Cake Pops, MannaPacks, and a Voice Recital.

Just thought I would catch up on a few things that got lost in the whirlwind of the past month.

We had our YWIE.

(Young Women In Excellence)

The theme was D.O.T.S.

(Depend On The Savior)

(Yes, we LDS - aka Mormon - members love a good acronym!!)

One of our YW organized, planned, made assignments, and decorated for a value project.

She did an amazing job!

 (Mar brought the skirt she made with her Grandma G. to display... can you spot it?)

Michaela and I tried our hand at cake pops as part of the refreshments for YWIE.

I baked them (in cake pop pans I've had for pert near 3 years and have never used),

Michaela dipped and decorated.

I think they pretty much turned out awesome,

I learned a little about trimming those babies, so my next attempt will be better (unless I forget what I've learned by the next time I make them).

Mar, Cate, Bill and I participated in an awesome service project: Feed My Starving Children - a multi-denominational Christian effort to help feed children in underdeveloped countries.
We helped fill, seal, and box up MannaPacks:

Oh yeah, I love a good hair net. Good thing we've had so much food handling experience at LDS wet-pack and dry-pack canneries over the years.

Mar and Cate did a great job filling... yelling "Omaha" to let the scoopers know they were ready:

Our session filled enough MannaPacks to feed 341 children a meal a day for a year.
That feels awesome.

Mar participated in her first ever Voice Recital.
Here's one of her songs, April Showers:

I was super proud of her! She had worked hard on memorizing her pieces, and is so brave to perform to a group that included some seasoned vocalists (and some other beginners...) and their parents! Her voice teacher, Sister Hansen, performed part of an opera for us. I knew she had been a professional opera singer, but still had no idea how incredibly amazing she is! I don't think she had performed opera publicly since moving to CO, so it was definitely a thrill to get to hear her.

It was a fun FHE, followed by cleaning our church building before heading out to Kneaders for a celebratory treat.
Nice job, Mar!

I think I can deem myself caught up. For now.