We Resolute…

It’s a new year…time for new resolutions. And we’re sharing...

Sammy: Land and invert a heel flip

Rachael: Have a missionary experience

Mackenzie: Get a job, get money

Jane: Do wicked awesome on the ACT

Hattie: Read the Book of Mormon cover to cover

Bridget: Pass a hard class

Madi: Raise grades

Julianna: Do baptisms for the dead every week for a month

Hi-Yah!

Don’t mess….I’m just sayin’….these used to be WHOLE pieces of wood.

 

That was before our girls got to them.

 

And what was that you were saying about not wanting to come to an activity or church?  Look closely at this picture of your leaders and think twice before you say such a thing again…

  

If you’re not scared of THEM, maybe you’ll be scared of THESE girls.

    

I’m suddenly feeling very, very safe…

Young Women Academy Awards of Excellence

You and your parents are cordially invited to the

First Annual

Young Women Academy Awards of Excellence,

held Tuesday, the first day of December, two-thousand and nine at 7:00 p.m. in the

Grand Relief Society Room Theatre.

This is a Black Tie affair.

Hors d’ouvres will be served.

It was the event of the year (at least in our ward) as the stars came out on the Red Carpet

and gathered in the Grand Relief Society Room Theatre, ushered by only the finest.

The Announcer Voices and Spotlight Guy started the show

the President of the Academy introduced the night

and the evening’s categories were presented, along with each nominee.

Categories: Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue

For the LITTLE SEED AWARD, the nominees were:

TINY TIM, LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, CINDY LOU WHO, Bridget Hanson

For the QUEST FOR DIVINITY AWARD, the nominees were:

Mohandas Ghandi, Hercules, Julianna Langston, Enos

For the WONDER WOMAN AWARD, the nominees were:

Cristal Woods, Lynda Carter, Rachel Ray, Emma Smith

For the TENDERHEART AWARD, the nominees were:

Angelina Jolie, Savannah Bushnell, Tin Man, Esther

For the DISCOVERY award the nominees were:

Benjamin Franklin, Christopher Columbus, Albert Einstein, Jasmine Johnson

For the IT’S GOOD TO BE ME award, the nominees were:

Hattie Bushnell, Paris Hilton, Bella Swan, Donald Trump

For the BORN LEADER AWARD, the nominees were:

Ronald Reagan, Bill Gates, Sammy Carbine, Brigham Young

For the SPIRITUAL VALIDICTORIAN AWARD, the nominees were:

Marjorie Hinckley, Sheri Dew, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Tyrani Bevell

The LIFETIME ACHEIVEMENT AWARD was awarded to Jane Smalley, for finishing her Personal Progress this year.

She entered the world almost sixteen years ago, as the angels sang and the world rejoiced. She grew in beauty and wisdom, charm and wit and blossomed from a wee, bouncing child into a fabulous, sophisticated Young Woman. Four years ago, she entered the Young Woman’s Academy and this experience changed her eternal destiny. She successfully waded through the trials and tribulations, the heartaches and heartbreaks, the minor crushes and first abiding loves of junior high and now reaps the rewards of one of life’s greatest pinnacles—being a sophomore in high school. Since her entrance into the Academy , this incredible Young woman has faithfully attended 250 church meetings, 250 mutual activities, give or take a few, and unfailingly attends her Seminary class. As if this weren’t enough, she performs stand up comedy routines, befriends newcomers to the Academy and slays the dragons of the world, through her exemplary standards of Faith, Divine Nature, Individual Worth, Knowledge, Choice and Accountability, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue.

But, to be honest, all of those accomplishments fade away, pale and dwindle in comparison to what she achieved this year.

This illustrious member of the Academy steadfastly completed 42 value experiences and over 70 hours of value projects, which she planned, carried out and recorded. As part of this conquest, she gained a knowledge that she is a daughter of God, relied upon the Holy Ghost, developed personal religious behaviors, such as prayer, scripture study, obedience to commandments, and service, kept her baptismal covenants and prepared to qualify for temple covenants, developed talents and skills that prepared her for her future roles, and established a pattern of step-by-step progress through her life.

This is a feat which has been fully carried out only three times in the history of the current Academy Presidency.

And it is for this latest and greatest accomplishment that the Presidency of the Young Women’s Academy proudly awards Jane Smalley with the most distinguished of all awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award.

For the GLASS HALF FULL AWARD, the nominees were:

Ashley Hammer, Winston Churchill, Pollyanna, Lance Armstrong

For the SUNSHINE IN THE SOUL AWARD, the nominees were:

Snow White, Mary Poppins, Sammy Claflin, Minnie Mouse

For the SERVICE WITH A SMILE AWARD, the nominees were:

Mother Theresa, Rachael Meads, Thomas S. Monson, Princess Diana

For the KUNG FU COURAGE AWARD, the nominees were:

Jackie Chan, Daniel Larusso, Kung Fu Panda, Maddie Johnston

For the 13^th ARTICLE OF FAITH AWARD the nominees were:

Joseph Smith, Gordon B. Hinckley, Talyn Bevell, Moroni

The awards were given (our girls swept each category, by the way),

acceptance speeches made

and the evening ended with hors d’ouvres (or, in the words of Brayden, horse devores).

The Academy would like to thank our beautiful, talented, fun and energetic girls for humoring us in times such as these…we love you all!