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Inner Beauty Activity

Pacific Drive Activity
May 2, 2012 @ 7:00

Come get inspired
Learn about Inner Beauty

Cupcake contest
Bring your simple or fancy
Cupcakes

They will be the refreshments

Inner Beauty Activity

Pacific Drive Activity
May 2, 2012 @ 7:00

Come get inspired
Learn about Inner Beauty

Cupcake contest
Bring your simple or fancy
Cupcakes

They will be the refreshments

RECIPES FROM BIRTHDAY BRUNCH

Here are the recipes from our Birthday Brunch.  Thanks so much to all who participated and made it a great morning.  It was fun to hear about your ancestors and see the cute displays.

Sunday Brunch Casserole

• 1/2 pound sliced bacon
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper (I don’t add the green pepper to this one)
• 12 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 (16 ounce) package frozen hash brown potatoes, thawed
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dill weed (I usually add more, because I like the flavor)

Directions

1.     In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings. Crumble bacon and set aside. In same skillet, saute onion and green pepper in drippings until tender; remove with a slotted spoon.

2.     In a large bowl, whisk the eggs and milk. Stir in hash browns, cheese, salt, pepper, dill, onion mixture and reserved bacon.

3.     Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 35-45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.

Brunch Egg Bake

Ingredients

• 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese (I only added one cup)
• 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (I only added one cup)
• 1 (4.5 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained (I used fresh mushrooms)
• 1/3 cup sliced green onions
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 2 cups diced fully cooked ham
• 8 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups milk
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1.     Combine cheeses; place 3 cups in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking dish and set aside. In a medium skillet, saute mushrooms, onions and red pepper in butter until tender; drain. Place over cheese; top with ham. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. In a bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, flour, parsley, basil, salt and pepper; mix well. Slowly pour over the cheese. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.

Overnight French Toast 

• 1 loaf of Chunky Monkey Bread, cut into 8 slices
• 8 eggs
• 3 cups milk
• 1 tbsp. brown sugar
• 3/4 tsp. salt
• 1 tbsp. vanilla 

1. Whisk together the eggs, milk, brown sugar, salt, and vanilla and pour half of mixture into 9x13 baking dish.

2. Place slices of bread into the baking dish and pour remaining egg mixture over top, making sure to cover all slices.

3. Refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.

Caramel Syrup

• 1 c. brown sugar
• 1 c. heavy whipping cream
• 1 c. corn syrup

      Whisk together over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and mixture is heated through.

Remove your bread slices from the refrigerator and start cooking them on a well buttered griddle. Low and slow is best.

Pour the caramel syrup over top.  Serve with strawberries and homemade whipped cream for the full experience.

Relief Society Birthday Brunch!

HEALTHY IDEAS FOR THE NEW YEAR!

Join us for our Relief Society Activity

January 4

7:00 pm

Relief Society Room

We have some sisters from our ward who will share their ideas on affordable healthy eating and exercise programs all of us can incorporate!  Hope to see you there!

RS Christmas dinner TONIGHT and more...

I am sure you are counting down the hours until you get to come to the annual Relief Society Christmas dinner and program! It will be at the church tonight, at 6:30. Babysitting will be provided. Please make sure to have your children fed before you come so that you can enjoy all your time with your ward sisters.

with it being the Christmas season, i wanted to share with you a touching Christmas story..


I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself. I would
be in here forever and I just had so much to do. Christmas was beginning to become such a drag. I kinda wished that I could just sleep through Christmas. But I hurried the best I could through all the people to the toy department. Once again I kind of mumbled to myself at the prices of all these toys. And wondered if the grandkids would even play with them.

I found myself in the doll aisle. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a little boy about 5 holding a lovely doll. He kept touching her hair and he held her so gently. I could not seem to help myself. I just kept looking over at the little boy and wondered who the doll was for. I watched him turn to a woman and he called his aunt by name and said, "Are you sure I don't have enough money" She replied a bit impatiently, "You know that you don't have enough money for it. The aunt told the little boy not to go anywhere that she had to go get some other things and would be back in a few minutes. And then she left the aisle. The boy continued to hold the doll.

After a bit I asked the boy who the doll was for. He said, "It is the doll my sister wanted so badly for Christmas. She just knew that Santa would
bring it." I told him that maybe Santa was going to bring it. He said "No, Santa can't go where my sister is...I have to give the doll to my Momma to take to her". I asked him where his sister was.

He looked at me with the saddest eyes and said "She has gone to be with Jesus". My Daddy says that Momma is going to have to go be with her. My heart nearly stopped beating. Then the boy looked at me again and said, "I told my Daddy to tell Momma not to go yet. I told him to tell her to wait till I got back from the store". Then he asked me if I wanted to see his picture. I told him I would love to. He pulled out some pictures he'd had taken at the front of the store. He said "I want my Momma to take this with her so she don't ever forget me." "I love my Momma so very much and I wish she did not have to leave me". "But Daddy says she will need to be with my sister."

I saw that the little boy had lowered his head and had grown so very quiet. While he was not looking I reached into my purse and pulled out a handfull of bills. I asked the little boy, "Shall we count that money one more time?" He grew excited and said "Yes, I just know it has to be enough". So I slipped my money in with his and we began to count it.

Of course it was plenty for the doll. He softly said, "Thank you Jesus for giving me enough money." Then the boy said "I just asked Jesus to give me enough money to buy this doll so Momma can take it with her to give to my sister." "And he heard my prayer". "I wanted to ask him for enough to buy my Momma a white rose, but I didn't ask him, but he gave me enough to buy the doll and a rose for my Momma." "She loves white roses so very very much".

In a few minutes the aunt came back and I wheeled my cart away. I could not keep from thinking about the little boy as I finished my shopping in a totally different spirit than when I had started. And I kept remembering a story I had seen in the newspaper several days earlier about a drunk driver hitting a car and killing a little girl and the Mother was in serious condition. The family was deciding on rather to remove the life support. Now surely this little boy did not belong with that story.

Two days later I read in the paper where the family had disconnected the life support and the young woman had died. I could not forget the little boy and just kept wondering if the two were somehow connected. Later that day, I could not help myself and I went out and bought some white roses and took them to the funeral home where the young woman was. And there she was holding a lovely white rose, the beautiful doll, and the picture of the little boy in the store.

I left there in tears, my life changed forever. The love that little boy had for his little sister and his mother was overwhelming. And in a split second a drunk driver had ripped the life of that little boy to pieces. "We make a living by what we get; We make a life by what we give."




May your Christmas be Joyful and simple as you remember Jesus Christ, our Savior and Redeemer.