YW New Beginnings! 2012

I serve in the Young Women's in my ward and it is that time of year! New Beginnings! We decided to do a "Carnival Theme"! We didn't want to make this a boring, just sit there and listen activity so we had three different booths. Well, let me start at the beginning. As they entered we had them go into the RS room and we gave them a # as a family 1-3. This decided which booth they would start at. In the RS room we had it all decorated cute (forgot to take a pic :( ) and had all the new Beehives coming in this year sit on the front row. We had opening prayer and theme, then intro from the YW pres, and then we spotlighted each new Beehive. One of the other YW read the spotlight, they each came up and their baby pic was displayed on a big screen! So, cute! I love baby pics! They were each given a bag of valued colored M&M's with a cute handout about Making the Most out of Young Women's! Then we split to the gym, and they each started at a booth depending on the # they got. Each booth was different. The first was a spotlight of our Seniors graduating(we have 10 of them), and wanted to do something special for them! Then second was about Personal Progress, the Values, and the New 2012 Theme "Arise and Stand Forth". Then third was the Secretary and Camp Director. The Secretary went over calendar events and things happening this coming year. And the Camp Director went over camp stuff, had parents fill out forms, and answer any questions they had, because for the first time in like 50 years our stake is going somewhere different than where they have always gone before. So, as you can imagine there were questions! ;) We rotated about every 15 min with a ringing of a bell! For the refreshments at each station they had something for them to munch on. #1 had popcorn, #2 had Churros (ones from Costco, cut in half!), and #3 had cotton candy. And also for fun in the middle of the gym we had a candy table with all different kinds of candy with little bags that they could fill. This Table was a hit!!! The parents and the girls loved this part! We had to pull them away after each rotation! And water was on this table too! Also, to add to the fun we had a jar filled with candy at each booth, and had them guess how many candies were inside. The winner got to take the jar home! It was a great night! We had lots of compliments on it, and how fun it was!

The Candy table before the fun started!

The PP, values and theme table! They also had a fun game to help them talk about all the stuff!

The Senior Spotlight Booth!

Let the fun begin!!!

The candy table! I manged to get one last pic just before the chaos began here!!! It was awesome! We had to keep refilling all the jars in between the rotations!

JT Indoor Soccer!

JT just got finished playing indoor soccer! Justin coached him and they both had a great time! This was the first time for JT to play on a team, and he loved it. He had some of his good friends on the team and made some new friends. JT even scored a couple of goals. As you will be able to see from the videos that it is a whole lot of running around. JT loved it and wore him right out! He would always sleep so well that night! Lucy would even get in on the fun. She loved to run around before the game would start. She can't wait to play! JT now can't wait for soccer in the spring!

Crazy fun kids!!!

My Super kids!!!! These two are great! When they want to, they play so well together! Lucy loves to copy her big brother and JT loves to be copied!

We went to the Train show at Thanksgiving point and JT was in heaven! Grammie, Pa, and Jac came with us. We had a great time looking at all the model trains and also trying some of the out. JT loves this stuff, he could have spent hours there, oh wait we did spend hours there!!! :)

I love this one of JT driving the train. He was very into it with his tongue sticking out and everything!

Dad and JT at the train show!

Dad and Lucy feel asleep while JT and I watch the Smurfs!

Playing in the snow!!!

Lucy doing what she does best! ;) J/K

Having some fun dancing and running!

Christmas! Better late than never! Right?!

We had a great Christmas season!! We started off with a visit to see Santa. Lucy wasn't so sure about him this year. If you would mention that Santa was coming she would start to cry and say NO! It was kinda funny! But I think after we told her Santa brought all of her presents I don't think she though he was such a bad guy, but I guys we will see what next year brings! JT asked for a Batman cave, and then Santa said what else can I bring you, and JT said nothing just a Batman cave! Santa then said, ok that's good, mom and dad will appreciate that! We have him well trained! :)
We made cute little gingerbread houses! JT and Lucy each had their own to decorate. Justin and I just did the frosting!
Then a trip to the North Pole! We all rode the North Pole Express to see Santa! JT was in heaven. All he could talk about for weeks, was that we were going to ride the North Pole Express Train! It was super fun! We headed up to Heber City, the Thursday before Christmas. We waited outside for a little while, which was freezing but JT didn't notice because he we so excited! We all got on and then we got hot chocolate and cookies from the elves! Yum! We sang songs, and heard stories, and then we reached the North Pole where Santa waved to us from outside, and then he got on the train and visited each child and gave them a silver bell! We had a great time! And so worth it to see JT's face!!!
Christmas next! We went up to Bountiful, and celebrated Christmas Eve and Grandam Mills'! Then we stayed that night at White haired Granny's! We woke up the next morning to my dad(pa) turning on and off our lights at 5:30 a.m.!!! He was excited, and we also had Church that morning at 9:00 so he wanted to make sure we got everything in and made it to church on time! Love that guy!!! We had a great day, spending time with family and just having fun!
Then off the the Ranch! We went the day after Christmas and just relaxed and hang out! Aunt Jac came with us and was entertainment for JT and Lucy! They love Aunt Jac!We watched movies, played games, and rode the 3-wheeler! Good times!
New Years!!! We went bowling with Jac, Pa, and dark haired Grammie! We then had dinner and celebrated at 10:00 instead of midnight! For that sake of us having to drive home, and so the kids could celebrate with us!
So that is it!!! We had a great Christmas season!

Seeing Santa! Lucy wasn't so sure!

Our Ginger bread houses!

Christmas outfits for Sunday!

Waiting outside the North Pole express for our ride!

Inside!! Warm!

JT talking to Santa! I wish I could have gotten his face! He was so excited!

In front of one of the trains!!!

Christmas night! In their new pj's!

Jac, Grammie, Granny, and Pa!

Drinking our orange juice before we go see our presents!

Opening presents!!

Experimenting with the ipod touch camera!!! Crazy fun!!

At the Ranch riding the 3-wheeler!

Bowling New Years eve!

Oh and how could I forget! We got new carpet!!! yah!! But it was 3 days before Christmas, so a little stressful but so worth it! This is JT sliding on the stairs, having fun while we are moving things around for the carpet!