RLF Graduation and Primary Program
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, and then all painted from those thumbprints, their thoughts about RLF and what it has meant to them. We had a BUNCH of people in there and had some GREAT discussion.
Giveback attendees expanding on their thumbprints...
The final product!
We then had our graduation where one of the members of our group spoke about our experiences. We were also able to listen to people give speeches from all the other RLF groups as well. It was a touching experience thinking back on everything we had done over the past year! After graduation, we had our final meeting as an RLF group. We each brought beads that described ourselves, and we passed them around and made necklaces out of them. We then wore them throughout the entire conference! 🙂 People thought it was really cool when they asked what they were for.
While I was doing this, Kirstyn and Zachary were performing in the annual Primary Sacrament Meeting Program at church. Each had parts to give and they did a GREAT job! I was sad to miss yet another thing this weekend. 🙁 It seemed that this weekend was the most busy of any in the past couple of months, and I wasn’t able to be there to support the activities. They worked really hard on all the songs and their parts, and afterward, they made scrapbooks of themselves to give to their families. It was really sweet! 🙂
Tonight (in Seattle) some of us went out to a nice restaurant and had a relaxing dinner, full of conversation and fun. I was not too hungry, so I got a big sushi roll that was wonderful! Others got halibut, tuna, salmon, and the appetizer we got was great too (crab cakes, scallops, and coconut prawn)! Mmmmmm! They also gave us complimentary truffles afterward!
What an awesome day! I’m exhausted from the time change and the long day, however! 🙂
Well, fall is here and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to get any warmer! It’s been cold and/or rainy for the past 2 weeks. The leaves are starting to turn colors and it’s very beautiful. The only problem with the leaves starting to turn is that we know winter will be here soon! 🙁 It has been an unusually cold year and we have had crazy weather. So much for global warming! This year has been one of the coolest in the record books! 🙂 I guess people will have to start thinking about global cooling maybe?
Well, Zach’s first soccer season is over. He played his last game today! When we got up and got ready to go, it was raining a little outside and it was very cold. Then it turned to SNOW! Looks like global warming is alive and well! 🙂 We bundled him up and we went and played! I was kind of hoping that it would stay snowing but it didn’t and the field was just wet. That would have made for some GREAT pictures!
