Plant a Garden, Watch it Grow

Paul has been beggging me to plant another garden (the first one was burnt to a crisp in the Arizona heat). I have not been the least bit motivated to take on such a project so he took it upon himself to buy seeds and soil.

The oldest 3 had fun planting their seeds while Natalie enjoyed many handfuls of delicious dirt! We discovered we didn't have a shovel and it was most likely thrown over the back wall by Colton some time back, so they planted with big spoons, which seem to work just as well.

We are anxious to see if this garden survives and flourishes.

Happy Easter

We had a very fun Easter this year, the Easter Bunny spared no expense (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Howard!). The kids didn't find their baskets until after church which created a lot of excitement and anticipation. Good thing mom was working closely with the Easter Bunny so he knew to wait until we were at church to hide them in the house (Haley was very worried).

It's days like this when I remember my own childhood and feel that nostaglia for the wonderful things that my parents did for me and I hope that my children will keep these memories with them forever.

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter too

Happy Birthday to Everyone!

We have four birthday in a short amount of time so I decided to post them all together just to show how much fun we had celebrating the birthdays of our beautiful children. Haley turned 6 in October, Colton and Emily turned 4 and 3 in January and our baby Natalie turned 1 in September.

We're finally bloggin

You would think that I would have gotten into this blog thing a long time ago, since I enjoy working on the computer and I love to scrapbook, but I just couldn't get into it. But after looking at so many fun blogs and seeing all of my friends and their families, I realized it was time to get our family's story told. So here we are, Howardfamily6.

We are loving life out here in the boonies also known as Queen Creek, AZ. Our kids are growing up fast and Paul and I are approaching our 9 year marriage mark. We have really enjoyed living in Arizona the last 3 1/2 years and can definitely see ourselves staying here for many years.

Paul is working as a Lead Technician for a copy servicing company in Tempe and I am working hard at home taking care of the kids and their constant needs and desires. I am also working part-time at home doing some data entry work. We stay busy with kids, work and callings and cherrish our alone time whenever that may be.