Book of Mormon Party

And it came to pass that after 2.5 years of trials, mummuring, and tribulation that our family completed the Book of Mormon. Yeah!!! So it was time for a party. Our family voted and we decided that the reward for all of our early morning reading would be a ski trip. But I also wanted a little more to celebrate this momentous occasion.

My creativity was at a low but here was what I came up with.

We had Mexican food take out because it was Native food.(Of course my husband had to point out that we really don't know where the Nephites lived but...)

We had Lemuel and Lamanade Punch (Lemon and

limeade)

We made Nephite/Lamanite headbands and the kids each decorated their own.

I made the Title of Liberty.

I decorated with pictures from our Gospel art picture kit.

And to make dessert easy on myself we had promised land sundaes where the Nephites(vanilla ice cream) and Lamanites (hot fudge) lived in harmony.(Kind of a lousy idea but I really didn't want to make a plates of gold cake.)

It was a lot of fun!

I told the kids to do a fighting position-the boys went with Ninjas. Were they in the Book of Mormon too?

Comments

stephen and alainna said…

Ciana, this is awesome. What do you mean, your creativity was at a "low"?? That is over-the-top creativity in my book. What a great way to make the Book of Mormon fun. I will have to do this someday.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

J said…

Wow, I love it. I loved all of the food ideas. What a fun mom you are.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Tom and Jen Loveland Family said…

What a great idea! We are getting close to the end after about that same amount of time. I think I will borrow your ideas and have our own party. :)

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

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