New Beginnings

A few months ago I got called to be the 2nd counselor in the Young Women's presidency at church.  It has been really fun getting to know the teenage girls (12-18 yrs. old) in the ward...especially the Beehives (ages 12-13) whom I work with directly.

Last night we had our New Beginnings program.  It's mainly for the girls who will be turning 12 this year and joining the Young Women's program, but all the girls and their parents are invited to attend.

I volunteered to be the boss of the invites and decorations.

Here are the invitations I made:

And the room/decorations (that Luke helped me set up):

The theme was "Becoming a Goddess", so that's what I wrote on the front board.  And on the side board-which was covered in kraft paper- we hung a poster with the mutual theme for the year: "Stand ye in Holy Places.." with all the names of the girls written on chalkboard vinyl signs.  Some of them also drew pictures representing how they stand in holy places which were displayed on there as well.

We had a really good turnout and the refreshments were delicious!  (We had fruit pizza and rolos-which represented all of the YW value colors-, and Italian sodas to drink.)

And during Megan's talk (she's the YW President) she shared this video, which I thought was really nice...

I'm glad that everything went well last night, and that it's all over now.  :)  Now I can focus on other things..like trying a new recipe for dinner, watching the NCAA tournament, and crossing my fingers that one of the many brackets I filled out (mostly by guessing and flipping coins) does well this year.