What do you do with a bunch of teenage girls who sometimes bicker and say caddy things to each other? Make them say nice things about each other of course! For activity last month the theme was Individual worth. I made these cute booklets for the girls and made them write anonymous nice things about each other. I think they are really going to love them!
I know this is late, but I wanted to post my reciprocation for Tyler's sweet gift for Valentine's Day. Thank goodness I had been working with the girls to make a great Valentine's Day surprise for our men. I really needed to live up to what Tyler got me (see post below if you haven't already)
So we told the boys we had plans as a group for Valeninte's Day, but we weren't going to tell them what they were until that night. let me tell you, I've never met such a big bunch of stinkers. They were seriously such babies trying to con out of us what we were doing.
We brought them over to the Cooks, loaded them in one car and us girls in another car, then told them they were going on a scavenger hunt, gave them a clue, then drove off.
Here's some of the places the went and things they had to do.
-Go to 24 hour fitness, do push ups, sit ups, and ride the bike before receiving the next clue
-Go to Jimmy Johns-Make your wife a flower out of materials provided (see below)
-Go to Embassy Suites, make a card for your wife out of supplies provided
-Go to Golf Galaxy and make a hole in one before getting the next clue
-Go to Red Robin, pick out a balloon in your wife's favorite color
-Text your wife something sweet after clues 2 and 5
So when they returned home they had hand-made car, flowers, and a balloon for their wife. Fun!
They filmed the whole thing and it was a blast to watch! The best part was they went to Archivers (a scrap-booking store) instead of Embassy Suites. They were asking everyone there if they had a clue but no one knew what they were talking about. The look on their faces when they realized they were at the wrong spot was priceless!
it was also fun to get texts as they went. Tyler's text: "Did you wash your pants with windex cause I can see myself in them?" and "You taste better than my salami torpedo" (that's a jimmy john's sub for all of you who have your mind in the gutter!)
When they got back to the house we had cheese fondue and heart shaped pizza. YUMMY! Dessert? Chocolate fondue with lots of goodies!! Ended the night watching Couples Retreat. We had a great time. Love you baby!
That's what we are calling Tyler these days. Our excitement for the week (other than me trying to pass yet another set of written boards for licensing) was Tyler helped catch a felon!! Tyler works at the Fitness Center on campus. For the last several weeks someone has been using bolt cutters to break locks and steal valuables including lap tops and other stuff out of the lockers. They had a picture of the suspect posted. Tyler saw a guy that had the same jacket in the picture walking around the locker room acting funny. Tyler called the campus police. They arrested the guy and he confessed to everything! Tyler had to go over to the station and give a statement and identify the guy. Now the people of Metropolitan State College of Denver Recreation Center can rest easy thanks to Ty! Way to go babe!
I taught the combined lesson for YW this month. The topic was...brace yourself...HOMEMAKING. Okay please stop laughing. Really-you can stop now. I know it it's pretty funny. Well that was my reaction as well. I giggled as I read the lesson manual-"Make your classroom as attractive as possible for this lesson. Cover the table with a cloth and place a centerpiece on it." Thank goodness Christiann (the YW president) let me combine it with another lesson-Sharing the Work at Home. It actually turned out to be a fun lesson and of course I had to come up with a cute treat to go along with it. I told the story of THe Little Red Hen who couldn't get anyone on the farm to help her do the work. Then as the treat I made farm animal sugar cookies. They turned out cute but unfortunately I didnt get a chance to take a picture of them before church so these are the leftovers from the bottom of the basket that are a little squished-still cute though!
There was also a bunny, but I didn't have any of them left to take a picture of. :( On a side note this was the first time I've made fondant (marshmellow fontant to be exact). The pink turned out perfect but the yellow and orange were a little dry. Guess I'lll have to do a little more baking to practice!
I have the best husband in the entire world. And here's why...
