The Stephens

Park

2012-01-07T16:42:00.001-08:00

I got a new Camera for Christmas...so we decided to go to the park to try it out. Enjoy the pictures....

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T12:36:00.000-08:00

Well this has been a good year...Our Christmas vaction has been fun and restful....We went to my moms, to Phillip's family Christmas party...to our ward church party where Hollis was a shepard...Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Years...I hope the next year is better than this year and brings many happy memories.....
Me and Winter...

My family above and below.....

The Kids....

Me and Phillip....

Winter and Hollis....

Winter and Hollis with Santa...

Hollis as a shepard at our church ward party...

Merry Christmas to all.......

Turkey Trot

2011-11-17T12:14:00.000-08:00

Today was the Turkey trot at Hollis' school. This is where each class runs around a track and they get a stick for each lap they complete. At the end of 30mins the class with the most sticks wins. This years Hollis' 1st grade class won First Place. They earned 481 sticks. Hollis ran a total of 13 laps and I walked a total of 10 laps while pushing Winter in her stroller. It was a lot of fun and all the kids had a great time!! Way to go Mrs. Adrian's 1st grade Class!! Enjoy the pictures...
Hollis' class with the trophy

Hollis holding the trophy after the race...

Hollis, Winter and me after the race.... Winter had a blast she would dance in her stroller as we walked around the track.

This was Hollis' class running back to us after they received their trophy. They still had a lot of energy...

This was when the race started and Hollis took off...

Next Hollis had to bring a turkey made of vegeatables. So Hollis and Phillip went to the store and picked out the veggies they wanted to use and they came home and got to work on their project. Below are pictures of their Masterpiece. Hollis was very excited to bring his Turkey to school this morning.

Hollis and Mr. Turkey...

Gobble! Gobble!!

Mr. Turkey!!!

In Memory of Billie Perry

2011-11-16T11:52:00.000-08:00

My Grandma Billie passed away this past Monday. She was a wonderful person who was kind to everyone. I have no memories of her ever being mean or even yelling. Many of my fondest childhood memories consist of spending summers with her working in her garden, and going to Old Folks Home singing with her while she played her guitar. My grandma had a voice of an Angel. I will truly miss her but I will rejoice when the day comes that I will see her again. I love you grandma!!

In Memory of Billie Perry

The Mess

2011-11-11T15:39:00.000-08:00

Ok...While I was doing homework today Winter snuck up to her room to have some fun. I noticed she was very quiet so I asked her where she was. Winter said " I'm in my room" I didn't think anything of it till I went up stairs and found a mess...I asked her why she did this and her sweet answer was.."I have to get ready and I can't find anything to wear" Man am I in trouble when she becomes a teenager...LOL!! Enjoy the pictures!
See her clothes(above) in a neat pile...

A wider view of her room...Have you found Winter yet?

Keep looking for Winter....

Here she is...I think she's telling her baby doll look sweet so we wont get in trouble....How can you be mad at a face like this. So..we cleaned her room together!! Love the bonding time I get with her.

8th Anniversary

2011-11-07T11:44:00.001-08:00

Heres to another Eight years together!!!

I can't believe 8 years ago I married my sweetie....What a journey it has been. We have had many ups and downs, but we always seem to come out on top. I'm very blessed to have a wonderful husband who adores me just as much as I adore him. (I think) LOL!! Happy 8th anniversary Phillip!!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-01T07:22:00.001-07:00

This year Halloween was a BLAST!!! Winter was old enough to have some fun and so cute as she would go house to house saying Trick R Treat!! Hollis had a blast as well he enjoyed scarying Winter and her friends with his bow and hearing the little girls scream!!! Enjoy the pictures below!!
Winter and I above and below at our Church Ward Halloween Party!!!

Phillip with WInter and Hollis getting ready to go Trick R Treating..

My Sweet Ladybug!!!

Phillip and Hollis Trick R Treating...

Hollis my handsome Robinhood!!!

Who said Princess can't get dirty.....

2011-10-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

Yes...my sweet Winter is a princess...Her two favorite colors are Pink and Purple, she loves Disney princess, having her nails painted and wearing jewelry, but sometimes she has to put all that aside and just get a little dirty! Enjoy the pictures below.
Look at this ADORABLE dirty face!!!

What a cutie!!! My DIRTY face princess...LOL!!

Brian's Jr. Year Homecoming

2011-10-12T06:49:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that Brian is a Jr. and has one more yr to go. Wow! My baby is growing up. This year for homecoming Brian invited his friend Claudia to go with him. She is a very nice young lady. Brian took her to eat Chinese food and then off to the dance they went. He said he had alot of fun. Below are some pictures of him.

Baseball

2011-09-26T05:59:00.001-07:00

It's that time of year again.....Hollis is on the Red Sox this Fall and he is having lots of fun. Hollis had his first game this past saturday and he did well. He hit the ball on his first pitch. Now keep in mind that this is pitcher machine not coach pitch, so Hollis has a ball coming at him about 34MPH. He played first base and outfield and did AWESOME in both positions. Here's to a great season of baseball for Hollis. Enjoy the pictures below.
Hollis is number 2 and doesn't his last name look TERRIFIC on the back of his shirt.

Here is Hollis and Phillip....Phillip was so proud of Hollis...

Hollis on firstbase waiting to get someone out...

Below is my sweet Hollis...Let's go RED SOX!!!!!

GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!

Slow Poke Baby Teeth

2011-09-07T10:55:00.001-07:00

Since Hollis' baby teeth didn't start coming in till he was 1...I guess they figured they could be stubborn and stay in even if the adult teeth were coming in behind them. LOL! So we took him to the dentist and he got three of his baby teeth pulled out. I was so proud of Hollis. He did well when they poked him with the needle to numb his mouth. Afterwards Hollis ate mash potatoes and ice cream! What a great lunch. Then off to school he went so he could show his friends that he had not but one but three teeth pulled out. I told him he could stay home but he was to excited and wanted to show his friends. So here are some before and after pictures.
above with all his teeth......Cheese!!!!

Hollis with his three missing teeth and his numb mouth...LOL!!

Labor day

2011-09-06T15:04:00.001-07:00

The Family on Labor day! We went to my mom's and ate some yummy food. Below are some pictures.
The family...

My mom, me and Winter...

Me and my sweet husband...

We had a wonderful Labor day. We took a walk to the park and enjoyed the beautiful weather. We then went to walmart to get a few items and last we went to my mom's house and enjoyed some yummy food. Had a wonderful family day!!!

College Day

2011-09-03T12:31:00.000-07:00

Every year the schools have college day where you wear a shirt of your favorite college. So below is a picture of Hollis and Phillip wearing their shirts.
Go Longhorns!!!!

The cool Box

2011-09-03T12:13:00.001-07:00

Hollis had the opportunity to do the Cool Box for his class this past week and he had to choose three things about him. We let Hollis pick out what he wanted to bring and he chose a baseball, picture of him and his little sister and the Book of Mormon. He had to show each item and tell why they were important to him.

The Cool Box and the three items he chose to bring.

First day of school for 2011

2011-08-23T08:54:00.001-07:00

Well...another year and summer has gone by! The Stephens Family had a wonderful summer and hope to have a wonderful school year. Hollis is in first grade, and loves baseball. He is currently signed up for Fall baseball with Kingwood Cove Baseball League. Daniel is in eighth grade and is in Choir, theater arts and he is a 8th grade cheerleader this year. Brian is my oldest and is a junior in high school. He enjoys singing and is in choir at school. He has been in choir for 6 years now. Brian also attends early morning seminary at our church. Winter is my energetic two year old who has everyone in the house wrapped around her tiny pinkie. She has been potty trained for almost two weeks now and is doing well. Phil is in his 4th year of teaching 7th grade Texas History. Go Texas! As for me I earned my AAT this past May and am now working on my BA for EC-6th with UHD. We look forward to having a wonderful year! Love from the Stephens Family!!!

Enjoying a trip to San Antonio...

Hollis walking to school on his first day...My big first grader!!

Hollis and his frist grade Teacher Mrs. Adrian

Daniel ready to go to 8th grade...

Brian ready for his Junior year of High School...

No Training Wheels

2011-07-12T15:06:00.000-07:00

Hollis has finally learned how to ride a bike with NO training wheels. We are so proud of him. It took him 1 day to learn.

San Antonio Trip

2011-06-24T10:15:00.001-07:00

This summer we went to San Antonio Texas to visit Sea World, Natural Bridge Caverns and the Mission San Jose. This was a wonderful vactions. We learned lots of interesting facts, got to see Elmo, Shamu, Kiss a Beluga Whale, ride roller coasters, get splashed by whales, see awesome shows, see wax figures, went to the Ripley's Believe it or not museum and rode a boat for the riverwalk tour. We had a great view of the Almo from our Hotel window and we even got work up at 2:30 in the morning with the fire alarms going off. We all evacuated to the stairway, which was outside, and had to walk down two flights of stairs in the cold rain till we found out it was a false alarm. (Just for your info... our room was on the 12th floor) Here are some pictures of our exciting and fun vacation. Enjoy!! Here Hollis is walking down the slippery wet stairs inside the cavern. This was such a neat experience. The temp was 70 but because of the humidity it seemed like it was 90 degrees in this underground cavern.

Here are some beautiful formations that formed in the cave because of the water that soaked through the ground.

Here we are standing infront of another formation.

Here is the Alamo......

Hollis loves anything dealing with weapons that were used in the civil wars and any other battles...so of course he wanted a picture with the cannon.

This was in the Ripley's Believe it or not museum. This was a fun and neat place to visit. above and below is a picture with Phillip, Hollis and WInter standing next to the tallest man ever.

Winter not even 3 feet.

Of course Phillip had to get a picture with Dr. Phil...

Hollis with the Terminator...I'll Be Back!!! LOL!!!

Here was Winter's first ride....The Merry Go round...she loved it!!

Winter really did like the show I just couldn't get her to smile!!!

Phillip, Hollis and The count!!!

The family with The Cookie Monster!!!

This was such an awesome show, as Winter would say, with the Beluga Whales and the divers. After the show we got to go backstage and get a kiss from the Beluga whales.

Here is a picture of a baby Beluga whale. Did you know the the baby beluga whales are gray then when they become an adult they turn white. Also did you know when a baby Beluga whale is born it's 5ft tall and weighs about 120 to 125pds.

Of course we had to ride on some water rides....The water was freezing, but not as cold as the water we were drinched with from the whales.

Here is Phillip and Hollis on a water ride.....

