I am blessed and a little bit spoiled!



On February 15th, every woman is asked several times, "So what did you get for Valentine's Day?

 How was your Valentine's Day?" I too fell prey to the questions.

Unfortunately, I have to admit, my answer to most was "It was ok, but not GREAT!"

 To some, I even grumbled a little, wishing that I had gotten more.

You see, the morning began with Mike letting me sleep in while he got up and got the kids

 all ready for school. Then after sleeping in, we went to Ponca City so that he could buy the

 girls their valentine gifts from him. While there, he bought them gifts, cards and also purchased me a card which he wrote very sweet things in.

 He also offered to buy me basically anything I wanted while we were there.

 He did actually buy me some white chocolate truffles

even though I was in a bad mood by this time, and I had said that I didn't want anything.

 Then we went to Rusty Barrell Steakhouse where I had an incredible steak sandwich. 

Then for supper, we had steak, baked potatoes, corn, french bread, mixed berries and

 strawberry cheesecake. The entire family was actually home at the same time to enjoy it!

The table was set with heirloom plates passed down from Mike's grandma Williams

 and wine glasses (filled with strawberry pop) that were wedding gifts 19 years ago!



Finished the evening by watching a movie snuggled up in bed.

So...why the bad mood? Why the grumbling?

 Because I am a spoiled brat!

Yes, I hate to write it and really hate it that I am blogging it because now it will

 forever be in print and can come back to haunt me!

But, here's my complaint. Get ready for it....

Valentine's Day was basically like just any other day!

 You see, my husband often lets me sleep in on his days off and gets the kids up and ready for school.

He regularly lets me buy whatever I want.

We go out to eat somewhere nice at least once per week. Probably at Rusty Barrell every couple months. We have nice meals at home pretty often.

We rent movies and watch them anytime I want to.

So they say, the first step is acknowleging that you have a problem!

 So...let it be forever in print...that I, Kristy Leanne Williams realize

 that I am so incredibly blessed and even a little bit spoiled!

I had a great Valentine's Day...why? Because it WAS like just any other day!

State Champions!!

DCLA EAGLES WIN STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

FOR 1ST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY!!

As a freshman, Lane got to be part of school history...winning the gold ball for Deer Creek-Lamont Eagles! I have to admit, I wasn't very happy having to get him up to go to weight lifting 4 mornings per week, all summer long, at 6:00 a.m.  I wasn't very happy that he had to go to 3 football camps where big, huge guys were gonna tackle my son!! But...let me tell you how happy I was when our team won that gold ball!! It was worth every early morning practice and, yes, even worth those big guys hitting on him to toughen him up! You know why? Because, my son, Lane, made the very last tackle of the championship game! Wow! Did I mention that I am proud of him?!! To finish bragging, enjoy a picture of the little ole' ring that he got for winning State.



Yeah...it's really that big!! :)





Cheyenne as a DCLA Eagle!



Cheyenne's 3rd and 4th grade DCLA team go
t 2nd place at the Lutheran Tournament in Ponca City.



Coach Means giving the girls a PepTalk!




Coach praying with the Team


If you haven't noticed...I LOVE BASKETBALL! Thankfully so does a couple of my kids! That way I get to go be the crazy mom in the stands who yells and screams cheering on my kids! Cheyenne was so excited this year to be part of a REAL basketball team! They have done very well, placing 2nd at the McCord Tournament as well as the Lutheran Tournament. Perhaps the success could be attributed to the fact that we have an athletic group of girls...perhaps it could be that we have a skilled coach...I would like to think it's that we have a coach that is willing to give God all the Glory and Credit for all that is done in life whether on the basketball court or off.  Coach Jamie Means is the gym teacher at DCLA and he takes these young kids to tournaments and teaches them not only the fundamentalsof basketball, but how to live daily as a Christian. Praying after a game with the team is just a part of the way he shares Christ with these girls. Thank God for allowing me to raise my kids in a small school where Christianity is still viewed as a good thing!  We have a great school and I am very proud that my kids spend their school days with such great teachers!



Just another day in Paradise!!

Several years ago there was a great country song called "Just Another Day in Paradise" that I could really relate to!  See lyrics below and if you know me at all, you'll understand why I liked it so well! Well, as you can see by the pictures above, what started out as a lovely day to go haul some hay bales quickly turned disasterous!! A wheel bearing went out on the trailer that we had borrowed to haul the hay bales home from Blackwell. It sparked causing the hay to catch on fire and once you have hay on fire...you got a PROBLEM!! Fortunately, Mike was able to pull over in a wheat field and unhook his pickup from the trailer. The handle was right by a bale that was on fire so it did burn his hand, but could have been much worse. The Deer Creek Volunteer Fire Dept came out and did a great job of getting the hay cooled off enough that Mike was able to unload it off of the trailer so that it did not ruin the trailer. So, yes, we lost 11 bales of hay at $30/bale and have to replace a couple tires on the trailer and pay for an axle and pay for a fire run....BUT...Mike is fine, the truck is fine, the trailer is basically ok and did I mention that MIKE is fine?!!  God seems to send me little reminders like this all the time to remind me that he never promised me that life would be a bed of roses! In fact, it's pretty tough somedays, but I wouldn't trade it for anything! In fact, every night I ask the Lord for "just another day in paradise!!!"

