An Easter Movie and an Easter Hunt

This week SNAP friends celebrated the spiritual side of Easter with a screening of The Easter Dream and a special Christ-centered hunt.

Thanks to all who helped with this activity, and special thanks to Brother Leishman for taking photos.

Virginia F. Nibley 1964-2016

 

Virginia Fereday Nibley graduated from this world on March 12, 2016, at her home in Provo, Utah. She moved on in the same way she moved through this life: sweetly, quietly, and at her own slow pace. Virginia was born on January 21, 1964, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Marjorie Jean McBride Nibley and Reid Neibaur Nibley. Virginia easily mastered a lot of the virtues many strive for. She couldn’t lie. She was quick to repent and to say “I’m sorry” and “I’ll do better next time.” She was quick to forgive and to say “But I still love you.” She loved unconditionally and those who knew her were blessed to be the recipients of that love. Virginia will also be remembered for her love of: teasing and being teased, giving big hugs, singing, Dr. Pepper, cheeseburgers, potatoes in any form, baptisms for the dead, going to church, family get-togethers, dancing, keeping America beautiful, lighting the cauldron at the Special Olympics, UVU, BYU, prolific journal writing, all things Disney, John Denver, taking pictures of everyday life, and going to as many parades as possible.

Virginia's friends at the Provo Special Needs Activities Program (SNAP) were very fond of her. We will miss Virginia's smile and her sweet disposition. Virginia always accomplished the SNAP activities at her own deliberate pace, but no one did a better job. We loved her and will miss her.

Virginia’s remains will be buried near her parents at East Lawn Memorial Hills in Provo, Utah. Private family services will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2016, followed by a casual open house in honor of Virginia’s life from 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. at the LDS cultural hall at 100 South and 100 East in Provo, Utah. Come as you are. If she knew you, you were her friend.

Online obituary and condolences at www.premierfuneral.com

Irish Easter

Thursday night was Saint Patrick's Day and our SNAP friends all showed up wearing green to make some fun Easter preparations. There were printed Easter eggs to decorate with tissue paper, chow-mein  noodle nests to fill with eggs, real eggs to color, and cups to be decorated and filled with potting soil and grass seeds for a growing green Easter surprise.

Sister Burns Irish mustache was awesome!

 Sister Woodard explaining the activity

Brother Welsh is "helping" Sister Taylor mix butter, marshmallows, chocolate chips, and 

chow-mein noodles for our nests

 Step right in for Easter nests

 Wash your hands before you touch food

 No problem, I like clean hands

 Sisters Taylor and Leishman dropped the warm nest mix on waxed paper

 Shape it like this

 Then make a depression for the eggs

 This stuff is a bit sticky

 Yeah, STICKY!

 But in the end, they look pretty good

 And they are remarkably tasty

 A bit of tissue, a little glue, and a twist of an eraser

 That's how you do it

 Sister Chambers explains

 That's gonna be good

 Good times

 Voilà: there you have 'em

 Decorating cups for planting

 The pipe cleaners will make handles

 Brother Burns plays Father Earth

 A little water will get the seeds started

 All ready to grow

 Eggs by the dozens

 If you don't want to color eggs, you can just color

 Hey, how about that?

 Brother and Sister Paxman were the egg-meisters

 Good enough to eat

Brother and Sister Holbrook from West Point Utah visiting with Elder Johns -- we missed Sister Johns and hope she is getting used to her spiffy new bionic knee

We all had a great time and appreciate the hard work that makes these fun activities possible.

International Night

On the evening of 10 March, SNAP friends met at the Locust Lane chapel for an international night. We made visits to Japan, England, Bolivia, and Hawaii. Learning about these places was fun. And, it is always great to be together.

Thanks to everyone who made this activity so much fun. Thanks to Brother Leishman for the photographs.