Christmas cookies

Bladen was helping Gwama and Brooke make Christmas cookies, pancake mixes and put Danielle and Tyler's Christmas packages together. He was so helpful.

Messiah

"Unto us a child is born," "And the government shall be upon his shoulders," "And his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace"

Ralph and I had a lot of fun going to the Messiah rehearsals for the three months prior to Christmas. The actual production is quite long and I think Aaron and Jared dozed off a few times while watching us.

Snowshoeing in Settlement

The Howland clan took a little excursion up Settlement Canyon for a quick snowshoeing trip. We bundled Bladen up in as many layers as we could and I think he had a good time. However, when we got back home his hands and feet were icy cold.

Christmas 2009

This Christmas was so much fun, but at the same time, different than any other because of our two missionaries being absent. Here are a few photos of the various family get togethers we had during the Christmas holidays. My favorite is the one of Bladen doing yoga on the Wii with uncle Aaron's help.

The beginning

Welcome to the first White family blog. Our small nation may, at this time, be a bit divided by distance, but we are together for the long run.