A Christmas Night to Remember

We had a wonderful evening quilting, eating and mingling! Thank you sisters for all of your hard work on the quilts! We were able to tie all four quilts and they are ready to be bound. You are awesome! We enjoyed Delicious cookies, desserts, and drinks . We will send out recipes soon. We missed all of you who were unable to attend. Merry Christmas.

Here are a few pictures from the evening.

"I'll Be Home for Christmas"

Cookie and Dessert Exchange at 6:30 p.m.Quilting at 5:00 p.m.

We are having a cookie/dessert exchange and Quilting night, this Thursday, December 4th.

We will start our quilting at 5:00 p.m. What better way to give then giving of your time and self... Come help us tie quilts for a humanitarian project.

It will be a lot of fun to visit and strengthen each other!

Our cookie/dessert exchange will begin at 6:30 p.m. Please bring a plate of your favorite cookies/dessert to share with others. We want everyone to come even if you don't have time to get a cookie/dessert. Just come and enjoy a holiday evening!

We will have festive music, holiday cheer and remember to "bring Christ home" this year!

Money Management Class

Thursday, November 20 @ 7:00 p.m.
Nationally known financial advisor Ken will give a presentation on

Money Management in Tough Times

,in the Relief Society Room.
Husbands are invited.
Nursery will be provided.

November 23 Relief Society Lesson

Our 4th Sunday lesson, Taught by Sister Lisa is
"Finding Joy in the Journey" by President Monson
Here is the link, so that you can read it and be ready to discuss it on Sunday.
Happy Reading: http://www.lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-947-26,00.html

Relief Society Teachers

DAVID O. MCKAY SAID

"No greater responsibility can rest upon any man or woman,

than to be a teacher of God's children"

We would like to welcome Sister Lisa and Sister Angie as our new Relief Society Instructor's ...thank you so much for accepting the call to teach. We all look forward to your lessons.

We would also like to thank those who have been released... Sister Marilyn and Sister Carolee... we will miss your inspired and well thought out lessons....THANK YOU!

Travel to the Temple

This Thursday, November 20th Jean will be Traveling to the Provo Temple. If you would like to go with her, call by 8:45 and she will pick you up.

You will be home by 12:30.

Silvia H. Allred First Counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency October 2008 Relief Society General Conference

"When we go to the temple, we clear our minds and hearts of thoughts and feelings which may not be in harmony with the sacred experiences of the temple. We also dress in a modest, proper, and dignified manner. Our dress and grooming for this sacred occasion are signs of reverence and respect for the Lord and His holy house. Once inside the temple, we change into white clothing, which symbolizes cleanliness and purity. We are then ready to participate in the quiet reverence of temple worship. This eternal blessing is available to all who are worthy to receive it.
What can the women of the Church do to claim the blessings of the temple?
Through His prophets, the Lord invites those who have not yet received the blessings of the temple to do whatever may be necessary to qualify to receive them. He invites those who have already received these blessings to return as often as possible to enjoy again the experience, to increase their vision and understanding of His eternal plan.
Let us be worthy to have a current temple recommend. Let us go to the temple to seal our families eternally. Let us return to the temple as often as our circumstances will permit. Let us give our kindred dead the opportunity to receive the ordinances of exaltation. Let us enjoy the spiritual strength and the revelation we receive as we attend the temple regularly. Let us be faithful and make and keep temple covenants to receive the full blessings of the Atonement."

Fabulous Fall Friday

It's Here!!!

The Fabulous Fall Friday is tomorrow, November 14.
We will begin crafting at 4:00 p.m. and go until 9:00 p.m.
We have great soups, rolls, bread sticks and desserts being brought by wonderful sisters. Come and enjoy those from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Come enjoy the sizzlin' seventh sisters, enjoy warm soup, make a free magnet, tie a humanitarian quilt, and enjoy a night out. We will have nursery from 4:00 on ... (Our YW are amazing and so willing to help out whenever we need them, thank you YW)
You can buy more magnets for $ .25 each tomorrow night.
If you did not sign up for a craft, no worries you can come for all of the reasons mentioned above and also come help other sisters paint their crafts, or bring a project that you have been working on and would like to get finished, scrap booking , journal, notes to friends, crochet project. Anything you can think of. We would love to see you all tomorrow night!

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Angie Prince

2 Cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 tsp cinnamon

2 cups sugar

1 tsp salt

Mix together and add to:

1 1/2 cups oil

2 cups grated carrots

1 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

1 can crushed pineapple mostly drained

1 cup coconut

nuts (optional)

Bake in prepared 9X13 pan at 350 for 45 min to 1 hour.

Allow to cool then frost.

Cream Cheese Frosting:

3 Cups powered sugar

8 oz cream cheese, softened

2 T butter or margarine

1 tsp vanilla

milk- add slowly to achieve desired consistency

Sisters if you have a recipe you would like put on the blog, we would all love it! Send them my way.

