Romney for President

When you get this good looking group together, of course they're going to attract attention.  I can pretty much bet on who these guys are voting for...

Thank You Grandma!

I just love my new high chair cover! It's so much softer than just sitting on the hard wood chair. Grandma, you make everything better. I love you and I hope you come to my first birthday! Love, Gia

Our Gorgeous Kids

School started last week for the kids and so we decided that we would take a little family outing to Laguna Beach. The kids had a wonderful time.

You haven't seen pics of the kids in a while, so here you go. I took these to replace the 3 year old pics on the wall that goes up our stairs.
Our Gorgeous Diva, Miss Taylor
Our Little Princess, VictoriaOur Handsome Little Man, Luke
(When I put this picture up on the wall, he said, "Mommy, I look like I have lots of muscles!"
And Our Giggly Boy, Troy

Soon, we will have another little guy to add to our wall.

Love ya'

Happy Mother's Day!

We love you Grandma!

Contribute to Maria Victoria Lamiel Benefit Fund

Fontana Braves - Farm Team 2011: Look at Lukie-Boy!!

Fontana Braves - Farm Team 2011:

The BIG 60

Happy 60th Birthday Dad! We love you! We hope you have a wonderful birthday and a whole new year or greatness!!! Thanks for being the best dad and grandpa!

Introducing Howell Baby #5!!

Hi, Everyone:

If you haven't heard, we are having another baby. Here is our baby's first ultrasound. It was taken on January 12th. Our baby is due August 24th, 2011. So now, we will have a winter, a spring, a summer, and two fall babies.

I already saw the baby's head and arms and tummy and heart.

I am now 9 weeks along and ready for the first trimester to be over. I hate feeling like I want to hurl all the time.

The kids are really excited and are already arguing about what we are having. The boys of course want it to be a boy and the girls want it to be a girl. (I think that Taylor wants the baby to be a girl so that she can have her own room. :) )

In any case, Mike and I are really excited to finally complete our family.....and yes, this is the last one.

Love you all,

Michelle

Advanced Reading "AR" Parade

All week Kaori has been telling us about an AR parade that she will be in and how she wants us all to see her participate in it. Come to find out Kaori has been going to the library and reading from the advanced reading book list were she takes a comprehension test and then is given points. Once she accumulates so many points she becomes apart of the AR club.

I probably should have known about her activities at school, but I am very proud of the work she has done on her own and her love for school. Out of all the Challenger elementary first grade classes she was one of the ten students that won the award.

Congratulations Kaori..!! We love you and are so proud of you!!

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

We hope you guys have a wonderful anniversary! We love you very much!

Grandma and Grandpa in Colorado

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,
Thank you for coming and visiting us. We had fun playing in the backyard!


and collecting roly polies

Thank you for walking with us to the park.

Wasn't it so much fun going to Red Rocks?!? It was a cloudy day, but still so much fun to spend the day there.

We had so much fun at Tiny Town. Did you hear that the Tiny Town train crashed last week?

I'm a silly boy.

Thank you for hiking around Rocky Mountain National Park with us and taking such beautiful pictures of the scenery.

This picture makes us laugh because Grandma looks a lot taller than Grandpa.

But we LOVE this picture and will probably use it as our Christmas card family photo.

Thank you for going to Boulder with us and enjoying the overpriced farmers market and pretty park.

and the street performers were fun too!

But most of all THANK YOU GRANDMA for your delicious food! We love your food and ate SO MUCH OF IT. We wish you guys lived closer and that we could see you more often. We hope you come back out to Colorado soon. But for now, we're counting down the days to Thanksgiving in Texas.

We love you and miss you!

Love,

Evan and Brady (Brett and Cache too)

They Are all 2 Wheelers!!!

My kids love to play out side once the sun goes down a bit.




We had been working with Luke on getting him on just two wheels on his bike and now he has it. He is so excited to ride like his sisters.




Pretty good for a 5 year old.


Look at Troy. He wants in on the action too.

Troy Loves to Swim

Troy is in love with swimming. At first, he would just float with his floaties in the water and let the fun go by, now he goes from one end of the pool to the next having a fabulous time.



Oh, he is so big now. My baby isn't a baby anymore. :(

Soy Terrific on Celebrity Soul TV

Hi, Family:

My company was on a TV thing. I have uploaded the video for you all to watch. It is toward the end (featuring the Body Cream Candle -- My very own invention!!!)

Love you.

Livin' up to his name

Yeah! get rid of the walker and the exersaucer/babysitter and put locks on everything. This was about 1 week ago.

Miracle Working Mom

On the 19th of April, our baby Quino (Joaquin) will be turning one year old. As Korean tradition goes, on his one year birthday he will have to choose his life's path, rather he will have to choose between an "Orange" (education), "String" (long life), or a "Golden Coin" (wealth). Kaori and Rori did the same thing for their first birthdays as well.

Well the miracle comes in when Kamiko and I were looking for his "Hanbok" (customary Korean outfit), thinking Houston had a large Korean population we couldn't find one anywhere in the city, even looking outwards to Las Angeles to get this Hanbok. In despiration, I called Mom last minute on Monday and she sends us this AMAZING Hanbok in one day...

Mom, you are the best! You will make Quino's special birthday one to remember.

We Love You!!

Michelle in an Article.

Hi, Family:

Guess what!! I was featured again in an article. Here is the link:

http://l.b5z.net/i/u/6037137/i/4edition_In_The_Spotlight.pdf

Just thought that I would share. This is the 3rd one in 3 1/2 months!! Yeah!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Mom, we love you so much! We hope that your birthday is all you hope for and always know that we miss you so much here in California. Kisses!! Mike, Michelle, Taylor, Victoria, Luke and Troy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Happy Birthday, DAD!!

Just wanted to leave a note to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!

59 years and still tickin'!!

Taylor's Birthday Present

For Taylor's Birthday Present, we decided to surprise her with...



She was soooo excited. Here she is on the "C" in California at the entrance of Disneyland.

We rode many rides including the Jungle Cruise tour...

and the teapots from Alice and Wonderland.

It was such a fun day. The kids loved Toon Town.

We wanted to ride the runaway train at Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, but the power went out, so we had a photo op for you to see:

They met many Disney Characters, including:

Cinderella,

Bert and Mary Poppins,

and even Cruella DeVil. However, Taylor just wanted to meet Minnie, but no luck all day.

Mike was really hoping that Taylor would want to ride the Hollywood Tower of Terror,
but she didn't even want to go on that ride when she heard all of the screams
from the other side of the park!!!

We then took Taylor to meet Sully and Boo at the Monsters, Inc. Laboratory.

When she was little, I always thought that she looked like little Boo.

But now she's growing up so fast.

Then all of a sudden, Taylor saw Minnie!! Minnie put her arm around Taylor
and brought her to spot that she loves to take pictures at.

Finally, she got to meet her best girlfriend, Minnie Mouse. YAY!!

Taylor was so excited about the events of the day that she got careless
and got caught up in a net!


Oops!!

Disneyland is gorgeous at night.



Taylor is the best gift that Heavenly Father has ever given our family!!