Saturday, November 26, 2011

December 2011

"There is no sister so isolated, and her sphere so narrow but what she can do a great deal towards establishing the Kingdom of God upon the earth."  --Eliza R. Snow

('Cause a Christmas ornament is a sphere. . . . Get it?)

Saturday, November 12, 2011

November 2011

"I'm thankful for my testimony."

(A scarecrow was the best I could do for something Thanksgiving-y.)

Sunday, October 23, 2011

October 2011

"Be like the mothers of the stripling warriors."

I had to order these from Deseret Book and it wasn't cheap.  In retrospect, it's October, so I should've bought something mummy-related and put "Be like the mummies of the stripling warriors."

Saturday, September 10, 2011

September 2011

"Strengthen your family ties by strengthening your spiritual ties."

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Sunday, June 12, 2011

June 2011

"Strengthening Families through Temporal Self-Reliance"
"Developing self-reliance--the ability to care for ourselves and our families--is the responsibility of every sister. . . . When we are self-reliant, we use our blessings and resources to prepare for and avoid problems."

Sunday, May 22, 2011

May 2011


I tried to find Incredibles or Incredible Hulk toys, but couldn't find a thing!

(Note: I know it's pick-your-own month, but my mom's ward (I'm not a visiting teacher now) picks for them.)

Saturday, April 2, 2011

April 2011


It's Easter season, so I got little bunnies.
"Increasing Faith,
Strengthening Families,
Providing Relief --
Some-bunny's got to do it!"

Sunday, February 27, 2011

March 2011


"The priesthood and Relief Society work together to season the world."

I found these little salt and pepper shaker sets at Michaels for $1.

Personal Progress: Divine Nature #4

For this activity, I had the girls put on a name tag, but with the name of a TV or movie character.  They were to act like that character while we played some card games for 20 minutes.  Afterward, we talked about how their behavior changed when they took on someone else's name.

Then I talked about how our behavior should change when we take on Christ's name and how we should honor that name.

For a treat, since this one is about the sacrament, we had small bottles of water and Twinkies (which look like little loaves of bread . . . right?).

Hindsight Advice:
-Let them know in advance that they will be acting.  It makes it easier to come up with ideas.  (Personally, I should've been Gru from Despicable Me and when it was my turn at Go Fish, just frozen the other players and taken the cards I needed!)
-20 minutes is a long time to play a dollar store game of Go Fish.  That's all I could afford, though, and I didn't realize it'd be lamer than a regular version.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

February 2011


My original intention for this one was to buy bottles of Act Restoring mouthwash and have a note that said, "When the church was RESTORED, the Relief Society got in on the ACT."  But that doesn't come in trial sizes and was too expensive to buy.

Since it's February, I got Valentine's candy and will put a note that says, "Because God loves us, he created the Relief Society when he restored the Gospel."

Sunday, January 2, 2011

January 2011

For January's gift, I bought small calendars at Michael's (on clearance for 50 cents).  I will put a note that says all the visiting teaching messages for 2011 will be about the history of the Relief Society.