Photo-Shoot.

Becca had the opportunity to do a photo-shoot with an amazing local photographer named Angela Little. Check out here site to see some of the great pictures! www.blessedlittlefamilyphotographer.com

Bloggidge.

I've decided that I (Becca) should start blogging again. That might be due to the fact that my parents have been nagging me about it for a while now. But we can just pretend that I came to this on my own terms. Regardless of the situation, some blogging needs to be done. For the most part, things are the same in the good old Howes household. I (Becca) am still continuing to pursue my music career by playing shows and writing tons of songs and sending them off to my producers for critique that then allows me to continue writing and getting better and better in the process. Emma is really enjoying dance at the moment. She uses her body as her art. I wish I could do that, but I have to rely on instruments and paper to get my creativity out. Zach is pretty much dead set on becoming a major actor in the near future, so my parents are considering enrolling him in some serious acting classes. Things could start getting interesting here pretty soon. Looks like we've got a family of talent going on. It could just be a hoax. Only time will tell. Gardner likes to express his art and creativity by drawing great pictures for us and dancing naked on the coffee table. He is fairly new to the idea of having to wear underwear and go potty on the toilet. He thought it was interesting at first until he realized it's a lot cooler to never even put pants on throughout the day. Makes the 'potty run' much quicker for him, but the view isn't too great for us. My dad, also known as Dan the Man, is now working in the Emergency Room as a nurse. Yes, he is a male nurse. This makes for lots of medical talk amongst my parents. Dinner time is pretty interesting. You have to learn to eat while hearing words like "mucus", "vomit", and "today I sewed up a... (fill in the blank)". It definitely makes for some interesting dinner conversations. Never a dull moment in the Howes house. So there you have it. A nice update. Time for bed.

Long time, no see!

I've been pretty lazy about this whole blog thing. Sorry. There actually have been a lot of blog worthy things, I just haven't got around to doing it. While we've been MIA, Becca turned 18, Emma turned 16, Zach turned 13, and Dan had a birthday ;] Gardner just continues to be the little boy we love.

Happy 2nd Birthday Gardner!

Utah!

My dad, Emma, Zach, and I (Becca) went to Utah for 5 days to visit family. We had so much fun!

Music!

Please go check out my music page at www.myspace.com/beccahowes

I just uploaded two new songs.

Thanks so much,
Becca

Birthdays and Disney

Friday was our mom's birthday and since she got in free to Disney for her birthday, we decided to go there. One of my mom's friends got the rest of us into Magic Kingdom and we had a lovely time. Even though it was only 47 degrees which is freezing in Florida, we still had a lot of fun. It was Gardner's very first visit to Disney (as evidence by the 1st visit button he is wearing). He loved it. His favorite thing was probably Tigger. He thought it was the greatest thing to see him! We took him on the Peter Pan ride and a couple more. He loved them! All in all, it was a great day for my mom's 38th birthday. She's one year older and wiser too :]

Our little boy is growing up

Gardner has gotten so much bigger the past couple of months. He basically speaks full sentences and according to my dad's child development class, he's way ahead developmentally for his age. He can already count to 10 with prompting and he's only 20 months old. He's also already interested in being potty trained. He tells us to take him to the potty but he doesn't quite know how to recognize the feeling where he has to pee yet, so he just sits there forever without anything happening. But long story short, our long-awaited little boy is growing up way faster than expected. It's a lot of fun to see him grow and learn though :) Only 4 more months and then we're going to do the "baby" to "big boy" transition and get rid of the bottles, binkys, and crib. We'll see how that plays out...

David Archuleta!

Emma and I had the opportunity to go to a fireside that David Archuleta sang and spoke at. It was a very cool experiance. His voice is chilling live and when he sang I Know That My Redeemer Lives, the spirit was extremely strong in the room! He told us how reading the Book of Mormon has gotten him through the times when he was super busy on American Idol and even during his schedule today. We also got the opportunity to meet him and get an autograph. He was such a nice and genuine guy! :)

The Real Thing

There hasn't been anything exciting going on in the Howes house these days, so I thought I'd post a clip of my upcoming song called The Real Thing. It's kind of bad quality, but it's all I got.