April always brings general conference and general conference always brings conference dinner. This time around we only did it with the three of us. Easter was the same day and all our friends were coming over. We thought it would have been too much to do both. In between sessions Jed and I went and delivered meat (our ward had a smoked shoulder fund raiser for the youth) to families from our ward, who were in need. It was a very touching experience, especially on easter. There are so many people out there that need our service and this act really helped open our eyes. We are truly blessed for all that we have, even if it's just a little. The Hill's, Roberts', and Lowry's all came over for easter dinner. It was really fun. We feel so close to our friends here.
Our ward had a campout and Porter had his first campout. He did so well and we had a blast. We shared a campsite with the Robert's. It was perfect weather, unlike the last ward campout. It was encouraging to have such a successful camping experience because we want to do many more adventures with Porter in the future.
Jed and I got rock climbing passes to a rock climbing gym up in Memphis. We have had so much fun with it. We go at least once a week, and have enjoyed every minute. Porter is a champ and hangs out on the boulder matts while Jed and I take turns. It has been an added bonus of living here.
Senior Sendoff was at the end of the month. It's so crazy that Jed is entering his senior year. Because everyone is going to their different rotation sites, they do an end of year dinner before everyone leaves. It was at the lodge at the zoo and it was a perfect night. We got to walk around parts of the zoo alone and it was magical. The dinner was lovely and the class voted for awards at the end. It was fun to see how close Jed has gotten to his classmates. His class voted Jed as the person who "Makes the world a better place." What an amazing award. His class thinks the world of him and so do I!
We took a temple trip to St. Louis with the Hill's and Robert's in order to attend the endowment of Brad Moore. He works with Jed in young mens and was our home teacher since his baptism a year ago. He is an amazing man and such an example. Him and his wife Melissa are getting sealed in May. They have been so kind to us. It was the first time i've been to the temple since Porter was born. The Memphis temple is currently closed for complete renovation and St Louis is the closest temple. The spirit was so strong and Jed and I got several answers to questions we had been having. After the temple we went to the city Museum. It is this crazy museum that literally is a giant playground for adults and kids. We were climbing in the smallest nooks and acting like fools. It was so much fun. On the way home I really wanted to see the arch, so we drove by it quickly.
We tried to use our fire pit more often this year. We had a smore's and hot dog not with just to three of us and then we had a night where we had 6 families over for outside games, hotdogs, and smore's. We really have been blessed with the people we have met here.
Porter had his first eye exam. It was so adorable and he did so well. The doctor at Jed's school was so patient with him, I was very impressed. So far so good, but luckily we will have an eye doctor in the family if anything happens!
Jed and I went to our stake adult dance. We went to support because we were asked to. It was about what you would think it would be. We dressed nice casual because we were told that was ok, when we showed up all I saw were fancy dresses. I turned to Jed and said we are leaving. But luckily we didn't, the Hills were there too, dressed the same way, so it was all fun.
We got a baby bike seat from the Tonkin's and have had so much fun taking Porter on bike rides. He looks so cute even though his helmet is giant on him.
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