Sunday night was the Young Women's "New Beginnings" program. It was a beautiful night celebrating the new theme "Stand Ye in Holy Places". This is from the scripture D&C 87:8, "Wherefore, stand ye in holy places, and be not moved, until the day of the Lord come; for behold, it cometh quickly, saith the Lord. Amen." One of the Young Women prepared a slide show of the girls standing in their "holy places".... their homes... their schools ...with their friends. It was beautiful. The leaders gave each girl a cute coral-colored tee (see E3 wearing hers above). E3 wore hers to school the next day and reported her entire Young Women's group was wearing theirs as well.
Tuesday E2 and E3 truly did stand in a holy place as they had the chance to do baptisms in the Manti temple. E1 is a great example for them as she and her roommates have made it a goal to go to the temple once per week. They have been fairly successful considering the demands on their time.
E2 and E3 got home in time to help us film N's entry for the Reflections contest for his school. Yes, it was due the NEXT DAY. For one of his Webelos projects he wrote a puppet show and made puppets for it so we decided to film it for an entry in the contest. It is a story about aliens, and honestly it doesn't make a lot of sense to us old people but everyone under the age of 12 that has heard the play thinks it is pretty darn funny.
Wednesday was N's last basketball game. He has grown a lot as a player. He hadn't really wanted to play but decided it was pretty fun after all. Oh I love it when I'm right. One of the mom's of his teammates approached me about sending him to Jimmer's basketball camp this summer with her son so we'll have to check it out.
Darren took N skiing Thursday. Darren reported this was the cheapest skiing trip he'd ever been on as Eagle Mountain doesn't charge for lift tickets on Thursday, we had the skis already so didn't have to rent anything, we received a $50 rebate on our contact lenses which paid for the gas, and he packed a lunch. N LOVED the experience and reported his all time favorite sports are now: FOOTBALL, SKIING, SWIMMING, and BASKETBALL. The weather was gorgeous, there were few skiiers, and the skiiers they did see were mostly friends and neighbors. It was a perfect day.
Friday E2 left for State Drill. Darren worked at the event center. N did his chores and then played with his friends. Sonja cleaned house and did laundry. Can you say EXCITING?? I was actually motivated to get my work done as E1 came home Saturday morning for the weekend. She is full of energy and just makes things fun at our house. She took N to a chess tournament (another Webelos activity) and played with him. She took E3 and N to dinner and bowling while D and I attended our friend Blake Zobell's 50th birthday dinner and party. His wife Susan and I get mixed up for each other ALL THE TIME and from the picture of the two of us above, it's easy to see why.
I hope you all had a great week!
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