General Women's Meeting

Just a quick reminder that the General Women's Meeting 
is tonight, March 28, at 6 p.m. 

Ways to watch:

1.  At the Stake Center in Malad
2. On your cable/satellite television
3. Live streaming via the internet at lds.org

All young women age 8 and older are invited to attend!

Relief Society Birthday Party

I wanted to take a quick minute to thank everyone who came to our activity last Thursday. I am so grateful for your participation, help with the food, and all of the wonderful things we learned about each other! It was a fun night with great food and even better company. I didn't even think to take pictures during the activity - I only got some before and a quick one of the table full of everyone's favorite things.

We ate baked potatoes with baked beans and all the toppings. While we ate, we discussed a few questions about the Relief Society. After realizing that we don't know as much as we thought . . . we moved on to dessert - an ice cream sundae bar. Shannon made homemade caramel sauce and it was the favorite topping. While we ate our ice cream we started in on our Favorite Things. Everyone had previously filled out surveys (anonymously) about their favorite things. I read the first survey, then everyone had to guess who it belonged to. That person then got up to introduce their favorite thing and then proceeded to read the next survey. It was so fun to hear about each sister and then see what they love and why. We ended the night with a gift for each sister - the following quote:

I love that quote and have made it one of my goals this year to simplify and be CONTENT. Many sisters took gifts for their visiting teaching sisters who weren't able to attend, so if you didn't receive one, please let the Relief Society presidency know so that we can get one to everyone.

The evening was a lot of fun for me. I was nervous that no one would come, but was overwhelmed  by your support and words of encouragement.

Thanks again,
Kelsey

I had a couple of requests for  the baked beans recipe, so I have included it with this post.

Kelsey's Baked Beans

8 cans of Bush's original ham and beans (or 4 cans of the larger size)
1 c brown sugar (I actually use coconut sugar, but realize most people don't have that on hand - it's what I used on Thursday for the beans)
1/4 c molasses
onion flakes - large handful
1 tsp tabasco sauce
2 T finely chopped green pepper
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 T mustard
1 lb chopped, cooked bacon

Combine all ingredients in a large pot and bake in the oven, covered, for 1 hour at 350 degrees. Or combine in the crockpot on low for 3-4 hours.

Activity Reminder

Just a quick reminder that our activity this month will be held tomorrow at the church.

March 12, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.

We are celebrating the Relief Society's Birthday. Please bring one of your favorite things to share with us. Remember, this can be anything: food items, personal care items, cleaning tools, kitchen gadgets, articles of clothing, games, etc. - let's get creative and learn a little about each other!

We will have dinner (and dessert, of course) and nursery will be provided.

See you there!