Covenant Daughters

Tonight I had the privilege to go with my wonderful Mom and with my Ally girl to the General Women's Conference broadcast at our Stake Center. 

It was wonderful and I really enjoyed having my Ally girl come with me for the first time. She is so wonderful and such a blessing to our family. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family.

I really felt like a high-tower. I was even wearing flats and my Mom was wearing little wedges. hah!

I felt the spirit so strong throughout the broadcast and I know that Elder Eyring's talk was written just for me. So much of what he said I needed to hear and it touched my heart deeply. 

"...those feelings are placed deep in the heart's of all of Heavenly Father's daughters. That is part of your divine heritage from Him. You were tutored by him before you came into this life. He helped you understand and accept that you would have trials, tests and opportunities perfectly chosen just for you. You learned that our Father had a Plan of Happiness to get you safely through those trials and that you would help bring others safely through theirs. This Plan is marked by covenants with God. It is our choice whether we make and keep those covenants. Only a few of His daughters have the opportunity in this life to even learn of those covenants. You are one of the favored few. You, dear sisters, each of you, is a daughter in the covenant. Heavenly Father taught you before you were born about the experiences you would have as you left Him and came to Earth. You were taught that the way back home to Him would not be easy. He knew that it would be too hard for you to make the journey without help. You have been blessed not only to find the way to make those covenants in this life, but to be surrounded by others who will help--who, like you, are covenant daughters of Heavenly Father." 

Cub of the Year 2014

Tonight we had the pleasure of going to the Cub of the Year Banquet Dinner for 2014.

Ryland was nominated for Cub of the Year and went through 

an interview process last week for it.

There were about 30 Cubs interviewed. Tonight they presented the Wolf, Bear and Webelos Cub of the Year Awards. 

There was one boy chosen from each rank to be Cub of the Year for the entire district. The other boy's were selected to be

in the Honor Guard for the District and get to be in the Peach Days parade this September. They are also Cub of the Year for their packs.

Ryland did a great job during the interview. 

They asked him to recite the Boy Scout Oath and the Scout Law. They were impressed by how well he knew it already, especially for being such a young Webelo.

 They also asked him how he shows Scout Spirit in his family, school and community. He said you show Scout Spirit by inviting your family to pack meeting but I think honestly my sisters come for the treats at the end. That made them all laugh pretty good. 

They asked him if he was wearing Scout socks that night, he told them he was wearing red and blue socks. They asked him to show them and laughed when they realized he had on mismatched socks.

They said Ryland did a great job and had a fun sense of humor.

Ryland received a neat certificate as well as this cool neckerchief.

Proud Mom and Dad

Love my Scouters! So proud of them!

Lunch Date!

Today's lunch was awesome! Not so much because of the food but because of the awesome people I got to eat it with.

It was super fun to get together with my Mom, my Grandpa Sargent and my sister, Jen for a quick lunch during Jen's lunch break. 

Grandpa was super sweet and insisted on buying and he also gave us each a Valentine's box of chocolates. Best date ever! It has been so much fun getting to know him in a different way since my Grandma passed away. I know he misses her terribly but he seems so much more carefree since then. A lot of worry lifted off of his mind. 

It was a great day!