Young Women in Excellence

**I thought about doing this post on my private blog for journaling purposes, but I decided to make it a public post because I know that there are many women out there who need ideas for these types of events in the LDS church.**

Last Wednesday, our ward had our Young Women in Excellence event.  This is an evening where the young women (ages 12-18) can celebrate their personal progress accomplishments they have done throughout that year (leaders included).

We had a pirate themed evening so we decorated the tables in a pirate theme, along with desserts/refreshments that were pirate related.  One of the girl's projects was making the pirate themed cupcakes.

One of the young women advisers got these anchor bracelets for the girls (which is why we wanted to do a pirate themed night).  Yes, the bracelets were a HUGE hit and the girls have worn them many times this last week.

Our young women's president related her message about having our ships anchored in our testimony of Jesus Christ, and that each time we look at our bracelets we should try and emulate Him.  She also tied in several other analogies, like making sure there are no weak links in our chains so that we don't loose our anchor when the storms of life come and make us drift away at sea and get lost.  The entire evening was a huge success, but I am glad that it is over because it was a lot of work for the leaders.