SnowCool Grand Family 2011 - 2012

SnowCool Grand Family 2011 - 2012
Our Misses.....

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Masonic Home Day September 11, 2011 - 10th anniversary of 9/11

Masonic Home Day...what can I say.  It is always a great time for those who attend.  The wheather played nice and wasn't bad.  The rain even held off until the parade was over.  Even though the girls kept telling me it was going to rain. 

It was funny first thing in the morning to see many ladies wearing lime green shirts that weren't GO's or the one of the Misses.  Well turns out, the Rainbow Worthy Grand Advisor choose limegreen shirts for her year.  It almost looks like we planned it that way.  I was honored to be in such good company.

We assembled to set up and people started to gather.  We had a great turn out for Job's Daughters.  Brittany intorduced herself, the Misses and Joe and I before the girls did the cross.  What a beautiful picture that was!!  David P gave the Cross talk for us.  Thank you David!  Joe and I greatly appreciate you doing this for us.

After that we all headed back to the tent.  We had lots of stuff going on.  We had 2 drawings for Vera Bradley purses.  One for prospective members and one for members.  We had Snoopy Plink o with prizes as well.  The table was filled with promotion items too.  The Grand Bethel table had cotton candy, face painting and paint for your  hair.  This was a propular table!!  Leslie did a great job with the cotton candy machine!  All the face paintings I saw looked great!!  Great job ladies.

After a great lunch thanks to the Franklin DeMolay.  I even saw Sir Fluffy hat cooking hamburgers.  We headed for the parade and we were about 12th in line.  The girls and adults waited for the parade to start under the shelter house.  We had  fun and took lots of picutres.   All of a sudden the wind picked up and the sky looked dark.  This is when the girls tried to convience me it was going to rain.   I kept telling them no....in reality, I new it was going to at some point!!  We walked behind the car carring Carolyn, Madison and Brittany.  We had a wonderful time.  Thank you to those Grand Officers, Adults and Daughters who stayed around to join us!  It was greatly appreciated!!



Official Visits # 2 and #3

September 10, 2011 we had our first official visit for the day at Bethel #121.  The girls did a good job.  We gave out 1 perfect ritual award.  Great Job!!  The girls took Joe and I on a cruise.  It was fun to be a part of the ceremony.  I really enjoyed it. 

Now, lesson #1 - when your Tom Tom tells you to go east when you know the Bethel is west, listen to your gut.  Don't listen to your Tom Tom!!  I went 40 miles out of my way heading to #121.  I left my house at 7:15 am and finally made it to #121 at about 9:50 am.  I'm apologize for being late!!  I kept telling Markanda, we are gong the wrong way.....  We made is there safely so I guess that is all that matters!!

The 2nd one was at #107 with #86 and #99.  Before the OV we had the pleasure of giving a HIKE check to an 8 year old boy.  He and his family were overwehelmed!!  It was great to part of something so special!!  Thank you Cindi G for getting this together.  Great job ladies.  We gave out 8 perfect ritual awards.  They did the Robe Ceremony.  Everyone did a wonderful job!  Keep up the good work. 

Thank you to all the girls who protemd, it is greatly appreciated!!  Thank all the Bethels for my folders, gas cards and traveling money. 

It was nice to see all the past grands  and to have the WoodStock gang on the front row.  We sure hope Madison feels better so she can join us tomorrow for Masonic Home Day.  Hope to see all of you there.  Don't forget the Cross will be done at 11:00 am.