The Howells

Friday, August 9, 2013

Busy July!

Happy 4th of July!!
We had the Hartsfields over for a cookout and fireworks on the 4th of July...sparklers were the best!

That Saturday, we headed to the lake with the Hankins

Austin and Brody

We met up with the Lovell's for a while, and Brody jumped off their boat 100 times! Fearless!

He even jumped off the cliffs with Daddy!!

We gave Brody a jeep for his birthday, but it came without all the parts, so more jeep pics to come!

Visit to Wynne... Emery is bugging the boys trying to rest!

Aunt Libby and Em!

Pop loves to roast hot dogs and smores for all the boys!

The kids love riding the mower with Gram!

Tracy's baby shower in Wynne ...excited to meet baby Piper!!

The hostesses and Tracy - Rhonda, Melanie, Tracy, Kara, Mary Fran, Hannah - minus Leslie, who couldn't make it!

The Jeep "like Daddy's"! Their first ride!

Brody is a pretty good driver!!

Howell Family Vacation

The Tenny Howell side...minus Jennifer and family - we had a great time!! We stayed at cabins on a ranch in Amity, AR and did lots of playing and swimming and hanging out with family!

Play doh with cousins

Dinner time!

Waiting on the zip line!

Brody's turn! He was so brave and loved it!

Amanda and Coby helped Brody catch his first fish!

Ruth caught a ton in her net!

Our attempt at a family picture!!

Back at the cabin...Emery loves her pacis, blanket, and glow worm!

Christie and the California crew stayed another week here in Conway with Grandma and Papa, so we got to hang out with them a lot. We all really had such a great time with them, and wish they lived closer!!

Enjoying ice cream at our favorite place in Conway!

We went to Wild River Country one day...

Ruth playing with the kids and shaving cream!

Emery playing with Ruth and Kim

Brody and Sarah

Whew...what a busy July! Other that travels and guests and scheduled activities, we do find time to go to the pool and hang out in the yard playing. We were playing with oatmeal here...

And shaving cream!!

Finally caught up...an update on the kids and what they are doing and up to these days soon!

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Branson vacation 2013

We decided several months ago to take a family vacation to Branson with the Chartons and the Bennetts - 6 adults and 7 kids, and we had the best time! It was crazy at times, but all of the kids had so much fun together and they were all so good. The adults had adult time once the kids went to bed, and we all stayed up way too late every night! One thing vacation is NOT - restful! It is totally worth it though - we made great memories and had such an awesome time!

The girls and kids went up on Wednesday and the boys came after work on Thursday. I will admit it was a little easier once we got some help!

They had a great park at our resort...

Brody loved this thing - it was his "riding lawnmower"! He is such a pretender right now! It is so sweet!

Jumping on the bed! Brody had to sleep on a blow up mattress, but it worked out really well!

Ready for a day at the lake!!

Daddy with Emery and Brody! We had a great day on the lake. The kids loved to tube and swim and ride. Emery did really well for about 3 hours, and once she was done - it was over! I ended up taking her back early for a nap. She did have a cold and a little fever though, so she did really well!

Brody jumped off the boat 100 times!!

The pools at our resort were awesome! They had places for all ages to play and have a good time. I don't have pictures of the water slide, but both Brody and Emery loved it so much!

Sweet Emery!

Brody didn't want his picture taken!

Shelley and Meg sun bathing!

Ready for a night out! The last night we went to the Landing and had a nice dinner on the water. It was a perfect place for the kids and we had a great time!

All the kids except Brody!

After dinner, we walked down to some fountains. They had a light, fire and water show to music. It was really neat, and when the kids got bored, we got ice cream!