The Week of Williams

This past week we had Biran's Big brother, Jared came to visit. He lives in Jackson Hole so the sun and high 80's were pretty exciting for him. We LOVED having him here and we wish he lived here in Charlotte! (Hint, hint Jared). While he was here we introduced him to some of what the Carolina's have to offer... beautiful women, good food, and hard red clay dirt! We tried to have some fun and let him rest but Brian loves to do projects so they worked and joked and worked some more.

Brian and Jared on a hike in SC

Brian and Jared

They fixed a leak on the roof.

They changed the out side lights.

They tore apart a window and fixed it.

They added dirt and mulch to the flower beds and front yard, well EVERYONE helped with this. (the boys bought pallets 60 bags of top soil and 2 truck loads of mulch it was quite the task)

Brian and Jared working Hard!

Most improtantly they put closet organizers in the master closets. So now I have a "Sex in the City closet" compleate with bright lighiting, a full length mirror, and tons of storage space. Thank you my very own Mr. Big and his Big brother.

Before

After

The trip wasn't all work and no play... we had more Williams come and visit ( Brian's Mom and Dave, and sister Jennie all came down to visit. We were hoping to get all of the east coast family down here to see Jared and celebrate Brian's moms Birthday... maybe next time.

Brian, Whitney, Ellie, and Jennie

Debbie and Dave

Brian, Jennie, Debbie, and Jared

We had a great time with everyone. We ALL spent Friday working in the yard and got tons done. His family was a HUGE help and our yard looks 100 times better. We loved grilling out, playing games, and visiting with his family. It is always good to see family.

Spring Break/ Easter

I teach at a YEAR ROUND school (I know what was I thinking, right). This will stink when I only have 5 weeks off during the summer but it was great for spring break TWO WEEKS OFF! My two weeks were not school free...I decided to go threw ALL of my files and clean them out. What a task! I also spent some time with a few of my friends in the sun and I'm happy to say that I have the start of a great tan!

Brian's aunt and cousins all stopped by on their way down to their beach house... Yes it was tempting to hide in their trunk and stow away for a few days at the beach! We had a great time visiting and having dinner. I was excited to meet Brian's cousin Tiffany. She meet my expectations and was as great and nice as I had had been told. I tagged along on a couple of work adventures Brian went on and was happy to get to spend extra time with him. This hole 2 weeks of spring break should go national!

Brian, his aunt Melanie, his cousins Seth and Tiffany, Tiffany's daughters Avery and Kaili

Kaili and Ellie

Brian, Whitney, Avery

Brian Being a cute cousin!

We went up to Virginia for Easter and spent the weekend with Brian's mom, sister, and grandparents. It was a crazy fast whirlwind trip but we loved seeing everyone. Brian's grandpa has very interesting stories and he intrigues me. I love asking him questions! Brian got to go to priesthood session (if you don't know what that is its a a church thing) with his grandpa, they used to go together so it brought back some good memories for both of them.

Brian and his Grandpa Glen

We loved being able to see them and get away for the weekend.

Monster Tree Take 2

Yes we got another monster tree this past weekend this one was bigger than the last and required more work...what were we thinking!!!

Our new tree!

Jay and Jamie Helping Brian get it out of the truck.

Brian pulling it out of the truck with his 4wheeler.

Digging the hole...Ellie wanted to help

It was a little embarassing driving back from the nursery with this much tree sticking out of the truck!

Happy St. Patty's Day!

On St. Patrick's day I came home and saw new cabinets!!! YAHOOO!!! Brian put cabinets up in the laundry room! It is not a completely finished project but here is an idea of before and after... 

Before....

After!!!

We still have to get a counter top for the lower cabinets, put the washer and dryer back and tile the floor but it is a huge improvement!

career day!

Mr. Williams Came to career day at good'ol Walter Bickett and he was a big hit. Hey, 2nd graders LOVE rocks! They especially like shiny colorful rocks, not to mention that they all think they need a "measuring  laser" to use instead of a ruler.  The fact that he is married to me did help his popularity. One of the little boys said "um Mrs. Williams he is a big dude, I would never get in a fight with him." I guess if Brian was a smaller man this student would have challenged him to a fight???  Brian did a great job and I was very proud of him! I forgot my camera so just visualize Brian sitting in a tiny chair taking to 2nd graders. It was funny!

Our Monster Tree

Brian asked the landscaper for his company about getting a new tree. He said he had one for $100. This tree was supposed to have a 3 inch diameter trunk. We went to pick it up on Saturday and got a MONSTER TREE... that was 4 times bigger than we were expecting. It took Brian and 5 other guys to get it out of the truck and in the ground. 

Our Old tiny baby Tree!!!

The new MONSTER TREE!!!

Brian staking it down.

The monster tree sticking out of the truck!

It went 10 feet past the truck bed!!!!

The roots, for being a tree they wrapped it up nicely.

650 pounds of tree roots!!!

It looks great we can't wait for it to get green and leafy!

Posion Ivy

Beware of this nasty stuff!!!

We cleaned out our back yard (it was kind of over grown) and BRIAN GOT POISON IVY!!! He is so alergic that we have had to go to the doctors 3 times!!! He is on meds and has gotten shots... I didn't realize that the oils from it were so dangerous! I have cleaned, washed, and wiped down everything! I hope he gets better soon!