IT'S ABOUT TIME !!!

Hi YW of Medford 3rd Ward - I'm finally getting my act together and learning how to BLOG! I am commited to helping each of you learn how to stay in touch through our own Young Women's Blogging Site. I feel like such a cluts trying to learn how to do this. I know that you guys are so much better at this than I am, but I WILL LEARN THIS! So please help me keep this going.

If you are new to blogging - we can learn together. I'm going to work on it every week. It would be great if everyone contributed and helped to keep things going on our blog.

Kalisha is going to help me post video's and pictures from YW's events. We have several from this summer that we will be featuring - so try this out! It really is FUN!

Please email me with you thoughts and ideas: bonnie@noltephotography.com or you can always give me a call - 890-3181.

HAPPY BLOGGING! Sister Bonnie

Passing the torch

Well, hello YW once again! I know you're all thrilled to have the blog up and running again, and I'm happy to announce that Bonnie is officially taking over! So Sue Q is officially signing OFF!!! Your next post will be coming to you live from the Nolte Computer!

CIAO!

Ha, HA!!! The Quackster Strikes Again!

I bet you all thought you were going to get rid of me...... (insert scary, evil laugh: bwa-ha-ha-ha!!!)

I just wanted to say hey and I really miss you guys!! Primary is...well, I hate to admit it, but I'm actually enjoying myself downstairs, and those CTR5 kids are a heckuva' lotta' fun, and guess what? They SING in Primary! Like, A LOT! Why don't we sing as much in YW?? Can someone please explain to me why there is a Primary Song Book, but not a YW song book??

Anyway, Sundays just aren't the same, and I miss coming to Mutual, and taking all kinds of goofy pictures of you all (okay, and myself), and thanks for all the great times, and no, I'm not dying or moving or anything, but sometimes I feel like it. (Moving, that is, not dying.... sheesh!)

In the meantime, would anybody like to learn how to manage this blog? I know Sister Ebert would love to share this more with all of you girls and leaders, and it's lots of fun, and there's all kinds of cool stuff you can do with it (notice the hip, new festive background, etc.), and you know you'd rather blog than do your homework.

Don't tell your parents I said that...

Wait... I'm a parent!

I love you guys.... I miss you guys.... but remember I'm really not that far away!

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT ALERT!!!!!

Hey, gals, you'll never guess what I just found out!!!!

Remember our old friend Ashley Stahle? She was our Mia Maid advisor a while ago....anyway, she has some PRETTY EXCITING NEWS TO SHARE WITH THE WORLD!!!!! Check out her blog! Right now!! No, I'm not kidding! This is serious, people!!

Think BLUE!

When I look at this picture, here's what I think:

FAMILY.

We have a great group of gals, and even if some of us are literally related, we're ALL sisters and buddies and pals and kindred spirits. We go to different schools, and our ward boundaries are really all over the place, but we are united in purpose and function: to learn the gospel and strengthen our testimonies...and have some fun while we're at it.

(The other thing I think is that Marci looks good in a hat!)

So, this month as we focus on Divine Nature, think about this:

What do your "sisters" mean to you?
How does this ward family help you gain a testimony of the gospel?
More importantly, how can you help them?

We all want to hear what you have to say...think of this as an extended Ward Journal entry and leave a comment!

(By the way, if you don't know how to leave a comment, just click on the link below this post that says "Comments", then type what you want to say. Don't forget to do the "word verification" thingy. If you have a gmail account, click on the Google/Blogger identity and click "Publish your comment." If You don't have gmail, then select the Anonymous identity and publish. We'll make sure everybody gets on the blog!)

PEAR PICKING!!!

Ode to the Mighty Pear

Medford is known for it's fruit without shape

It's not a banana and it's not for apes

It grows on trees with branches so scratchy

And we get to pick them in clothes that are patchy

From dawn until dusk, the members all gather

At the orchard where we all work up a lather

Dripping with sweat in the hot August heat

While meeting old friends that we love to greet

We pick them and size them and load up our sacks

While straining our muscles and breaking our backs

Then fill up the bins before it gets dark

Trust me, my friends -- it's no walk in the park!

But we love to do it, year after year

Picking the fruit for one reason that's clear

We work really hard, but it's really a pleasure

For the Lord has given us blessings unmeasured

The least we can do, for a few hours a week

Is give back what we can to get what we seek.

COME AND JOIN US FOR THE

REGIONAL YOUTH PEAR PICKING EXTRAVAGANZA

ON

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008

AT THE PEAR ORCHARD!

(Last one there's a rotten pear!)

Hey, guess who's back?!

You can take the girl out of Medford, but can you take Medford out of the girl?

Check out Odie's new blog and find out!

WE HAVE A FAN!!!

Guess what, gals? We got an anonymous comment from a fellow young woman in Las Vegas! Here's what she had to say...

"i LOVE your guys' blog! it is awesome! your links are super helpful for personal progress and different mutual activities. so thanks for having such a fabulous blog! -fellow LDS Young Woman in Vegas!"

wOwZeRs!!! Thanks, friend, for visiting! Come again soon!

Oh Johnny, oh johnny, oh!

I took about twenty videos on square dancing night, and since most of them were too good to miss, I'm going to post a few more so you can prolong the agony--I mean, enjoyment--and not miss a single, hysterical moment.

Here's the professional demonstration of "Oh, Johnny"
Looks easy, right?

These guys got it down!

The Virginia Reel was a piece of cake...well, except fro Brother Nistler...
Kate and Spencer had to show Bro. Nistler how it's done!

IT'S HIP TO BE SQUARE...Dancing?

Getting ready for the trek means learning how to square dance. Nothing but some good, old fashioned, high-stepping, heel-kicking FUN!

Here's how the professionals do it...

And here's how WE do it!

WELCOME TO THE NEW AND IMPROVED BLOG!

Due to technical difficulties, the Medford Third Ward Young Women now have a new blog! It is currently under construction, and we hope that you will be patient as it takes time to take shape. Stay tuned for new and exciting posts!