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE

The kids screaming, phone ringing
Dog barking at the mailman bringing
That stack of bills - overdue
Good morning baby, how are you?
Got a half hour, quick shower
Take a drink of milk but the milk's gone sour
My funny face makes you laugh
Twist the top on and I put it back
There goes the washing machine
Baby, don't kick it.
I promise I'll fix it
Long about a million other things

Well, it's ok. It's so nice
It's just another day in paradise
Well, there's no place that
I'd rather be
Well, it's two hearts
And one dream
I wouldn't trade it for anything
And I ask the Lord every night
For just another day in paradise
Friday, you're late
Guess we'll never make our dinner date
At the restaurant you start to cry
Baby, we'll just improvise
Well, plan B looks like
Dominoes' pizza in the candle light
Then we'll tippy toe to our room
Make a little love that's overdue
But somebody had a bad dream
Mama and daddy
Can me and my teddy
Come in to sleep in between?

Yeah it's ok. It's so nice.
It's just another day in paradise.
Well, there's no place that
I'd rather be
Well, it's two hearts
And one dream
I wouldn't trade it for anything
And I ask the Lord every night
For just another day in paradise
Well, it's ok. It's so nice.
It's just another day in paradise.
Well, there's no place that
I'd rather be
Two hearts
And one dream
I wouldn't trade it for anything
And I ask the Lord every night
For just another day in paradise

For just another day in paradise
Well, it's the kids screaming. The phone ringing
Just another day
Well, it's Friday. You're late
Oh yeah, it's just another day in paradise

Yep! That's right! Negative 2!!! Remind me of this when I'm whining of how hot I am this summer! Dang it's cold! It's so cold that all I want to do is stay in bed and snuggle under the covers. Wait a minute...I like to do that no matter what the weather! Oh well, this certainly makes for a good time to do it! So, enough of this. I'm going to snuggle now!

First Snow!!

                                                               
  
It's SO pretty! Well, it's January 10th and we have received our first snow of the season! About 3 inches. I love it! Of course I don't have to be out in it. The kids don't either but they sure seem to want to! They are out playing right now, begging to bring in a bowl of it to make snow ice cream. I think I might just give it to that request! I love snow ice cream as much as they do! Always heard not to use the first snow of the season, but who knows when we'll get more. Think I'll chance it and just go for a pile of clean snow! I will however take the advice of those who say "don't eat the yellow snow!" We have way too many animals around to not heed that advice! Some of them are even 2 legged human animals! Well, time to go make the hot chocolate for those silly, energetic kids that will come in half frozen! Stay safe and warm!

Harder than I thought

Wow, I have even more respect for bloggers who blog everyday! I was really excited about starting this. And now, one week later, here I am doing blog number 2!! :) I'd like to offer excuses like...but Awana started back up this week and we've had 5 basketball games...which is all true, however, that is just normal life for us! Actually, I could have found time to do it but I've chosen to spend time enjoying my husband this week! He was off for 7 days in a row which is what he is supposed to get off in exchange for working 12 hour shifts at Conoco. It just doesn't always happen that way. But he got all 7 off this time, so we had lots of time to spend together! I LOVE spending time with my husband! We have breakfast dates after taking the kids to school, lunch dates when we have to run to town to get parts, coke dates when it happens to be happy hour at Sonic, or even late night dates when we are both craving cheese breadsticks from Pizza Hut! Wednesday night after putting the kids to bed, we snuck back into town, picked up breadsticks and headed to the park to eat them! Mmmm! Were they really better than ever or was it just the laughs, conversation and togetherness that made them so yummy?!!

To update on the happenings this week, on Monday Cody had a basketball game which they lost but he did get to play some towards the end. That was fun to watch! Tuesday consisted of Lane playing a JV basketball game followed by a girls and then boys basketball game. Late night but fun, fun, fun if you like basketball like we do! Wednesday night was the start back of Awana after a 2 week Christmas break. We always start back with Pajama Night as our theme night and there were lots of cute pj's around. Then Thursday, Friday and Saturday found us heading out to Cherokee for Lane's tournament which they would up getting 5th place in. Not too bad considering the amount of practice they have actually had due to their LONG football season lasting until December 4th. Not that I'm complaining about that though! :) So we'll wrap up the week with a great day tomorrow at church and then begin another crazy busy Williams week! Thanks for stopping by to see us! Hope you have a fun-filled week as well!

                                             Lane is #21 for the DCLA Eagle Basketball team