Disney's Little Secrets

...according to me. A lot of friends email me about tips and tricks regarding Disneyland, so I thought I would share some of the things we have learned in our last year or two of going. Some are well-known and some are just little Williams family delights.

* The best kettle corn known to man can be found in Downtown Disney by the Monorail stop.

* This year they have a new theme (hard not to know that) and with new theme comes new entertainment, but according to a cast member the new parade and fireworks show won't begin until mid-March. Which isn't too far away, but we were bummed we didn't get to see the new shows. So, if you are going in the next couple of weeks, the only parade is at California Adventure (Pixar's Play Parade).

* If you are going to have a character dining experience, we really like Breakfast with Minnie. We have done that one and then lunch with the Princesses and by far Breakfast with Minnie was the best. it is buffet (take milk and waffles and cereal with you for the rest of the day :-). You get to see a lot of characters and the price is a bit cheaper.

* It's a Small World has re-opened and it is great. The changes are subtle, but fun. They have added Disney characters amongst the "happy clan". So, keep an eye out for Cinderella, Jasmine and crew, Alice and the White Rabbit, Nemo and Dory, Ariel, the three Amigos, Lilo and Stitch, Mulan and Woody and Jesse to name a few. I love the new additions!

* If you can stay up late, catching the 10:30 show of Fantasmic will be well worth your time. The crowds are considerably less which makes for a better show.

* our favorite place to eat is at California Adventure at the Boudin Sourdough Shop. Their bread bowls are the best. I eat the whole thing everytime.

* Pin Trading really is a blast. If you can, buy "lots" on ebay for $1.50-$2.00 a piece (compared to $6-$10 a piece) and enjoy trading with cast members to your hearts content. It is something we all love to do .... our 4 year old, my husband and me.

* Getting a signature book is well worth it if you have a 4+ year old. Hannah loves running around the park getting signatures. And I don't mind it either. It is fun to see who you can find. But word to the wise...in our dozen times, we have yet to see Donald Duck.

* Character look out. There are usually the main characters at the front of Main Street. Mary Poppins can be found at the last store on the left on Main Street. Characters are more often around the castle (on the sides) and always in Toon Town.

* If there aren't crazy crowds, if you wait until the last 15 mins. to meet the princesses, you usually only stand in line for 30 mins. vs 2 hours. But we did this last weekend and with 15 mins to go they line was 2 hours long still and they closed the line early... so it doesn't always work. But that was the first time that had ever happened.

* I think the Aladdin show in California Adventure is usually overlooked by most people, but it is a must see. It is a mini-broadway show and out of this world. And the best part is you have 45 mins to sit down, relax, be comfortable and entertained. I promise you won't be disappointed.

* Lodging. We always stay within walkable distance to the entrance of the park... the HoJo is usually our stay of choice. But the two Best Westerns (Anaheim Inn and Park Place) are closer, but slightly more expensive (and usually sell out first). We figure we will spend a bit more and save on parking at the park. It is $20 to park at the park (we spend that $20 on our hotel) besides, it takes just as long (if not longer) to get/find your car as it does to walk to a nearby hotel.

* A Minute Maid Lemonade Slushie is the best treat in the afternoon. They are sooo refreshing. I want one right now!

* Do NOT, I repeat DO NOT eat at IHOP. It is disgusting, expensive and gross. It is right across the park entrance, so it grabs your attention, but do not do it. We usually eat breakfast at Mimi's Cafe for breakfast and that meal lasts us until dinner time (that is....with a lemonade slushie around 3:00 pm). Their food is affordable and good and you get a lot of it.

I think that is it. Hope some of this is helpful or at least fun to read :-)

Ella's Day - Part Two

Here are some more pictures of Ella on her birthday. She definitely was into the whole "opening presents" thing. She loved unwrapping and getting so excited about the toys inside. She was persistent and just kept at it, even if the wrapping paper wasn't cooperating. Her favorite gifts were a fisher price castle and a Little Einstein's laptop. Hours of entertainment.

And blowing out the candle was a new experience. She wasn't sure what to do and when the candles were blown out, she looked dazed and confused. Maybe next year.

Logos Trends

I wanted to share another great client I just created a logo for. her name is Heather Munson. She is a great photographer that wanted to update her logo. check out her work... how great is her photography! Thanks heather, you were great to work with!

TREND ALERT: The use of initial with a background as a logo has become the logo of choice. I have to say about 75% of my clients are drawn to this type of logo. I see a trend!

