YWIE

Young Women In Excellence is completed. Phew. It was a total success! Our theme for the year was "Extraordinary Women" and it was an extraordinary night. We got every single one of our girls - including even the less active ones - to attend and to do a project for it. I also got a picture of each girl and her mom and a recording of each girl talking about how extraordinary her mom is. It took countless hours of time, but when it all come together in the video it was worth it and turned out beautifully. How I love these girls!
We decorated all afternoon with a beautiful pink and brown theme. Yes, the cultural hall looked like a wedding reception. But my favorite parts were the pictures of the girls and their moms behind the displays, and the table centerpieces. Aren't they pretty?!

Funny parts of the evening: My yummy food got whisked away from me quite a bit before I was done by an adorable and anxious Young Man who was doing the serving for us. I think it had the whole table laughing for 15 minutes. Also, I had technical difficulties with the video, which is really only funny after the fact and was exceptionally stressful at the time. But, consequently, because I messed up one of my girls' wonderful Mom tribute, I'm going to post an adorable picture of her family here. Sorry Danyelle!

I am so grateful the Lord put me in this calling. The women I work with are amazing, with strong testimonies, a great love of the girls, a good work ethic and great senses of humor. The girls I serve are beautiful, amazing, talented, sweet and fun! These women inspire me every day. And I hope, that I can be the kind of mom to my girls that my Young Women's moms are to them. To see the mom's faces as they heard their daughters tributes, was really amazing, spiritual and inspiring.