Saturday L2L

Saturday we only had song leading to do that day so we ventured over to the OpryMills mall, it had just reopened the week before after being closed for 2 years following the flood.

Kaitlyn had song leading at 4:30 and Kyle at 5:15. My mom took Kyle but I missed his since Kaitlyn made the finals and had to sing her song again.

Kylie, Kaitlyn and Oliva all three made the finals.

Then they swept the awards and won 1st (Olivia), 2nd (Kylie) and 3rd (Kaitlyn)! They were so excited!

Group Scrapbook Winner's Circle -- Bartlett Woods 1st place!

All the K-2 participants on stage

All of our BW K-2 participants. Most of these kids (all but 5 of them) are 2nd graders and will get to compete next year. We're going to need to recruit some new K-2 participants to have a bigger group next year.

And this is Kaitlyn's individual scrapbook that she should have won a ribbon for but was robbed, haha!

Friday L2L

If this past Sunday was Easter that means we were in Nashville for Lads to Leaders! We arrived at the Opryland hotel on Thursday night. Friday morning I went to judge scrapbooks then Kyle had Bible reading followed by puppets for Kaitlyn. The award show on Friday night is not near as exciting as Saturday nights but we still win a few awards and get to yell a little.

6th grade puppet team, they may not have won but they did a really good job!

L2L- Kaitlyn

This is Kaitlyn's 4th year to participate in lads to leaders, she really enjoys doing all the events she does.

Her and one of her puppets



The 5th grade girls puppet team, there were only 4 of them so they each had to read 2 parts. They did a good job under these circumstances.





On Friday night, she got called to the stage for being a finalist in photography.





Songs of Praises



She was a finalist in song leading



Her scrapbook won 3rd place for 5-6th grade division.

L2L- Kyle

We spent the weekend in Nashville at the Opryland hotel for the annual Lads to Leaders convention. This is our 4th year to be involved with this program.

Here are the things Kyle did over the weekend:

boys being silly in the hospitality room



Bible reading







Kyle and his drawing



K-2 participants from Bartlett Woods



Kyle also participated in song leading but John went with him and I went with Kaitlyn because they were at the same time. I gave him my camera but the guy said not to use flash photography so John didn't take a picture. ARRRRRGGHH!

Photography entry

Here is Kaitlyn's photograph for lads to leaders.