youth conference!!

I am so grateful I get to serve as a youth leader!
This weekend was a youth conference involving about 75 teenage girls and boys. It was so much fun, and I loved seeing the youth (especially my own three children ;) have such a great time together with their friends.
They did everything from playing human 'hungry hippos' and human 'fussball'  Friday night, to Saturday morning when they were baptized in the temple in behalf of their deceased ancestors who didn't have that opportunity in their own lifetimes...
They ate copious amounts of pizza, candy, roast beef, sub sandwiches, ice cream floats, etc etc ad infinitum. Really, they eat so much! And play so hard.
They went on a hay ride, enjoyed the keynote speaker, and finished up by sharing their own thoughts, feelings, and experiences with each other before they headed off to the after-party!
(Of course, they also stayed up all of Friday night at another party; the 'mid-party'?  ;)
I so appreciate the many adults who helped the youth plan and prepare for all of this, and made it all come together for these great kids.
I am blessed to witness strong friendships, crushes, and incomprehensible levels of energy.
Thank Heaven I could be a 'fly on the wall' at yet another youth conference!

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