Pam's Holiday Concert

We really try and make it to as many extracurricular activities the girls have. Included in this is their musical concerts put on by the schools they attend. Tonight was Pam's holiday concert.

Pam is in the intermediate band, playing the clarinet. She is so talented! Her group sounded great!

Pam sat very professional the whole time and was right on cue with the conductor.

Tonight's activity was a BLAST! Sister Perry was in charge and did an awesome job! It was a joint activity (meaning with group up with the YM). First we met at the church and played a white elephant gift exchange. All gifts were bought from the $1 store - sorry to anyone expecting an I-Phone!! But there were a few items fought over and things got really funny.

Brother George about to steal a gift....

Brielle wearing the funny face... (sorry its sideways!)

After the gift exchange we hopped on the Gillihan's trailor and went caroling. We drove around a neighborhood... looking for the Bishop... and sung Christmas carols to many people.


All the youth had a good time, everyone wanted to keep going when time was up. This is a really fun activity we've been doing for the past few years in the Coronado Ward and we hope to keep the tradition going in years to come!

Notice how all the YM leaders are in the warm cozy truck while all the YW leaders are out in the cold.... hmm...

Sadly it was a final activity with Brielle and Sunnie as part of our Young Women family. They are both moving in the next week and tonight was their last time with us. They are both amazing girls and will be terribly missed. They each bring a unique spirit to the group that everyone loves! Good luck girls, we will miss you!!!!

Young Women in Excellence

Back: Sunnie, Kandace, Bishop Buck, Sierra

Front: Ty, Crystal, Lexi, Sam, Mariah, Keyonna

Tonight the South Stake put on the annual Young Women in Excellence program. It was an awesome program, testimonies were shared, beautiful songs were sung, we viewed slide shows and really felt the spirit. Keyonna and Kandace both received recognition for values they have passed off, and Keyonna was part of the movie they showed, where she was interviewed out at the temple. We are so proud of our girls and all the hard work they are doing in Personal Progress. Next year we will have every girl up getting awarded!!

Kandace and her parents

Sierra and her parents

Sister Hibbard and Crystal

Lexi and her mom

Sunnie and her parents

Ty & Keyonna with their dad

After the program we met in the cultural hall for refreshments and were able to view the table set up (thanks to Sister Gillihan!!) that displayed the girls' talents.

Coronado Ward YW Presidency:

Sister Hibbard, Sister Gillihan, Sister Perry, and Sister Yanke

Service Project

Tonight's activity we joined up with the Young Men and did a service project. We helped the boy scouts by placing food donation bags on door steps in our ward boundaries. People can fill the bags with canned food and the boy scouts will come back, gather them up, and donate the food.

We met at the church for opening exercises and had donuts and water with the boys then split off to our designated areas.

The YW split up into 2 different groups to try and cover more ground and keep it a little safer. It was pretty cold and these girls had a lot of walking ground to cover but they all did GREAT! We are thankful for the big hearts that these girls have and all they do to help their community.

Sorry, Sister Hibbard forgot her camera so we didn't have any "action pictures"! Next week for sure!!

Personal Progress Activity

Tonight Sister Gillihan helped us with our "Divine Nature" goal! We learned that we all need to work on the talents that Heavenly Father has blessed us with. One might be cooking... So we made some yummy treats - corn flake crunch and rice krispy treats.

The girls had a blast in the kitchen, they were all on their own. They were given the recipe and the ingredients needed and went at it. They even cleaned on their own!

The treats turned out delicious! Thanks Sister Gillihan!

Sister Bagley's Last Activity

Brother Headlee getting his mani

silly girls!

Eating some delicious food!

Happy Birthday to Crystal and Mariah!

Unfortunately Sister Bagley has moved to California. It was a really good move for her family but we are all so sad about it. She has been such a fantastic leader in the Young Women's program and she will be dearly missed. For her last activity Crystal and her dad, Leo, brought in some authentic Lumpia (Philippine Spring Rolls). Then we did some manicures, celebrated Crystal & Mariah's birthdays, and played some going away games for Sister Bagley. Each of the girls went around and said why they are thankful for Sister Bagley. Of corse there were some tears... ;)

Sister Perry, Sister Hibbard, Sister Bagley, Sister Gillihan, and Sister Yanke

Look at the size of our YW! We have grown so much!

