"Par-tay!"

So, today, we had the little man's first birthday party. It was a lot different that what I thought it would be, it was great though. It was his day and we let him enjoy it. We had it at the park, and although it was a little chilly, he had a blast. Elmo was everywhere and so was the cake! I'll be more sentimental on his actually birthday, but today was just plain ole birthday fun! This is Kirk and his Pap (my dad)!

Why I love this guy!

Yesterday, all the stars aligned and and some great cosmic event took place, Danny and I both had the day off. Usually, when Dan has the day off, either I have to babysit, there is some kind of event, or we cram all the stuff that we need to do for the week into that one day. Not yesterday, we had some fun. We really did nothing, that was the best part. We had Hardees for breakfast, after a failed attempt at rice pudding here at home. Then we went to Tupelo (about 40 minutes away) where Dan works to get some movies and hang out at the mall. We had a great time, however, our car, after a $700 repair, is still broken and overheated about 5 times. But we both had great attitudes and laughed through it. This is what I love about Danny. We didn't do anything special or out of the norm, but it was the best day I have had in a while. Another thing I love about him is his sense of humor. One of the movies we rented last night was Valkyrie, about an attempt to kill Hitler (pretty good movie, by the way). So, Dan was in charge of giving Kirk a bath. He tells me to go get Kirk's pjs and when I come back into the living room, this is what I see.

Funny huh? Once Kirk gets his jammies on, Dad decides that they HAVE to match. So these are my boys.

I love those guys! By the way, Kirky is sick today, ear infections in both ears and tonsillitis, poor kid, but a good sport!

We love our Missionaries!

Things have been a bit slow here for the Williams clan. Not that we aren't always running around like crazy, but it is all just average things, playing in the yard, picnics, work, those type things. My mom bought Kirk a mini-picnic table and we had a blast out last week. It was much fun.

Danny and I have a dirty little habit, but a very fun one. For the past, I'd say, almost 2 years, we "prank" the missionaries in our area by "decorating" their car. It started off with plastic wrap and poka dot notes. We've gone on to "oreo" the windshield, put stinkbate under their seats, and, this is a good one, put confetti in their air vents so when they turn on the air the next day, wham, confetti goes everywhere. This past Wed, we found out that both of the missionaries in our area were being transfered. So, at the Senior recognition night, we decided to pay them the dues of getting "decorated". This is how it turned out. We only had about 5 or 10 min to do it, so it wasn't as elaborate is our previous jobs, but funny none the less.

Put One Foot in Front of the Other

So, this is what we learned to do at the Williams' household today. (I hope this video works! Oh, and note the shirt. I love him!)

Happy Easter!

What a great day it has been. I love holidays, which is no surprise to anybody that knows me. I have been so excited for the Easter Bunny to come for the past 2 months. We got up this morning and got ready for church and then we got to see what the Bunny had brought Kirk. He had a nice basket with 2 elmo movies, a couple of books, and an elmo bath tub faucet cover, which sadly did not fit our tub. We took a few pre-church pictures. Notice the Dad and the Kirk with matching ties. Then, we loaded up and went to church. All our lessons were amazing. After church, we went over to my Mammaw's house, which we have done every year that I've been alive. She had her Easter Egg shaped cake and huge Sunday meal. My only Aunt and Unlce and only 2 cousins were there, too.
After the meal, Kirk got to go out for his first egg hunt. It's kind of weird because this is probably the first year that the grandkids didn't hunt eggs (the youngest of us is my cousin, Brett, and he's 16, we all act like 5 year olds though). It was pretty much the Kirk show, which was kind of embarassing. I don't want people to think they have to pay attention to my kid. Anyway, man that kid had at it with the eggs. He acted like he knew what he was doing. He was finding those eggs and putting them in the basket one after another. Then, we did the coolest thing. We took family pictures. We took individual family pictures, then put the timer on and took a big one of the whole family. I know this isn't a big deal, but I believe that is the first whole family picture the Johnsons have ever made. Crazy. Anyway. Great day. I love my family!
(front row: Brett, second row: Me, Nicole Johnson, Marlee Wilson, back row: Robbin Johnson, Ricky Johnson, Kirk, Danny, Max Wilson, Marilyn Wilson, Betty Johnson, Billy Johnson)

Prom...and an update.

It seems like yesterday that Danny and I were going to our prom....ah, those were the days. Thursday night was my sisters Jr/Sr Banquet (aka prom, they just don't dance). Here is a picture of her and her date (just friends, but they used to "go out"). So fun to be young!

Also, I thought I'd let everyone know that Kirk had surgery yesterday (Friday) to repair his hernia. He is doing so well and acts like he doesn't even know it was done. It is an answer to a prayer, we were worried about the poor chap.

A Music Lovers Lament

This is very high school of me, but I have to get it off my chest. Our main car has no radio. We have survived off of cds for a long time. However, in the recent days, I've had to borrow my mom's car. That car's radio works fine, but no cd player. At first, I was really excited about the prospect of listening to the radio, not an everyday treat for me. Then, I tuned in to some of our local radio stations. Here in the greater Tupelo/Corinth area there are very limited music choices. You have your all country stations, all rap station, and all rock station. Then you have your 2 "hits and favorites" stations. So, I expected to hear hits, as well as favorites. Boy was I wrong. These stations are great if you want to hear music to the likes of Lil Wayne, Rhiannah, Taylor Swift, and, as Kidd Kradick eloquently puts it 3 Doors Creedleback. Plus, all the stuff that I got sick of listening to a year ago. Don't get me wrong, I don't have any problem with any of these, in moderation. Do you know how many times I've heard Circus by Brittney Spears in the past few days? Again, nothing wrong with that song. I actually liked it...the first 500 times I heard it. But really, is there nothing else out there? Are we as listeners limited to the top tens and thats it? I worked at a radio station for almost 5 years. I know how it works. The songs are preloaded according to their current rank on the billboard charts. Which is awesome, I want to hear what's popular and doing well. But what about those small underground bands? Just because they aren't in the top ten, doesn't mean that their music isn't any good. Why can't the radio be like a good mix tape? I recently found a "mix" cd from my high school years. Listening to it, I was kind of amazed at how eclectic it really was. One cd had (excuse my list, these were my "rebellious" years) Faith Hill, Blink 182, NSYNC, Eminem, 36 Mafia, Marilyn Manson, Kenny Chesney, a couple of songs from Alladin, Incubus, some punk group whose name I never knew, The Drop Kick Murphys, and I finished it up with a couple of church songs. Yea, I had some chart toppers on there, but I also had a few things that I'm not ever sure what was. What has happened to the music industry that we are only offered what the general public wants to hear? I'm not saying there's not good music out there, I'm just saying it's not offered in good ole Boonevegas. I once saw a video on VH1 that was somewhere in the top 5 of the countdown, and it was 6 months before I ever heard it played here. Well, excuse my rant. I'm now off to itunes to make a new mix cd to enjoy and stick it to the man, well, the radio man anyway. (sorry dad ha)