Miscellany

I found this computer art drawing by Whitney entitled "100 percent as a dream".

Last week I started working on my Personal Progress stuff by reading all the scriptures related to Divine Nature. I kept needing to refer to The Family: A Proclamation to the World and decided I needed one to fit in my scriptures. I went online and found a great website with it already formatted, then printed it on sticker paper and stuck it in the back of my scriptures, woohoo!

The girl who likes Landon came into the office and put this picture and note on my computer last Friday (talk about bold!).

I snuck a shot of Landon with her at the school dance, where apparently I told her that I had told him about the picture! She came into the office yesterday and acted all embarrassed, but really I think she is pretty secure about letting him know she likes him.

We're doing Secret Pals again at work this year (woohoo for good mail at work!) and mine gave me this frame with a dry erase marker and notepaper under the glass.

I thought it would be the perfect daily to-do list medium for Whitney but so far she just keeps drawing on it.

I'm investing in Spring for once and went a little crazy with bulbs. I was so disappointed when our tulips didn't do well last spring (possibly from hot weather) and am really hoping for good blooms next Spring.

I'm loving the foliage and sunshine these days!

Whitney turned 12 just 10 days before the annual Primary Program so she opted out of being in it, but they asked her to draw the program cover and this is what she came up with. 

Sunday Thoughts

Hello Again, it feels like it has been so long. Our 11:30-2:30 schedule doesn't lend itself well to me blogging, especially since I usually spend an hour and a half working on the Relief Society newsletter each Sunday. I have adopted an "I can do what I can do" attitude about blogging these days, but I know I'll be sad later if my posts get too far apart.

Whitney turned 12 on the 18th (I have yet to blog about this) which means she graduated from Primary (for kids 3-12) and has moved up into Young Women's (for girls 12-18)! This is a HUGE milestone for her and is rather mind blowing for me, especially since it doesn't seem like that long ago that I was in Young Women's myself.

So last Sunday morning before church her Beehive leader (she's over girls 12 & 13) came over to explain the Personal Progress Program to us (it has changed a lot since I did it). It was a rather spiritual 20 minutes and made me so excited for Whitney and for myself since I can participate too.

Purpose of Personal Progress

Young Women Personal Progress is an achievement program designed to help young women:

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  Strengthen their testimonies of Jesus Christ.
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  Strengthen both their present and future families.
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  Prepare to be worthy to make and keep sacred temple covenants.
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  Prepare for their future roles and responsibilities.

Participation of Mothers

Mothers are welcome to participate with young women in earning the Young Womanhood Recognition. Mothers work from their own Personal Progress book and may earn the recognition along with their daughter. It is recommended that a daughter earn her recognition before or along with her mother.

Mothers may complete the same requirements as their daughters, including:

• • Attend sacrament meeting regularly (where possible).
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  Live the standards in For the Strength of Youth.
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  Complete the value experiences and value project for each of the eight values.
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  Keep a personal journal.
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  Read the Book of Mormon regularly.
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  Record her testimony of the Savior Jesus Christ.

--On Tuesday morning Whitney got up at 4:20am (miraculous!) with Landon  and went to the temple to do baptisms for the first time, then that night she went to her first Young Women's Activity!