This was Winter's favorite part, watching Elmo. At one point Elmo walked down the cat walk and reached down and touched Winter's hand. That was the best thing that ever happened to her. She looked at me and showed me her hand and said "Elmo touched my hand" She said this several times that night. What a sweet memory I will have of that moment.

Here's Elmo going down the catwalk about to touch Winter's hand...

We then went to a 3d movie of sesame street. Again another sweet memory occured during this movie...When cookie monster's cookies blew up into several pieces Winter was reaching out to get one. When she realized she could get it she looked at me with her lip curled up saying "I want a cookie"...What a fun time!!!!

Here are the whales...that splashed us...Winter would say "Awesome"... We decided to sit in the front rows since Hollis wanted to get splashed by the whales...man were we in for it. We were splashed the most with the freezeing salt water. But it was worth it when we saw the looks on the kids faces!!!!

This was a neat show too! The sea lions....

Last we went to the Mission San Jose..this was a neat place to see. I find these old buildings very interesting....

Here's Hollis with his Davy Crockett hat that we got at the Almo..Doesn't he look sooo cute!!!

Me and Winter standing down the path to a mill.

My sweet Hollis looking cute by a well.

Here is the family looking out a window of one of the mission's rooms. We really enjoyed this vacation. And if you are wondering where the other two boys are they are in Oklahoma having their own fun and adventures with family. Hopefully I will have some pictures of them to put on the blog of their summer trip. Love from the Stephens Family!!!!

Happy Birthday Winter

2011-06-18T07:25:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe that another year has gone by and my sweet Winter is now two (June 16th 2011). For her birthday we took her to Build a Bear and she made a monkey, (AMY). It was so cute to watch her as she would carry the monkey around all day. We then went to Texas Roadhouse to enjoy a birthday dinner with her. Over all Winter had a wonderful birthday. Enjoy the pictures below.
Winter with her monkey Amy....

Winter showing me her monkey she built at Build a Bear with love....

Winter sitting on a saddle at Texas Roadhouse where everyone gave her a big YeeHa for her birthday.

Here Winter is enjoying her Birthday dinner or should I say she has finished her birthday dinner.....

Winter outside for a Birthday picture......

More pictures of the Birthday girl...She has grown so much....

Winter looking at the book she got from Granna for her birthday.

Trip to the Museum of Natural Science

2011-06-18T07:13:00.000-07:00

We went to the Museum of Natural Science and visted the butterfly exhibit. It was such a wonderful experience.
Here a beautiful butterfly landed on my leg.

Daniel was holding a butterfly on his finger.

The kids having fun.....

Winter and the caterpillar......

Hollis and Winter riding the Caterpillar....

Kindergarten Program and summer fun

2011-06-08T13:45:00.001-07:00

School is over and the summer fun has just began.
WInter with her beautiful smile.......

Hollis playing in the sprinkler....

I love this face expression....and the hat is too cute...

More sprinkler dance....

She could be a model if I could just get her to smile.....

Hollis graduating from kindergarten...Mrs. Willams giving him a hug and his report card.....

Hollis doing the chicken dance for his kindergarten program....

Here Hollis singing with the other kids.....

My cute little chicken......Can't believe my sweet Hollis is now in first grade.....

Easter 2011

2011-04-27T13:05:00.000-07:00

Hollis' School Field Trip to the Zoo....

2011-04-27T12:51:00.001-07:00

Hollis had his first School field trip...at the zoo. Phillip and I decided to tag along. We had a blast especially WInter. This was her first trip to the zoo and she loved to see all the animals. She would say how cute...I like it!
Phillip, Winter, Hollis and his friend.

This was Hollis' first time to ride a school bus

Winter and the Monkey!!!

Winter petting the goat! SHe loved doing this!!

My sweet boy Hollis....I can't believe how big he is getting!!!

My cute!!!

Hollis with some of his friends.....

Hollis waiting to come inside the zoo...

Me and Winter....

Hollis and his friends.....

Random Pictures

2011-03-29T06:42:00.000-07:00

Just some pictures of us..I need to take some new ones of all the kids!

Texas Rangers

2011-03-19T11:53:00.001-07:00

This year we decided to put Hollis in baseball. Hollis was so excited especially when he found out he was placed on the Texas Rangers Team. (We were very suprised, especially since Phillip and Hollis love anything to do with Texas.)

Hollis' Sixth Birthday

2011-03-19T11:34:00.001-07:00

Happy 6th Birthday to my Hollis. On Feb. 15, 2011 my sweet boy turned 6. I can't believe he is growing up so fast!!! We had his 6th b-day party at Jumpalooza. He had a blast!!

Hollis' Valentine's Party

2011-02-25T13:43:00.001-08:00

Hollis' Valentine's party at school. He had so much fun playing games and he was happy his sister was there.

Your beautiful.....Just the way you are.....

2011-01-27T11:16:00.000-08:00

Every time this song comes on Winter sings and moves to the beat in the car. So I thought I'd get her on video. She usually dances more, but I guess she was shy because I was recording her. However if you watch closely she forgets at times and dances her little booty off! I'm so grateful to finally have my little princess. She has brought so much joy into my life. I look forward to many more adventures with her.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T15:47:00.000-08:00

This was a wonderful Christmas....so grateful for my family and for my Savior. Merry Christmas everyone!!
My Family....

My beautiful kids...

Hollis and Phillip spreading reindeer food on the lawn...

