I know, I know this is only my second post for the year. I've been meaning to get to it, but . . . .
Face book has taken over my spare time on the computer, I guess.
That's the only excuse I can come up with.
That and failing to take pictures to add to this blog. Pictures always add interest and give me something to talk about.
Thankfully other people remember to take pictures and I got some to share.
Gene and I at the tubbing hill in Wrightwood
It's not like there's been nothing going on, we have been very busy. Most recently we were involved in and carried out a "Winter Youth Activity," with the youth of our ward/church. Gene is still the Young Men's President and I'm the 1st counselor in the Young Women's organization. We had to call it an "activity" instead of a "conference" because we included the 12 and 13 year olds. It was only 2 days, well only about 30 hours, but a long 30 hours! Our group consisted of the youth, their Y/M and Y/W leaders, Priesthood holders and drivers, between 38 to 42 participants.
Getting ready to go
It was really fun and now we can say, a big success.
One Action Shot! Not sure who though
The original plan consisted of getting the youth out of school at 11:30 a.m. and meeting them at the church for a trip to the L.A. temple. We have to go there for youth conferences because Newport Beach can't accommodate a group as big as we wanted to take. Our appointment time was 2 p.m. and the traffic on that day cooperated. We checked in and got ready for a wonderful experience there. It's always so wonderful when the youth are worthy and able to participate and feel the spirit in the "House of the Lord." Then we were back on the freeway by 3:30 p.m. This time the traffic wasn't so smooth, it took us until 5:30 to get back to our house. That all went as planned.
Now back to the original plan, we were supposed to go to a ward member's house for a backyard barbecue, movie night and camp-out in tents. Um, my dedication to the youth only goes so far, no sleeping out in tents in rainy weather for this Grandma/Young Women leader! Because of our unusual weather the last few weeks we prevailed upon the Bishop and his original plans and had the barbecue at our house. The rest of the evening consisted of a short fireside with a wonderful newly married couple who spoke about the decisions they each individually made leading them to each other and to their temple marriage. Then movies and laughter and of course Utube! The young men stayed at our house for a sleep over and the Young Women went to another home for their sleep over.
A few hours later at 6 a.m. we were up and at um, feeding the boys and helping them make their own sack lunches. Then the girls showed up for the same. Breakfast over and lunches made, we were off to the "SNOW"! What fun, for kids who rarely see the snow, much less get to play in it, it was great. We went to a place in Wrightwood, about 85 miles away, where they furnished the tubes and even had a conveyor belt type, moving sidewalk back up the hill. I even participated and slid down the hill a few times. It's been a long time since I've done that. . . . This type of activity really does promote a unity with our youth, which we were going for of course, and very well worth all of the work that the dedicated leaders put in. (I got some pictures from the Young Women's President, she took some, Thanks Christi)
Now back to the original plan, we were supposed to go to a ward member's house for a backyard barbecue, movie night and camp-out in tents. Um, my dedication to the youth only goes so far, no sleeping out in tents in rainy weather for this Grandma/Young Women leader! Because of our unusual weather the last few weeks we prevailed upon the Bishop and his original plans and had the barbecue at our house. The rest of the evening consisted of a short fireside with a wonderful newly married couple who spoke about the decisions they each individually made leading them to each other and to their temple marriage. Then movies and laughter and of course Utube! The young men stayed at our house for a sleep over and the Young Women went to another home for their sleep over.
A few hours later at 6 a.m. we were up and at um, feeding the boys and helping them make their own sack lunches. Then the girls showed up for the same. Breakfast over and lunches made, we were off to the "SNOW"! What fun, for kids who rarely see the snow, much less get to play in it, it was great. We went to a place in Wrightwood, about 85 miles away, where they furnished the tubes and even had a conveyor belt type, moving sidewalk back up the hill. I even participated and slid down the hill a few times. It's been a long time since I've done that. . . . This type of activity really does promote a unity with our youth, which we were going for of course, and very well worth all of the work that the dedicated leaders put in. (I got some pictures from the Young Women's President, she took some, Thanks Christi)
Gene, Randy and Brittney Wardle
Beautiful Taylor
Randy and Brittney, she is our walking miricle. (I'll share her story with you if you'd like)
Our almost missionaries Daniel and Jacob
This is no work at all!
Our almost missionaries Daniel and Jacob
This is no work at all!
Our Beautiful Girls
Some of the Boys. and Candise too.
We didn't even break a sweat, except for the warm weather!
I won't go on about the traffic on the way home or the cleaning up part, just the positives! It was great and I still love the time I get to share with the youth and with my wonderful husband as he fulfills his church calling too. We love this opportunity and feel privileged to be with God's great spirits who have been saved for this time. Besides that we don't like to admit our real age!!!
I won't go on about the traffic on the way home or the cleaning up part, just the positives! It was great and I still love the time I get to share with the youth and with my wonderful husband as he fulfills his church calling too. We love this opportunity and feel privileged to be with God's great spirits who have been saved for this time. Besides that we don't like to admit our real age!!!
