Tonight, our ward’s young men and young women had an etiquette dinner, sponsored by the Priests Quorum (16-18 year olds). They did a GREAT job and put a LOT of effort into making the night very memorable. It consisted of quizzes on how to have good etiquette and how to act in specific dining and […]
Today Sarah and a bunch of the 16+ kids from our ward went to an area-wide “Mormon Prom.” This is a more formal church dance for all the Priests and Laurels (16+). Tickets were required and to go, you had to agree to abide by the church’s dress standards. Dates are not required but many
Tonight I had to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet for our Cub Scout Pack. Zach really wanted to come with also, and Brittany was invited to go and do face painting. As I was getting ready to go and was buttoning-up my scout shirt, Zachary saw my old scout shirt from when I
For Activity Days at Church today, Kirstyn and her group of friends made gingerbread houses! They had a LOT of fun and enjoyed decorating the houses with their personal styles. Last year the houses fell apart early due to the frosting not “sticking” the walls together, so this year, they used hot glue guns! 🙂
Today was a very busy day! This morning, Brittany had to perform with the Still Middle School Chamber Orchestra at the Waubonsie High School Santa Breakfast. Angela took Kirstyn and Zach and attended this and had a ball. Brittany did a great job, and Kirstyn and Zach loved playing games, sitting on Santa’s lap, and
Tonight Sarah and Brittany had their Young Women in Excellence program. What a wonderful program! The cultural hall at the church was decorated to the hilt and on the walls, each girl had a side-view of their silhouette. We all had to go around and match these to their names. It was very interesting and
Today I graduated from my leadership program (RLF) in Seattle! After 9 months of hard work, we finally finished! We met early this morning and had a giveback session for members of other RLF groups and it turned out really well. Each person placed a thumbprint on a paper we had stuck to the wall,
Today was a HUGE busy day! We had a bunch of things going on that took us all in multiple directions. As part of my leadership program at work, I flew out to Seattle today the Society for Information Management (SIM) conference called SIMposium. Part was to attend the conference, and the other part was
Today was a very busy day! We started off the day with a church service project at Feed My Starving Children, which is a food preparation and shipping charity. When you go there, you make packaged meals of rice, soy, dried vegetables, and chicken powder. Each packet is enough to feed 1 child 1 meal
Today was a busy day also. We started off with Zach’s soccer game. They lost, but the kids played great and they are getting better and better every week. I love the fact that the most important thing is just to have fun and that the score really doesn’t matter. We got some good pictures,
Tonight was an eye-opener for me! Sarah, Brittany and I attended a meeting at the Stake Center in Naperville where representatives from the 4 Church Schools (BYU, BYU-Idaho, BYU-Hawaii, and LDS Business College) gave a presentation about attending these (or any other) for that matter. They also talked about the institute programs of the church
It’s hard to believe that it’s September already and that the kids have been in school for 2 weeks now. Zach seems to be doing well and we have had no hint that he’s just got up and wandered out of his classroom during the day. 🙂 Sarah continues to enjoy Seminary and is loving