Phillip and the little ones.....

Me and the little ones...

Family pictures 2010

2010-11-17T14:23:00.000-08:00

So we finally got family pictures. The last time we had family pictures taken was when Hollis was two and now Hollis is 5. Been a while. Hope you enjoy! My friend Christina Mckinney took them.

Veterans Day

2010-11-11T08:07:00.001-08:00

Happy Veterans Day Daddy! I love you! Thank you so much Daddy for serving in the military to protect our Country and Freedom. I'm so proud of you and Honored to be you daughter! Below are some pictures of my daddy when he was in the Army in 1970. He was in the 123rd Infantry in the Vietnam War!

Happy Veterans Day to all! Today Hollis' school had a Veterans ceremony. We all met at the flag. They had people who served in all the beanches of military their to be honored. It was so touching as we sang (and listened to the voices of the children) sing God Bless The USA! Thank you all who served this country. Who fought for our freedom and Thank you to those who died for our freedom! Below are some pictures! Enjoy!!

Yes...I know I look terrible!!! But what do you expect this early in the morning trying to get 4 kids off to school. So look at the cute kids instead!! LOL!!

Winter in the Hospital

2010-10-31T06:53:00.000-07:00

Winter is my little monkey!! Yesterday I was upstairs doing laundry and Phillip was down stairs grading papers. Well Winter decides to climb up in a chair and she falls. I come running down stairs and Phillip is holding her. She is just a crying. Well when I took her I saw that her eyes had rolled back into her head and she became quite. so I laid her down and pressed her chest and yelled her name. She then began to cry and look around. So we took an ambulance ride to Texas Children Hospital. All is well....we were sent home a few hours later and told to keep an eye on her. SO She slept with me through out the night. She seems to be doing just fine!

Winter

2010-10-29T10:00:00.001-07:00

I took Winter to her first Photo shoot last week and we had a blast. Well she did at least! LOL! She kept us on our feet trying to get her to be still and to smile and look at the camera. I have some in her Halloween costume but they forgot to order it along with another picture I wanted. So I will be talking to the manager later. However here are the ones we received and she is such a cutie!! Enjoy!

Moonwalk fun

2010-10-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

I finally decided to pull the moonwalk out. I felt Winter was old enough to enjoy it and I was right! Her and Hollis had such a fun time!!!
Winter and Hollis having so much fun!

Hollis being a cutie!!

Winter just laying around!

Hollis and Winter resting!!

Hi Mommy!!!

Hollis getting Winter with the red puppy!!

Winter getting ready to go down the slide.....

She was having soooo much fun!!

Hollis Chillin......

HAving a blast jumping.....

Skating is so much fun!!

2010-10-27T07:54:00.001-07:00

Hollis went to one of his friends birthday party at the skating ring. This was the first time he had ever been skating. At first he had to get used to skating, but after a while he became a pro!!! You would of never known that this was his first time skating!
Hollis the pro!!

Getting his balance!!

He's up and ready to go!!

Hollis starting off!!

Student of the week

2010-10-13T13:54:00.003-07:00

At the beginning of Oct Hollis was student of the week in his Kindergarten class. He was asked to make a poster to show all about him and the things he liked. Phillip and Hollis worked on the poster and this is what they came up with.
Hollis getting ready to take the poster to school. He was so excited!!

Random pictures

2010-10-04T13:46:00.000-07:00

Random pictures...Enjoy!
Here is Daniel!

Brian in his ROTC uniform.

Winter being silly and sticking out her tongue!!

My sweet Hollis!!!

Winter playing in the back yard looking at a leaf!

Winter showing me she had dirt on her hand! She is sooooo Girly!!

Phillip and the kids!!

First day of school for 2010

2010-08-23T09:02:00.001-07:00

Hollis' first day of Kindergarten. He was so excited.
Hollis in his classroom with his new friends...

Hollis waiting for me to leave...

Hollis and his kindergarten teacher....Mrs. Williams

Hollis walking to school....Since we live about a mile from his school, we decided to walk.

On our way to school....

Daniel's first day of 7th grade...

Brian's first day of 10th grade. (Sophomore YR.) I told him he will never be to big for me to take first day of school pictures. LOL!!

Yummie!!

2010-08-01T17:40:00.001-07:00

One night I made Nachos for dinner and Hollis didn't eat it all. Well he left his bowel on the table just in case he might want to finish it later. About ten mins. later I noticed that Winter was very quiet. So....I went into the kitchen and this is what I found. Winter eating Nachos. Enjoy the pictures.

More Texas Fun

2010-07-13T19:34:00.000-07:00

This summer has been alot of fun! We have visited lots of Texas History sites. Below are some pictures of us visiting the Sam Houston Statue, The Texas Prison Museum, The Texas Cemetery where Sam Houston is buried, Star of The Republic Museum, Washington on the Brazos, and The Blue Bell Factory. We have had alot of fun so enjoy the pictures!

Texas Trips This Summer

2010-06-23T17:26:00.000-07:00

As you know...Phillip is a Texas History Teacher. He loves anything dealing with Texas History. So for the summer we have gone to several Texas History places. We went to Austin and saw the capitol, the Texas History Museum and the Texas State Cemetary. Next we went to Beaumont and saw Spindletop and the largest fire Hydrant. We then went to Waco and saw the Texas Ranger Museum and the Dr. Pepper Museum. And today we went to the San Jacinto Monument. Here are some pictures to show what we saw.
At the top of the San Jacinto Monument...

