The Nolden Family

Another fun year at camp for the girls!  Liz wasn’t there this year, since she had graduated…but it was Ashley’s first time as a Beehive. The theme was “Enjoy the Journey,” and the leaders did an amazing job putting it together.  The highlight was a trip along the “Iron Rod” that ended up at the [...]

Megan was inducted into the Jr. National Honor Society back in Middle School when we lived in Vegas.  But when we moved to Georgia our Middle School didn’t have Jr. NHS.  So, Megan is a Sophomore now  in high school and was finally inducted into the National Honor Society here.  She is an amazing student [...]

New Beginnings is an event at our church for girls ages 12 to 18. During this event we get the girls excited for another year of Personal Progress…which is a program where they make and accomplish goals in 8 different areas throughout those years.  They also accomplish a 10-hour project for each of those areas (faith, [...]

In January we took the Priests (boys, age 16-18) and Laurels (girls, age 16-18) ice skating for a joint activity.  Megan and Liz are both Laurels.

Megan is 16!!!! No! Now we have two teenagers in the house that can drive AND date! That’s very scary! But Megan is a beautiful teenager inside and outside…AND she tends to make really good and wise decisions…so maybe we will be ok . Megan got to pick something cool to do for her 16th [...]

School started in late July…CRAZY!! It was nice to get back to a routine, have some peace and quiet in the house…but none of us was ready to start getting up super early again. But love it or hate it, the first day of school always comes around and at least everyone looked Fabulous!

Young Women Camp (better known as “Girl’s Camp”) is a highlight each summer for girls ages 12-18 in our church.  It is a week away from the world where they get to concentrate on spiritual/fun things. Liz (YCL), Megan (4th year) and Mikayla (3rd year) got to go to our Stake Camp this year and each [...]

Pioneer Treks are a semi-recent tradition in the LDS Community. Each year (typically in the summer), LDS youth in different parts of the world have the opportunity to pull handcarts, dress like pioneers and do a lot of the same things the Mormon Pioneers did in the mid to late 1800s. Our Stake offers this [...]

Every year our church has a camp for the girls ages 12-18…called “Young Women Camp.”   There are tons of them all over the world…you go to the one determined by your congregation’s geographic boundaries.  I’ll have more pics of that when Liz, Megan and Mikayla go in July. All of the girls certify in different [...]

Every year our Stake (multi-area church group) has one or two Youth Conferences for our kids ages 14-18. In the Spring, for the past several years, they have held a Carnival for kids with Special Needs as part of the Youth Conference. They had pony rides, a petting zoo, miniature golf, face painting, snow cones/popcorn, [...]