Where I've Been!

I know it's been a while since I've posted.  I wanted you to know that I haven't fallen off the face of the earth... yet.  I have been pretty busy trying to launch my new business, though!  Here's a little something (for FREE!) that I've been working on.  If you sell anything beautiful, blog for profit, etc., you might want to check out my free webinar on using Pinterest for Business.  Don't worry~I'm a big stickler for following the Terms of Service on any social media... so this isn't going to be all about self-promotion (a practice frowned upon by Pinterest).  I hope to give you some fresh ideas about sharing your brand in Pinterest  Pinterest happens to be a giant in terms of driving traffic back to websites... meaning, it is currently out-performing the likes of LinkedIn and Google+.   I hope that you'll join me.  See below for details, click the "Register" button below to sign up for either the noon or evening session, and please share with your friends and family.

I'm the Proud Parent of...

Last night we had some celebrating to do!

Justus made straight A's for the second nine weeks.  He's been working really hard and is loving the introduction to algebra.

Lexi's teacher gave us a glowing report about how she did on her placement testing for kindergarten.  Her teacher told Jeremy yesterday that she tested faster than many adults on the identifying letters and sounds section of the test.

Needless to say, we are proud parents(!)

So, that called for a dinner out to celebrate.  We let them choose the restaurant.  They chose Japaneiro's.  (So, not only are they smart, they have good taste, too! ;)  They love sushi.)

The Smarties at dinner.  They were so sweet, giggling and playing with each other.

Can you believe we're looking at middle school and kindergarten next year?!?  Blows my mind!

Proud mama and daddy.  This is the blogging equivalent of putting an honor roll bumper sticker on my car.  

I guess I'm "that mom".  It's okay with me.

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy and Other Christmas Traditions

Lexi and I have a standing date to see The Nutcracker every Christmas, starting last year.  Here are some photos of our girls' night out...  This year we invited our friends, Elaine and Sami to join us.

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Merry & Bright

Um.  Hello, friends!  I promise I haven't forgotten you...

I will say that I have yet to find any kind of "normal" in my life after my recent job change.  I sit here, stunned that it's two days until Christmas (and none of my presents are wrapped!) and 2012 is upon us.  Where has the time gone???

I've fallen back into my normal night owl patterns now that I don't have a work-imposed 4:30am wake up call anymore!  That's totally fine with me.  And I've spent T-I-M-E with my family.  It's been truly a blessing to be available for the little things, especially with my kiddos.  We all went to my mom's house for Thanksgiving.  Lexi and I got to stay for an entire week!  It was good to be with family.

You have to check this out...

My mom had her table extended to accommodate the entire family!

Yes, that's right folks.  She had a table in her living room that could seat all 19 of us!

If you're interested in the business I'm starting, I'd love for you to take a peak.  This weekend, I'm looking for nominations of your favorite Facebook Fan Pages for a Hall of Fame.  So, head on over to there and nominate your favs!  I put together a photo shoot for my webpage and I'm really happy with the results, you can see how it turned out here.

Merry Christmas to you and yours from The Williams Family!