Our activities are now quarterly so we only have to plan 4 activities a year. The RS birthday dinner was 2 months ago and we went with a bright sunny look with a covenant theme. On each table we had a mason jar with conversation starters that were covenant-related and after eating and mingling we had our Relief Society president introduce the theme for this year, The power, love, and joy of covenant keeping. It was a simple program and made the night flow really nicely. Sometimes i always think i need to have a complicated, amazing program so this year was really nice to simplify!
For dinner we had a "pasta bar" with homemade alfredo and spagetti sauce, rolls, veggies, and cake. It turned really yummy! and worked really well. I was worried about the pasta sticking but a bit of olive oil fixed that!
We even set the tables all fancy! ha i love making and effort and having the ladies feel special - they love it!
We got new tablecloths which were SO NICE! but i forgot to wash and iron them before the activity - spray bottles to the rescue! the chair ties are tiny black and white polka fabric from walmart on sale. They worked perfect!
These were the cute favors for each girl to take home, i got the containers at the dollar store (12 for a dollar!) and everything else was from my craft room. The twine represented the actual covenant we make with heavenly father, and inside were little chocolates we made with a Vernal Temple mold we found online.
The centerpieces were all leftovers from Kennedy's wedding! so that came in handy!
I made the wreath from dollar store flowers, and everything else i already had.
With the leftover dollar store flowers and some scrapbook paper i made this quick banner for the stage. It was easy, fast, and looked really cute!
The night was a big success, our dinners always have a nice turnout.
Last week we had another activity I didn't take any pictures of! but we invited the young women to come enjoy an Ice Cream Social with us. At first we played a fun get-to-know-you game, then split into teams and played a ton of minute-to-win-it games! The ladies had SO much fun with this, the funniest part of the night was when little old 90 year old Wilma won out of everyone getting a cookie from her forehead to her mouth the fastest! i died laughing, she was shockingly fast! Then we enjoyed ice cream with a million toppings. It was a perfect summer activity! This fall we are planning on another preparedness workshop, so that will take a bit of work, but i'll post pictures and let you know how it went!
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