May 2012

This month has been quite a lot of fun! We started off the month by going to the Kansas City Temple Dedication. It was a wonderful experience! We had quite the group go to KC with us: Brevin, me, and the kids, Jared & Mary and their kids, Mom & Barry, Dustin & Carolina and Jude, Dan & Erin and their kids, and Ashley and her kids!

The day before the dedication we went to the Cultural Celebration where the youth in the temple district were performing, Jenessa and Kelsey included. The Celebration was absolutely magical! The way everything came together and the presence of the spirit with so many people was just amazing! All of the kids performing did an awesome job!

Then, for the dedication we went to the stake center that is right next door to the temple. There was a little bit of bad weather so our broadcast cut out a little bit, but overall it was still great!

 I almost forgot...before the cultural celebration we had the option to either go to Adam-Ondi-Ahman or go to the zoo. Brevin and I and Mary and Jared decided it would be best for our kids to go to the zoo. It was a ton of fun and I am glad we decided to do that instead of the other. Before we got to the zoo that morning Brevin and I had decided that, because of my elevated blood pressure and sore hips I would be renting a motorized scooter at the zoo. And that is just what I did!

Go ahead and laugh...I sure did!!

The kids took turns riding with me and Brevin pulled the wagon. At one point we were walking from the Africa side of the zoo back to the entrance and Brevin hopped on the back of the scooter and I pulled all of us (Me, Brevin, Aspen, Hadley, Spencer, and the wagon)!

The girls' favorite exhibit at the zoo now is the polar bears. The exhibit wasn't quite finished the last time we went, so that was a lot of fun to see.

 

 

This month Aspen started T-ball! Brevin and all the kids had a blast playing in Grandma and Grandpa Johnson's front yard.

 

 

 

 

 

Her first game was this month and she was SO EXCITED to go! She is quite a good little ball player! Both Brevin and I were quite impressed at her skills!

 

One Saturday while Brevin was mowing the lawn he found a baby rabbit. He caught the little guy and brought him in the house for the girls to see. Of course, the girls wanted to keep him. So, we found a box and some food for him and set him on the back porch. When he started to get more comfortable with his surroundings, the girls wanted to hold him. So, they took turns and were doing so well with being gentle and staying seated while holding him. Then, Hadley decided she was tired of sitting down with the bunny and ended up dropping him, several times, on the concrete, on his head! Needless to say that poor little bunny had some problems after Hadley was through with him. Brevin decided that it was probably best for the little guy if we let him go. The girls were devastated, of course! Hopefully the little guy survived! So, now we can say we had a pet bunny...for a whole 4 hours! LOL!!!

 

Another day we were outside in the backyard with the girls and all of a sudden we heard this crazy sound. We couldn't quite figure out what it was. Car wreck? No, not loud enough. Street sweeper? No, the sound wasn't right. Blow torch? That could be it, but why in the world would anyone have a blow torch in our neighborhood?! And then we saw it...

A hot air balloon!!!

 

 

 

I couldn't believe how fast that thing could move!

Then, on another Saturday I helped my mom throw a baby shower for my sister-in-law, Mary. We had it at Mom's house. It was a lot of fun! I think everyone had a blast and Mary got a BUNCH of clothes for their coming little princess!

 

 

 

The 27th was Jenessa's birthday. So, we all got together for breakfast before church to celebrate with her. Yes, we even had cake after breakfast...LOL!

 

 

Then, for Memorial Day, the White clan all got together at Indian Creek for a picnic. We got there at about 8:30 that morning and didn't head out for home untill at least 4:30! It was so much fun though! We swam in the creek, ate lunch, went fishing, floated down the creek, hiked to a broken down bridge and swam there, played T-ball, chased the animals, and all kinds of other stuff!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and Jordan got his mission call!

If you didn't quite catch that, he is called to the Salt Lake City, South Mission. He reports to the MTC on August 29th. We are all so excited for him!

That's pretty much it for this month. Here are some random pictures for you to enjoy...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HA HA!! Our girls are so much fun!