A busy Saturday

James and I both had a packed Saturday.

He got to help Reid and his friend Jake with their science fair experiment. They worked on it ALL DAY. Reid says he enjoyed it, he likes science, so that is good. I think the finished product looks great. In our school district science fair projects are mandatory for all children in grades 4 - 8. That is five science fair projects times five children = 25 experiments. I think we may need to recycle ideas in the coming years.
When that was done they started on the pinewood derby cars. The race for Reid and Chase is next Saturday! James had the boys draw the shape they wanted and Austin was a big help by cutting out the cars. Here's a look at how the cars are coming along. They will need to work on them during the week to get them finished up.


I took Chase to his soccer game in the morning. His team had two boys there and the rest were girls. The other team had two girls and the rest were boys. Our team did a good job with the competition. It is always fun.
Then I got to spend a couple hours shopping! I wanted to get our niece a bridal shower gift - so fun shopping for that! I also got a new comforter for our bed. Why are those so hard to find? Do other people have a hard time finding what they like?
That evening James and I attended the Worldwide Leadership training broadcast. WOW! I really enjoyed the counsel given to us. The subject was on raising a righteous posterity. Lots of great ideas on the family...


When we got home I needed to finalize my thoughts for the Sunday Evening Discussion I am giving tonight to the youth of our church. I am speaking on the life of President Gordon B. Hinckley. The preparation the last two weeks has been very overwhelming to say the least. I am very prayerful that I will be able to convey the message the youth need to hear about this remarkable man. I think I am ready.
As the pictures indicate I four handouts: mini chocolate bars wrapped with a Pres. Hinckley wrapper, a paper where they can write "The Top 10 Things President Hinckley Taught Me," a handout with a quote and photos, and a 5x7 photo of President Hinckley where I've included his 6 B's on the back (not shown in photo). Yes, Molly has laughed and made fun of me for making so many handouts and tells me over and over, "You've been working on this for two weeks!"
I am also showing a two minute clip of Pres. Hinckley speaking and finishing with a slide show. Rather than talk to the youth for 45 minutes I am going to lead them in a discussion about his teachings. I will have different youth come to the front, have them read a quote from some of his counsel (all of them pertain to the young people of the church) and then we are going to discuss it as a group. (Hence the chocolate: it will encourage participation) We have a group of about 45 youth so there should be some good discussion happening. So hope it all works out.