Fall Break

We made a last minute decision to go to Washington for fall break.  It was a lot of driving in a short time, but we got to watch Ayzha play volleyball twice and I got to see Holly!  

Met up at Costco and bought her
lots of snackies.

Q's ball handling skills are impressive!

Senior Night

Wowza, what a night!  When Alyssa first started playing rec volleyball, I never dreamed that she would be a middle blocker for her high school varsity volleyball team and that we would get to celebrate with her on Senior Night.

I'm so incredibly proud of her! She has fought every day to be on that court and help her team win.  She has had to fight for playing time, and has dealt with constant back pain and even through much adversity and disappointment, she continues to fight.  Love this girl so much!  I will miss watching her play.

Alyssa got the match winning block!
It was a magical ending to a perfect night.

Senior Spotlight

 

HOCO 2023

Looks like T had a blast!

Reyn's first Home Coming.
She's a stunner!

"Fun"draiser

I was in charge of the annual youth fundraiser again this year.  Instead of cleaning garbage cans we decided to go the fun route.  We had a great turnout!  

Ben and I made lots of cotton candy

Karen lent us her carnival games
Thank you!

This is how we said thank you to our supporters.
We used a green screen to take the pictures
and then texted out the thank you image.  

Youth Conference 2023

Our Youth Conference started at the 
Mountainside Marriott in Park City

 

There was swimming, hot chocolate, and billiards..
but the karaoke was the favorite.  It was epic!

We did a service project at the Park City library.
We accomplished in an hour
what would have taken the librarian a month.
She was so grateful!

Alyssa was thrilled to be there.

We played some shocktato, team relays and did egg roulette.  
Good Times!

Miraculously, John Bytheway agreed to come speak to our youth.
He's amazing!

We ended the conference with a sunset hike/testimony meeting at the top of PC Hill.

 

Side note:

Kirby Heyborne was going to come speak to the youth, but he got offered a role in a movie, and had to cancel 2 weeks before the conference.  I had made a promise to the youth that the speaker would be amazing, so I decided to reach out to John Bytheway.  I said a little prayer and wrote an email...

Hello Brother Bytheway,

My name is Shannon Fuller.  I am the young women president in the Spinnaker Bay Ward, Saratoga Springs, Utah.  I've found myself in a bind.  Kirby Heyborne was coming to speak at our youth conference on Saturday, September 23, but just signed on a film that conflicts with the date and won't be able to come.

 I had promised our youth that our speaker was going to be amazing.  You fit that description perfectly!  I know this is a long shot and that your usual audience is the entire world, but would you by chance be available to speak to a small group of youth in Park City on Friday, September 22 or Saturday, September 23?  (You know, like Savior taught, leave the 99 to go after the one).  I will totally understand if the answer is no, but I felt I owed it to my young women to try.

 Sincerely, 

Shannon Fuller

Young Women President

Spinnaker Bay Ward

 P.S.  My husband and I are booked on your Holy Land tour next March

We are sooo excited!  

 We love "Follow Him" and don't miss an episode.  It has been such a blessing in helping us understand the scriptures.  Sometimes, especially with Paul, I get a little lost.  Thank you for loving the Lord and wanting to share his light and love with the world.

 Also, you have been an inspiration in my life for many, many years.  One of the first talk tapes I ever listened to was "Get an Attitude."  

 

He responded to the email within just a few minutes, checked his schedule and agreed to come.  What??? Squee!  I was ecstatic and so grateful.  

Madi's Baptism

When I came into the young woman program (18 months ago), I met a spunky girl named Madi.  She was not a member of the church, but often attended church with my friend Deedra and came to our activities often.  Several sets of missionaries had taught her the gospel and although she wanted to be baptized, her dad said she was too young.  He wanted her to wait until she really understood the commitment she would be making.  He had been baptized into the church when he was 35, but became less active soon after.

This year, we convinced Madi to come to girl's camp.  She didn't know if she really wanted to come, but she came.  One morning, we asked the girls to take some time alone in the woods to ponder, read scriptures and write in their journals.  Madi thought that it was going to be lame, and wanted to just be with her friends, but on that morning, as she sat in the trees, she said that she felt the holy ghost tell her that she should be baptized and that now was the right time.  Later that day, she told me what had happened, I was thrilled.  In testimony meeting at the end of the week, she stood and shared her feelings and told everyone that she had decided to be baptized.  But, she was really nervous to tell her dad and didn't know if he would give his permission.  So, we all started praying for her and her dad.

When she got home, they sat down for dinner and she told him.  He asked why she wanted to be baptized, and she was able to tell him that she felt the holy ghost for the first time, and knew it was the right thing to do.  This time he gave his permission.  We were all so excited!

Last night, after her 7 year faith journey, she was finally baptized.  It was an emotional and wonderful evening for all of us.  She is a strong, brave young woman that I have come to admire and love.