Olympic Time!

We were in charge of a tri-ward youth activity this past week.  We put together an Olympic Party: 10 teams, 5 rounds, and one megaphone!  It basically took over our lives for a week planning for this thing, but it was so much fun, and the 64 youth that attended loved it.

We were so busy and having so much fun that we forgot to take pictures until the end, but the madness was worth it. 

Brazil went undefeated and walked away with Gold.

Fiji and Ecuador were tied, so they had a dice roll off - the first team to get all five dice on 2 took second place.

Fiji came out the victor, so they walked away with Silver.

 Ecuador took Bronze!

Phew!  We may all have ulcers from the prep, but it ran smoothly, and it's over....now on to my lesson for Sunday and the activity for next week!  There's never a dull moment when you're working with the youth!

Donut Doubt It

We have two young ladies who will be coming into Young Women's this Fall, so this past Sunday we had New Beginnings.  The theme for our evening came from our "interpretation" of a favorite scripture:

They had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them…
We DONUT doubt our mothers knew it.
Alma 56: 47-48

We have some of the sweetest and most adorable girls, and I know and love the two girls coming in, so it continues to be a great year in Young Women's (girls 12-18 at church).

 You can't go wrong with donuts and milk!

 I love these girls!

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Hourglass Blocks

This month for do.Good Stitches I totally dropped the ball and forgot it was my turn to assign the block.  I was out of town and it was going to be a while for me to get organized, so Lynn was awesome and stepped in for August.  She requested more Hourglass blocks.  We could do pink and gray or teal and gray.  I had a bunch of pink on hand, so it worked out well.

These blocks are simple to piece together, but the squaring down to size is a bit of a pain.  I'm not sure I'd want to do an entire quilt of these just because of that, so I'm glad I get to see the quilt top when everyone's blocks come together. 

The Outsiders

As part of a summer book club I participate in every year, we are reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton.  It also fits under category #10: A classic by an author who's new to you for my Classics Challenges 2018.  Although I'm familiar with this book and the iconic 80s movie, I've never actually read the book or seen the movie.

I chuckled when I saw the book takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  I seem to be on a roll with books in Tulsa.  I just finished reading Dreamland Burning which is about the Tulsa race riots of 1921.  I recently heard about, and really want to read, Killers of the Flower Moon which is about the mysterious deaths of Native American women in NE Oklahoma in dealing with oil rights.  When I found out The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa and that it deals with the violence between the "Greasers" and the "Socs,"  I started wondering what in the world is wrong with Tulsa!  Yikes!  At least The Outsiders is fiction, but it deals with some very real issues.  I'm sure that's what makes it such a classic.

I really liked The Outsiders.   I was even more impressed when I found out Hinton was a teenager when she wrote it.  There is a lot of heartache in this book, and I truly loved all of the characters and their many flaws. 

Scrappy Flower Quilt Top

It took way longer than it should have, but I finally got this quilt top pieced together.