Our 2012 Summary

Merry Christmas Everyone!!!!

Wow! 2012 has been another amazing, challenging year. Lets get to it!!!

Kaylee, 9 years old, has been healthier than ever and we couldn’t be happier for that. She is in 3^rd grade and loving it. Her sense of humor is so exquisite!  She is a blessing to our lives. She is so pure, so precious!!

Kaysee, also 9, has had an amazing school semester participating in the school choir and appearing in our local ABC station. In November she was the Godmother in Cinderella and has been enjoying 3^rd grade to the max. She is smart, funny and so talented!!! We love her dearly.

Alondra, 4 years old, surprised us in March with a stroke, which paralyzed her entire right side of the body and affected her speech. She has learned to walk, jump, run and talk all over again. Still in therapies and needing help around the house BUT she is a strong little girl and has the best attitude and disposition. We are blessed to have her with us. She is going to pre-school to receive PT & OT services and loving it!

Smart, outgoing, funny and strong.

Dante, 3 years old, is also going to pre-school to support his sister. He is caring, funny, loving, keen, spoiled and rowdy!!! He loves to hang out with his Daddy. Loves his dinosaurs and trains.

Dionka, 2 years old, is our little monkey. She can climb unimaginable things. She is a happy, clever, and loving girl. Loves to follow her siblings around the house taking things from them, hey! It gets their attention!!

Kam & I, will be celebrating our 10^th wedding anniversary on the 27^th, what a blessing! Holding dear the promise of love.

Blessings to all!!!! 

Love, 

The Howells 

Happy 10th Anniversary to Us!!!

One of the reasons to go to St George was to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary in a warm weather. It has been cold but better than home.

We started the day going to the movies, we watched Tom Cruise's Jack Reacher. A pretty good movie, it kept us interested the whole 2 hours. Then we ate dinner at Red Lobster, enjoyed a couples massage and went shopping.

I posted this in Facebook and the good wishes and congratulatory messages came our way 

Our best present: A 20 minute video made by our sister Aubrey from AubMarie Productions

Let's keep going babe, 50 more years and then the eternity!!!

Last St George Vacation

On Christmas day we packed our bags and left to St George for the last time this year, thanks to Grandma & Grandpa for letting us stay at the Condo.

she is so HOT!

didn't want her pic taken

and I tricked Dante telling him I was taking a pic of Daddy

my friend Alejandro Savel, 18 years since we saw each other in PR

Christmas Day

At midnight  Santa Claus came and left presents for our family, I happened to wake up to drink some water and this is what I saw:

After going back to bed, I got up to prepare our "Special Breakfast" breakfast:

scramble eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, OJ, apple juice, & milk, took a shower and got ready to have breakfast as a family.

Then we all headed to leaving room to open presents. Check out Kaylee, she was fast asleep, even thou she was the first one getting up, she couldn't stay awake.

Getting a peek to the presents

Dionka loving her Stumpeez

I got "Chimpanzee"!!!

Alondra got a snow sled 

and Kam got a Utah Utes t-shirt!!! GO UTES!!!!--what's up with his face? LOL

what a cool shirt!!!!

Kaylee and her stuffed elephant and tiny bear

Kaysee with her Dream Light Pillow

and Dante got 2 footballs

Merry Christmas!!!

Skyping to Puerto Rico

So thankful for technology, Skype gives us the opportunity to see our love ones in Puerto Rico and Kaylee had a wonderful time talking to titi Nisa, Niredys, Abuela Laboy, baby Luis & Kendrick.

Look how happy Kaylee is!!!!

Christmas Eve Traditions-Part II

Como el Grinch Robó la Navidad

Christmas Eve Traditions-Part I

Christmas Eve Traditions-Part I

Put together a gingerbread train and house. 

Kam does the train and I do the house, the kids do both.