Book Club

Just a reminder for our RS Book Club on Oct. 7th at Deb Kuthinsky's. We're reading "Three Cups of Tea" this month. Book Club is held at 7pm, and all are welcome, whether you've read the book or not. We hope to see you there.

Ladies Who Lunch

Just a reminder that tomorrow, Sept. 18th, is Ladies Who Lunch. It's at 11:30 at Maren Pratt's home. Bring a potluck dish to share, and you're preschoolers are welcome.

Young Womens

The Young Women will be tie-dying white shirts on Sept. 22nd for their mutual activity. The young women will be wearing these shirts for their mutual activities during the month of October for stake volleyball and then again in the spring for stake softball. We are asking the girls to bring in their own white shirts for this activity. The shirts do not need to be new, any shirt that is basically white will work just fine. So if you are a mother of a young woman, please have you daughter look through her closet or pick her up a cheap white t-shirt so that she can participate in this activity. We love working with your daughters, so thank you for supporting us and helping them be prepared for this activity

Enrichment Night!!!

Enrichment Night is this coming Thursday, September 10th, 7:00pm, at Renee Griffiths. The theme of the night is "The Five Little Piggies". We hope to see you there. If you have any questions, call Renee or a member of the RS Presidency.

Pre School

Dana Home Academy (preschool)

http://danahomeacademy.blogspot.com/

Time Out for Women

This next Sunday is the last Sunday before we order the Time Out For Women tickets. If you are interested in going here is the information:

We are looking for sisters who are interested in going to ‘Time Out for Women’. If 5 or more sisters register before September 10th, we can receive a $10.00 discount for the full weekend registration. The full weekend registration cost with the discount is $47.00. If you are interested in only going on Friday night, the cost is $20.00 at the door and they don’t guarantee availability. You can, however, get together with someone interested in only going on Saturday and splitting the cost (and vice versa). We will try to accommodate those sisters interested in going only on Friday or Saturday, but depending on what sister’s sign up for is what might be available. With the discount it will be cheaper to pay for both days as opposed to just paying for one day. There are going to be some great speakers like John Bytheway and Jenny Oaks Baker and so many more! All money needs to be paid IN CASH to Michelle Bloom by September 6th. There will be no pre-purchased box lunches available, so you will need to bring a lunch with you. We will meet at one sister’s home for each day to carpool down there. We would love to have any and all join us!


Here are the days/times for TOFW: Friday, October 9th from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, and Saturday, October 10th from 9:00 am to 3:45 pm. It is being held at the Phoenix Convention Center.

If you have any questions, please call Michelle Bloom @ 480-292-8451.

Sign Language

The Primary is looking for someone that knows sign language. If anyone knows sign language, or knows of someone in the ward that does, can you please contact Cindi Green at 480-219-3277 or cindi@blueroof.com. Thank you

Mesa Cannery Cooking Classes

They are held in the Wet Pack Training room of the Mesa Cannery. Theclasses are held on Monday mornings from 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Everyone iswelcome. No sign up or registration is necessary. There is no charge forthe classes. The classes are based on the church pamphlet of building athree month supply of food.

COOKING CLASSES - FALL 2009
August 24th Building and Using a three month supply
August 31st No class - she will be out of town
September 7th No class - Labor Day
September 14th Finance Class
September 21st Yeast and Bread Class
September 28th Gluten Free Cooking
October 5th No class - she will be out of town
October 12th Incorporating Dry Pack into your 3 month supply
October 19th How to and substitutions
October 26th Tortilla's, refried beans & tomatillo salsa
November 2nd Baking Powder, Baking Soda and Breakfast
November 9th Soups
November 16th Main Dishes
November 23rd Desserts
November 30th Gifts from your kitchen
December 7th Something to Share

Craft Night

Vicki Foote and Wendi Moore will be having a craft night every other monthstarting on Wed. Sept. 9th. We will be doing holiday crafts and decor foryear round. Check out the crafts for the month by going towww.creativesignsndesigns.blogspot.comOne of the crafts in Sept. is the family name with families are togetherthat we made at super Saturday, so if you missed out on that or just wantto make more here's your chance.

Ladies Who Lunch

Friday is ladies who lunch at Sis. Syphus' home at 11:30. Bring a item to share.

Birthday Celebration

Just a quick reminder that tomorrow (Wed.) is the birthday club for anyone who has had a birthday already this year and who has not already come to celebrate with us. It is at 8:00 at Dee Cunningham's home. Just bring yourself and we provide the fun and treats.

Recipes from Super Saturday

Pink Yummy (Jodi Stapley)

You can do a grahm cracker crust or:

Crust:
1 cup flour
½ cup butter
¼ cup brown sugar
½ cup chopped nuts

Mix flour, butter, brown sugar and chopped nuts; spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees until light brown; watch and stir. Put 2/3 of mixture in a 9X13 inch pan Reserve remainder for top.

Filling:

1 (6oz) can frozen pink lemonade
1 can sweetened condensed milk
Red food coloring
2 envelopes whipped topping mix, prepared as directed(Dream Whip)

Mix lemonade and condensed milk; add enough food coloring to make dard pink. Fold whipped topping into mixture until mixed, and spread over crumb mixture in pan. Sprinkle reserved crumbs on top. Freeze and serve frozen.