Limited Time cuteness

I just found out that Cold Stone Creamery has the cutest ice cream cupcakes available. They are for a limited time, but how much more fun would these be than your typical cupcakes. A taste of heaven (cake and ice cream) packaged up in a cupcake. ahhh! And the price isn't bad at all... almost the cost of a cupcake from the grocery store. I hope these are still around for my other daughter's birthday!

Once Again.

We are off again today to the Magic Kingdom. It has been a whole 2 1/2 months, so we thought we better go again while the crowds are minimal. This time around grandma and grandpa Brimhall are joining us. It is always so much more fun with family. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Ella Turns Two!

Ella turned two yesterday! Happy Birthday to you! We had a birthday party on Monday night and invited a few of her friends over for duck party. Ella loves ducks... (which might be an understatement). So, of course we had to go with a ducky-themed party. All week long anytime she saw the invitations or cupcakes or favors... all I heard was "ducky! ducky!"

Here is a bit of what the party consisted of:

INVITATIONS: rubber duckies with information attached with ribbon
COLORS: pink, white and yellow
ACTIVITY: decorating and coloring ducks
FOOD: m&m's and Target chick crackers (they look like ducks), jelly bean jigglers and duck cupcakes
FAVORS: bubble bath and pez candies with candy rings
GAMES: duck, duck, goose.

Note on the game... it was so funny. The kids were all 2-3 years old. So, we should them how to play and when Hannah went first and said "goose" all the kids got up and ran around the circle. And that is how the game went the rest of the time. Each kid got to say "duck, duck, goose" and all the kids would run around the circle and scream. it was a riot!

Craving a baby shower!

I shared the invitation to a baby shower that I put on with the help of some friends and wanted to share the idea. It was a Cravings Shower. Playing off of pregnancy cravings. It was a dessert/ice cream sundae shower. Throwing in some of the mother's cravings and typical cravings along with pregnancy.

Here are the details:

INVITATIONS: I designed the invitations and had them printed out as 5X7 postcards.

DECORATIONS: The main table was decked out with dishes, cones, toppings, (anything ice cream parlor related). We also made big paper circles connected with ribbon to us as a garland around the room. Using the colors of the party, it would tie things together and still feel like ice cream scoops.

Also, for flowers, we used fluffy-like flowers to look like colorful ice cream sundaes by using old-fashioned sundae glasses. Use clear floral water beads to help hide the flower stems within the glass, and then add clusters of two or three big flowers like chrysanthemums, peonies, and dahlias as the ice cream "scoops."

Elsewhere in the party, set big flower blooms like hydrangeas in ice cream bowls -- or set single peony blooms on top of cake cones (put a little brown sugar or a few vase gems in the bottom of the cones to keep them standing securely on their own) then put the flower on top as your "scoop."

Decorate with "sweet" paraphernalia. Cute, colorful ice cream bowls, dessert plates, ice cream scoopers, jars of salted nuts and sprinkles, and even ice cream books make for festive party decor. Really anything we might have lying around.

COLORS: Blues, greens, brown with hints of orange.

FOOD: Ice cream, cones, a tons of topping choices, pickle spears and kettle potato chips (mostly to tie in the theme and to be funny), The mother-to-be said her cravings were cereal (so we could have a glasses of fruit loops, lucky charms, captain crunch and one more) The cereal can also be used as ice cream toppings. Other cravings she has are gummy worms and the kids fruit snacks.

FAVORS:
Send guests home with yummy favors that are a little bit salty and a little bit sweet. Take two small cellophane party favor bags and fill one with Jellie Bellies and the other with gourmet kettle potato chips. Seal the cookie bag with a sticker reading "sweet" and the potato chip bag with a sticker reading "salty." Tie the bags together with pretty blue and green ribbons, then display the "salty & sweet" treats in shallow baskets near the door for guests to grab on their way out.


GAMES: Each person needs a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. The expectant mother will write down her cravings on a piece of paper and this will be used to verify the correct answers. Next, she will describe each craving without naming the food. For example, if she craved vanilla ice cream, it could be cold, white, sweet, etc. The first person to guess correctly gets a point. The guest with the most points at the end of the game wins a prize. This is a great ice breaker game because it often gets everyone to share their own cravings they had during pregnancy and everyone is soon laughing and having a great time.

Valentine's Day - Oh, the goodies!

