Activity Days 2015: June - December

June 3rd:
Decorating flip-flops

What better way to kick off the summer?

The results:

June 17th:

Father's Day craft- Mugs & Kisses!

We decorated mugs and filled them with candy kisses

for fathers or grandfathers.

July 8th:
Fishing at the Fairgrounds Pond

This was probably the FAVORITE activity of them all this year!
We will have to make this a tradition.  Each girl caught

several fish each (even if they some were tiny) and they loved it!

August 11th:
Not pictured-  Primary Pool Party

August 26th:
Making chunky bracelets

September 9th:

Not pictured- Follow-up gardening lesson with Brother Patterson.

He showed us how he planted things in the spring and we
returned in the fall to learn about the harvest

September 23rd:

Not picured- Family History Lesson
The girls each brought a completed pedigree chart and a photo

of one of their ancestors to share.  Then Brooke Banasky
taught us about indexing.

October 7th:
Cooking Lesson- Muddy Buddies & Caramel Apples

October 21st:

Not pictured- Cleaning Nursery Toys

We emptied the nursery closet and cleaned every toy.

The girls really enjoyed this service project.

November 4th:

Not pictured- Health and Hygiene Lesson

Kehli set up a scavenger hunt and taught the girls

about physical fitness and then gave them each

some soap/shampoo/deodorant and taught them

about staying healthy and clean.

December 2nd:
Sewing Lesson.
The girls learned how to sew pillow cases.

December 8th:
Primary Christmas Party

We had a great year as an Activity Day group!

Natalie and Kehli enjoyed getting to know each of these girls better.

So long, 2015...

We hope 2016 will be awesome as well!

Activity Days 2015: January-May

We have been having so much fun
with Activity Days this year! 

Here's what we've been up to...

Jan. 14th- Tie Dye Shirts
This was our first activity.
We were able to chat, get to know each other
better and made tie dye shirts.

Jan. 28th- Budget Lesson

We made money jars out of mason jars & duct tape.

We talked about the importance of paying tithing.

We had some extra time left over,

so we made personal place mats for the nursery kids

to use during their snack time.

Feb. 11th- Heart Attacking the Bishop's Office!

The girls LOVED this activity.

March 11th- Quilt Tying

We made a quilt for Ava's baby sister,

who was born at the end of March.

March 25th- Easter Family Home Evening Baskets

Each girl had 12  numbered plastic eggs, filled with items that went

along with a scripture from the Easter story in the New Testament.

We went over the lesson as we filled their baskets so they

 could teach their families the same lesson.

April 8th- Sign Language Lesson

Sister Palmer's mother was raised by deaf parents.

She came and taught the kids some basic sign language and

talked about people with disabilities and how they 

are like everyone else, but do things in a different way.

The girls divided into groups and performed puppet shows

depicting how we can treat others with disabilities.

April 22nd- Nail Care

Sister McFarlane's sister taught the girls about

how to properly care for their nails and then

painted their nails.

May 6th- Mother's Day Gift

The girls made flower arrangements for their moms.

They felt pretty accomplished and grown-up doing this!

May 20th- Gardening Lesson
Brother Patterson shared his gardening expertise

and awesome garden with us.  The girls were able to

plant some green beans and transfer tomato plants.

Sister Palmer Signing Off!

The past 2 1/2 years of being the
Primary President have been so fun for me!

Now it's Sister Banasky's turn to lead the children.
She is a great person and wonderful leader.
She's also creative and spiritual, so
the primary is in for a real treat!

Thank you, primary kids!

I know I'm totally biased, but you're the best.

You have helped my testimony grow stronger.

I think I've learned more from you than you have from me!

Your examples of optimism, service, missionary work, love,

prayer, & enthusiasm for the Gospel have inspired me.

I love you and will see you around church!

Love, Sister Palmer :)

One day, two baptisms!

*Saturday, December 6th*

We had TWO special baptisms at the beginning of December.

Miss Charlie was baptized by her father.

Her family just moved and we will miss seeing

her cute face!  We are glad that she was baptized

here so we could be a part of her special day before
sending her off to her new ward/primary.
Love you, Charlie!

Later that afternoon,

sweet Taylor had the opportunity to be

baptized by Elder Sanders and confirmed in church
the next morning by Elder Dass.  She was SO excited on
her big day and blessed to have the love and support of her family.

We have enjoyed getting to know Taylor better over

the last month and look forward to seeing her
contagious smile in primary. :)  

Christmas Cards

The primary children were excited to 

make Christmas cards for the missionaries in our ward

last Sunday.  We took these pictures to include 

in the packages sent~

Junior Primary:

Senior Primary:

We were low in numbers (due to the Thanksgiving weekend)

but those are some cute kids!!!

Ward Summer Party

Our ward summer party was held on July 11th.

We had hamburgers, hot dogs and all sorts of potluck goodness.

The highlight for the kids: the bouncy house!

These activities were supposed to be held outdoors,

but due to a rainstorm, everything was moved inside to the gym.

That's okay, because we had a great time anyway! :)

Scout Camp 2014

The annual cub scout day camp was held in Scofield on June 28th.

The boys enjoyed archery, shooting BB guns, canoeing and boat rides, 

crafts, games and other fun activities.

Ava's Baptism

*June 7, 2014*

Congratulations, Ava!

Your baptism day was so lovely!

You were surrounded by family and friends who love you.

It was neat to see your dad baptize you!

We are so proud of your choice to be baptized

and love seeing your sweet face at church.

2nd Annual Water Party

*June 5, 2014*

We had a lot of fun at our summer kick-off water party!

Big water slide:

Awesome water balloon fight:

 Eating lunch:

Thanks to all the kids who came to play

and Sister Noyes for taking these fun pictures! :)