At the Capitol in Austin

At the Texas State Museum

Texas Ranger Museum

At the Dr. Pepper Museum

Dressing up at the Texas Ranger Museum.....FUN!!

Phillip holding a gun at the Texas Ranger Museum. It weighed 4.9 pds.

Winter's Birthday

2010-06-20T15:21:00.000-07:00

Winter had a wonderful birthday!! On June 16th she turned one. We had a fun day in store. We took a walk to the pool along the trail and saw a bunny and a wierd bug. We had fun swimming. We went to Fuddruckers and she ate her favorite..... French Fries! We had a wonderful day!!

Winter with her hair down. It's getting long!

Winter was tired of taking pictures...

I love this picture...She is a cutie!!

Winter has been walking more and more!!

Winter and I at the pool...

Daddy came to the pool with us..Lots of fun!!

Swimming....

Hollis loved the way this leaf looked and wanted to take a picture....

We saw a bunny along the way....

This bug flew into Phillip and hit his hand. We took a picture of it because it looked so wierd.

Winter's 1st birthday party and other pictures!!

2010-06-11T12:51:00.001-07:00

My sweet princess Winter!! Here are some pictures of her around the house ,swimming and her first birthday party! Enjoy!! And as of today Winter is 18pds,28in long has two bottom teeth coming in and is walking more and more each day! She is such a joy to have in the Stephens' household!

Yummy cupcake!

Winter loves to eat!!

Chillin at the pool in her new float!!

The Family

2010-06-02T11:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some recent pictures of the family!!

Swimming

2010-06-02T11:35:00.000-07:00

Starting off the summer with FUN!! This was Winter's first time to go swimming and she loved it!

Winter is starting to walk....

2010-05-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

Well..Winter has been walking around holding on to things and taking a few steps here and there. Well today she decided to take more than two steps and has been doing it all day! So I have filmed her walking. Enjoy!!

A walk to the Park.....

2010-05-25T08:33:00.000-07:00

Hollis, Winter and I Love to walk to the park. Well today I decided to take the camera along so you can see what we do and see. We went to two playgrounds,saw two rabbits, squirrels, pretty flowers,trees and just had alot of fun.

Hollis walking on the trail....

Winter and I on the seesaw...

I gave Hollis the camera and this is one of the pictures he took.

Hollis took a picture of this birdhouse.......

Hollis took a picture of these pretty yellow flowers....

Here is the second bunny we saw along the trail.

Winter and Hollis....

Winter making noise with her mouth...too cute!!

What a cutie!!!!

Hollis took this picture of me and Winter on the slide....

Here is Hollis and Winter on the slide.

Here is the first bunny we saw. He just set there staring at us for a long time. I think he tought we couldn't see him.

If you look close their is a squirrel on the tree.....

Hollis and Winter being so cute!!

Winter and I on the swing. SHe loved it....

What a sweet smile!!!!

If you look real close...you will see a squirrel on the tree at the top of the picture....

Winter looking up at me as we were walking on the trail to the park.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures...We will take more pictures next time and post any neat things we see...Love from the Stephens Family!!!

Old McDonalds Farm

2010-05-07T14:19:00.001-07:00

We went to Old McDonalds Farm for a birthday party and we had so much fun! Winter rode a pony for the first time. Enjoy some pictures of our day!

It was a HOT day!!

Winter and Hollis on a pony!!!

Too cute!

Princess Winter and her Daddy!!

Daddy and Hollis on the train!

Mowing

2010-04-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

Saturday Phillip went outside to mow the lawn...and this is what I saw when I looked out the window. Hollis mowing with his daddy! Hollis loves to help his daddy with the yard work and he is getting good at helping.

Easter 2010

2010-04-05T08:59:00.001-07:00

Here is WInter for her First Easter. She wanted to put the eggs in her mouth.

Winter looking at the egg..HMMMMM!

Pretty girl!

Egg int he mouth!! LOL!!

Hi Mommy!!!

Cheese!!!

Winter and Hollis...WInter looking at the egg thinking..give me that!!!

Random pictures

2010-04-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

Winter

2010-03-13T14:53:00.001-08:00

Here is my sweet baby girl WInter at 9 months!! Isn't she cute! My how time flies! She is getting so big. She is lifting her self up onto everything. SHe loves to eat! Did I say she loves to eat! LOL! She loves big people food as well. She is such a happy baby. Always smiling. She loves her daddy!!! Enjoy the pictures and I will add more later.

Winter Dancing...

2010-03-06T12:34:00.000-08:00

Here is Winter dancing to the chicken dance. You might have to turn my music off at the bottom to hear the music. Also watch her right foot. SHe is keeping the beat!! LOL!

2010-02-12T06:23:00.000-08:00

Winter has been crawling for a little while now. At first she would scoot backwards everywhere..now she crawls. I finally caught her in action. Enjoy!!

Winter with pigtails!

2010-01-22T13:19:00.000-08:00

Here's Winter with pigtails. I usually just leave her hair down. She has very fine hair. But, today I decided to put her hair up. Sooooo....here she is. Princess Winter!!

Pictures of the kids

2010-01-16T13:01:00.001-08:00

Here are some updated pictures of the kids.
Winter at 7 months

Daniel

The boys playing Wii. They got it for Christmas!