Happy Valentine's Day! It seems like every year, this day becomes more and more about goodies and sweets. And this year is no exception. Between class treats, goodies for people at church, gifts for my valentine and Ella's birthday... we are about at our max when it comes to sugar, pink and hearts. But oh, what fun.

here is a little recap:

This is what the counter looked like all week. As I collected and worked on different projects.


Here is what we gave to the teachers. you gotta love Target's dollar spot.


Here are the treats Hannah gave to her classmates. We did these last year and they are so cute and easy, that they are now a Valentine day treat tradition. We made extras for my young women and for some other people at church.


Here is what I gave Chris for valentine's Day. A basket of his "favorite things". here they are:

marshmallows, Gouda cheese, in-n-out gift card, itunes gift card, lemon extract (he loves anything lemon flavored), guitar hero, peeps, he loves games (so Uno), these European chocolate bars, pomegranates flavors, Lindor chocolates, and gummy bears.

pretty simple, but it shows I know him and gives him stuff he likes. (You know how hard it is to shop for guys, especially on valentine's day).

Way too cute

I saw this cute little valentine gift idea on a stamping blog and thought... okay... too cute, but way too much work. It really is a cute idea, I just don't know if it would take too long to put together that the hard work would outweigh the cuteness. But either way, I had to share. Again people are so creative! Maybe one of you are up for the challenge.

New Name, New Blog

My logo business has been doing great these days, so I thought I better create a blog specifically for my logo designs and business. While I was at it, I thought I better come up with a name for my logo design (and something a little more original than "ABW Designs", which I was going to go with).

Late last night, I came up with Polish (no, not the nationality). Polish as in clean or make sparkly new. Every time some one contacts me, they say it is because they like my clean and simple designs, so I started there and "polish" just sounded nice.

There you have it. My new name for my logo business and my new site... go check it out. Oh, and if you need to "polish" up your brand, email me!

Creative Valentine Idea's

If you are like me, coming up with something cute and fun for my husband on Valentine's day is very hard to do. Now with a child's birthday 3 days after valentine's day, it is even harder. So, I thought I would share some ideas I found on the web that you can do/give to your hubby this Valentine's Day. hope it helps you as much as it helps me.

IDEA 1: Buy a box of the Valentines that children usually give out at school. Write little things on them and put them all around the house where your spouse can find them throughout the day.

IDEA 2: Make 100 hearts (you can use diecuts, makes it a lot faster) and write one thing "I love you because ...." then throw them inside your husband's car. For months they will find little hearts of love.

IDEA 3: Take a glass container and have you and the kids fill it with notes, and coupons for him to open like candy. Add his favorite chocolates/candy and anything else you want to add all mixed up to make a "Daddy Candy" jar. Drop it all at his work, so he can open them up at work!

IDEA 4: Call Western Union at 800-325-6000, or visit www.WesternUnion.com and send an old fashion telegram to his work!

IDEA 5: Buy some red fuzzy dice (or two). Write nice things to do for each other on a slip of paper and put them in number catagories one through six (or twelve). One being simple things like a kiss. The higher numbers being more complex (or more "steamy"). Each day for six/twelve days leading up to Valentines day, each spouse would roll the dice and then pick a slip of paper from the appropriate catagory, and let the good times roll!

IDEA 6:
Check Oh Happy Day blog and scroll down. She has about 6 creative, cute valentine day ideas.

IDEA 7:
A practical gift: a basket red snack and food —apples, fruit roll-ups, salsa (and chips), beef jerky, red jelly beans, and red foil-covered Hershey Kisses. The presentation would be fun.

PS - There were no credits on the photograph, so sorry, I don' know who took the photo, but it is cool.

Young Women's Lesson #5 - Finding Joy in our Divine Potential

OBJECT LESSON: Show a kernel of popcorn. Tell the girl that they are just like this kernel. A small and simple thing. If you didn’t know what popcorn was, would you ever imagine what is inside this little kernel?

Then show a popped kernel of corn. Again, tell the girls, they should be like this popped kernel of corn…. EXPLODING TO ITS FULLEST POTENTIAL! A popcorn kernel when popped has reached its full potential.

QUESTION:
What are some earthly roles you have as girls/women?
− Friend, specific jobs (nurse, teacher, scientist), student, daughter.

Now, what are your divine/eternal roles that you have as a girl/woman?
− Daughter, wife, mother, etc.

As girl/woman, you have a divine role. It is up to you to reach your fullest potential as a Daughter of God.

