Sunday was Young Women in Excellence and our Ward did it a bit differently this year. Usually it is help on a Wednesday night and parents are invited to attend. This year the Young Women took over the sacrament meeting and it was awesome! We were told in Conference that the Ward members need to get to know their youth and this was a great way to do it. The YW leaders asked 8 young women to each speak on a different value. Since Rylee and Avynlea both completed their Personal Progress this year they were asked to speak. Rylee chose Faith and Avynlea did Individual Worth. They both did a really great job and I was super proud of both of them.
After church the Ward members were invited into the gym where the girls had items about them displayed o to help the Ward get to know them a little bit more. Avynlea brought her pom pom's and a cheer bow to show she is a cheerleader, her ukulele which she has taught herself to play, her favorite picture of her as a baby and her Personal Progress awards.
Rylee displayed a book because she loves to read, a drawing notebook which she kept shut because she did not want anyone looking at her drawings, music sheets to show she plays the piano, her violin, and a dance picture from her and Avynlea's first year of dance. They both did a great job displaying items that represented them! I love these girls so much!
I walked home with Ryker and Matthew and snuck a picture of these two best buds while on our walk.
