Chug

Meet Chug. He is the fuel truck from the movie Planes and is Harrison's absolute favorite toy. So much so, that when we thought we lost him awhile back, we went out & bought a replacement. We have since found the original (hiding underneath their dresser) and are currently holding onto it for safekeeping. We can't have another missing Chug!

Photography Blog

Remember back in January when we showed off some of the photos from our newborn session? Well, our good friend & photographer recently featured our little family on her blog. If you haven't seen it, here's a link to the post, where you can see some of the other shots from the day.

http://mandyhaber.com/fresh-fairhope-lifestyle-newborn-photographer/

We really enjoyed having her do them, and we're looking forward to our next one this summer!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Howard Family! We hope you all have a blessed day!

 

"For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him may not die but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior."--John 3:16-17

Strawberry Festival

This weekend was the annual Strawberry Festival in Loxley, so we headed up on Sunday afternoon. The weather was amazing, and the place was packed with booths and people. The boys wanted to ride every deadly-looking fair ride imaginable, and we had to convince Hampton that we weren't going to play a game to win a goldfish. Other than that, though, it was fun! We danced to an awesome cover band, climbed on tractors, walked the booths, and ate snow cones. It was a fun way to end a nice weekend!

 

Palm Sunday

 

On Palm Sunday, our church has all of the children come in carrying palm fronds. While the choir sings, they parade around the church twice, then lay the palms on the alter. We had intended for Hampton to just watch this year, since he isn't in children's choir yet. Instead, Hampton ended up in the procession. Since Tanner knew most of the little ones from teaching on Wednesday nights, she also got roped into the parade. It was really cute, even if Hampton did stop the whole procession when he dropped both of his palms as he entered the sanctuary. It was great practice for next year, when he'll be even more involved by being in the choir!

 

Easter Egg Hunt

 

Our annual church Easter Egg Hunt was on Saturday, and the weather couldn't have been more perfect! We had a wonderful turnout of lots of littles, including several new faces from the MDO program and church. It was great meeting some of the newest church patrons as well as catching up with our besties, including Hampton's favorites Sophia & Yeshua. Harrison was an egg collecting machine, and once he was done, he turned to stealing cookies from other people's plates. You can see him below, quietly shoveling in a cookie before he got caught!

 

Model Train Show

 

Foley recently hosted a model train exhibit & show, so we of course had to take the boys! They had several models up and running, and the boys loved seeing the setup and watching the trains. They also had vendor booths set up, so the boys were interested in all the different train sets, tracks, and add-ons that were available in train-land. We couldn't end the train fun without a trip to the train museum, which never disappoints. However, the big star was Miss Hayden Kate, who wooed the old men who volunteer at the museum. They passed her around, and one of the guys even gave her a bottle. It was so cute to see these men in their 70s acting so silly over a baby, and she was eating it up!