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!

April 2012

Slacking on the blogging this month!! I am 32 weeks preggo and definitely feeling it! This little boy is sitting really low (compared to my girls) and right on my sciatic nerve (OUCH!).

 

I have been immensely enjoying this pregnancy, but now I am just uncomfortable. I also have borderline high blood pressure and swell up really easily, so I am on “modified bed rest”, which means I basically have to try to take it as easy as possible but don’t have to stay in bed all day…thank goodness! I think I would go crazy being on strict bed rest!

We took the girls shopping early this month because we realized that Aspen had absolutely NO summer clothes! They both absolutely LOVE to shop so of course they both had to get SOMETHING new! When we got home from the store they just had to put on a little fashion show!

  

The Friday before Easter Sunday we had a little family get-together for the kiddos at George Washington Memorial Park and had a little Easter egg hunt. It was a lot of fun and the kids had so much fun playing with their cousins!

 

 

This is at a little house that is on the walking trail at the park. Kids are so funny!

 

Daddy and the girls got a little carried away while coloring Easter eggs. I think more paint ended up on faces and hands that it did on eggs! We later found out that this particular paint does NOT come off of skin easily! Ooops!

  

 

Aspen is no longer taking naps so that she is used to it when school starts in August. So, one day during nap time she brought me all of her hair clippies and wanted me to make her hair pretty…with ALL of her clips!

  

Then it was my turn…

  

Daddy built the girls a “castle” in their bunkbed and rigged up a hanger for the DVD player so they could watch a movie in their castle. They thought it was the greatest thing in the world!

 

 

 

We took the girls to PetLand to play with a puppy for a little while one day and the girls got distracted by the bunnies. Aspen held hers close to her chest like a pro…

 

And Hadley’s decided it liked it better up on her shoulder!

 

Aspen has become quite the adventurer and loves to be outside doing anything! Her most recent adventure was to climb the tree in our front yard…

 

Somehow she ended up with dirt smeared all over her face and we both thought it was hilarious!

 

Brevin was home the opening week of turkey season and played outside with the daycare kids. The kids had a blast and I think Brevin had a little fun too :)

We go over to aunt Trudy’s a lot and one of the girls' favorite thing to do there is to go see the horses!

  

We took the girls to the Kansas City Temple Open House this month too. Unfortunately, I didn’t think to take any pictures while we were there :( The girls thought that it was just the coolest place in the whole world! I absolutely agree with them!! The temple is absolutely beautiful and feels just like home. My most favorite and memorable part of the whole experience was having my little family all in the Celestial Room together. The Spirit was incredibly strong!

  Here are some random videos/pictures from this month:

These are the little monkeys at the Gentry, Arkansas Safari. They are so fun to play with!

Aspen learning how to jump rope with Daddy:

This is Gma and Gpa White’s new dog, Gus, with his collar fastened around his waist. Apparently he didn’t like it very much! (This was all Brevin’s doing!):

Brevin and Jordan cleaned out the gutters at Gma and Gpa White’s house and the girls wanted to get on the roof with them.

 

 

Daddy and Hadley being silly at Arby’s for lunch one Saturday.

 

Thanks for reading!!