RLF Graduation and Primary Program

Today I graduated from my leadership program (RLF) in Seattle!  After 9 months of hard work, we finally finished!  We met early this morning and had a giveback session for members of other RLF groups and it turned out really well.  Each person placed a thumbprint on a paper we had stuck to the wall, and then all painted from those thumbprints, their thoughts about RLF and what it has meant to them.  We had a BUNCH of people in there and had some GREAT discussion.

Giveback attendees expanding on their thumbprints...

The final product!

We then had our graduation where one of the members of our group spoke about our experiences.  We were also able to listen to people give speeches from all the other RLF groups as well.  It was a touching experience thinking back on everything we had done over the past year!  After graduation, we had our final meeting as an RLF group.  We each brought beads that described ourselves, and we passed them around and made necklaces out of them.  We then wore them throughout the entire conference!  🙂  People thought it was really cool when they asked what they were for.

While I was doing this, Kirstyn and Zachary were performing in the annual Primary Sacrament Meeting Program at church.  Each had parts to give and they did a GREAT job!  I was sad to miss yet another thing this weekend.  🙁  It seemed that this weekend was the most busy of any in the past couple of months, and I wasn’t able to be there to support the activities.  They worked really hard on all the songs and their parts, and afterward, they made scrapbooks of themselves to give to their families.  It was really sweet!  🙂

Tonight (in Seattle) some of us went out to a nice restaurant and had a relaxing dinner, full of conversation and fun.  I was not too hungry, so I got a big sushi roll that was wonderful!  Others got halibut, tuna, salmon, and the appetizer we got was great too (crab cakes, scallops, and coconut prawn)!  Mmmmmm!  They also gave us complimentary truffles afterward!

What an awesome day!  I’m exhausted from the time change and the long day, however!  🙂