How I adore these 5 precious little granddaughters!
I planned for months to have a sleepover with my little darlin's sometime this summer. It was planned for the first week of June, but my Mom (Grandma J) became very ill. (Another post is in process on that.) I rescheduled it for the end of July and then found out my nephew, Troy, was being married that same time so we re-re-scheduled it for Aug. 17th and 18th! Finally it happened and was a highlight of Greg's and my summer! We were missing 4 of our 9 wonderful granddaughters, but we had a ball with the 5 that were there. And believe me, we missed those 4 who were not! (See below).
When I first mentioned it, the girls said they wanted to watch the movie "Tangled" and thanks to my niece, Amy, who told me of a darling FHE lesson she had seen based around the movie, I was able to pull together an activity that was both fun and enlightening, I hope. (Thanks, Amy! I was able to pull it up on google just with the info you gave me!) It seems there is usually a component of evil against good in most movies these days and, of course, "Tangled" is no exception. We watched the clip where Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel all kinds of lies to keep her from ever finding out that she is a daughter of a king (a princess) and becoming who she is meant to be...exactly what Satan and his minions try to do to us, our children, and grandchildren today...what they have always done! Well we followed Rapunzel's hair (yellow yarn) all around the house and along the path (of life) found truths from Heavenly Father accompanied by lies that Satan tells us today. If they chose the lies they went off to "dead-ends". If they chose truth (which, of course, they always did) they stayed on the path to eternal life and in time found themselves at their ultimate goal...as princesses with "crowns of glory" and the realization that they really are Daughters of the KING! I love the little pictures I found for the girls (look below) that show them looking into the eyes of Heavenly Father (and/or the Savior). That's all Greg and I desire for these wonderful grandchildren is that not one is left behind...not one strays from the path...and that we can all be together FOREVER! We LOVE ALL OUR LITTLE PRINCESSES AND LITTLE PRINCES!
Kate reading a truth...or a lie...during our "Tangled" (Daughter of a King) activity!
Well, there is no question in my mind!
More truths and lies! So far, they've made wise choices!
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| Getting closer to their goal...so far, so good! |
Almost there! The "prize" will be worth it!"
Wow, we made it! We really are daughters of a King...THE KING!
Princess Kate!
Princess Jordyn
Princess Chloe
Princess Lily
Princess Morgan
Missing Emma, Eva, Regan and Kami who are also precious daughters of "The King" and our little princesses! We LOVE you and missed you so much!
Regan
Kami
Emma
When Grandpa came home we went to Rupe's for dinner! All 5 girls were perfectly behaved and ate well which merited ice cream cones for all!
(There will be more pictures, a video, etc of this party on another post. I'm leaving to spend the day with Grandma J! So check back later!
Eva (with Dad)
When Grandpa came home we went to Rupe's for dinner! All 5 girls were perfectly behaved and ate well which merited ice cream cones for all!
(There will be more pictures, a video, etc of this party on another post. I'm leaving to spend the day with Grandma J! So check back later!
2 comments:
I absolutely love this idea. I will have to remember it! I bet the girls absolutely loved spending time with their amazing grandma especially because you made it so fun for them! I can't wait for Drake to have lots of little cousins to play with someday.
Mom, I can't thank you and dad enough for providing this opportunity for the girls. It meant the world to them--in fact, they keep remembering little things to tell me every day. You are such wonderful grandparents, always trying doing things to help and support us as we raise our kids! I love you guys so much! Thanks again for such a fun 2 days.
And...truthfully, looking at the pictures, I'm kind of sad I wasn't there being a part of it.:):)
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