Saturday, February 24th was the day of Jon's District Choir auditions, Joseph and Jon had a second day of merit badge college, Arabella and Lily had their Destination Imagination competition, and I had my Stake RS Conference. Peter and Samantha played chauffeur and navigator for the day.
This year Arabella and Lily have participated in Destination Imagination. They both worked hard with their individual groups and came up with some great props, costumes, and story lines for their plays/presentations. They were the only 2 kids from Valley Ridge Elementary to participate and so they were placed on teams from 2 different elementary schools (Lily was with Degan and Arabella with Timber Creek). They both had such a fantastic experience.
Lily's team compared and contrasted Greece and Mexico. They worked so well together. When faced with a decision they would discuss ideas briefly and then quickly make a decision and move on or start to work on their solution. It was a delight to see them work.
Arabella's group was a bit bigger and had more obstacles in the challenge they chose. They did a change of tune which was basically writing and performing an 8 minute musical. They chose to do a TV talent show. They had some great set designs and some clever humor. Arabella was so enthusiastic. One night just before the competition one of the parents mentioned to me how they loved that Arabella would listen to the critiques and advice and internalize it and do all she could to improve her performance. That is my girl!
There is a preliminary posting of some of the scores so that teams can know if they need to return for the awards ceremony. Well, Arabella's team did well and so we returned that evening.
They did it! They placed 2nd and so their team is going on to state on April 6-7th. We have been working on a few improvements based on the comments from the judges. These kids are so creative and so full of energy! I hope they do fantastic at state.
Jon really wanted to try-out for the District Choir but it was the same day as merit badge college which we had already signed him up for. He agreed to doing the additional work that would be required due to missing some of the merit badge college so that he could try out for the choir. I am so grateful for his teacher Mr. Peeples who was so encouraging. With him cheering Jon on, he was willing to practice his audition pieces before and after school for the 2 weeks leading up to the tryouts and it paid off! He made it. His performance with this choir will be on Friday March 23rd.
Joseph did a great job at his merit badge college. One of the merit badges he completed and absolutely loved was Railroading. He had to make a model engine as part of the requirement. We ordered this model from Amazon and it was so tiny when it came but he persevered and finished it. It is the Hogwarts Express.
We have the most amazing kids.
It was my Stake RS Conference on this same day. I spent a good part of Friday preparing and decorating for it. In the past we have assigned out different aspects and we have just overseen the preparations but this year we had a bit more active role as a presidency. I was definitely the head of the decorations committee but the women I worked with were fantastic! They brought so many great skills, talents, visions, and resources to our team.
Saturday, I was at the church by 8 am and did not get home until 3:30 pm. It was such a wonderful day though! Our four classes were wonderful! Every person I spoke to that attended had a revelatory experience at some point during the day.
Our theme was What Think Ye of Christ? and that is what is cut out of the reflective paper on the one side of the frame and a picture of Christ is on the other.
We invited the sisters of the stake to help us create a display of Christ. There were so many wonderful items brought. So many talented women and touching stories or testimonies behind the different pieces.
Food Committee: Caryn Beck, ?, Reghan LeBarbara
My decorating committee: Me, Jenny Law, Suzanne Hendrix, and Mae Mitchell is missing.
The women loved visiting while waiting in line to get their salads and while eating. I loved hearing the sound of laughter, fellowshipping, counseling, confiding, testifying, and sisterhood.
I love the women of this stake and I adore these women that I get to serve with. (L to R Heather Wade 2nd counselor, Suzanne Watson President, me, Chris Boyce Secretary).
It was my Stake RS Conference on this same day. I spent a good part of Friday preparing and decorating for it. In the past we have assigned out different aspects and we have just overseen the preparations but this year we had a bit more active role as a presidency. I was definitely the head of the decorations committee but the women I worked with were fantastic! They brought so many great skills, talents, visions, and resources to our team.
Saturday, I was at the church by 8 am and did not get home until 3:30 pm. It was such a wonderful day though! Our four classes were wonderful! Every person I spoke to that attended had a revelatory experience at some point during the day.
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