Cook and Chat

Tuesday, November 11th @ 7:00 p.m.

Come Can with Kim at the next Cook and Chat (held at Olivia H. house).

We will be learning how to bottle apple pie filling.

Bring a quart size canning jar with the screw on ring. Lids will be provided.

You will leave with your own bottle of apple pie filling.

Don’t miss this opportunity to have a hands on experience in the canning world.

Hot apple pie will be served as dessert.

A Night at the Movies

We had a great "Night at the Movies"

Thank you to those who attended and also presented. We had four wonderful presentations!

First we had "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Jacquie did a wonderful job teaching us the importance of eating a healthy breakfast. A few ideas for breakfast that require no cooking are: bagel with cream cheese, banana bread with peanut butter, yogurt, string cheese, apple slices with peanut butter. Ideas that require cooking: breakfast burrito, hard boiled egg, cheese toast, crepes, hot cereal, breakfast pizza. She also reminded us of how important exercise is and how much better we would feel if we did it regularly. It can lower cholesterol, blood pressure and much more! With eight children of her own, she would get up early to get her exercise in and make sure she was there to get them breakfast before they were off to school. Some examples were: You can exercise with your kids by going for a walk, exercise to a DVD with them, you will be a great example to them for years to come.

(just like Jacquie's mom was to her) Thanks Jacquie!

She brought these delicious bran muffins

Yummy Breakfast Blender Drinks

#1 1 Cup strawberries, 1 carton vanilla yogurt, 1 cup milk and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

#2 6-8 ounces yogurt, any flavor, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1/2 fresh or frozen banana, 1/2 cup fresh or frozen fruit, your choice strawberries work really well, 1 packed cup fresh spinach
(it was actually really good)



The Movie Theater treats we enjoyed.

Fresh popcorn from the Movie Theater.

We enjoyed "The Parent Trap" presentation that Trish gave.

She focused on two talks: Julie Beck October 2007 conference talk and James E. Faust Oct 2000 conference talk. She did a great job talking on each of the subjects from Sister Beck's talk and how we can apply them to our lives. We are all trying to do our best and with the help of our Heavenly Father, we can make it because as her grandma use to say"Tomorrow is a new day, a clean slate". She mentioned how she uses the time in the car to talk with her kids about what they are doing and learning more about them, this is a great way to strengthen your communication with your children.

James E. Faust Oct 2000 conference talk. We need to avoid danger, have respect for others, use appropriate discipline, obedience and learn to work. In today's world, these are great guidelines for us as parents to follow. Thanks Trish!

Part two of the "The Parent Trap" Maree presented was on Grand parenting. She brought some fun displays of things she does. She said she loves being a grandma, and it showed tonight by the things she shared! Some of her ideas were: she just mailed her grand kids Halloween cards with fun stickers, having things done in advance so when the grand kids come, you can spend time playing with them, e-mail and snail mail are fun memories. She showed a book of her and her husbands courtship that is illustrated for the kids to enjoy. She talked on what great examples grandparents can be to their grand kids. She now realizes that many of her interests came from the example of her grandparents.

"The Sound of Music" presentation by Angie was a great way to finish the night off. She talked about how music can be uplifting or influence you negatively. You can watch the music on your children's i-pods and see what kind of music they have on them. It will say explicit next to it if there is profanity in it. It will say Clean if it is a better version of the song. When you are feeling frustrated with how your day is going, calm music can almost instantly change your mood. The right kind of music can be fun to exercise to, clean your house, dance and be silly with your kids, and invite the spirit into your home. Maybe you have you noticed, that we start and end our meetings with music. Music will help set the "tone" in your home. She challenged us to write down a few of our favorite music choices and she will compile a list so we can broaden our music options.

These are just a few of the many great things that we learned on this fun evening! Thank you again to all of the sisters who took the time to pray, prepare and inspire us with their presentations! The Sizzlin' Seventh Sisters are Strengthened every time we meet!

Night at the Movies

Are you ready for a "Night at the Movies"?
Come and join us tonight, Tuesday, October 28 2008. 7:00 p.m. in the Relief Society Room
Breakfast at Tiffany's : Fun ideas for breakfast. Jacquie T
The Parent Trap: Fun ideas for your kids. Trish L
Fun ideas to do with grand kids. Maree G
The Sound of Music: The importance of music in our homes. Angie C

We will hear from these four sisters, enjoy breakfast food, have fresh movie theater popcorn, movie treats and socializing with our seventh sisters. We will not be watching any of the movies :)

The Fabulous Fall Friday projects will be on display if you are interested in signing up for them. This Sunday will be the last day to sign up and also pay. So if you would like to pay tonight, that would be great.
Invite anyone that you can think of that needs a night out on the town. Hope to see you there!

Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin Cake
Angie Prince
1 Yellow Cake mix
-Topping
1 cup yellow cake mix
2t cinnamon
½ c Sugar
3T Butter
-Mix and set aside
-Use remaining mix and mix with
1 stick butter
1 egg
-Press into the bottom of a 9x13 pan well greased
1 ½ cup sugar
1 t salt
2 t cinnamon
1 t ginger
½ t ground cloves
-Mix well then add
4 eggs
-Mix well add
1 large can pumpkin
2 13 oz can evaporated milk
-Pour over bottom
-Sprinkle topping over
-Bake 70-80 min @ 350 deg

Toffee Apple Dip

A Sizzlin' Seventh Sister e-mailed me this yummy recipe to put on the blog! It looks like a fun one for the holidays! Thanks for sending the recipe!

Toffee Apple dip

8 oz cream cheese

1/2 c brown sugar

1/4 c white sugar

1 t vanilla

1 pkg. Skor toffee Bits

(I like it with only 1/2 a bag)

mix serve and enjoy is soo good!

Fabulous Fall Friday

Our Fabulous Fall Friday is coming up!

It is on Friday, November 14

4:00 - 9:00 p.m.
We will have soups, salad, rolls and yummy desserts!

We will send a sign up sheet around in a few weeks.

We would love to have the Young Women come and join us.

Orders AND Payments must be completed by November 2nd.

Daughter of God Plaque

Price $16.00

Size: 10"X11"

Kit includes: wood plaque, tulle, gems and vinyl

"Mother's who know..." Plaque
Price: $14.00
Plaque measures 12"X12"
Kit Includes: wood plaque with dragged edge, black paint, vinyl and ribbon

I'm Trying to be Like Jesus Magnet Block
Price $12.00
Block measures 8.5" long X 2.25" deep and 1.25" high

Look what ____________ made magnets
Price: $4.00
Block measures 1.5" x 7.5"
Kit includes block, black paint
vinyl and magnet.

Christmas Mini Block Magnets

Price: $3.50 each or
"Classic"/"Fun" Set of 3 $10.00
Size: 3" x 4"
Kit includes wood
block with routed edge,
vinyl, paint, and magnet
CLASSIC SET: Noel, Peace, Joy
FUN SET: Jingle, Jolly, Frosty
**Ho Ho Ho! can be purchased individually**

Family Quote Plaque
Price: $15.00
Size: 10" x 18"
Kit includes wood plaque with "dragged"
edge, pre-drilled holes for ribbon, paint,
vinyl lettering and ribbon.

Delight in the Simple Things Plaque
Price: $10.50
Block measures 6" x 10"
Kit includes wood plaque, flower, antique
button (styles may vary), paint, brown vinyl
and ribbon.

Wise Men Tiles
Price: $7.50 with plaque
$5.00 tile only
Size: 8" x 8" with plaque
6" x 6" tile only
Kit includes wood plaque, black vinyl
lettering and paint

Decorative Kitchen Dish Soap

Price $3.50

Kit Includes: Glass bottles, pour spout, berries or wheat, dish soap and ribbon (red, green, or brown).

Choose Wheat or Berries

Hand Soap

Price $ 2.oo

Kit includes: Bottle, pump, transparency with words,

soft soap (hand soap) and ribbon

The saying on the transparency is:
g r a t e f u l h a n d s friendly hands clean hands loving hands kind hands p r a y I n g h a n d s giving hands strong hand helping hands willing hands caring hands joyful hands "...Clean Hands and a Pure Heart" Psalms 24:3



***Items that we don't have a picture of:

***No Soliciting Window / Door Vinyl

Price: $6.00

Size 6" X 2"

It reads:

NO SOLICITING!
Have a nice day!

***I am a Child of God Magnet Block

Price $12.00

It is the same block as the " I am trying to be like Jesus" magnet block

Name can be added for $.65 extra on the sheet metal

All wood and vinyl projects are ordered through

http://wallfrenzee.typepad.com/

Halloween Mommy and Me

We had a Terrific Time today at our Halloween Mommy and Me Party!
We had three fun crafts: Ghost suckers, Pumpkins on a gate,
and a Halloween straw necklace!
The children had a great time decorating sugar cookies with
orange frosting and sprinkles.
The costume parade was fun to watch as the adorable seventh ward
children marched around the gym.
The children did a great job listening to the two
fun Halloween stories that were read to us!
Thank you to those sisters who helped with the
crafts, cookies/frosting and clean up!
We had a great time socializing and strengthening
our Sizzlin' Seventh Sisters!
Thank you to all of you for making it so much fun for our little ones!
We missed those of you who were unable to make it.
We will be having a Thanksgiving Mommy and Me in November
watch for more information