On Line Again . . .

     Welcome Back!  We're on-line again.  Since Sister Randi Platt was called to be the new Primary President, we have been on a little vacation.  It is our hope that this blog will be a source of information to you as a Relief Society sister and that it will help to keep you updated on the latest happenings.

     On Sunday we were privileged to be taught a great lesson by Sister Stacy Gardner on the ATONEMENT.  Her enthusiasm for her material was evident as she explained how we can truly make our Saviors love work for us in our individual lives. 

     We express our deepest sympathy to Sister Lanita Tullis and her family with the passing of her mother, Sister Leda Jolley Young Dowdle.  What a great influence she played in so many of our lives as children!  Our memories of our elementary school years would not be complete without thinking of her in our midst.

     Our best wishes for a speedy recovery go out to Sister Lindsey's husband, Bill, after having hip surgery last week.  We wish him well and hope that he will be back among us soon.

     A few items of interest for the coming week:

 

             Tuesday, 24th, Women's Softball at the Stake Center

             Thursday, 26th, WARD PARTY, 6:00 at the Church, Bring a Friend

             Saturday, 28th, Orchard Assignment, 6:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.  This is a

                 peach-picking assignment which will require many more volunteers

                 than we have at present.  Please note that this is an early morning

                 assignment so that it won't affect the rest of your day!  Our ward

                 has been so great to pull through on these assignments.  Let's not

                 fail now!

          This is a learning experience in blogging and hopefully, as time goes on, we'll get the hang of it.  Be patient and we'll give it our best!  I am open to suggestions and corrections.  Please let me know of any items that could be addressed.

A Few Random Things...

First I'm going to rant because now that I'm not in charge anymore I CAN!! :) We, as in the Younger Sisters in our Ward, have got to start getting ourselves to RS Meeting! I have said it before, I was not a regular RS goer, in fact I never went until I was asked to assist Leah Jane. I know as well as anyone how hard it is to drag yourself to one more thing, but RS is the one thing that feeds your soul and gives you the spiritual boost you need! I know I don't feel refreshed or uplifted after I have drug myself to one more thing in my already busy life, but RS Meeting is the exception! If I can make it, ANYONE can make it! Let's use last night as an example, Warren was leaving for California, Kylan and Kylee were out doing chores and in the time I ran to go get my Babysitter, Warren had met up with the kids some how and VANISHED!! He didn't have his phone with him, I had no idea where they had gone, Kirby knew what was up and that I was leaving and was having NONE of it! So I had a screaming baby, two lost kids, and a Husband that I couldn't find and was not going to be able to say goodbye to and left my house feeling like I was scattered in a million different directions! I won't even go into what the last few weeks have been like not to mention the last few days! Warren is rarely home to keep the kids, and when he is home, the last thing I want to do is leave when I don't see him very much as it is, but I am ALWAYS so glad I worked it into my schedule and made it a priority, it is where we SHOULD be! Stop making excuses and get to RS Meeting!!

The other thing is THIS BLOG!! What will happen to it? One idea that I had was we could turn it into a "Ward" blog where all the Presidencies could post about whatever they wanted to.... I guess we'll have to see who will be the new RS Coordinator and if she wants to keep the blog going, I hope someone will, now that I'll be out of the Loop I want somewhere to go to stay informed of all that is going on!! :)

Visiting Teaching Conference 2010 Cont.

Ok, the next time you hear "Marsha Reaves is in charge of the food," you better sit up and pay attention because you WILL want to be there! What a Talented Lady! I want to THANK her for putting so much time and talent into our meal! Everything was so well done and not to mention DELICIOUS!!!! Let me just show you some pics....



If I could only describe this cheese ball to you! Marsha put one of these on each table, it was not only the Yummiest thing I have ever tasted, they were SO PRETTY!! It's a good thing I had to keep standing up during the program or I could have sat there and eaten the whole thing!! WOW!!



Then there were these little pieces of heaven! Marsha called these a cream puff, all I know is that they were SO TASTY! They were little Chicken Sandwiches unlike any I have ever tasted, and by far the best I have ever had! I NEED this recipe!!!



The food was almost to pretty to eat.... the key word here is almost!



For Dessert we she did a fruit salad and we had this amazingly moist pound cake with a fruit topping and home made cream to go on top! Marsha made absolutely EVERYTHING by hand! There was no "Cool Whip" here ladies, she went above and beyond her call of duty! Oh, and of course sliced almonds to top it all off!



I want to again THANK all of those that helped with everything! We have some AMAZINGLY Talented Sisters that make our Ward GREAT!! Thanks!!

Visiting Teaching Conference 2010

Shirley Hart was our Speaker and she did such a great job! She talked about the importance of Visiting Teaching and touched a little on the History of our Relief Society. She told some good stories about NewCastle and I could have listened for hours! Thanks Shirley you truly are someone we all look up and admire!



Carma, Shirley, Bea, Katherine, Norma, Ellen and ReVoe (not pictured) are the Amazing Sisters that we spotlighted and have been faithful Visiting Teachers for over 50 Years!! I just Love these Sisters, I enjoyed hearing about each of them and want to give them a HUGE THANKS from all of us!