Young Women In Excellence

Last night was Hannah's Young Women in Excellence celebration, where the young women got to show off the goals and projects that they have been working on for Personal Progress during the year. Hannah had decided she wanted to perform a viola-piano duet that I arranged over the summer. (see the next-to-last bullet here). We were almost to the church before she realized that she had forgotten her viola at home! So, I dropped her off, along with the Steven and the boys, who had scouts, and I rushed home for the viola. I returned just in time for us to perform. The performance went well.

After all the performances and presentations (we were next to last, so not long after I got there), we watched a slide show of pictures taken during the various activities and camp outs the girls have participated in through the year, and then some awards were handed out. Hannah received a certificate for graduating from Beehives (i.e. turning 14). She also received a large photo of the Denver temple and a beautiful framed photo that was taken at Estes Park on a Young Women camp out a month or two ago, with her standing at the top of a mountain.

After the formal part of the meeting, we were dismissed to eat dessert and look at posters each girl had made, which depicted the many goals and projects she had done during the year. We have some very talented girls in our young women's organization, and Hannah is one of them. I am often told how wonderful she is by people who have had the opportunity to work with her. She is helpful and cheerful and gets along well with others. She's also very creative, and she is a good cook, artist and violist. I am glad that she is my daughter.