QUESTION:
Do you know what your fullest potential is?
It changes as you get older. Each stage of life, you have ever expanding and new potential. Even as mother and in my 30’s I know I still have much more potential to reach and I learn about it as I get older. As will you, every stage of life.

Let’s discuss some divine roles where you can strive to reach your fullest potential as you go through life.

1) DAUGHTER OF GOD

QUESTION: What are some of the things your expect from your earthly father (so you know he loves you and cares for you)?

Possible ANSWERS: Provides physical needs 2. Listens 3. Guides 4. Teaches 5. Loves 6. Comforts 7. Is constant in the relationship

QUESTION: Now, what are some of the things he expects from you, so he knows the same thing (That you love him)?

Possible ANSWERS: 1. Shows appreciation 2. Confides in and counsels with her father 3. Is respectful 4. Is obedient 5. Loves 6. Serves 7. Is constant in the relationship

IS IT ANY DIFFERENT WITH YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN? Shouldn’t you have a similar relationship with your Father in Heaven that you do with your earthly father?

*How do we show appreciation to our Heavenly Father? (By being obedient, by showing gratitude.)
*How do we confide in and counsel with our Heavenly Father? (In prayer.).
*How do we learn from our Heavenly Father? (By studying his word in the scriptures, by listening to his prophets, and by listening after praying.)
*How do we show our love for Heavenly Father? (By keeping his commandments [see John 14:15] and by serving others [see Matthew 25:40 and Mosiah 2:17].)

You should never doubt your Father in Heaven’s Love… he has given you so many blessings each and every day. (give examples). Pay attention to the little things in life that come from your Father in Heaven. It is by recognizing these things that you will feel His love more and more.

Our Heavenly Father has promised us great blessings to meet our needs. (have each girl read a scripture)
* John 14:16–18 (comfort)
* Jacob 4:10 (guidance and counsel)
* Matthew 7:7–11 (help with solving problems, understanding)
* John 3:16 (God’s greatest evidence of his love)

Remind the young women that they are literally daughters of Heavenly Father, and he loves them. By their actions and choices, they determine the strength of the relationship they will have with him. He will never turn away. As they do his will, praying for his guidance, they will know the path their lives should follow and be assured that they are daughters of God who are truly loved by their Father.

QUESTION: Has your relationship with your Father in Heaven "POPPED to its fullest potential"? What can you do more?

2) A YOUNG WOMAN – An Example to the world

The mutual theme this year says : "Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."

Pres. Harold B Lee, quoted this poem by Jill Jackson Miller of Beverly Hills. She writes under the heading “””Open Letter to Man.””

“I am a woman.
“I am your wife, your sweetheart, your mother, your daughter, your sister—your friend.
“I need your help!
“I was created to give the world Gentleness, Understanding, Serenity, Beauty, and Love.
“I am finding it increasingly difficult to fulfill my purpose.
“Many people in advertising, motion pictures, television, and radio have ignored my inward qualities and have repeatedly used me only as a symbol of sex.
“This humiliates me; it destroys my dignity; it prevents me from being what you want me to be—an example of Beauty, Inspiration, and Love: love for my children, love for my husband, love of my God and country.
“I need your help to restore me to my true position—and to allow me to fulfill the (Potential) for which I was Created.
“Oh, man, I know that you will find the way.”

As you are an example of Christ, you have the opportunity to influence others. Are you a good influence (the things listed in the poem (gentleness, beauty, love) or someone that leads people down a path that is not right (what the world is trying to do to woman, place them in a degrading, disrespectful way)?

Have you ever admired someone (and thought they were so good and almost perfect) and then you see them doing something that isn’t right or good? If not, think about how that would feel.

STORY: personal story.

Now, imagine… you could be that person to someone else (a friend, a little sibling, etc) and have you done something that might make them feel the same way about you (disappointed, sad, etc).

SCRIPTURE STORY – DANIEL and his THREE FRIENDS

Chapter 40
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were jews that were invited to live with the King of Babylon. The king sent them food and wine to eat, but the Lord told these boys not to eat or drink the wine. The boys asked for healthy food and water and they ended up being more strong and healthy than those that ate the king’s food and wine.

Chapter 41
The King had a dream that he wanted to understand. He asked his wise man to translate the dream, but they could not do it. Daniel told the king that he could translate his dream. The king liked Daniel and made him a great leader.

