Jonny's First Talk

Jonny gave his first talk in Primary on Sunday, March 31.    He was asked to speak about “Jesus is my Savior”.  Since it was Easter, we included that in his talk.  We practiced his talk several times during the week and he could even remember some of the sentences without begin prompted.  I wasn't really worried about him giving his talk because he loves to speak into the microphone.   When we did this video (a practice run at home) in front of the video camera, he added, “Lots and lots of candy!” to the talk so I was a little worried about what else he would add.  As it turns out, it wasn’t too bad!  When he was giving his talk, he got right up there and repeated the sentences that I whispered to him.  He didn’t want to hold the pictures so I did that.  When we talked about “those things are fun” he mentioned his birthday and then picked right back up on his talk.  

He did a good job.  It was nice and clear and loud so everyone could hear well.  I was too busy focusing on Jonny that I didn’t notice much else going on around us.  I was told later that we went slow enough and in short enough sentences that the little kids on the front row were repeating what Jonny was saying!  

Roasting Peeps

I happened to be in the store on the day after Easter.  As I was passing by the Easter aisle, I saw a lady throw several packages of marshmallow Peeps in her basket.  She was saying something about camping.  I thought that might be fun but I didn't grab any of the Peeps then.  Last week, I was in Albertson's and they still had a few things left over from Easter.  I noticed some Peeps and couldn't pass them up this time!  My sister Melanie and her family were at our house so I thought the kids might have fun roasting the Peeps in our fire pit out back.  It was a little rainy and the Peeps didn't stay on the sticks very well, but the kids thought it was great!  They went through all 24 Peeps in a matter of minutes!  I even tried one to see if they were better roasted because, as a general rule, I don't eat them.  I have to say that they weren't bad roasted (think warm sugar coated marshmallow) but one was definitely enough!

Jonny's Photos

One of Jonny's favorite things to do is take photos with my little digital camera.  I usually let him take 5-10 photos and then put the camera away.  One day, we stopped by the library and Jonny stayed out in the pickup with his dad while I went in.  To help keep Jonny entertained, I left the camera for him to use.  When I came back, they showed me all of the photos Jonny had taken of his new Hulk toy from Uncle Andrew.  Jonny was pretty proud!

Birthday Party

 Last year, Grandma Vicki made Jonny a Lightning McQueen birthday cake so this year he decided that he wanted a Finn McMissile birthday cake.  Grandma Vicki was able to use the cake pan from last year, used blue frosting and added a mustache.  Jonny thought it was great!

 We invited the family over for dinner and cake & ice cream on Jonny's birthday.  Luckily, it was warm enough that we could eat and play outside.  The kids had a great time running around and jumping on the trampoline.

Jonny had a lot of fun opening his presents.  We let him take two or three out of the package that night and then we've been gradually opening the rest over the last couple of days.  It was a fun birthday!

Look Who's Four!!

Time for our annual photo of Jonny with his purple bunny, just to show how big he's getting!  

(and how silly)