Saturday, January 11, 2020

Olivia is 12 and a young woman...

Hi Josh and Sara,

Miss Olivia has had a big year.  A few things that have been new since her last birthday--
  • Joining Young Women
  • Entering middle school
  • Participating in her first temple baptisms (on Jan. 9th in the St. Paul Temple)
  • Picking up a new instrument (oboe--her teacher thinks she's doing great!)
  • Three newly official siblings (Malachi, Adrina, and Josiah were adopted on Jan. 9th and sealed on the 10th)
She also had a few travels this year, including to Texas during Spring Break to see grandparents and cousins, to Utah and Colorado in June to see family and commemorate her Grandpa White's battle with cancer and love of running, and to Nauvoo in July.

During tonight's birthday dinner, for fun we asked Olivia a few questions about her present and future self.  Here are a few of her answers.  We'll see have to hang onto this to see how her predictions turn out--
  • Favorite color: Red
  • Favorite number: 12
  • Favorite meal: Pasta (no sauce)
  • Favorite show: Just Add Magic
  • Favorite book (a hard one): Princess of Glass
  • Favorite scripture: 1 Nephi 3:7
  • Evening person or morning person: Evening
  • Future job: Baker
  • Future place Robby and Sharon will serve a mission: Egypt 
  • Future husband's hair color: Dirty blond/brownish
On the topic of hair, we were remembering recently our little Olivia--the one with just a few short locks.  You'd never believe it looking at her long tresses today.

With time, some things change.  Others remain constant.  We will forever be grateful that you allowed Olivia to join our family.  Our best to you and yours throughout the next year.

Look for our next post on January 12th, 2021.  We've decided to delay future slideshows by a day each to give a little more time to get everything in.

With much love,

Robby & Sharon


2 comments:

Josh clark said...

Hello white family,

I have been thinking about you guys a lot, I love looking back and re-reading the old posts to see how you all have changed over the years. I hope you all are doing well in these crazy times. You are always in my prayers.

Josh

Josh clark said...

I tried emailing you guys, but it was denied. I hope Olivia is having a very birthday 🎂 🍰🥳🥳