here's our lately, in photos and a few words:
me and my girls today after sadie's mother's day tea. it's a self timer shot, which means we took 323849283 photos and NO ONE is looking in all of them, and all of them are blurry, but i L❤VE this one anyway. and i love that we found the perfect spot to take photos when j is gone.
miss h on the eve of her birthday. i love her big eyes and the excitement in them.
overjoyed at being five.
SOAKING up the daddy time:
bike riding,
guitar playing
getting ready to graduate *tear*
lizard catching...LOVE h's face here. she is so me.
being entertained by sadie being sadie.
*NOTE* this lipstick is one i bought for the 80's party last spring. i don't wear flourescent fuschia on a regular basis. HA!
that's our now. hope your now is beautiful and blessed.
xxo
Oh my! These are beyond precious!!
Posted by: Pidgen | 05/05/2011 at 01:02 PM
oh my...h is just sooo grown-up in her little cap and gown!!! and that sadie is rockin' the flourescent fuschia lipstick...lol.
and now, on a VERY serious note...you must tell your girls that lizards are e.v.i.l. lol! they are fast. they jump. they are creepy. they are evil. tee hee...can you tell that i am TERRIFIED of lizards?!?! seriously. chest pains when near one...no lie.
we now return to our regularly scheduled blog post :)
happy day to you and yours...m
Posted by: Misty | 05/05/2011 at 01:08 PM
Love the photos! Especially the first one of you and the kids. I wish I liked getting my picture taken, but I run when the camera comes out. I do not let anyone take my picture. But I love to be the one taking pictures. Have a great day!
Posted by: Stacey | 05/05/2011 at 01:14 PM
Love the pics!! The one of you and the girls...beautiful! and the pic of sweet Harper in her cap & gown, WOW she looks so grown up!
Thanks for taking the time to share :)
Posted by: Mary Ann | 05/05/2011 at 01:28 PM
OMG!I just love the first Photo! so beautifu! :)
Posted by: Beatriz Jennings | 05/05/2011 at 01:54 PM
these photos are wonderful!! I think that you need to enlarge the one with all your girls and have it hanging somewhere...gorgeous! :)
Posted by: Jennifer | 05/05/2011 at 02:39 PM
that photo of the four of you is just too much. you look amazing and the girls are too cute for words.
but that photo of h in her cap and gown? i gasped. i'll shed a tear with you too. it's not possible she should be wearing that already.
Posted by: melanie bauer | 05/05/2011 at 03:23 PM
Supre cute pics! Love the lizard one and how Harper is creeped out by the lizard, but then Sadie has a huge smile of satisfaction!!! Such opposites! LOL!!
Posted by: Kami | 05/05/2011 at 03:54 PM
thanks for clarifying on the fuschia lipstick! ha!
the pic of the four of you is precious. your smile in it is truly gorgeous! what an armful of little blessings you have there!
Posted by: Kimber-Leigh | 05/05/2011 at 04:14 PM
Love all these pics! The one of H holding the Lizard? Hysterical! The one of all of you posing for the Tea? Priceless. S making faces and wearing bright lipstick? Too funny! H in her graduation hat? Precious! But my favorite is the one of H and J playing guitar/just their legs. Love that you took it on such a different angle.
Oh, and also? J has quite the sexy legs. ;) Just sayin'. But, you already know that!
Posted by: Lisa | 05/05/2011 at 05:30 PM
I love the dress that Sadie is wearing in the last photo! My 9 year old received that same one from the Easter Bunny...she loves it! So pretty!
love all of your other photos too!
Posted by: Lou Stiner | 05/05/2011 at 05:51 PM
LOVE that picture of you and your babies! They (you) are all so pretty!! You have a gorgeous family. Loved all of the photos - Harper is looking so grown up lately! She'll be "Harper the heartbreaker"!! :)
Posted by: Danielle | 05/05/2011 at 06:00 PM
Jimmy needs some streamers. His bike is far too masculine!
Posted by: laura | 05/05/2011 at 06:40 PM
perfectly adorable :-)
Posted by: Sky | 05/05/2011 at 06:49 PM
Oh my! Your now is a delight!
