Happiness All Around!

Not only is today New Year's Eve for the rest of the world, it's our 13th wedding anniversary! What a milestone, and a very special day for us! We've had a magical year this year, and we have a good feeling that 2013 is going to be a wonderful one as well. How could it not be, now that our Marriage is officially a teenager? So, from the Howard family....Happy New Year to you and Happy Anniversary to us!

A Little More Cuteness...

Still Celebrating!

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas! Minus a couple of little scares, we had a magical day...more than we could have asked for! We have tons and tons to catch you up on, but right now we're busy celebrating with Boba & Grandpa Andy, who arrived yesterday. We'll be back soon with a major holiday recap, but for now we're busy enjoying time with family. So until we return.....

Happy Holidays from the Howards!

And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”--Luke 2:9-12

Counting Down

Tanner has always loved Advent calendars & the fun it is counting down each day to Christmas. This year, we decided that in addition to the goodies we include, we'd put fun activities to do as a family. Some were silly, some were pre-planned, but they were all designed to let us spend time together as a family....and family time is one of the most important parts of the holiday season!

And We're Off!

We're on the long road to TN today, headed up for a holiday party with Tanner's extended family. We're excited to see everyone, especially since we haven't seen some of them since we moved to the beach.

We are NOT excited about a 10 hour car ride with a sick baby, though! Within 10 miles of the house, Harrison was asleep, so hopefully a long nap will help him feel better. Hampton is comfy in his new big boy car seat watching an early Christmas gift. Here's to a very uneventful & fast car ride!

Bellingrath Gardens

Since Hampton has fallen in love with Christmas lights, Grandi suggested that we all go over and see the Christmas lights at Bellingrath Gardens. So we met up with Paul and Jan, went to dinner together, and headed to see the lights.

 

We'd heard they were neat, but we didn't have a clue what to expect. Boy, were we impressed! It's a walking tour of tons and tons of lights. It was awesome! Hampton was in awe of the lights, but so were we. They were gorgeous! To see more of our photos, click HERE.