New Beginnings

Two weeks today, we had our New Beginnings program in Young Women's. This made for quite a busy week. I was told on the Sunday before that the Laurels were in charge of decorating and so I scrambled to put something together. We went with a movie premiere theme. I ended up decorating all by my lonesome and it took me about 5 hours. Thanks, Katie for taking my kids and feeding them lunch. They had exhausted all the "excitement" out of decorating and were pleading for food.

The hit of the night was the skit (Thanks, Beth for sharing). This was a "Values Fashion Show". We had a red carpet and all the girls dressed for their appropriate color and value. They then one by one walked down the red carpet and were recognized. For example, Integrity wore a purple graduation gown and held a torch that said “truth” and when she walked down the isle the announcer said:

"And last but definitely not least is Integrity. Integrity is the most hones star in show business. Integrity’s greatest qualities include honesty, sincerity, truthfulness, trust, punctuality, fairness and justice. What Integrity thinks is reflected in what she says, and what she says is reflected in what she does. Her thoughts, speech, and actions, are always in harmony with her values, this takes a lot of courage, but Integrity is never afraid to do what is right and to stand up for what she believes. Although offered a lot of money, Integrity refused to star in 'Liar, Liar'"

We were lucky enough to get hold of a popcorn machine and we served popcorn, candy bars and mini sodas. I was really happy with the night and the turn out. The girls had a good time and that was what I wanted. A night they would look back and remember.