Super Saturday

I am going to try and get all caught up today on the blog.  I have a bunch of posts to get on here.  They will look like they were posted on different days, but they will be done today and tomorrow.

This last weekend was great!  Jon had four days off!  It almost made up for him not getting Valentines' Day or Presidents' Day off.

Saturday, Jon's first day off, we had a stake youth activity, Super Saturday.  It is basically a mini- EFY for those who know what that is.  Before the activity, we had a meeting with some of the youth to get their ideas for Youth Conference this year.  We will be going to Kirtland at the end of June.  We got a rough outline done of what will happen during the three day of Youth Conference.  It should be a lot of fun if we can get everything together.

The activity started with games (as requested by the youth). 

Each unit brought a few games.  The youth pick a table and played for about 20 minutes. 

Then they switched tables.  They seemed to really enjoy it.  The game that appeared the most was Apples to Apples.  There were three.

Then, some of the bishops/branch presidents and President Beck spoke to the youth.  They were not given a topic.  Just what ever they felt inspired to speak about.  James would not let me sit in the chapel to listen, and most of the speakers chose to walk around with out a microphone, so the leaders sitting in the foyer did not get to hear anything.  Oh well, it was for the youth, and I heard only good things about it.

Next was dinner.  We had lasagna, salad, and breadsticks (all Olive Garden style).  It was really good.  I know some of the leaders were upset that we did not plan them into it.  We did, but not they way they thought we should.  It was for the youth, and we wanted the youth at a table with one of the bishops/branch presidents or a stake leader during dinner.  Then we had a table set up on the side for the leaders (I sat there too).  There was tons of food.  We even had a nonmember who asked one of the branch presidents how they can get baptized and if they could get a Book of Mormon!  I would say that alone makes it a successful activity.

The night was ended with a dance. 

We did not stay long after the dance started because James does not like how loud the music plays.

Note:  Pictures from various youth in the stake.