Relief Society Birthday Celebration

When the Weston Relief Society presidency was asked what they would like our birthday celebration to focus on, their response was that they hoped for an activity where the sisters really could get to know one another. We took this request and ran with it! We began our Relief Society Birthday Dinner with appetizers, during which our sisters laughed and talked over bruschetta, roasted onion dip, skewered tomatoes with mozzarella and white ginger punch. We then broke into small groups for our "ice breaker" activity.

Each group was given a list of "surprising" things that our sisters have done. They were challenged to figure out which sister had done what. We learned that Walter Dolan proposed to Rosalie on their first date, Diane Zenger used to milk cows barefoot, Roz Hawk fell into her garbage can just as her new neighbor walked on to her porch to witness it and that Michelle Ainge has a history breaking into unoccupied homes! At the end of the activity, Shann Wood commented that the ice was definitely broken! We then watched a short video spotlighting the sisterhood of our Relief Society.

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We then ended our activity in small groups again, in a speed round of question answering.

Each group was given a question , such as what is one moment in your life that helped define your character, where did you grow up and what is a favorite childhood memory, or what is your most embarrassing moment. After the women in the group answered the questions, they were split into different groups, giving each sister the opportunity to bond with many different women during a short amount of time. The room was full of intense listening, quick sharing of our lives most memorable moments and a lot of loud laughter!

We ended our evening in the scout room for a lasagna dinner followed by a variety of cakes baked by our sisters. We all left full of great laughs, bonded friendships and good food!

Thank You, Thank You

Relief Society Additional Meeting Committee

Roz Hawk (RS counselor)

Sherlyn Jenkins

Mischell Shapiro

Ana Silva

Shannon Blakerby

Kelly Gay

Appetizers

Roz Hawk

Jenny Zwick

Birthday Cake Contributors

Shawnnee miranda

Lindsey Larsen

Julia Blake

Julie Keenan

Game Prizes

Janelle Holt

Photographer

Heather Kearns

Video Participants

Michelle Ainge

Lenore Wardle

Beth Van Duzer

Adrene Gorman

Whitney Fink

Debbie Rollins

Jane Murphy

Ginnie Woodworth