Holiday Dinner

I wanted to thank everyone for their help at the last activity (I know, it's been over a month...)  We got 5 blankets made, 30 file folders done, and over 30 school kits sewn and put together.

Our next activity is going to be November 18th at 6:30.  It will be our Holiday dinner.  So mark your calendars and we will see you there!

Thanks

ENRICHMENT SERVICE ACTIVITY

Wednesday Sept. 16^th at 7:00 p.m. in the cultural hall.

We will be putting together school kits and coloring file folder games. It's going to be easy for all and lots of fun. There will be refreshments and a children's class provided.

If you would like, we are collecting donations of school supplies or money. There will be a box in the relief society room or you may bring them to the activity. They are asking for specific items, here is the list:

-Unsharpened pencils

-Rubber pencil erasers (approximately 1×2 inches)

-Blunt nosed scissors with metal blades

-Pencil sharpeners

-Straight edge rulers (12 inches,with metric)

-Glued or spiral bound notebooks with lined sheets (8 x 10 ½ or 8 ½ x 11 inches—aprox.450 sheets)

-Assorted colored pencils (at least 12 per set, approximately 7 inches long)

Any questions call Megan Tanner(764-7217) or Lisa Saunders(363-5933), Thanks!

Yard Sale Anyone?

I am doing a neighborhood yard sale on Aug. 15th if any of you want to join in you are welcome to. Just let me know by Aug 13th so we can get enough tables, and clothes racks and colored stickers to keep track of every ones items. :)
Thanks,
Amber Jackson
#755-6763

Picnics and Hikes

Hello Sisters!

We have a couple of activities going on this week-

Wednesday we will have a picnic at the park (weather permitting!)  Bring your sack lunches and meet at Meadow View park at 11:30.  We will be switching which parks we go to each week.

Friday we will go on a "hike."  We will meet at the church at 8:00.  We are planning on going on the River Trail, but I am going to check out how high the water is flowing.  I will send another email tomorrow after I head up the canyon. If we don't do that one, maybe we can do the Bonneville lake trail, which is also ok with strollers.  Any other suggestions for hikes? Unless it is raining, plan on meeting at the church at 8:00.  We will plan on doing these every other week, unless you want to do it more!

I know I don't have everyone's emails, so call your friends and neighbors and let them know about the activities.  Send me your email (soccermegan@gmail.com) if you didn't receive one about the activities so I can add you to the list!

Happy Trails!

Relief Society Women's Futsol

Games will be played at the Stake Center

April 23 - 7:00pm
April 30 - No game
May 7 - 7:00pm
May 14 - 8:30pm
May 21 - 7:00pm
May 28 - No game
June 14- 8:30pm

Games will be played in 15 minute halves.
Only 2 forfeits will be allowed to qualify for the Area Tournament (can play with 3 players)

Each team will need to provide one scorekeeper per game - there will be only ONE stake director at your game.

Area Tournament - June 9-19 (tentative dates)

Come out and have a good time!!

Models Wanted!

So I have been putting off this post for some time because I feel sortof sheepish for asking, but I really need some practice on painting people. I have barely touched a paintbrush in the past 3 years (I studied art in college) and want to get some painting time in before I have our baby in June--won't have much time then! I just want people to come and pose for me to take a picture to do a small portrait painting. It doesn't matter what you wear ( as long as it is something! I am not doing figure painting) It doesn't matter your age. If it turns out, you can keep it.
There are some stipulations though:

1- I can't promise it will look good!

2-I can't promise it will look like you--like I said, I am out of practice.

3- I get final say on the pose (don't worry, nothing weird. It just depends on if I am in the mood to do a silly, smiling, thoughtful, sentimental or dramatic lighting type of thing) but I am welcome to input if you have a preference for the mood of the painting.

Here are a couple I have done lately:


Don't be shy-- I would be most grateful for any volunteers!
Thanks! Melinda Christensen

You can call me (My number is in the ward directory) or e-mail me at melinda.knight@gmail.com

Anybody Want a Pear Tree?

We have two pear trees that I think were planted the spring before last by the previous owners of our house. They are way too close together so we are getting rid of one. It is healthy and small enough to be transplanted pretty easily (about 6 feet tall). If anybody wants it give us a call--otherwise we'll probably just dig it up and get rid of it.
This is Melinda Christensen by the way, I know my name probably shows up at the bottom of the post, but just to be sure...

