father in law who kept the boys, kept the dogs (!!!!!), cleaned the house and even did laundry!!! I came home to find all of these clothes so neatly folded...

So, I am struggling to get through this week after such a fun weekend!

This week isn't over yet though.... Andy's birthday party is this weekend so we have Eddie's family in town and all kinds of errands to run to get ready for that!


 

#carriedaway: week 16

Week 16:

 Day 106: I caved and went and bought the replacement lala today...and a bear for Cal. Cal names his bear Rascal and Andy named his "lala" Coconut.

 Day 107: I had the privilege of being this sweet girl's "grand friend" today. I was SO honored..I can promise today is a day I will not soon forget! SH, please tell P how much I loved it all!

 Day 108: please stop looking so old. Thanks.

 Day 109: the sweetest boy I know...and cal.

 Day 110: THUMBS UP

 Day 111: this kid makes good days even better

 Day 112: we conquered the zip line!

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Friday Favorites!

Y'all ready for a whoooole lot of random?!

 

I am linking up and here are some of my FAVORITES this week:

1. HANK

This dog is so dang sweet.  He has always been so tolerant of these wild boys. Always.  He is the most loving animal and at 90+ pounds, he tries hard to be gentle.  I have a million pictures of the boys on Hank.  But this week, I looked over at Cal and saw this:

It got me thinking about how many pictures I have taken of this boy and this dog.  But then I got sidetracked and didn't think about it again, until the next day when I walked into my room and saw Cal in his favorite position:

And then the next day....

Hank is like a big gigantic furry pillow.  And, let me tell you- Hank loves this just as much as Cal.  

So this last picture got me thinking about when Cal was a newborn and we introduced Cal and Hank. Of course Hank was overly intrigued by the baby and when Cal would cry, Hank would cry right along side of him- haha.  I remember taking these pictures like it was yesterday.  Same boy, same dog, same bed.  

You can see Eddie's hands in the above picture, ready to pounce and grab Cal if Hank decided at the last minute to hop up and run.  But he never did.  The most he would do is lift his head and look back at Cal while he cooed.  

Pretty amazing these two have been such buddies all these years.  

I have a million pictures of both boys on top of Hank loving on him.  I took several just today.  But there is something so sweet about the fact that they are on our bed together... makes this dog definitely one of my FAVORITES today, and every other day!

2. BOOK CLUB

I am sooooo excited about this!!! I always read when I am on vacation, but when I am home, I just don't find the time to read.  I know I have the time-- I just need to MAKE myself read.  But I just didn't.  When I had down time, I would sit and look at instagram, read blogs or (gasp) play candy crush.  ewwww. 

Well, these two lovely ladies, Andrea and Jackie....

and I geeked out in Aruba talking about books we have loved. We came home and continued texting about books we were reading.  I admitting I wasn't reading anything currently, and Andrea said she was about to start a new book, and Jackie said she was looking for a book.  I suggested a little book club, and we are doing it!!! I am SUPER excited (and geeky!) about this!

The first book we are reading is Saving Grace by Jane Green.  Jackie blew through it in one weekend and Andrea is making great progress too, so it is making me want to read-- and read quickly!!-- so that we can talk about the book! I went to the car wash today and instead of staring mindlessly at my phone, I read.  And it was lovely! I am about halfway done and I can not wait to discuss what is happening in this book. 

If you have any good book suggestions, please send them my way! We will be doing this again when we all finish and we will need new books.

3. Homemade Spaghetti Sauce-- yummmmm

I posted this picture in my Weekend Update post:

And promised to share the recipe.  I am not a cook.  At all.  I make some yummy desserts, but I am no cook.  This sauce is bomb.  It is my mother in law's recipe and it is delicious!

In a crock pot or on the stove top:
1 small can tomato paste
3 one pound cans tomato sauce
1 can crushed tomatoes
1 small onion chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 tsp pepper
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp parsley
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp basil
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp rosemary
1 tsp salt
****note: I do not use measuring spoons when making this, and I can assure you I use WAY more than a teaspoon of all of those spices... I use more like a heading tablespoon.  Either way.  It's delicious***
Brown ground beef- we like ours extra meaty so we use 2 pounds of lean meat
Throw it all in the crockpot and let it simmer all day.  The longer it simmers the better it gets. 

 It freezes really well too!

3. Poppy!

Eddie's dad is keeping this boys this weekend-- all of them, Cal and Andy and Bruce and Hank...!-- so that we can go and relax in Miami.  He is soooo kind, and maybe a little bit crazy to do it and we are extremely grateful! He's my favorite this week!

5. Swimmers!
Ever since Aruba, Andy has had his mind made up that he is doing swim team this summer.  He has been holding this firmly in his head and there is no arguing with him.  I fully support it! I think it is awesome! I certainly wasn't going to push him into it until he was ready. 
I told him he had to swim a full lap before he could do swim team, and he has been talking about this lap a lot!
Last week at swim, he wanted to do it, but there wasn't enough time at the end of their practice for the to do it. 
This week, Andy and Lee walked in and told their coach they wanted to swim a lap.  So, at the end of practice, their coach got in the water with these boys and one at at a time, they took turns swimming a full lap! I was SO proud! Andy hopped out at the end and said "I'm going to do it again!" and then ran down to the end of the pool, ready to go again.  There wasn't time for him to go again, but he was ready to go!

After they did it, they were ALL smiles!

SO proud of these little swimmers and they are definitely my FAVORITES this week!

Have a GREAT weekend!!!