Hard work pays off.....!!

Hi Ladies! I sure missed not being with you last night! VERY weird being home on a Wednesday night! Didn't want to pass a bug....so I sat that one out! Missed you and Love you! Just wanted to share with you how AWESOME our Stake Parade float turned out! Don't know how many of you actually got to see the final thing, but had to show you how all the work you did paid off! Sis. Hadley asked Ty to sit on it for the "Peach Day's" parade last Saturday, so I took some pics! It is AMAZING!! "Peach Days" parade Committee gave it FIRST PLACE for the parade.....there were over 150 float entries! Fun, huh?! Take a look!

Mia Maid/Teacher - Laurel/Priest Activity!

So sorry this is a few days behind......
FOOTBALL SEASON, ya know? :)

Very awesome activity this week. Sis. Lindsey had a wonderful idea to have the Mia Maids/Teachers write their testimonies in Books of Mormon and then give them to the Sister Missionaries serving in our area to hand out to investigators! Due to the fact that the Priests hadn't had a planning meeting yet to plan an activity with the Laurels.....Sis. Lindsey was kind enough to let everyone get involved! The Sisters loved the idea so much, they donated a box of books for us to use! There were even enough for all of the leaders to share their testimonies! Each of us also highlighted our favorite scripture and also Moroni's Promise (Moroni 10:3-5). Afterwards, we realized there were still some extras, so we delivered them to the Beehive activity so they would have the opportunity as well. Awesome!!Afterwards, we headed over to Sis. Lindsey's house to chat and make smores around her incredible firepit! Great night and wonderful experience! Thanks Sis. Lindsey for your inspiration and hospitality! :)

Beehive Activity...Making fresh salsa!!!

YUMMY! We got together at Sister Rodgers' house and made some fresh salsa! The girls will be adding the recipes to their ever-growing recipe book! Most of the ingredients came from Sister McDougal's garden, too! We all took turns using the amazing food chopper, which is a great way to vent your frustrations, we decided! We made two different kinds and sat back and enjoyed ourselves! The night ended with us writing our testimonies in some Books of Mormon to give back to the sister missionaires. What a great ending to our activity!


Yes, it was as delicious as it looked!

Love your silly faces, Alyssa!!

Hailee and Lisa chopping some cilantro!!!

Sarah, Morgan and Sister McDougal eating, chopping and having a great time!! Yay!

Back to School Barbeque

For our combined YM/YW activity this week, the Young Men were in charge and they planned an awesome barbeque. We had really great food, volleyball, and some off the wall stretchy band game that Bro. Rhodes brought, that can only be related to the "Scrambler" at Lagoon! It was so fun, the kids had a blast with it.....along with a couple of leaders!!! The night was spent talking, laughing and just having a fun time! So many of the Youth brought friends with them last night, to share the gospel with. It turned out wonderful! Thanks Watt's family for letting us completely invade your home! Great Activity!

"Got It's" vs. "Angels"

And the winner is......."Got-It's!!" If we're being honest though.....it was a close game! For our activity last night, Sis. Sessions made a list of questions pertaining to Personal Progress. The girls were divided up into two groups.....those that had their medallions and those still working towards it. As the questions were asked, whatever team answered correctly first....got the point! We played that for a few minutes and then had "Chat" time. We all just sat around enjoying one another's company. It was a fun night! Great job to both teams for a game well played!Reciting the theme in hopes of another point!! Which was done flawlessly, might we add!

Yes....there were more than 3 questions....just never got a shot of the final score! :)

Thanks to all who came! It was a fun night!

Swim - Snack - Sit

FINALLY we were able to swim this summer! Each time we've planned a swim activity....the heavens have opened up and changed our minds! Tonight we had a fun time swimming, playing, snacking and chatting! Thanks so much to the Gardner's for their generosity in letting us use their pool! We had a blast!

"When ye are in the service of your fellow beings.....Ye are only in the Service of your God."

Last night was incredible! For our Combined YM/YW activity, we had planned to go ice blocking over at the High School. We got word that a family in our ward was in need of some help with their yard, due to the Mom having a broken foot. The decision was made to take all of the youth to their home and provide some service and help where they could. It was awesome to see that not one of them complained at the canceled activity swapped for service! Our youth are amazing.....truly! Everyone pitched in and got the job done in just about an hour! The yard was so full of weeds, and looked beautiful by the time we left! The family was so grateful for the help and the kids learned how good it feels to serve! A few of them even commented about how good it felt and how much they love to serve!......and it helped that there were ice cream sandwiches to finish off the night!