Winter with her one toe touching the ground.

Here Winter is rocking back and forth to move the walker.

Winter and Hollis

Winter with her Brother's hat on.

Christmas 09

2009-12-20T14:13:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2009
Winter's Christmas outfit from Daddy!!

Hollis and all is toys!

Winter in her new walker! She loved it!

Hollis CHristmas morning!

Me and Phillip!

My boys!!

Winter sitting with her dolly grandma and grandpa got her from Hawaii!

My beautiful kids God has blessed me with!!

The kids opening up Brian's present!

More Christmas pictures!!!

Christmas 09

2009-12-17T12:30:00.000-08:00

Winter's first Christmas...2009

Snow Day in Texas...2009

2009-12-12T11:56:00.001-08:00

SNOW!!!!! Two years in a role!

pictures

2009-11-19T06:10:00.000-08:00

More pictures of Winter Lynn. She is 5 months. Enjoy!

Winter

2009-11-16T07:18:00.000-08:00

What a cutie Winter is! Winter is 5months today! She is such a happy girl! She smiles a lot and laughs at so many things.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-06T07:46:00.001-08:00

Phillip and Winter

Too cute!

Hollis the pirate!!! Urggghh!

The shepard and the lamb...

My kids. Brian the nerd, Daniel the goth boy, Hollis the pirate and Winter the sweet lamb.

The kids

2009-10-23T12:43:00.000-07:00

Here's an update on all the kids. Brian is 14 and a Freshman in high-school, Daniel is 11 and in 6th grade. Hollis is 4 and is in Pre-k. And finally the princess in the house, Winter is 4months!

Winter rolling over

2009-10-14T12:47:00.000-07:00

Winter has been rolling over for a while, so I decided to film her doing it.

Here Winter was tired of mommy wantingher to turn over, so she is chilling after a while.

First and Last

2009-10-13T08:29:00.000-07:00

Well this past Sunday was Kingwood 2 wards Primary program. It was a great day since it was Hollis' first primary program and Daniel's last. Daniel will be 12 in March so no more primary programs for him. He is getting so big. As for Hollis he's 4 and it was his first primary program. He did great. Wish I had pictures. He sat still for the most part and he even said his part. His part was "My mom puts me to bed at night and gives me big hugs. I know she loves me." Hollis spoke loud and clear so that we could hear. It was a great day. For the rest of the day Hollis was saying his part and singing Primary songs. Especially God gave us families! He would sing it over and over again. I could tell Hollis felt the spirit. I'm so grateful that families can be together for ever. I'm truly grateful for my family and the children I have been blessed with.

Kemah Fun

2009-10-09T20:35:00.001-07:00

We spent the day at Kemah with the family! Despite the rain we had a blast!

Here Hollis is riding his first big boy ride. He liked it at first then by the end of the ride he had had enough. Hollis with daddy riding the ferris wheel.

Having fun on the rides!

Fun! Fun! Fun with daddy!

Yikes a shark!!

STOP......In the name of the law! Hollis getting Daddy!

Was alot of fun! We all had a blast and enjoyed the rides.

Pictures of WInter

2009-10-02T09:05:00.000-07:00

Alright...It has been a while since I have taken lots of pictures of Winter. So today I decided to have some fun again. However Winter was not in the mood today! LOL! She is getting so big. She will be 4months on Oct. 16th. She is laughing, smiling and talks to me. She tries to role over already. She has found her hands so she loves to put them in her mouth. She is a very good baby. Below are picture of Winter. ENJOY!!

We bought Winter a Bumbo chair. It's to help them learn to sit up. At first Winter didn't like it. She cried when I put her in it. Now she likes it but still doesn't want to sit in it for too long.

Here is where she decided enough is enough. Get this hat off my head!

What a sweet girl! I love when she puts her little hand up to take pictures. She is a natural beauty!!!

Winter and her Teddy!

Ok..I had to get some pictures with her hair down and not to the side. Man..She looks like her Daddy!

Happy baby she is!! I love her smile. She melts my heart everytime I look at her.

Winter the Princess Hunter

2009-10-02T08:58:00.001-07:00

Ok....My dad bought this outfit for Winter. I had totally forgot about it. I came acrossed it and put it on her, It was almost too small, but at least I can say she wore this outfit one time. LOL! My little princess!!!

School Boy

2009-10-02T08:39:00.000-07:00

Hollis loves school. Each day he is very excited to go. When he was sick and could not go he was so sad. Hollis loves to get homework. His teacher has been sending stuff home for him to do. Hollis loves it. Here is Hollis waiting to get out of the car to go to his class. What a sweet boy!

Winter

2009-09-07T15:37:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures I have taken of WInter. She is such a sweet little girl. She is 2 and a half months and is cooing and smiling.

Blessing

2009-09-07T15:23:00.001-07:00

On June 6th 2009 Winter Lynn Stephens was given her blessing. Such a sweet little girl she is. My mom made her blessing outfit and blanket, which will be passed down to her to have her litle girl blessed in. Was a wonderful day. Below are some pictures.

Meet the Teacher day

2009-08-21T12:57:00.001-07:00

This Year Hollis gets to go to Pre-k. He is very excited. Everyday he ask Phillip and I for homework. So we have asked his teacher to make sure she sends some homework home for Hollis. We went to meet his teacher and see his classroom. Hollis didn't want to leave. We stayed for about 45 mins so he could look all around the room and play.

