Thursday, October 13, 2011

Kona Ironman Oct 8, 2011

Joey Williams You are an IRONMAN!!!!

I have been thinking about those words since Joey was selected to participate in the Ironman almost a year ago. Finally, last Saturday I got to hear them.  The excitement and relief and rush and glory was overwhelming. I still can't believe he did it! Too many nights of training to count. Too many nights home with Tess while Joey was preparing for this occasion.  Too many times I said, "I cannot wait until this is over." And now, Too many times will I tell Joey how proud I am of him.


                                                       we got there in the dark.




                                            Jimmy pumping Joe up before the big start


...And they are off!


                                                             And it's dark again!
                                                                     He did it!
                 "Joey Williams YOU are an IRONMAN!"

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Rich's Scrub Cap

We all decided to pose in it:)




Love him!.... Miss him!

ironman prep

Joey spent the day before the race doing what he does best.... hanging with his mini me. Got to love them!




Modeling our flowers

Friday, October 7, 2011

We are here!






hello Kona! My you are beautiful. We have been waiting oh so long to see you!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Kona here we come!



Ironman is a week from TODAY!!! Thinking that NEXT Saturday Joey will be swimming, riding, and running from anywhere from 14-17 hours gives me butterflies!! He will do great... and cannot believe the end is in sight... and what better way to celebrate than going to HAWAII!!!

We leave Tuesday night.....
here are some pictures as we celebrated Joey the other night with prayer and dessert!

6 months old and loving it!









More pictures of our 6 month old!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

half a year you say?

Tess is half a year old... She is in her prime months, and loving every second

My my does Tessa have A LOT of energy! she gets random bursts of excitement throughout the day that include but are not limited to: screaming, drooling, squealing, jumping, rocking, drooling, babbling, drooling, blubbering, laughing, sighing, drooling. Did I mention the drooling. NO? well in that case, she is A DROOL BUCKET. we are dealing with it minute by minute, but Im really trying to help her understand it isnt lady like. ;)

Tessa's full time job is sitting! When she isnt on the clock she enjoys laying on her belly, standing in the excersaucer (thanks caleb!) playing with all kinds of things (tags on soft toys and books seem to be her favorite) and EATING. She loves food so much I think she would trade in milk for food any day. But the milk must go on.... such is life.

Tessa is very meticulous with her little fingers and loves to turn pages of her books and fondle the tags (see, she is obsessed!) she grabs EVERYTHING and will hold it until it drops! for example she held the plastic stick attached to her big piano/xylophone all the way out of her room and into the hallway one day when I picked her up. This girl is STRONG.

She has been enjoying an earlier bedtime of about 5:45-6:00 lately (since she still tends to be a poor napper)

I CANNOT believe Tessa Love is 6 months old... Not sure how that happened at all but she is a wonderful, sweet, happy baby who is so loved!

She is 26 inches tall
weighs 13.8 pounds

and is pretty much the smallest jelly bean in the jar..... But she is probably also the cutest:):):)