Easter Bunny and My Boys...

A little Easter Vignette...

Hope you all are enjoying this beautiful weather.

  Joe and I are off with the boys tomorrow for Spring Break and looking forward to a great weekend!  Hope you have a great weekend too!

Oh, and speaking of the boys..I took these pics last night and used the grunge texture on the iphone, you should download the app, camera+

It is really an amazing app to have, you will see!:)

Love my Boys!!

Faces...

So my MIL came over to take our Christmas Card Pics...Well, Ridge is now 2 and you all know what that means,he cannot sit still for 2 seconds! Check out his little face, you can just see it in his eyes!!

Ty Allen, now 6 was very helpful with Ridge and sometimes overly helpful where that's all he could focus on but bless his heart, he is so sweet and just loves his brother! 

We ended up taking several pics & it was pretty funny to view them and see happy faces, stressful faces, silly faces, what are you doing faces.  These faces are the most important faces in my life.

 As I begin my vacation from work, I am looking forward to spending every moment I can with my boys, all 3 of them!

  Life is so busy and sometimes it is good to just Thank God for all of the blessings in your life..

I know I am!  

A Red Wagon and Strawberry Ice Cream...

One of the joys of having a MIL that loves her camera and loves taking pics of my boys is that I get an email, open it up and...the sweetest pictures!

.A red wagon, Ice cream...and memories that will last a lifetime...who could ask for anything else?

Thanks Mary!

Love this saying...

One of my very favorite things to say to my boys!

Loving this...

Who would like to walk down to this Beautiful Arbor Style pier?

Maybe a swing, some Adirondack rockers and a good book.

I am loving the arches and would love some soft lighting for the evenings.

Oh, and what about a stone fireplace right in the center looking out on the lake?

This picture is in my idea file of some things I would love to have....

From our family to yours...

Ridge is ONE today!!

WOW, where has the year gone!!

My baby Ridge is ONE YEAR OLD today!

My precious boys...

Just wanted to share a new pic of my boys taken by my MIL. I just can't believe how big they are. Ty Allen is 4 and I just could not even imagine what a special and sweet Big Brother he is. Ridge is now 6 months and such a good baby! He just loves to watch his big brother act silly and play! What a Blessing!

4 months old.......

Just wanted to let you all know that I am not hiding out, I promise!

I have been very busy at work and when I get home, I only have a few hours to spend with my precious boys. WOW,How time flies.. Ridge is already 4 months old and growing so fast.

This picture was taken by my MIL as I will share more soon! Ridge is now laughing out loud and he just loves his big brother! His nick name is tater tot and boy do I love that Tater Tot!

Thankful...

I just wanted to take a few minutes to say that I am so Grateful to have 2 precious little boys. Ty Allen has been so loving to his new baby brother,Ridge... Oh, and it is just so sweet to just sit back and watch. Take some time to think about the things/people you are Thankful for. There are so many blessings out there and as we gather this week with friends and family,

Savor every moment with the ones you love because as you know, time flies so fast!

Wishing you and your family a Special Thanksgiving Day!

Little Ridge, Big Yawn...

Isn't this precious!

My little Ridge with a Big yawn...

Have a great day as we are all tired and going to try to catch up on a little sleep around here!

A Daddy's Love...

 

 

 

I just have to brag on Daddy for a minute, the daddy who saved his vacation time so that he could bond with his new baby boy! The daddy who get's up bright and early to make sure Ty Allen, our 3 yr. old son gets exactly what he wants for breakfast which is usually oatmeal and toast with juice. The daddy who fixes Ty Allens lunch and takes him to pre-school and picks him up. The daddy who helps fix dinner and has taken me to Ridge's doctor apts. and to the hospital lab today. The daddy that takes a bath with Ty everynight and plays helicopters in the tub. The daddy who gets up on every other feeding in the middle of the night to cuddle up with baby Ridge. He has been "the best daddy ever" and I am so thankful! Thank you, Joe!

BABY RIDGE...

 

OH, What a blessing from above...our lil'Ridge is doing well as you can see from the smile on his face! He is now 5 days old and has lost a little weight at 5pds, 12 ounces. Big brother Ty is so sweet as he just pats on his back and just smiles watching his brother! With a tear in my eye, I just love to watch my Boys!

Baby Ridge has arrived...