Chapter 42
The king of Babylon made a gold idol and wanted all his people to worship it and those that wouldn’t worship the idol would be burned in a furnace. Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego would not pray to the idol, they would only pray to God. Someone told the king and he sent the boys to be burned in the furnace. The boys were thrown into the fire but were not burned. The king afterwards made a law that no one should say bad things about God.

Each of us will have times in our lives when we may have to do something hard (but right) and will we make the right decision and how will be watching.

Christ taught many things while upon the earth. One of the last things he taught his apostles, was that He set the example – His entire life was set as an example of them and us.…."For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you" (John l3:l5)

When we set a good example to those around us, we not only help build up others, but we show others that we love our Savior and are his disciples.

QUESTION: Have you "POPPED to your fullest potential" when it comes to being a Young Woman and an example to the world?

3) Being a Wife

Someday, you will marry. Your divine role will now be a great wife.

QUESTION – What is your role as a wife? (an equal partner, a helper, a companion/friend).

In defining the relationship of a wife to her husband, the late President George Albert Smith put it this way: “In showing this relationship, by a symbolic representation, God didn’t say that woman was to be taken from a bone in the man’s head that she should rule over him, nor from a bone in his foot that she should be trampled under his feet, but from a bone in his side to symbolize that she was to stand by his side, to be his companion, his equal, and his helpmeet in all their lives together.”

Ask the girls, how many of them know how to do the following:
− Sew a button on a shirt
− Make bread
− Clean a toilet
− Mend a hem on pants
− Make one meal all by yourself
− Be a good listener
− Be a cheerleader to others when they do something well
− Be a good friend
− Do you sustain and respect the priesthood?

As woman, we will someday find someone to marry. Will you be prepared to be a good wife?

There are thing around the house that you will need to do as a wife (cook dinners, do laundry, etc), but more importantly there are also attributes you need to have to be a support and helpmeet to your husband.

Share things I learned about being a wife and a support to my husband.

QUESTION: Are you preparing to be a good wife, by learning skills in the home and in relationship so that you can "POP" to your fullest potential as a wife?

4) MOTERHOOD

NOTE: Last week, our lesson was all about the joys and blessings of being a mother. Instead of repeating the lesson again, I decided to talk about the following aspects of motherhood in this day and age.

It has been alarming recently to feel the full fury of Satan’s attack on families and woman as mothers. Alternative lifestyles, abortion, cohabitation, divorce, immorality, and violence are issues that are screaming in our faces at every turn.

The Proclamation on the family teaches us what Heavenly Father thinks about the ways of the world (mentioned above).

− Alternative lifestyles: “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. …
− We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.”
− Abortion: “We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.”
− Cohabitation: “Marriage between man and woman is essential to [God’s] eternal plan.”
− Divorce: “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”
− Immorality: “We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity … will one day stand accountable before God.”
− Violence: “We warn that individuals who … abuse spouse or offspring … will one day stand accountable before God.” 3

With strong testimonies of the gospel and a firm knowledge of eternal doctrines, you young women will have the courage to face a world that is desecrating families.

President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) talked about the influence of strong women of God upon the world: “Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.”

We as women in the church are distinct and different in happy ways because we know who we are eternally. We are all divinely appointed to these womanly roles of mothering and nurturing.

Grateful daughters of God know it is the nurturing nature of women that can bring everlasting blessings, and they live to cultivate this divine attribute. Surely when a woman reverences motherhood, her children will arise up and call her blessed (see Prov. 31:28).

Always remember that women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are coarse; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.


HANDOUT:
At the end of the lesson, I gave the girls a bag of popcorn (well, PoppyCock. I was going to make some from scratch, but that didn’t happen :-) with a tag that read “POP to your fullest potential as a divine Daughter of God”.

Kick Off to New Beginnings

We had New Beginnings last night and what a success. A Mia Maid in our ward put it together as one of her value projects. So, it isn't my doing. But I have to share because it was a great theme and night.

It is my understanding that she got the idea from a YW idea book. But she put a lot of creativity into the night and with the help of leaders.. .this is what we did.

KICK OFF to New Beginnings! It was a football theme evening. Everything had a tie into football and playing the game. it was a very peppy evening with lots of spirit and cheering and enthusiasm for the YW program.

INVITATIONS: Our secretary created these adorable tickets to the big game. It looked like Super Bowl ticket and had all the information printed on it.

DECORATIONS: Pennant banners, pom-poms, concession stand, a big football field on the wall, leaders dressed in red shirt and bishopric in ref shirts.