Posted by: Kris | 05/05/2011 at 06:49 PM
love all the photos!! im such a lurker most of the time on here but i have to say, i seriously hope when i have my own little family one day that we can be as awesome and have as many heartfelt moments as you guys! Love to see all this :)
Posted by: michela s | 05/05/2011 at 08:22 PM
sweet photos! Do you have a remote for your camera? My DD loves when I put the camera on a tripod (or anywhere) and give her control of the remote. We've gotten some sweet photos of the 2 of us and lots of crazy ones of just her too! I got mine on Amazon for $10-$15. It just saves the hassle of reseting the self timer button eavery photo.
Love the graduation pics too! When my DD "graduated" preschool they made caps from plastic milk jugs. Not nearly as fancy, but so funny and cute to see!
Posted by: Robin Tarbert | 05/05/2011 at 09:08 PM
Love this post! The picture with you and your girls is beautiful. Where did you find that fabulous hat? I need one for a Derby party on Saturday. :)
Posted by: Mindy Miller | 05/05/2011 at 09:16 PM
I love that picture of you guys (gals)!! You look so cute in a hat.
Thanks for sharing!
:0)Natalie
Posted by: Natalie | 05/05/2011 at 09:30 PM
thank you, mindy! its from target!
Posted by: Stephanie Howell | 05/05/2011 at 09:33 PM
Seriously your family is so adorable!
Posted by: Tiffany | 05/05/2011 at 10:17 PM
LOVE LOVE LOVE The hat, Stephanie!!!!
Posted by: Cathy | 05/05/2011 at 10:42 PM
So beautiful, happy family you have. Father and daughter photos are inspiring...
Posted by: Zulueta said .... | 05/06/2011 at 12:04 AM
Looooooove those pictures! You all are beautiful ladies on earth! Your family is the greatest, Steph. This is true! xoxo, Xtine from Jakarta, Indonesia
Posted by: Christine | 05/06/2011 at 03:37 AM
Awwwww - one right after another. Such precious little girls.
It looks like H will have an amazing party. Happy 5th Birthday to her.
Graduation tears are abound here, as our firstborn is graduating from high school exactly 30 days from today....acckkkkk!
Have an awesome birthday/nsd/mother's day weekend Howell family!
Posted by: Amy K | 05/06/2011 at 04:23 AM
LOVE the photo of you girls! Great hat! You live a full and fabulous life M'lady! So cool to get a glimps of your world! :)
Posted by: Kathy Martin | 05/06/2011 at 06:44 AM
What cute pictures!!! :-) Your pictures always make me smile!
Posted by: Corey Brock | 05/06/2011 at 07:26 AM
I just want to say what a beautiful family you have!!! i love your hat in the photo!!! Your girls are gorgeous and i love all the updates that you give!! I feel like you are a personal friend, i read your blog everyday and pray for you and yours regularly!! Thank you for the sacrifices you make!!! Tell J thank you soooo very much and God bless him for the job he does!!! AMAZING!!! sacrifices made, wow is all i can say!!! I hope that you have a blessed friday and that you have a blessed weekend!!!!
Lena
Posted by: LENA | 05/06/2011 at 08:55 AM
What great pictures! Sounds like you are busy there & having some great experiences. Is Harper graduating from preschool? They have entire outfits? How adorable is that?! Mine will be done in 8 more days with preschool. I can't believe how the year flew by!
Posted by: Jessica R. | 05/06/2011 at 08:57 AM
LOVE the girls together picture. So beautiful!
Posted by: Karla | 05/06/2011 at 09:08 AM
Love, love, love the pictures!!! Have a fantastic weekend :)
Posted by: Angie May | 05/06/2011 at 09:41 AM
Love your photos!! Your hat is adorable!!!! SO excited as I just returned from MEga Meet in Michigan and saw some of your beautiful work IRL :)at Jenni Bowlin's booth. Bought some of the beautiful new papers with core cardstock, excited to use them. Enjoy your Mothers Day weekend.
Posted by: Elisabeth C | 05/06/2011 at 07:23 PM