The Nolden Family

Twice a year the youth (ages 14-18) from church get to go to a “Youth Conference” where they have fun (dances are involved), get a spiritual boost and also perform service for people in the community.  In November we had a 2 day event at our Stake Center.  The service projects included raking leaves/doing yardwork and [...]

For 20 years now our Ward (or church group) has been doing an annual “Teacher Appreciation Dinner.”  All of the youth (6th grade through high school) invited their favorite teacher to attend.  This year, even the 5th graders got to invite one, so Ashley got to come too…which meant we had 5 of our 7 [...]

Liz and Megan had a lot of fun with their High School Spirit Week this year… I got a picture every morning…except that I missed Pajama day…

Liz’s birthday present was to fly to Las Vegas this summer to see her friends there…but we still had to have a party…cuz that’s what we do. I can’t believe she’s grown up so much and will be a Senior next year!!!  Ahhhhh!!!!

I had a great time recently on a Sunday…just hanging out with the kids…

Our Stake Center (or regional church meeting place) is up in Gwinnett County (we define location by county down here in “The South” )…a 30-40 minute drive from where we are. There is a large congregation of LDS youth up there and Liz hangs out with them whenever she can. Before school started they had [...]

Liz, Megan and Mikayla got to go to Young Women Camp in July.  They do Stake Camp every year here.   It was held at a local camp facility where they had cabins for the girls, a swimming pool and a dining hall….no roughing it this year .  They all seemed to have a great time.  [...]

Liz got to go to her first Prom recently….a Church Prom. It was held at Georgia Tech in downtown Atlanta…several stakes in the area were invited. (For those of you that don’t know what a stake is…it is a congregation comprising several smaller congregations – wards – in a specific geographic area.) Liz went to [...]

We are so proud of Liz! Out of over 500 entries at her High School, she won first place for 10th grade and then first place overall for the school in a “Laws of Life” essay contest sponsored by the Rotary Club. She will now go on to the state competition where there were almost [...]

I REALLY love my Sunday afternoon naps. They rejuvenate me and help me prepare for another long week . I do know that the kids sometimes get bored when I am taking my nap. But what I didn’t know is that all kind of chaos happens during my peaceful slumber. Take a look at what [...]