The family

2009-08-09T20:02:00.001-07:00

Finally a picture of the entire family!

Pictures of the kids

2009-07-18T08:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of the kids. Winter at 1 month, Hollis at 4, Daniel at 11 and Brian at 14. Enjoy!!

Winter

2009-07-04T11:55:00.001-07:00

Here is my sweet Winter Lynn sleeping. What a sweet princess.

This was WInter's first bath. SHe loves it. WHen I took her out to dry her she fussed at me.

My sweet little princess... I love her so. It still feels weird to have a little girl. But I love it so..

Winter Lynn Stephens

2009-06-28T12:59:00.000-07:00

On June 16th at 5:15pm. Winter Lynn Stephens was born. She was 18in. long and 6pds 15oz. As you can see in the pictures below she had a head full of black hair. The Lord has truly blessed me. I have a wonderful husband and three wonderful boys and now a little princess.

Hollis and his bike

2009-06-20T15:34:00.000-07:00

We went and bought Hollis his first bike. The first day he did well but needed some help. The second day he got on the bike and took off like he had been riding a bike all his life. Here are some pictures of him on his bike.

Our New House

2009-06-04T07:39:00.000-07:00

This is our new house! We are very excited. We live in Kingwood now. So far the neighbors are nice and keep to them self. The first night I woke up around 3am and all I could hear were birds singing. It was beautiful. The boys want to meet new friends. We have seen a few kids walking down the street. The boys went to scouts last night and had a blast. They said they met new friends.

Brian at his 8th grade Dance

2009-05-19T05:20:00.001-07:00

Ok.....Now I feel old! My son Brian went to his 8th grade dance. He is getting so big. I do not want him to grow up. I want him to stay my baby forever!! Anyway here Brian is with his friend Kierra.

31 wks and 3 days!!!!

2009-05-06T04:56:00.000-07:00

Ok......Here's me and my little princess at 31wks and 3 days!!!! Not much longer. Yeah!!!!

Easter 2009

2009-04-14T09:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures for Easter 2009. Some are at the park, home and my mom's house. Hope everybody had a wonderful Easter!!!

Hollis' Easter Party at School

2009-04-08T14:00:00.001-07:00

Today was Hollis' Easter Party at his Mothers Day Out School. He had so much fun. They had snacks and a Easter Egg Hunt.

me and Hollis the bunny!!

Hollis wearing his Easter Bunny Mask!

Hollis was so excited to see the Easter party decorations!!

Easter 2009

2009-04-06T12:56:00.000-07:00

Here is Hollis and the Easter Bunny!! At first Hollis didn't know what to think. He didn't want to get to close, but after a while he was fine as long as the Easter Bunny didn't touch him. Also to get him to smile I had to have him say Spiderman and the camera guy sung the theme song to Spiderman. That made Hollis smile. Happy Easter Everyone!!!

Trip to the Park

2009-03-20T06:58:00.001-07:00

This is the kids spring break week and Phillip's spring break as well. We have had so much fun this whole week. One of our trips we went to the park.

Phillip playing catch with Brian.

Hollis playing soccor....

Phillip and Hollis...

I like this picture. Phillip was walking on the blocks and Hollis was following him.

Hollis wanted to swing on the big boy swing not the baby swing so here he is all sad!

Smile Hollis!

Daniel writing his name in the dirt.

The men in my life. This is a cute picture of them!!!

Brian my oldest! He is growing up so fast!!!

Ok! This was funny..well not to Hollis. The boys were playing soccor and Hollis went to kick the ball and slipped. Well I giggled alittle and his feelings were hurt so here Hollis is all upset at me for Laughing. See the next two pictures as well.

What a fun day we had at the park!!! This whole week has been wonderful!

Me at 24wks

2009-03-14T08:18:00.000-07:00

Me at 24wks. Man is my belly getting big, but I haven't gain alot of wait for the entire pregnancy so far, which is great!! Iam getting to the point where I'm ready for her to be born. Hard to get comfortable at night. I can tell when she is awake or asleep. She moves around alot.

I have gained most of my weight in the butt and boobs , but
now my belly is growing. I can't wait to see her. I wonder what she looks like. Does she have Daddy's blonde hair or green eyes. Or does she have my brown hair and brown eyes. Only 3 and a half months left.

Yep! That's me with the belly!!! LOL!!

What a day it will be when my little princess is born. We are still debating on a name. Her middle name will be Lynn after me. Atleast that's what we are saying so far. Well my sweet princess can't wait to see you and hold you and kiss you!

2009 Zoo Trip

2009-03-09T08:08:00.000-07:00

Saturday March 7th 2009 The Stephens Family went to the Houston Zoo. We hadn't been in a long time. I had forgotten how much fun it can be to look at all the animals. This was Hollis' second time to go to the Zoo. He was 2 last time and really wasn't interested in it. But this time at age 4 he was so cute to watch his facial expressions when he saw each animal. We all had a wonderful time. Here are some pictures to capture the Stephens Family moment at the Zoo.

Me and my three boys!

My three boys!

Hollis and his Daddy!!!

Hollis sitting in a birds nest...Hatching the eggs!!! LOL!!

Me and Hollis driving the boat!

Mr Hollis being cute!

The boys!!!

The Love birds! Man my face is chubby!! Here I'm almost 6months pregnant!! The face is starting to show it!

