"She's a Gem" Relief Society Birthday Celebration

I got to organize a very special evening for our Relief Society birthday celebration this month.  We really wanted it to be a fancy occasion where we could make the sisters in our ward feel special- we chose the theme "She's a Gem" with the scripture in Proverbs 31:10- "who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies."  It was best dress with Dinner and performances by sisters in the ward and we invited all the sisters 8 and up so Kaitlyn got to come with me. I also had the best committee to work with and everyone pitched in to make this an incredible evening.  As stressful as it can be if I let it, I really enjoy doing this.

 

 

 I got to be in charge of the decorations and had so much fun.  We decorated each table with the birthstone of a particular month and had the sisters sit at their birth month table.  It worked really well and we filled the tables! I got to pull out all our lights and loved getting to use a lot of the décor we have stored in our garage (locals take notice-I'm happy to share anything we have!). I made sparkly paper gems to go in the vases and had ties on the back of each chair in the coordinating color with gemstone ribbon adding sparkle here and there. And the lights hung on the ceiling, along with the make-shift chandelier, cast a lovely light over everything.

 

The food was absolutely delicious.  The Young Men in the ward dressed up and served all the food for us.  It was so neat to have them there and they did a great job. 

 

We had a variety of wonderful performances from the sisters in our ward- everything from recitations to piano to singing to dancing.  So many talents were shared.

 

 Kaitlyn really, really wanted to perform so we told the story of Pete the Cat together with Kaitlyn getting to sing his song for everyone.

Kaitlyn had a great time- she loved that she was old enough to go, was excited to get dressed up, and kept talking about how it was like a special ball and the fanciest thing she ever been to.  The activity day girls were so fun to have there! 

 

 We had a photo booth there with a professional photographer in our ward taking pictures with all his fancy equipment.  So fun!  I spent a lot of time preparing for this evening, as did a lot of other people, and in the end I was so happy with how everything turned out.  It was one of those rare experiences for me where I didn't second guess everything and torture myself with thinking of how things could of been better or how I wished we hadn't done something. I recognize what a blessing this is.  I was so content with it all- a perfect evening.