2015 eighty-three

New Beginnings was a hit tonight.  I took horrible pictures as I was running around trying to organize, set up, and take down the evening.  I didn't even take a picture of Brynn who sang "Glorious" with the other Young Women.  She looked so beautiful up there!  She received two ribbons tonight and is rocking Personal Progress.

2015 eighty-one

Watching our Youth Conference video at the church

2015 forty-eight

More photography practice, she came home a little sick.  I sent her to bed so she would feel up to going Ice Skating for Young Women's.

 Then I made her get out of bed and be my model.  Thanks sweet Brynn

 And yes it was a fantastic night skating with the young women!  

2015 - thirty-seven

I drove up to Aspen Grove early today to join our Young Men and Young Women at Youth Conference.  It was a beautiful day, warm and sunny.  

I snow shoed this year and the boys cross-country skied. 

(I'm hoping this is a bad camera angle of me and not what I really look like...HUGE)

 During the day the kids attended workshops and learned about setting goals and forming good habits.  They also played a little Family Feud.  During this round Zack and Max where both the dads and Zack is clearly accusing someone of cheating.  

It was a great day and great youth conference.  I also loved that both my boys shared their testimonies.

2015 thirty-four

These cute kids took over my kitchen this afternoon and prepared us a delicious meal.

Black Wang explained that a traditional Taiwanese meal consists of 4 vegetables, rice, and a soup.  

Jim & I enjoyed everything and the kids loved the rice, potstickers, and this yummy fried tortilla bread dish.  It was fun learning about their culture and families.

 Then it was off to young women's where we gave each other facials and made yummy smoothies.

2015 twenty-seven

Tonight for mutual we had a "PPP" night.

Personal Progress, Pizza, & Pajamas...and popcorn, pink cookies & pop.  

We passed off the entire value of integrity and planned our Integrity projects.  

It was fun to have Elizabeth join us.  

 The lacrosse team spent the evening conditioning at the community pool.  

Races, treading water with bricks, and lots of fun games and drills.  

The loved it and hated it at the same time.  It was better then just running for 2 hours!

2015 thirteen

Fear Factor at YM/YW tonight

So Gross!

2015 eight

Working on her knowledge personal progress project.

She's almost finished.

2015 six

Soup for Service! #embark

We made soup for my neighbor who just had a baby for young women's tonight.

three hundred fifty

We delivered basic needs to our local refugees for mutual tonight.

I was parking the car when most of the items were delivered.  When I walked over to the group, about 5 little refugee children asked me if I had any rice or diapers.  My heart melted.  They didn't want toys or candy, they wanted rice and diapers.  I hope to return again soon.

three hundred forty-three

This year we went with a 12-foot tree!  Wowzers it was tall.

Young Women's Christmas Party night

Terrible iPhone picture, but a needed picture.

three hundred twenty

Can you believe my mocking boys (or should I say...mocking husband) sent me this picture today?  Haha they are sooo funny. I was jealous that I wasn't there with them.  

 We spent some quality time working on our Personal Progress, Scouts, and Faith in God.  

three hundred fifteen

A couple of our "Waldo" characters for our Where's Waldo joint YM/YW activity at the mall.  It was fun to see three of my children participating.  Jim and the two littles were also Waldos.  A fun evening and M even came home with a new pair of jeans.

three hundred seven

While I ran The Jett to the Dr. for stitches, this girl decided to work on her Personal Progress and learn a new talent.  She found & followed a recipe perfectly and made these delicious bread sticks from scratch.  I couldn't stop eating them, so yummy.  I love that she is excited for Personal Progress!

one hundred fifty-nine

I'm Back!

And I'm excited to be in YW's again!  These are some amazing girls and I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to work with them.

Tonight we walked to the temple.  No big deal!