The men in my life and soon we will have a little princess to add some girl power!!!

I love this picture!! Looks like he's sad! Let me out of here. Is this what my life has become!! Such a cute picture!!!

My Smart Boy!

2009-02-26T11:59:00.000-08:00

I have taught Hollis how to write his letters and his name. So as we were doing school he decided he wanted to write his name and his daddy's name. I had to say the letters for his daddy's name but he knew how to write them. He can write his name on his own. Doesn't Hollis have great penmanship?

It's a Girl!!!

2009-02-17T14:21:00.000-08:00

We had our ultrasound today! We were so excited to find out we are having a little girl!! After three boys I'm finally getting my princess!!

It's a girl!

Yep! It's a Girl!

Arm and face

Her face!

Here it looks like she is praying! My sweet baby girl!! Can't wait to see you my little princess!!

My due date is July 3rd 2009.

Preggo pictures

2009-02-17T14:14:00.001-08:00

Me at 20wks or 5months!

An Awesome birthday gift....

2009-02-16T09:53:00.000-08:00

Hollis' first picture in the Newspaper......

I work two days a week at a Mothers Day out program. I do this so that Hollis can go and socialize with other kids. Well the Baytown Sun came and did a story about the program and guess who got their picture taken for the Newspaper. You guessed it, my sweet and adorable Hollis. And to top it all off they published the story on Hollis' birthday. What a birthday gift!
Click on this link to see the story!

The Baytown Sun: "Churches helping churches
Trevis Herper and Hollis Stephens play during Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church's Children's Day Out Wednesday. The day care is currently being held at Trinity Episcopal Church, as Cedar Bayou UMC undergoes repairs after damage from Hurricane Ike.
Published February 15, 2009"

Hollis being cute!!

2009-02-13T11:39:00.000-08:00

The last few times I have tried to take Hollis' picture he
has decided to be a silly boy! How fun they are at this age!
Here's Hollis being silly.....

Above is Hollis sticking his tongue out trying to be cute!! And to the side is Hollis giving me the PEACE sign. Too Cute he is!

UIL Competition

2009-01-27T12:17:00.000-08:00

Daniel competed in the UIL competition for 5th grade. He placed second in the Art History. It's where you have to look at a painting and tell what the title is and the arthur is. Daniel practiced alot and it paid off. So here is Daniel with his UIL shirt and his medal!

What a happy boy!! 2nd place!!

Tagged

2009-01-20T08:09:00.000-08:00

5 Things in my purse:
Wallet
chap stick
tylenol
Pen
Candy

5 Things in my workroom:
My Laptop
Pens
A desk
A chair
Books

5 Things you've always wanted to do:
Go to Alaska
See Niagra Falla
Quilt
Go to Disney World
Ride a train

5 Things you are into:
My Family
Scrap-booking
Romance movies
Playing on the computer
Re-connecting with old friends(thanks facebook!)

Tag:
Christa
Christy
Allison
Mom
Mickey
And who ever else wants to do it!!

Preggo Pictures

2009-01-16T14:39:00.000-08:00

16wks and 1 day or 4 months and 1 day

Ok I wanted to have some pictures of me being pregnant so I had Hollis take these pictures. I think he did a great job with the pictures.

Me and the baby Belly!!

As you can tell I wasn't ready for the picture and Hollis was. LOL!

Me again 4months and 1 day. My Belly might not be to big, but my Butt and Boobs have grown alot! LOL!!

Feeding the Birds

2009-01-16T13:52:00.000-08:00

Here is Hollis feeding the ducks, geese and the seagulls! We fed them our french Fries! Hollis had fun but you could tell he was a little scared if they got to close.

Feeding the birds at the park

2009-01-16T13:22:00.001-08:00

Today we went to the park! And we decided to feed the birds our French Fries! Hollis had so much fun. I just enjoyed watching his face expressions when the birds got to close.

I love this picture. Hollis wanted to pet the duck. So I told him maybe if you sit and be still he will come up to you. SO here is Hollis sitting and waiting for the duck to come to him.

This was funny! The birds started to fly towards Hollis and it scared him so he jumped back!!

Day at the Park with Hollis

2009-01-16T12:55:00.000-08:00

Hollis and I went to run some errands and on the way back home we decided to stop off at the park. Well after about 5mins. We realiized it was too cold for Hollis to just have a short sleeve shirt on. So we had to go back home put a sweater on him and get his jacket. After that we had a blast.
Hollis had to try ever slide there!!!

Hollis had to swing on the big boy swing since I couldn't pick him up to put him in the safety swing. He did real good. My baby is growing up!

Hollis decided to swing on his belly. He liked that!!

Another slide!! LOL!!

What a cute smile he has. I can't believe he will be 4 next month. He is growing up!!

Fun in the car

2009-01-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

Fun With Hollis

Holis and I were fixing to leave to do some errands and we decided to play around with the camara. So here is Hollis and I having some fun in the car!!

That's just me to the Left!!!

Primary

2009-01-05T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hollis as finally graduated from nursery to primary. He was getting too big for nursery. He will be 4 Feb. 15th of this year. To the left is the certificate he received. I will get a picture of him in his class soon.

Hollis went to primary this Sunday for the first time. He did ok. They said towards the end he got scared and cried for me. He then went to his Sunbeam class where he did Awesome!! I can't believe how big he's getting. They grow up so fast!!