 

 

 

 

We are home now and have been BLESSED with a BABY BOY, RIDGE WAYNE LEE WILLIAMS.Baby Ridge came early with a surprise labor at 6:15am November 6th and was welcomed by his Big Brother, Ty Allen. We feel very blessed to have this sweet baby boy as a special addition to our family!

Jena

Old Green Chippy Paint with Elegant Frames...

Although we have now been in our home almost 2 years, it took a while for me to decide how I wanted to do a FAMILY COLLAGE OF PICTURES up our stairwell. I have been looking at many inspirational ideas and then found these great chippy old shelves at Canton. The SPARK then hit the minute I found these beautiful frames at Hobby Lobby 50% off. There are a few frames that I left empty for our upcoming baby boy! The great thing about this collage is that I can move the frames as needed as well as change out the pictures as our little ones grow!

23 Weeks Pregnant....

Wow, how time flies! I am now 23 weeks into the pregnancy and feeling great! We are beginning to plan our new little boys room and have picked out a Vintage Sports theme so I am so excited to get started! Check back as we continue to post as time goes by and have a wonderful weekend.

Memories of "Our lil' Cabin"

The Cabin...what great memories! My husband Joe's parents built the cabin as an original shop that Mary, my MIL worked out of for years! When they decided to build, they passed it down to Joe and he and I made it into a little cabin in the woods home! We were just talking about it last night which brought me to pull out pictures so that we could remember exactly what it was like! At the time, we did not have any children so we were somewhat saddened by some of the pics with our little Yorkie,Sadie and big cat on the front porch who have both since past. We do although have lots of great memories of taking a very well-built shop with so much character and making it "our home." We will always cherish these memories and miss this neat little cabin. With an open floor-plan, some of my favorite things were,the large screened-in back porch, spiral staircase to loft upstairs, claw foot tub, large ceilings with white-washed pine, a corner stand-up fireplace stove, built-in stained glass window,knotty-pine cabinets and one of my favorites, the open air vent painted red across the ceiling! When we decided to start our own family, we sold the cabin due to the size but will always cherish the memories of our Lil cabin in the woods!

IT'S A BOY!!

My husband, Joe & I found out Monday that our second child is a BOY!

With excitement, we headed home to show Ty Allen the sonogram pics and tell him he was going to have a little brother. When we arrived, he was just waking up from a nap with Grandmother and we said, look Ty, a baby brother! He just started crying and said, I don't want a brother, I want a sister! I want a girl!!

It was so disappointing so Joe reminded him that they could play baseball, go fishing, hunting and other boy things they could do. Later that evening, Ty came running to me and said, Mommy, LOOK! I brought my baby brother some stickers and he stuck them all over my tummy!!!

The next day, I took him to preschool and he ran in telling all of his teachers and friend he was going to have a baby brother! SO SWEET!

Due Date is December 4th.

(picture taken at Ty's 1st preschool program)

I've been tagged...

Pansy Cottage Girl tagged me so now I must tell you 6 things about myself...

1. I am a twin with Jana and that is why my name starts with a J. Jana and I are totally opposite as she has blond hair and blue eyes and I am a brunette but we are very close.

2. I love going to the pond with my little monkey so that he an throw 5,000 rocks in. He loves rocks and sticks!

3. I love anything old and chippy!

4. I enjoy watching birds and love to decorate with birds and bird nest!

5. I love little fairies,especially the ones my MIL makes. They are cute to decorate with and place anywhere!

6. When we built our home, well.....we built a special room for my husband to put all of his "prize possessions, deer,bobcat,fish,etc...

The Extra Ceiling Tin....Our Outdoor Grill!

We have not completely finished our Outdoor Grill but I couldn't wait to show you what we did with the extra ceiling tin we had from the breakfast ceiling room! A big thanks to my husband who spent many, many hours building this! I also wanted to let you know that my MIL and I planted a Yellow Ladybird climbing rose that will grow over the pergola in time and I have purchased some small round clear lights from Target to hang from the top of the pergola.

The grill was built on a concrete platform that we had poured when we built the house. My husband then used concrete blocks with concrete to build the base. He then made the pergola out of cedar wood, cutting each one individually. The sink and grill were then placed and we rented a concrete machine and begin pouring it which was almost a disaster because it began raining!! We covered it with plastic an it turned out fine, thank goodness. He then stained the concrete with concrete stain. We now have to put the cabinet doors on the front and the lights up but for now...well, I've got to head out and turn on the grill, it's a great night for cooking out!