Spring Updates

The Williams Family has been busy, as usual. April has been a crazy month and it looks like the next few months will be just as busy! Ricky and I both signed up to auxiliary pioneer this month, meaning that we would each devote 30 hours this month to the volunteer ministry. 30 hours doesn't sound like a lot but I can definitely feel them in my level of exhaustion at the end of the month! For the first weekend in April, Ricky and I splurged and went to see UK play UConn at the final four in Houston. Despite the Cats loss, it was a great time! Also during that trip, we met up with my cousin Malcolm (whom I hadn't seen in about 10 years!) and his wife and son. The next weekend April 7-11th, I went home to Evansville to visit the family. My aunts and cousins from Cincinnati even came down to visit. Erin and I got all of our favorite foods--Los Bravos, Donut Bank, Turoni's, Skyline Chili. Mmm...it was almost too much to handle.

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I returned home from Indiana to find our house semi flooded from our washer. Ricky diligently took it apart only to find out a hose was clogged within the machine from muddy pants he washed after gardening. Speaking of gardening, I have been working on our front flower bed for almost a month. The previous owners planted only perennial "monkey grass", some un-identified bushes and a Texas Mountain Laurel tree (the only good part of the flower bed). All the monkey grass is gone and I've planted: a gardenia bush, canna lillies, calla lilies, begonias, marigolds, knockout roses, mini-roses, and colocasia (red). I also got a talavera pottery bird bath. The flower bed looks MUCH better and I'll post pictures as soon as I get it fully mulched. Now if only we could get some rain so that I could stop watering. This weekend I'm starting a veggie garden in the back yard so hopefully it goes well!

Ricky and I also experienced a San Antonio tradition last weekend--tubing or "toobing" on the Comal River thanks to our friend Jason. We picked up inflatable tubes from a local sporting goods store and heading up to New Braunfels for a day of (free) tubing. We loved it! If you can't find us this summer, we'll be floating down the river.

We are preparing the circuit assembly next weekend, my Texas Dental Association meetings next week and of course, Nathan and Emily's visit in June. We'll keep you posted.