Gardening Classes

There are some community gardening education classes offered by the USU extension.  They are great classes, have some great info, and best of all, are FREE!  You can go to all of them, or just pick the ones you are most interested in.  They are on Tuesday nights from 6-9 at the Cache Administration Building.  The schedule is:

March 3:  Lawns, soils, and fertilizers

March 17:  Weeds, pests, diseases, and their control

March 24:  Useful plants for your yard

March 31:  Vegetable gardening and fruit production

If you would like more information about the classes, feel free to call Megan Tanner

Get out of the house!

We are starting a play group at the church.  It will be Wednesdays from 10:00 to 11:00ish.  It will give you a chance to get out of the house and come visit with sisters, as well as let your kids play.   We will do this until it warms up a bit more outside :)  Call Lisa Saunders if you have any questions!  Thanks

Getting to Know You…Spotlight

Caroline Beckstead
Grew up in Bingham,Ut. She has been married to Bill for the past 10 years . She enjoys reading Historical novels and going to plays and jazz
festivals. She and her husband also play in a Jazz Band called “The Goodies but Oldies” She has lived in England, Texas and Illinois. She has four children and many “grans and greats” Caroline says her many life experiences have helped her understand why she has an unwavering testimony of Jesus Christ . She has learned to have compassion for those with handicaps because as a young child she had polio. We are glad she is in our ward and look to her as a good example of faith and wisdom.

Blog Authors

I sent an email inviting you to be an author on the blog.  Please accept the invitation and feel free to add anything to the blog you would like.  We would like this to be a place for sisters to keep in contact with each other, and have a forum to ask questions and have discussions.  If you did not get an email, please let Megan Tanner know, and I will get you added to the list.  Thanks!

Confetti Stuffed Burritos

2 1/2 C peeled sweet potatoes

3/4 C chicken broth

1/2 C chopped onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

3/4 C corn

3/4 C cooked black beans

1/2 C chopped red pepper

1/4 C cilantro

1 1/2 T lime juice

3/4 C refried beans

Combine broth and sweet potato.  Simmer over med-low heat for about 7 minutes or until tender.  Add onion and garlic, cook 2 minutes.  Add next ingredients and heat through.

Wrap in tortillas and top with salsa, sour cream, guacamole, etc.

Thanks

We  want to extend a special thanks to those who have helped with service to the Kent family.  They were not able to do the surgery this past week, so it looks like it will be another two weeks before he will be able to come home.  Thanks for all the love and support given.

Finances

We had a great enrichment meeting last night.  Sister Saunders gave a thought about paying our tithing.  After the lesson, we broke into mini classes.  There were 5 to choose from:  Teaching Kids about money by Sister Carey, Food Storage by Sister Anhder, Budgeting by Sister Tanner, Couponing by Sister Sorenson, and Insurance by Brother Ivie.  After the classes, we put together books (thanks Sister Carter) to keep all of our important documents together and organized.  There were refreshments afterwards, thanks to Sisters Christensen, Naylor, Saunders, and Hutchison.  We had cookies and brownies and food storage frosties  (a great way to rotate your dry milk!)

Thanks to all who helped and those who came.  Everybody learned something to take home and improve our lives!

Food Storage Giveaway

New Year!

I'd like to wish a happy new year to all the Relief Society sisters.  I am excited about the new year, and have made several resolutions of my own, hopefully to keep longer than the first few weeks of the year!  Our theme for this year is "Of One Heart and One Mind."  We are going to study several different attributes of Christ, so we can learn to become like Him.  On doing this, we may have a unified soul which leads to unity within our families, ward, and church.  The attributes we are going to study are:

February: Charity and Love

March: Patience

April: General Conference

May: Diligence

June: Faith

July: Obedience

August: Knowledge

September: Hope

October: General Conference

November: Humility

December:  Virtue

We hope that as we study Christ and the attributes of his heart, we will be more able to withstand temptation and be more like him.

-Sister Tanner

Recipes

Zucchini Carrot Casserole

Grate and steam for 20 minutes:  6 C zucchini, 3 C carrots and 1 large onion

Drain well, and then add: 1 C grated cheese, 1 can cream of chicken soup, and 1 C sour cream.  

Make 2 boxes of stovetop dressing according to directions.  Put half the dressing on the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.  Add vegetables mixture and put the rest of dressing on top.  Bake 30 minutes at 350.