Little ants everywhere outside! In flower pots, crawling up my birdbaths, on bricks! Driving me crazy?

They are sooooo GROSS!!!! We live in the country and always have some but this year there are like thousands at one time in flower pots with there nastiy white/yellow egg looking things! Can you tell I **** ants!!!!???? I spray them wiith bug killer but to no avail they are back in the pots, bricks, ects in two days! We take great pride in our yard and flower gardens! Any adive?

Thank you much!

P.S. We live in the South if that helps.

Roberto