my man's birthday

trevan turns 28 today.

28 feels old because when i met trevan he had just turned 21. i have seen trevan turn from a single young man with no worries into a man that deals with a crazy wife, 2 busy children, a mortgage, bills, and anything else that comes his way and he does it all with ease. i have to say i think he is like a stinky cheese (i have never had wine so i can't compare him to that) and he just gets better with age. i adore my trevy.

some of my favorite things about trevan are.....

-his love for anything jackson hole/yellowstone

-his natural ability with all children

(thats abe b.t.w.)

-how cute he is.

(i was literally blown away by his handsomeness the second i met him)

- that he pierced his ears for his girlfriend.

fyi.... his earrings at 16 year were nearly a deal breaker for me. jk.

trevan is a great man and i am so lucky he waited around for me to make up my mind. he was the right choice, the perfect choice, and the best decision i ever made. i love him, even when i don't.

happy 28th senor!

my daughter?

we all know that jude is a gregory through and through but people say greta looks more like me. i haven't really seen it but when i found these pictures i had to agree. turns out she is me, just a much nicer and more adorable version.

poor greta was cursed with my hair (and hair line). i have cut the back of greta's hair 4 times and obviously my mother let mine grow out. i think the cutting of greta's mullet is a wise decision. the back of our hair grows about 3x as fast as the rest of it. really, its quite bothersome.

of course, gretsie has her own look but its kind of really fun having someone that looks like you that you made.

flashback's

while at my mom's this past weekend i scanned some gem's and this week will be dedicated to those photos.

its a busy week this week..... trev's 28th and our 5th anniversary so stay tuned.

a binki story

last week after hearing a horror story of a 15 year old that still took a binki from my friend at work i came home bound and determined to rid jude of his best friend, his bink. it has been a long journey for us to get here. jude's binki has been with him since day one, it has seen him through 10 surgeries, one 3rd degree burn, many ear infections, one little sister, and a lot of hard times. his binki was his favorite source of comfort and i didn't want to be the one to take that comfort away from him.

we had tried everything (and i mean everything) to get rid of his binki but jude still wanted and got that damn pacifier. if you haven't met jude than you may not know how determined he is, he gets his way most of the time. i knew that it was past the point of just taking it away and that it would have to be his decision to be done with it. we had numerous conversations about how binki's were for babies, how it was ruining his teeth, and how we would reward him greatly for giving it up but he was not ready. yet for some reason last monday after i came home from work he was ready. i took him up to bed with me while trevan was tying some flies and he laid there with me, we read stories and snuggled and then he asked where his binki was and i told him dad would bring it up. he nodded off on my shoulder and slept soundly without his bink even as he was transfered to his own bed. when jude woke up in the morning he was shocked that he had slept without it and he made up his little mind right then and there that he was done with binki's. he snuck one of gretsie's later on that night but quickly noticed his crime and threw it across the room and hasn't had one sense. its been a week and i am proud to say that jude is finally binki free. i am beyond proud of him.

i'm not quite sure how we got here. my sweet baby judakins is no longer my baby. he's a big boy now, and don't try to tell him other wise. in very short 3.75 years we have left bottles, cribs, onesies, diapers, chubbiness, and binki's far behind in babyland. the only piece of babyhood that jude has left is one tattered and torn blanket that i am totally fine with him having for the rest of his life (i have mine after all). i don't know where the time has gone. in two weeks time my firstborn will head off to pre-school and he will start to learn and grow without me by his side. he will start his independence. it's all a little too much for me to handle and i think i wish that i could start all over again.

stop, just let time stop.

just for a minute (or forever).

freckle lip

the thing is a freckle lip is not flattering on a 26 year old female.

i am a williams by birth and the williams that i spawn from are not hairy people. the williams men have 3 chest hairs, wispy leg hairs, don't usually start needing to shave well into their 30's, and have barely enough hair to cover their heads (in some cases none). the williams women and i guess ausman women too, have little or no arm hair and NO facial hair. i, kennan, am no different.

however, the past few summers i have gotten freckles on my upper lip and they look like GASP facial hair. yes, i look like i have a mustache. its depressing and i don't know what to do about it.

so if you see me in the next few months, rest assured that its no mustache you are witnessing but really just a case of female freckle lip.

don't you judge me.

utah day @ nannie's

how great is it that in utah we get two 4th of july's?

it's pretty great.

this lil lady sure knows how to have a celebration. nannie had all of us kids that could come (us and the jackson's) down for lunch and a little sidewinder falls. nannie's has the best lunch parties that include precious delicious make your own sandwiches. really, its not all that different than any lunch at home but everything taste's better at my mom's. she truly is the greatest and that husband of hers? well, he's not half bad either.

saying that greta LoVE's the water is somewhat of an under statement

dusty always makes my day better, i am a HUGE dustin fan.

part of the reason i love dustbin so much is his better half. please, brooke? she is the most amazing sister/ best friend you could ask for (once you get over being jealous of her).

this 15 month old crawler is the apple of my eye

brooke love's doing jumping pictures (see here and here and here) and neither of us are strangers to a camera.

what?

we are williams that's what we do.... put on a show (even if it is just for our own entertainment).

even jude loves a little jump shot

we are darling and available.

hope your daytime 24th activities were as fun as ours.

t-ball finale

jude's first year of baseball has come and gone. it definitely had its ups and downs but it was all worth it in the end to see jude get his trophy for being a "valuable player" (what happened to most valuable player?). he loves having his own trophy on his bookcase in his room. of course, his last game was his best game and he finally had the whole t-ball thing figured out, he may have even enjoyed himself. i guess we will have to start fresh in the spring.

as i have mentioned before...... jude did great in the outfield as long as i was there right beside him. i am cherishing the fact that he still wants me by his side as long as i can.

greta got the MVCS (most valuable and cutest spectator) award

what a great way to end the season..... with your dad and grandma coordinating in their orange shirts and seer sucker shorts, so adorable.

GOOD SEASON SIR JUDE!