My Loves

 I decided it was time for some new pictures of the kids together, and as you all know, this is NOT an easy task.  They actually did pretty well, and I was happy with at least a couple.  I just love these two to death and even though it's crazy at times, they are such sweet, happy, healthy babies and I feel incredibly blessed!

Griff trying to get Ella to sit still

 Off she went to I caught this sweet picture of my Griffin Bear

 I love their expressions in this one

 One of my favorites

 This one too...I think they look similar here

 Must have been a bird or airplane up there...

 Love sisters hand on brothers leg and his hand on her shoulder...precious

Easter Catch Up 2- Houston

 After we left San Antonio Easter morning, we headed straight to Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Heather's for their annual Easter lunch, egg hunt, and volley ball game.  It's always such a fun day with tons of kids running around and lots of family time.  Ella went to whole day without a nap, this social butterfly doesn't want to miss a thing!  When we left she was asleep before the car was even in drive!  Fun times!

All the kids ready to hunt eggs

 Griffin on the move

 Ella had some help from Gigi and cousin Brittany

 Jack was having too much fun playing lacrosse, he's going to be a baller for sure!!!

 Ella was more interested in the Easter grass in her basket :)

Love this sweet girl!!!

Easter Catch Up- San Antonio

 I'm finally getting around to posting our Easter pictures!  We had a wonderful weekend in San Antonio visiting Uncle ConCon, Aunt LeLe, Carson, Lyndon, Mimi, Pops, and Uncle James.  Needless to say we had a full house.  We left early Friday and when we got there we all went to Guadalupe State Park which is about 10 minutes from their house.  It was beautiful and the kids had a blast swimming in the river.  Ella LOVED splashing and throwing rocks and Griffin jumped off a big rock into the river about 100 times!  Of course I took zero pictures.  We also went to a super fun Easter party on Saturday, complete with an Easter egg hunt, Easter bunny, and lots of swimming.  And you guessed it, zero pictures of that too.  So here are the pictures I do have :).

Sweet baby girl ready for bed

 Mimi got each grand kid a set of resurrection eggs for Easter.  They LOVED them and really got into the meaning behind each egg.  A great way to teach the true meaning of Easter.

 Griffin using the whip..ha!

 Miss cutie pie thought it was hilarious to crawl up the stairs into Conner and Leslie's room

 Peter Rabbit bedtime story with Mimi and Pops

 Easter baskets

 On the way to church with Mimi...all the little boys matched and looked precious

 The Austin Family...LOVE them!

Our family...best we could get

Grace Easter Party

Griffin had his Easter party at Grace Preschool on the Tuesday before Easter.  The kids were all so cute dressed up in their Spring clothes and they all had a great time!  The egg hunt was fun but Griffin was too busy talking about what was in the eggs to get very many!  Haha.

Catching Up

Wow, somewhere along the past month life just went in fast forward.  I just realized my last post was over a month ago!  We have been busy with Griffin starting soccer, two family trips, a busy Spring Break, and Jason has been traveling a lot.  The really sad thing is I don't have pictures of any of it.  I'm going to get back on the bandwagon and do better...or at least try!  Until then, here are a few pictures of the kids new birthday swing set (thanks to Gigi, Papa J, Mimi, and Pops) and our garden which has already grown so much since these pictures!

Introducing...

We are proud to introduce the newest member of The Stephens Crew, Chugger!  We lost our sweet Jeter in February, and we thought we'd wait until Christmas before getting a puppy.  Well, turns out we just really aren't the same without a doggie in our home, so after much looking, we found a puppy!  He's a miniature dachshund and just the cutest thing ever.  Jason and I really struggled over names and then we asked Griffin what he wanted to name him.  Now, if you remember his history of naming, he named our Elf on the Shelf "Elf" and our Easter bunny "Bunny".  But without much thought he said, "His name is Chugger!"  Funny, we all loved the name and it's a perfect fit for this sweet puppy.  No dog will ever replace our first baby Jeter, he was one of a kind.  I love the fact that Chugger is so different.  We love him so much already and know he'll be the perfect companion for our family!