The Williams Six

Our sweet friend, Mariana Rodriguez, took family pictures for us. As our family of 6, we've never had real pictures taken before, so I was SO excited!!! Our little boys were not cooperating at all, so I am so impressed she managed to get any good picks....much less awesome ones!! This is the "must have" picture....I have a picture like this from each stage of life! Oh, my MEN!! I LOVE this picture!!!!   Daddy and his precious girl Disregard my double chin :) My sweet girlie and me My oldest and youngest This looks like a magazine ad: Brett made them all laugh....

Photo cred: Mariana Rodriguez My sweet, precious, full of life baby is no longer a baby.  On June 15, he turned 2.  (How we got here.....to where our youngest of four is TWO.....I just can't even grasp it). I adore my Beebers more than I could ever explain.  He is just......perfect.  Even though he is not much younger than the other kids, he somehow is our family mascot.....we all just love him to pieces.  Everyone practically smothers him with love.  He is definitely the baby!!  We all just think he's the best. Levi makes us laugh on the regular.  The only word he can say is "mama", so instead of learning to talk, he just screams and points.  Surprisingly, it's quite effective.  Haha! The Beeves (other nicknames: Beevers, Leviticus, Ruebenstein, Moisha---don't ask on the last 2, LOL) is so precious.  He loves to give "sugars" (kisses) and snuggle.  He is very active and keeps up with the big kids quite well.  He ...

My sweet friend, Emily, texted me a cool conversation she had with her young son last night. I thought it was so cool and really blessed my heart. Today Chloe told me she hopes we get her sister by Christmas. I told her to "Ask God." Chloe replied, "God already said yes a few days ago," in a very assured obvious tone....suggesting that we don't need to re-ask God for something He already promised. So humbling and precious. If you need me, Hunter and Chloe will be mentoring me in my Christian faith.......because these two kids are incredible.

A cool story happened this week, and I want to record it on my blog....in case it actually comes to fruition.  It will be neat to see how God orchestrates it all. About a week ago, I was reading Rhinestone Jesus  (which I highly recommend), and the author talked about "dreamstorming" with God.  I've been in a weird life tension lately (another blog for another day, but basically feeling like God is about to bring some change to my life but I don't know exactly what).  The idea of dreamstorming---writing out all of your heart's desires and dreams---struck a chord.  God gives us dreams for a purpose, so I think that writing out those dreams can be very helpful. One of the dreams I wrote down is that I really would like a 5th child.  Because of miserable pregnancies and four c-sections, I would realllllly prefer not to have another baby (though God hasn't given me peace to totally shut that door, the idea of pregnancy and another c-section is hard for me...

I used to be the best parent ever. I knew the best way to calm a fussy baby. I knew how to discipline a child with success. And then, I had children.  Four of them, to be exact. All of my great theories disappeared the day my first child was born.   Because OH MY GOSH, children are hard to raise.  And there is no formula for success, as much as I really wish there were.   The longer I'm a parent, the more I realize I have no idea what I am doing. The more people ask me for advice, the more I say, "I have no idea, but I do pray a lot."   So, friends, I ask you...... Could we all just admit we have no idea what we're doing?? We are ALL doing the best we know how, that's for sure.  And, believe me, I invest my life into my children.  But, in the end, I have no control how they will turn out.   Having four kids has been the greatest gift in my life, because they are all so very different.  What works for one ch...