RS Garden Makeover

Sister Collins was our lucky recipient in recieving the Extreme Yard Makeover. She has such a beautiful yard. It was fun to work on it with all that came. We worked hard, but was so enjoyable. The weather was beautiful and the fellowship was even better.

Lauri and Katie worked the shovel. They were a great team.

Carrie, (not in the picture--the photographer), Kathryn, and Kimberly cleaned up in this area.


These gals prepared the area for planting.

Laura and Cathy spruced up around the mailbox.

Judy put together some gorgeous potted plants. I should have taken the picture after they were done. You can see them in a picture of the whole area at the end of the post.

Barbara did as much as she could, recovering from an injured shoulder.

Ali starts putting in some flowers.

Janet works the rake.

Judy taught us how to decorate using fresh flowers. She had some amazing ideas.

This was a favorite, using green beans and asparagus.

But, there is no slowing Judy down, she made these beautiful and tasty cupcakes decorating with flowers made of icing, mini oreos, and gum drops.

The fruit, cheese, and crackers were very refreshing after working outside. Thanks Pricilla!

The Collins were so appreciative. We were so happy to help them.

The end results......

See the planters on the front porch?

I can't wait to come back and see all the flowers and plants filling up the beds. It will be beautiful!

Cooking with Pip

Pip shared with us her ideas on cooking with rice. I sure wish I could have been there. Those that came really enjoyed it. Everyone loves going to Pip's house!

Sewing Service Project

Our service project for Scottish Rite Hospital was a huge success. We had so many sisters donate fabric, cloth diapers, ribbon, thread, and most of all their time and effort. We were able to complete quite a few baby blankets and burp cloths at the event, but also many sisters brought home fabric to finish up. I am in awe of how many we were able to get done in a short amount of time. Thanks to all! Katie and Lindsay were pumping out those burp cloths in no time!

Lauri cut fabric while Carolyn and Pip rocked at the sewing machine.

This ducky and frog pattern was one of my favorites.

Renate and Cathy liked to be called, "the youngins."

I'm not sure what Katie was saying, but it must have been important, or just entertaining.

We had two irons going, keeping up with all the fabric and blankets.

Gail and Stephanie REALLY didn't want me to take this picture, but I had to capture their committment to their task of cutting. It can't be that comfortable on the floor!

I tried to catch Judy in action. She's doing a great job! Doesn't she have such beautiful hair too?

Rose brought some adorable pink fabric and made darling blankets.

Here's just a fraction of the finished products. We had much more by Sunday.

Thank you to all that participated. We look forward to taking these over to Scottish Rite.

What is Zumba????

I should not have assumed that everyone knew what this Zumba was? If you have never done it before, it is the funnest way to exercise. Music and dancing--it doesn't even feel like exercise because it's sooooo fun. Thanks to Kimberly sharing her love for fitness, we were able to have 2 classes in Carrie's (me) basement studio. Kimberly has also offered to do an evening class coming up in March or April for those of you who need to meet in the evening.

The babies just cracked me up peeking their little heads over our make-shift gate to see what we were doing. They were so cute. They played and watched movies. Some like it, other's wanted their mommies.

We will let you know of our next Zumba date. Thanks to all that came.

February Activities

February 11th-Zumba exercise class
At Carrie Krogh's home
10am

February 18th-Party in the Pantry
Cooking with Oats
Held at Sara McLeod's home
7pm

February 25th-Scottish Rite Service Project
Held at Brittney Curby's home
7pm

Wheat Beyond Bread

Thanks to Azrcka for sharing her expertise with us on how to use our wheat in more ways than just making bread, even though, don't we all love homemade bread? We had a lunch crew and an evening crew. Here is the lunch crew. Katie with baby Hannah, Karie, Jenny, Carrie, Kathryn, and Renate

Azrcka, you are so beautiful!

The evening crew-Ashley with baby Baron, Anne, Ericka, Leti, Cathy, Deborah, Brittney, and Lini

It's amazing the things you can do with wheat. These cookies had a delicious flavor and texture. Azrcka also made some blender waffles using wheat. The great thing about these waffles is that you don't have to grind your wheat ahead of time.

Armenian cuisine-- This is Soup Kufta with Yogurt. The meatball is made with bulgar wheat, lean ground steak, onions, and seasonings with a margarine and walnut filling.

Pan Kufta, very similar to the above but flattened and fried in olive oil. So good!

This is a tabuleh with bulgar wheat, tomato, onions, and fresh herbs. So refreshing.

Azrcka with her wonderful daughters that came to help.

January RS Activities

Hike at Kennesaw Mountain-If you would like to burn off those holiday goodies, meet at the visitor's center at 9:30 on Thursdays in January.

Wheat Beyond Bread-Sis. Bedgood will be teaching a cooking class on in her home on January 20th at 12pm and 7pm. Choose which time is better for you.

The Book Club will be held on January 27th at 7pm at Tara Badstubner’s house. The book will be “Trusting Jesus,” By Elder Jeffrey R. Holland.

This book is a compilation of some of Elder Holland’s memorable talks on the Savior and is available at Deseret Book for $24.95, Amazon for $21.33, or other links on Amazon for as low as $10.85. The Kindle edition is available through Amazon for $9.99. Because it is a compilation of talks, the talks can also be looked up individually on lds.org. Here is a partial list of the talks:

“The Other Prodigal”
“He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things”
“Come Unto Me”
“An High Priest of Good Things to Come”
“A Handful of Meal and a Little Oil”
“As Doves to Our Windows”