"Purse"uit of Excellence

Our Ward Young Women had their YW in Excellence Program a couple of weeks ago. The theme centered around purses. It was so cute! They even had a cake shaped like a purse for dessert. The girls all sang a beautiful song, and there were a couple of wonderful speakers. Each of the girls displayed a project that they have completed or that they're working on. It was a great evening. We are very proud of our girls. They are working so hard, and they are so busy! They can both do anything they put their minds to. I am so thankful that they have such a desire to choose the right, and stick to their standards. They are turning into such beautiful young women, inside and out. We love you girls!

We are blessed to have an awesome group of young women in our Ward. Our girls have lots of great friends. We are also very thankful for their wonderful leaders. They have no idea how important they are to us and our girls. Thank you all!

Veteran's Day

Josh Joe
Joshua and Joseph and some of the boys from their Cub Scout pack had the privilege of raising the Colors at the Ceremony held outside their school on Veteran's Day. Granny and Grandpa Williams were able to come, along with some other visitors. The Veterans in the audience were recognized and thanked for their service. The Scouts did an outstanding job.
They were asked to do it after their pack had the opportunity to post the Colors at the dedication ceremony for their new school, Clara Love Elementary. This is the first year for this school that was built in our neighborhood. They did an outstanding job that night also. We are so proud of them! Josh and Joe are Webelos now, their last year as Cub Scouts. They have had so much fun and learned so much. We are so proud of them!

Practicing before the Ceremony.

A few last-minute instructions.

Raising the Colors.

Saluting the Colors.

The scouts from Pack 352 who attend Clara Love Elementary.

More shots of raising the Colors.

It was a beautiful day.

After they raised the Colors, the combined 4th and 5th grades sang some patriotic songs. The same ones that they sang for the PTA program the night before.

YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!!

4th Grade Program

The fourth and fifth grades did a patriotic program for the PTA meeting the night before Veteran's Day. They sang the National Anthem and "You're a Grand Ol' Flag." They did a great job. I'm so glad that they are teaching the kids the National Anthem. I feel like it's not important enough to our kids. (and to a lot of people!) I am so thankful that we are fortunate enough to live in this wonderful country. Even with all of it's problems, it's still the greatest country on earth. I am so thankful for the men and women who have served and continue to serve to keep it that way.
God Bless America.

Don't Shoot!

Kathleen, Caleb, Megan, and Jonathan

The morning of the campout, after breakfast, was the annual "Turkey Shoot", although it really had nothing to do with turkeys. It was just a chance for all the "big boys" to bring their toys and play for awhile. And boy, did they have fun! Some of the girls even got in on the action.

Kathleen's first time shooting. She was actually a pretty good shot! SCARY!

The boys had a great time. It was fun to see them with their dad like that. We definitely need to do things like that more often.

A Camping We Will Go

We had our Ward Campout the first weekend in November. Samantha's first campout. She did great! We all had a good time. It was nice to be out with our friends. The kids had a ball, hiking and playing football, and playing capture the flag, in the dark. That idea was not without consequences. Luckily, they all made it through relatively unscathed.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Well, I'm behind again. I have several things to post but not enough time at one time to do it. So, We're going to be out of order for awhile as I'm just going to post one thing at a time once in a while. First, yesterday was Tony's Birthday! It was a pretty calm day, just the way he likes it. We made cupcakes and went to Church, and I am taking him out for a steak tonight. His favorite meal. He already got his present about a month ago, and he LOVED it.

Here he is with his cupcake and his family. We LOVE you Daddy!