We had an exciting week here at the Tulsa-Williams' home. Hinckley has been impressing us with his new-found clapping ability; he does it all the time. He also amazes us with his energy and capability to get into whatever we don't want him to play with.
Hinckley loves Greg's old phone
Greg got a new cell phone because Hinckley destroyed his old one. In desperation to keep the little baby quiet and happy at church, he let Hinckley chew on his phone. That messed up the phone screen. So now Greg has upgraded to his first smartphone! He is pretty excited about it. And there won't any sucking on this phone!
Greg loves his new phone
We (Hinckley and Kassie) heard a lot of sirens this week. On Tuesday morning there was a fire in the apartment complex just south of us. Then, on Thursday, there was a police chase through our apartment parking lot. Kassie was just sitting in the living room when she heard a car drive by really fast and a huge crash. The police sirens followed closely behind. Some guy stole a car and crashed through two fences before ditching the car and getting caught. Well, all we can really do is laugh about it! Needless to say, we are counting down the time until we get back to Provo.
It is that time of day when the house is quiet, the table is half covered in pots, pans, and tuber ware with food scattered across. The car isn’t in the garage and the dog lies sleeping on the blue blanket. The sun lies somewhere back there, behind the cloud over those mountains. It makes some nice gold colors on the rocky face of the mountains outside of the window. I guess it is so nice because at this time of year there is a lot of plants and flowers in the back yard so the gold makes it seem sort of dreamlike. Yeah, I’ll do em I guess. Call it being nice or being bored. Does it matter? Approaching the sink I am nipped by the denting smell. The eggshells, scraps of mango, carrot peel, and chunks of tofu drip in my fingers. Oh yes, the trash is under the sink these days. Drip once, drip twice on the floor. The water in the frying pan trembles, shaking the crusty flakes of burnt egg. Yogurt and peanu...
August 3, 2025 The last three weeks have been a blur as we've had lots of extended family events and excursions. Here are some highlights over the second half of July. Welcoming my parents home from their mission to Germany Desmond's discovery of his ability to open the front door and escape Addie and my date to the Scera outdoor theater to see "Annie" Kas and Hinckley date to see Superman Greyson and my date going to the batting cages with a machine pitch Celebrating my parent's 50th anniversary at their home with family and friends Splash Summit with cousins - Greyson did Freefall 3 times, and I got the bruises to prove that I did it too haha The joy of organizing the sports equipment in the garage Our family's final visit to the Burnsides in their SLC apartment as they prepare to go home to Colorado Family reunion at Bear Lake with the Williams (lots of good food, cousin time, sunburns, water fun, spikeball, and some very tasty shakes) Desmond walking - s...
The final product of "make me a match" that I labored over exceedingly. I was actually sort of unhappy with it all not because of the performances of anyone but mainly just the story. We had to write all so quickly and the re-write it time after time and then storyboard it and really break it down. In all this rush I didn't realize till I was actually shooting it that I really didn't care much for the story as a whole and thus my motivation suffered greatly. I don't think I need to tell epic dramatic tales to care about them but I do want to have a strong point and also a specific conflict or issue that is approached and resolved. I am starting a screen writing class tomorrow and possibly I will gain some insights as to how to develop good stories. Ones that I care about. I don't know why I feel so interested in telling stories - particularly in that I haven't felt very confident with the stories I have come up with. It is extremely hard for me to come up ...
What a delightful child!
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