Next Stake Dance

For all of those who are wondering, the next stake dance is scheduled for September 19th. More info to be posted ASAP. Be sure to check back soon. You can leave a message here or contact one of your leaders for ride info.

Our Trip to Helen

Tubing down the Hooch!

Our Next combined activity is one you dont want to miss we are tubing down the Hooch!

Everyone is meeting at the church at 9am, we will pack the coolers with your lunch and head off for a day of fun. The cost is $3 a person and after we are done we will have a picnic lunch before heading back. The river ride is suppose to last about 2 hours. So you will definitly want to wear sunscreen and maybe a hat. You may even want to wear shoes or sandals that can get wet.

So dont forget to bring your lunch and $3. See ya at 9am sharp!!

For more info or FAQ visit http://www.helentubing.com/aboutus.asp?id06=33&cat06=0

Laurels Beach Trip

AHH the Laurels Beach trip. Destin Flordia is so beautiful, with white sand beaches and crystal clear blue water. The girls had a hard time deciding what to do, with so many choices. After being sunburnt we decided an indoor activity was the best choice and found a bowling alley to try our luck.

Our last night in Destin we walked along the beach at sunset, checked out the outdoor concert, and went into some of the shops near the beach. It was a great way to end the week.

Thanks Sister Jones for Sharing your Beach house with us!!

This weeks combined activity

This week our combined activity is to Stone Mountain. We are meeting at the church at 6. Plan to wear good hiking shoes, we are hiking up the mountain before the laser show. You may also want to bring something to sit on, and a snack to share while watching the laser show!

Court of Honor

It began with some of the other Young Men showing their support and admiration for Austin Suda! He took home all the awards this night. Tyler and Dean were so proud of him!

Bishop Embry even presented some of the awards!

And Sister Suda got to place a special pin on Austin's Uniform

The Proud Parents

It ended with the cub scouts lowering the flag. What a great job they did!

Athens Stake Formal Prom Pictures

There are some great pictures from the Athens Stake Formal Prom. The link for the pictures is posted below.You can print them or save them on your computer!


http://picasaweb.google.com/athensstake

Young Womens Pre Camp

Please join us for:
Young Women’s Pre-Camp!
Date: Saturday, April 18th
Time: 4:30 pm
Place: Athens Stake Building
We will be leaving the ward building promptly at 3:45. This will be a great time to meet your leaders and other Young Women in the Stake before camp. We are going to have a lot of fun, and we will need your participation in some of the planning. Also, classes that will be covered at Pre-Camp will not be covered again at a later time, so it is important to make every effort to attend.
There is a Stake Dance following the Pre-Camp activities for ages 14-18. Girls ages 12-13 have the option of staying until the dance is over. We will have some fun activities for them during the dance, and dinner will be provided. We just need to know how many 12-13 year olds are planning on staying late so we can make sure that we have enough rides for everyone. Please respond to this e-mail if your 12-13 year old plans on staying late.
If you have any questions, please contact Becky Nye

Young Women activities

We had our "planning meeting for the 1st half of this year.....
There were so many "fun" / "funny" ideas. We are planning on doing music appreciation tonight 4/1. And will end with sleepover, and some Rockband at Sister Autrys.

Laurels and Preist Mormon Prom

For all of the Laurels and Preists you need to register for the Prom to get your tickets.
Go here for info:
http://ldsmonroeyouth.blogspot.com/2009/02/2009-preistlaurel-multi-stake-prom.html

For all of the Laurels who are ready to start shopping here are some easy sewing projects to help keep your dresses modest:
http://www.modestprom.com/shrugs/
The little consignment store in Loganville called Heirs has a huge selection of formal dresses right now! They are open Tuesday through Saturday. 10-6

Formal Dance

The Athens Stake Formal Dance was Beautiful!! The tables were lit up the Food was extra fancy. There was a Grand Entrance, where each Young Women was announced as they walked down the stairway. The ceiling was even decorated and dont forget all the cute boys and beautiful girls that were there enjoying all this fun Formal atmosphere!

Its fun to see the Youth enjoying themselves. Heres some pictures from the last dance. As you can see no ride home from a dance would be complete with out a trip to Sonic...
The girls are really looking forward to the Formal Dance this weekend. I cant wait to post the beautiful pictures of them!
Check back next week for some awesome photos.

If you have some interesting events or photos to share please email them and they can be posted here also!

New Beginings

Here are some pictures from New Beginnings. Our theme was the treasure with in and our program went very well! We went over the entire Young Women's program and spotlighted the Young Women Values. We learned all that will be required for the new value Virtue.
On the Piano you can see the gifts we gave to the girls this year were photos of Christ with this years theme of Be Thou and Example. I made these with Transparencies and silver Velum for the background. I wanted to put them in black frames but ran out of time....
The refreshment table was awesome too! Great cupcakes, fruit and Golden punch. It was a beautiful night.

This Months Activities:

3/7 Time Change~~ Dont forget!

3/8 Stake Conference

3/11 Tour of Rooms Sarah, Tara, Jessica

3/14 Roadside Cleanup

3/15 New Beginings Parents invited, Church Dress, Cutural Hall 7pm Brand NEW Value introduced!

3/18 Joint Activity (Laurels)

3/21 Formal Dance YCLS to do a camp meeting before dance and get ready at church.

3/22 BYC Fireside

3/25 Combined activity (Teachers) Movie and Rootbeer

3/27 Temple Trip

3/28 Planning meeting and YW Broadcast~

and Finally 3/30 SpRiNg BrEaK~

2009 Preist/Laurel MULTI-STAKE Prom

2009 Priest/Laurel MULTI-STAKE Prom “A Southern Night to Remember”. REGISTRATION BEGINS MARCH 1st : Register by March 31st at http://www.atlantaldsprom.com/. Tickets are limited.

Girls Camp forms

Its that time of year!! Time to get your camp permission slips in and a copy of your current medical insurance card.

Here is a link if you have lost your permission slip

http://www.4shared.com/file/89871271/ca8a9734/camp_permission_slips.html

Camp fees this year are $50 due by March 21st.  Please mark other on your tithe Envelope and give to a member of the bishopric.  Extra $25 if you are a fourth year, to pay for High Adventure!! White Water Rafting!!! WOOOHOOOO!!  its gonna be so fun!

Pictures from our picnic's

Picnics and Basketball

Sister Jones and the Laurels planned a fun activity to get the youth together and to teach them how to interact with one another. It was a great activity and the kids were paired up by throwing a basket ball through the ring when they made it through they chose a number and the girl who brought the matching number picnic to that number shared her dinner and the boys dessert with him. Some of the kids really enjoyed cooking some really outstanding meals. I think the most fancy dinners were probably Jessica's and Tara's. I think there was even some competition for one of those picnic baskets. The boys brought some tasty desserts. Gabriel brought the most sought after Chocolate mouse with raspberry sauce! MMMMM Gotta get that recipe!

After Dinner the kids tried to learn some fun swing dancing. Brett and sister Jones were practicing. Notice in the background the fun girls making up their own swing dance!! And the boys that had their own version also!! Overall it was a fun activity and clean-up went quickly! Thanks to all who helped out, and to the moms who helped cook!

NEW Blog!!

This blog was created for the Latter Day Saint Youth and Parents in the Monroe ward.
It will serve to help communicate activities and to share pictures from previous activities!!
We look forward to everyones participation.
Check back soon for pictures from last nights activity`