RS Birthday Celebration

Thursday, March 10th was our RS Birthday Celebration. We had a wonderful dinner, and our special guest speaker was Anita Stansfield. She shared with us Emma Smith's story. We all gained a greater love and appreciation for the remarkable women that Emma was. Anita also inspired us to be prayerful to be in the right place, at the right time, so we can fulfill our promises made in heaven. It was a very special evening. Thanks to all who helped make this a memorable evening!

Navajo Taco Cooking Class

We had a wonderful evening on Thursday! Ronnalynn Dean taught a fun class on making Navajo Tacos! We learned how to use our beans and rice from our food storage and learned different ways to cook beans. Ronnalynn shared with us her fried bread recipe:

3C. flour (can do 1 1/2 white and 1 1/2 wheat)
1 TBS baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 C. milk
1 C. warm water

Combine dry ingredients in mixing bowl. Add milk, stir thoroughly. Add water in small amounts (thirds). Knead dough until soft but not sticky. Cover bowl and let stand for 15 minutes. Pull off large egg size balls of dough. On floured surface, roll into circles about 1/4 in thick. Poke a hole in the center of each hole.

In a heavy pan, fry dough in hot oil until bubbles appear on dough (takes only seconds). Turn and fry on other side briefly. Makes about 10

Add desired toppings such as beans, rice, salsa, cheese, tomato, etc.



Kay teaching us about how to cook beans in a crock pot. Helpful hint: soak beans about 2-3 days before you use them to get the gas out of the bean.
Enjoying our yummy tacos!

Thank you Ronnalynn! And thank you to those who came!

Christmas Celebration

We had a wonderful evening Thursday celebrating Christmas as ward sisters. We toured Marie Connell's home, Melissa Houston's, and Pat & Vern Romney's home where they shared their Christmas traditions. There were yummy treats along the way! Vern shared a special story with us about making Christmas a 'Christ Day'. Thanks to everyone who helped make this a special night! Merry Christmas!

Great Super Saturday!

We had a great Super Saturday and want to thank everyone who helped in anyway. We learned how to make some awesome popcorn treats, and cheap fun Christmas gift ideas. Lunch was delicious, and lots of fun projects!

Alternative Cooking Class a Great Success!

We had a wonderful evening learning new ways to cook food without electricity! A special thanks to Ronnalynn Dean, Vaughn & Kay Anderson, and Jerry & Aimee Shuldberg.

Here's a couple recipes for your Dutch Oven Cooking:

Dutch Oven Potatoes - by Vaughn & Kay Anderson
12 inch dutch oven
7-8 potatoes pealed and sliced, enough to fill your oven with in inch from the top
1 onion
1/2 pound bacon (can be pepper or smoke)
1 can diced chilies or a diced jalapeno
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 cup shredded cheese (enough to cover the top at the very end)
Black pepper, Creole seasoning and Cumin to taste
Salsa - optional
Instructions: Brown bacon - set aside. Leave a little oil to saute onions and peppers till soft. Add soup, seasonings and bacon together. It will be easier to mix everything before the potatoes are added. Then add potatoes - mix until coated with soup mixture. Cook until tender. (About 45 min - 1 hour.) Stir occasionally so the bottom won't burn. Sprinkle cheese on top. Serve when chesse is melted. Can also be served with salsa.


Dutch Oven Orange Rolls - by Jerry and Aimee Shuldberg
Ingredients:
2 tubes buttermilk refrigerator biscuits
1 square margarine
1 orange
2 cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Melt butter in homemade aluminum bowl placed on top of hot dutch oven lid. Dip both sides of biscuits in margarine, fold in half and pinch at top. Place biscuits side by side in pan. Bake in 10" dutch oven with 8-10 coals on bottom and 12-16 coals on top, for about 25 minutes. Cut zest from orange. Put in Ziploc bag with powdered sugar, then squeeze juice from orange into the Ziploc bag. Close bag and mix by squeezing bag until consistency of thin frosting. Pour icing over rolls. Return to oven 1-2 minutes.

Alternative Cooking Class

We will be having an Alternative Cooking Class on Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00 pm at the home of Ronnalynn Dean's. Come learn different ways to cook....dutch oven, solar oven, volcano, Rocket Stove, etc. Spouses are invited too! We hope to see you there!

Update on Rebecca Tomlinson

Rebecca has been growing well and is now just under 5lbs. !!!!! Yes, you read that right!!! Lol. She’s 2220 grams as of last night…I’m excited to see what she’s up to tonight. When we pick her up now, it finally feels like there’s actually a baby in the blanket. I used to feel like she was practically going to float up into the air when I’d pick her up.

The docs are trying out different feeding routines/supplements and so forth to try to get her more ready to come home. They’ve been letting her take as much as she wants out of the bottle, but she doesn’t take as much as she needs (she needs an unusually high volume of food for her size), so she’s still on the NG tube for part of her feeds.

For a while there I’d thought we were almost ready to head home, and then a problem came up with her feeds, and we were set back again. That was hard. But things are looking hopeful again.

Thank you to all for your help and for your prayers. We really appreciate hearing those who tell us that we are in their prayers. I truly believe that it has made a difference for Rebecca. I am so grateful that we can care for each other and petition the Lord for each other. It must please him that we care about each other so much. I know that Rick, Mike and I are grateful.

Love, Jane