Here is our group on Sister Bagley's last Sunday. Sister Bagley : We will miss you tremendously. Your testimony has poured out onto all of us and we are all stronger by being able to be in this program with you. We wish you well on your new adventures... just PLEASE remember to come and visit us often! We LOVE you!!!!

On a very exciting and happy note - we are so thrilled that Sister Rachel Yanke is our new president! Could we ask for a better person to fill the spot?! We know that Sister Yanke loves all the girls to death and she will be such a great leader!

Decorating Pumpkins

With Halloween just a few days away our beautiful girls are more ready than ever now that they have decorated pumpkins! We had a blast painting pumpkins, the table cloth, and faces.

Mariah, Annie, Lexi, Kandace, Pam

Pam's masterpiece

"Spiderman" and Mariah

Annie and Lexi... don't they look like they could be twins!

Sierra, Kandace, Brielle, and Pam

Brielle's work of art... not sure what it symbolizes... maybe "trick - or - treat" !!

After we painted the pumpkins we headed out to visit less active girls and bring them a Halloween treat. Sadly, Keyonna, Ty, and Sunnie were sick so they were unable to make the activity. Hope you girls feel better!

Car Maintenance

Tonight we learned basic car maintenance, (THANK YOU CODY SEAGER!!!). We learned things like, how to change a flat tire, including:

~where to find the jack

~where to place the jack

~how to take the lug nuts off

~where to find the spare tire

~how to put the spare tire on

~how to put the lug nuts back on (*** remember the star pattern ***)

We also learned how to check oil level, and what to do if your car overheats. After the girls went through the whole process a few of the Young Men were timed on how fast they could change the tire. They did pretty well, but and so did our girls! We are now a little safer knowing these basic skills!!!

Babysitting Expo

Tonight's activity was a babysitting expo. Moms and Dads were able to bring their little ones to play, read, eat snacks, and get to know us a little better. The purpose of this activity was so that parents could see us interact with the kids and kids could get to know us, so helping us to babysit that much better!!

We had a really great turn out and we appreciate all the support from our wonderful ward family!

Girls Camp Day 2

Pam, Brittany, Sister Snyder and Sierra hanging out at camp eating snacks....

Kandace washing her hair

Kandice, Brittany, and Pam hanging out in the tent

Sister Snyder... always the organizer!


Sister Hibbard and Keyonna

Brittany, Crystan, and Sierra

Keyonna and Lexi, preparing lettuce for sandwiches!

Today was great! We put together our lip synch for Friday night. We picked a song, gave parts and picked out costumes. We had lunch and then headed out for our hike. The hike was a little different this year, it was actually a wagon train. The girls reenacted a small portion of what the pioneers went through to help get us where we are today.

Leaders were not allowed to push or pull..... but leaders were known for breaking legs and having babies... thus needing rides in the handcart!

Along the way we stopped and talked to people who have been through the trek. This man, "Brother Bull" told us about his experiences, deciding to head west at the last minute, all his trials, and how he depended on the Lord.

Lexi, Brielle and Brittany in the back pushing

Lexi, Pam, Sierra and Crystal taking their turns at the lead of the wagon.

At this stop we found out that our water got poisoned so we had to dump it all. It was really hot... the girls had a little appreciation of walking and doing strenuous work with no water. (don't worry - they got it back at the next stop!!)

At this stop we had angels singing beautiful mustic to us. They told us of so many people who have lost their lives and their children's lives along the way. A few of the girls had to burry their babies here.

At last we came to the end. We parked our handcart and walked over to meet "Bringham Young". It was very emotional and spiritual as he told us about the great sacrifice they (our ancestors) have made for us. The girls truly have a greater understanding and appreciation for how much work has gone in to building up the gospel as we know it today.

The girls did great. There was very little complaining - we actually sang primary songs as we walked along. They pulled together with team work and communication and it was awesome! We had no injuries... until AFTER the hand cart pull and Sierra slipped coming down a hill back to camp. She banged up her knee, but she's OK!