Turtles (Libby Pratt & Patsy Baker)

2 cans evaporated milk
2 cubes butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
2 cups light corn syrup

Whole Pecans
Dipping Chocolate (I use Dove Chocolate)

Lay cluster of 3 pecans each in buttered pan. Set aside. Mix together and bring to a boil everything but the pecans and chocolate. Boil hard at high heat for 5 minutes. After 35 minutes, put in thermometer and cook to 235 degrees (soft ball stage). Next, spoon heaping teaspoonfuls of caramel onto the pecans and let them set until the next day. Melt dipping chocolate and frost the top of each turtle.

TIME OUT FOR WOMEN

Time Out for Women
October 9th 6:30 – 9:30 pm
October 10th 9:00 am – 3:45 pm
Phoenix Convention Center

We are looking for sisters who are interested in going to ‘Time Out for Women’. If 5 or more sisters register before September 10th, we can receive a $10.00 discount for the full weekend registration. The full weekend registration cost with the discount is $47.00. If you are interested in only going on Friday night, the cost is $20.00 at the door and they don’t guarantee availability. You can, however, get together with someone interested in only going on Saturday and splitting the cost (and vice versa). We will try to accommodate those sisters interested in going only on Friday or Saturday, but depending on what sister’s sign up for is what might be available. With the discount it will be cheaper to pay for both days as opposed to just paying for one day. There are going to be some great speakers like John Bytheway and Jenny Oaks Baker and so many more! All money needs to be paid IN CASH to Michelle Bloom by September 6th. There will be no pre-purchased box lunches available, so you will need to bring a lunch with you. We will meet at one sister’s home for each day to carpool down there. We would love to have any and all join us!

Super Saturday

Brown Bead Necklace-$16Black Bead Necklace-$20
White Bead Necklace-$16
Pink Flower Bracelet-$5, Ladybug Bracelet-$6
The necklaces measure approximately 18 inches each. If you would like a longer size, a few beads can be added at the end for $1. The two bracelets shown are sized to fit an average sized 4 year old. They can be made smaller with no problem. If you want to make them bigger, you should order an extender chain for $1. There is another bracelet that is sized to fit an average sized 10 year old. It, too, can be made smaller with no problem or bigger with an extender chain for $1. It is a white bead bracelet that looks like the white necklace pictured above. They will be on display at the church this coming Sunday.

Just a quick reminder that our Super Saturday is coming up on August 15th. There are some great classes to sign up for if you haven't already. This Sunday is the last day to sign up for the craft classes. Don't forget to turn in your money to Michelle Bloom by this Sunday (August 9th). If anyone has any questions, please let us know. We hope to see you all there!!

Book Club

Wednesday, August 5th, is our RS Book Club. The book, which was our 'summer read', is 'The Lightening Thief'. We invite all who have read it-adults and kids alike- and any who haven't but would like to come hear about it, to come and join us. We'll be meeting at 7pm and Sis. Kuthinsky's home. See you all there!!

Preschool

KinderPrep Pre-school
Location Val Vista and Williams Field
Ages 3-5
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:00am-12:00pm
(Optional "Lunch Bunch" program allows students to stay later, if needed)
$100.00 per month
$50.00 Registration Fee
Teacher is certified, experienced, and a mom!

FREE Massage!!!

Maren Pratt has a friend who has recently graduated from massage school. She is applying for a job and needs to get as much practice as she can before she goes in. She is offering free massages through July 10Th. She needs volunteers of all shapes and sizes, men or women. If you can help, please call Kim Bowling at 480-993-2262. Kim lives near Lindsey and Riggs and is willing to have you come to her house or if needed, she can come to yours.

Park City Vacation, anyone?

A timeshare condo available for the week of June 27th-July 4th. It's in Park City, Utah. It has a Full Kitchen, 1 bedroom, and sleeps 4. It is the Park Regency. The cost is $325.00 for the week. If interested, call Juanita Cramer. If you need her number, call Jodi Stapley. What a great deal--I wish I could go!!

Pre-School Anyone?

I am in search of a preschool or pre-k program for my 5 year old this fall. I had planned to put him in Kindersteps at Haley Elementary, but as many of you know they got rid of the program. Can any of you recommend a preschool in our area that you think is great? He is already starting to read so he needs one that is a little more advanced.

Another option is to form a "co-op" sort of preschool. We could all take turns teaching the class. We wouldn't want more than 5 or 6 kids in the class and then have class 2 or 3 times a week. We would each be teaching preschool once every two weeks. The benefit is that we wouldn't have tuition, just the time and cost of materials. I am willing to create the curriculum. I absolutely loved the program he was taught this year and we could use that. You can contact me at:leslienelson1@mac.comhome 480.844.0880cell 480.710.1514

Enrichment

Just 2 more days until our June enrichment! It will be this Thursday, June 4th at 7:00 pm at Kim Pierce's home - 2843 E. Birchwood Place 480-883-3134. She will be teaching us how to make homemade wheat bread using our food storage! If you have a jam or jelly that you'd like to share, please bring it! We hope to see you all there. Please call Michelle Bloom (292-8451) if you have any questions.