Conestoga Branch Christmas Party

We didn't get pictures of all of the festivities, but our branch party was a lot of fun, thanks to Michala! We had a yummy dinner, followed by rotations of crafting, and The Nativity, and inspiring words by the 3 Wisemen. Mark and I were in charge of the Nativity, and for being planned at the last moment, (yes, this is probably my worst case of procrastination ever!), I think it went pretty well. At first it was planned that Mark and I would be Joseph and Mary and act it out, or tell the story. As many people know, I am no actress, and definitely not a good story teller. So, at the last minute we decided to make the 3 groups into 3 mini paegants. The first two groups loved it! The last group was mostly teenagers, so they were less enthusiastic about it, but they still performed very well. So, without further ado, here are the pictures, and a very short video of Elder Brown as the donkey, with Alex Long as Mary, and Robby Foster as Joseph.

Pinewood Derby

Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 was the second annual Conestoga Branch Pinewood Derby. I only got a few pics of the racers, so here they are. On the left we have Erin Gurney, and her Petal Pusher car, with Robert Foster and his #1 car. On their right is the "official" racer. Below we have Brandon Snedeger and Pres. Wilkinson, the branch president, and Elder Brown, one of the great missionaries in our branch.


















Here is Mark, with his winning car, thanks to Craig, and Andrew, one of the recent converts in our branch who, as we would say in my mission, is bien calidad!





Mark's winning car, which was supposed to look like a pill, but it just ended up looking like a flat car with some random numbers on it. We had to pile a bunch of coins and metal on top to get it up to weight! I guess it wasn't being judged by its looks, right?