Good Times with the Ward

Well it has been a whirlwind of a week so far!  We’ve had a couple meetings with our Realtor, I had a Relief Society activity Thursday night, a primary activity to set-up for and help run yesterday and today we had an Easter party with some good neighbor friends.  Life has been busy!  I took the girls with me to the RS party on Thursday thinking Nate could use the study time and they had daycare provided.  Little did I know the activity would go until 9:30pm and we wouldn’t get the girls in bed till 10!  It was a wonderful activity, but a little stressful getting ready for (I had to bake enchiladas as well as a decorative cake for a centerpiece) and a little lengthy at the end.  But the spiritual boost I received while there was well worth it! 

Last night, we put on “Primary Idol” for all the kids in our ward.  It turned out SO fun!  We assigned each class a fun song, gave them an hour that night to put together a dance with props & costumes and then they each preformed their dances for all the parents and other kids.  We had popcorn for the audience and awards for each class (given by the judges, American Idol style) and finished off the night with ice cream cones.  It was a blast!  I was a little concerned that the kids would be shy or wouldn’t get into it, but every class danced away without reservations.  They loved every minute of it.  The primary presidency surprised the group with a little “dance” of our own – which we put together about 10 minutes before the show – but the kids just ate it up.  Everyone got a kick out of it and we had a really fun time.  Definitely an activity to repeat in the future!  It was also a fun family night for the Wolfley crew!  We all participated and had a lot more fun than we expected.  We were short on helpers for the classes, so Nate got dragged into being the “choreographer” for the 9-year olds.  They – Nate included – danced to “Be a Man” (from Mulan) and it turned out awesome!  Because Nate was helping a class & I was running around finishing up last minute details, Sage got to go to the Sunbeams class with Kenna and be a part of their dance.  It was so cute!  Makenna was great at doing her part and Sage just free-styled in the back pretty much the whole song.  Makes me smile just thinking about it!  What a fun night!

Then today we were able to kick off our Easter festivities with an Easter-egg hunt & pot-luck lunch with some of our great friends in our ward.  Of course Makenna and Sage were beside themselves with excitement.  It’s amazing how much more fun holidays are with kids around!  Now I just can’t wait for tomorrow to get here…

Our Outstanding Primary Idol Judges!

 Our equally entertaining and lovely M.C., Brooke (Ryan Seacrest couldn't make it)

Stay tuned!  Videos of the awesome dances coming soon...

The Easter Party

 We forgot to bring baskets for them, so they used paper bags instead...but what's the difference to a 2 & 3 year old?!