FOOD: Nachos, popcorn, candy bars and soda (things you find at a game).

PROGRAM:

Opening Song
Opening Prayer
Wecome to New Beginnings
Welcome the New Recruits (all the new beehives that came in or are coming in this year). We introduced them and told things about them, so we could get to know them better. We also talked about the home team advantage (support from parents in coming to activities, church, personal progress, etc).
Talk on YW Theme: PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE (see below) I gave this talk.
Talk on Personal Progress
Talk from the Ref: Message from our Bishop
Play Ball: (Jeopardy style game) The questions were from the scriptures, Personal Progress Book, Strength for Youth and Leaders. We had a big football field on the wall and divided into two teams and had them march down the field to see how would get to the goal line first.
Closing Prayer
Refreshments!

In the handout program we also had pages accordingly:

YW Spirit - the YW Theme printed out

Game Plan - the program for the evening

Rooster - a list of everyone in YW. Offensive Team (list Laurels), Defensive Team (list Mia Maids), Rookies (list Beehives), Red Shirts (those coming into YW in 2009)
Coaching Staff - YW Presidency (head Coach - Pres, Asst. Coaches - Counselors, Special Team - Secretary and PP leader)
Cheerleaders - YW Advisers
Referees - Bishopric

2009 Schedule - upcoming events
Coaches Challenge - message from YW Pres.
Sponsors - icons of CTR, YW logo, other homemade logos (scriptures, moroni, etc).

I think that is it for the evening. I am also including my message, just to get an idea of how theme oriented all the talks were.

YW THEME TALK:

In order to be an athlete and excel on a team, each player of the team needs to PRATICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

It is only by practicing that one can become really good at something. And it is only through practice that you wins games. The Steelers won the BIG GAME through lots and lots of practice.

Many of you are on sport teams… do you practice only once a week? No, you most likely practice daily. Do you practice for only 10 mins? No, you probably practice for a couple of hours.

Take football for instance, what are football players practicing? They are practicing specific skills that will help them play well and win games. Let’s list some skills football players practice.

• ENDURANCE - Running laps around the field
• KNOWLEDGEABLE - Practicing specific plays
• STRENGTH - Bench pressing
• SPEED - speed drills
• Agility - Running throw car tires


The Young Woman theme gives us 8 SKILLS (OR VALUES) we need to practice in our daily life in order to become STAR ALTHETES in life. Just like athletes need to practicing specific skills in order to win the BIG GAME. Young Women need to practice the VALUES in order to win the BIG GAME.

They are FAITH, DIVINE NATURE…… VIRTUE.

We need to practice these values daily with specific skills. (Elaborate about each one).


• FAITH - Pray night and day
• DIVINE NATURE - Remember daily that you are a Daughter of God and what they truly means.
• INDIVIDUAL WORTH - Developing talents
• KNOWLEDGE - study school, but more importantly daily scripture study
• CHOICE & ACCOUNTABILITY - choosing the right each day
• GOOD WORKS - daily acts of service
• INTEGRITY - being honest with your fellowman
• VIRTUE - Being chaste and pure (what we wear, say and watch/listen to)

Just like athletes, we don't just practice these values on a weekly basis or for 10 mins a day. We need to practice the VALUES on a daily basis 24/7! PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE!

This is why we have the Personal Progress program. This is why we recite the theme each week in Young Womens. This is why we have the Strength of Youth. Go to seminary and church and mutual each week.

Now, what is the BIG GAME, you Young Women are trying to WIN. It is the last line of the theme…. TO ENJOY THE BLESSINGS OF EXALTATION. That is to return to live with our Heavenly Father again. There is no better trophy, reward or outcome!

Your Heavenly Father loves you, it should be evidently all around you. And we recite each week, that we love HIM. How do we should our love to him? It is by PRATICING these values and making them a part of who we are. When we live our lives as righteous and virtuous daughter of God, we show HIM our true love for Him.

Now, stand with me and let’s recite the YW THEME!
Testimony

Craving Something!

I am throwing a baby shower for a friend of mine (along with the help of many others). I just wanted to show you the invitations I created for the shower. I printed them out as 5X7 postcards. Can you guess what the shower theme is?

I will post the entire shower's ideas and photos after we have it. Stay tuned!

Need Some Cute in your Life?

Not much to blog about right now, so I thought I would share this cute image. I have no idea, who to give credit to, but whoever created this....too cute!