April 2016 Activity - Make Your Own Mixes

Make Your Own Mixes

For the April activity we received instruction and samples of how to make our own mixes.

We received the booklet Making & Using Master Mixes

Those who came to the activity received 3 samples of mixes: taco seasoning, homestyle buttermilk dressing (Making & Using Master Mixes booklet page 21), and cream of chicken soup (Making & Using Master Mixes booklet page 20).

We also ate muffins made from the muffin mix from Make-A-Mix Cookery (old version).

The old version of Make-A-Mix Cookery by Karine Eliason is out of print but you can purchase a new version on Amazon for about $16 called Make-A-Mix by Karine Eliason.

(We noticed that the muffin mix in the new version has much more sugar than the old version, but because you are the cook you can control the amount of sugar!)


There are also many free mix recipes online!

NewLeafWellness: 21 Spice Mixes and Sauces You Never Have to Buy Again

Budget101: Mix Recipes in 31 Categories

April 2016 Presidency Message

We all sin. We all make mistakes. We are human and it is inevitable. This life is hard and sometimes we wonder how we can find peace in these troubled times. We must look to our Savior Jesus Christ. We must continue to repent and improve. 

 

President Spencer W. Kimball said "Working towards perfection is not a one time decision but a process to be pursued throughout one's life."

 

We all need to try daily  to makes ourselves better and to take advantage of the wondrous gift of the Atonement.

 

Shayne M Bowen of the 1st Quorum of the Seventy said: "Just as the landfill requires dedicated work and attention, laboriously applying layer after layer  of fill to reclaim the low-lying ground, our lives also require applying layer after layer of the healing gift of repentance."

 

"Just as the city fathers in Idaho Falls would feel bad about a person trying to dig up old garbage, our Father in Heaven and His Son Jesus Christ feel sorrow when we choose to remain in sin, when the gift of repentance, made possible through the Atonement, can clean, reclaim and sanctify our lives."

 

How grateful I am to my Savior, Jesus Christ and His wonderful gift of the Atonement. I know I can find peace in these troubled days as I read and study the scriptures and strive harder to do better and find a personal relationship with my elder brother, Jesus Christ.

LaVerne Norton

March 2016 Presidency Message

 

 

I recently attended the funeral of my beloved father in Astoria Oregon. He was a great husband, father, friend and WWII Veteran.  I loved him and will miss him dearly but felt complete peace at his passing because of the Atonement of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  I was happy to read a recent  article in the March 2016 Ensign by Elder Russell M. Ballard on our Saviors Atonement. It helped reassure my feelings of peace and hope. I would like to share some of what he said. 

"There is no greater expression of love than the heroic Atonement performed by the Son of God. Were it not for the plan of our Heavenly Father, established before the world began, in a very real sense, all mankind-- past, present, and future--would have been left without the hope of eternal progression. As a result of Adam's transgression, mortals were separated from God (see Romans 6:23) and would be forever unless a way was found to break the bands of death. This would not be easy, as it required the vicarious sacrifice of one who was sinless and who could therefore take upon Himself the sins of all mankind."

 

"Thankfully, Jesus Christ courageously fulfilled this sacrifice in ancient Jerusalem. There in the quiet isolation of the Garden of Gethsemane, He knelt among the gnarled olive trees, and in some incredible way that none of us can fully comprehend, the Savior took upon Himself the sins of the world. Even though His life was pure and free of sin, He paid the ultimate penalty for sin--yours, mine, and everyone who has ever lived. His mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish were so great they caused Him to bleed from every pore (see Luke 22:44, D&C 19:18). And yet Jesus suffered willingly so that we might have all the opportunity to be washed clean--through having =faith in Him, repenting of our sins, being baptized by proper priesthood authority, receiving the purifying gift of the Holy Ghost by confirmation, and accepting all other essential ordinances. Without the Atonement of the Lord, none of these blessings would be available to us, and we could not become worthy and prepared to return to dwell in the presence of God."

How grateful I am for the Savior. As we celebrate this Easter Season, let us show gratitude to Him who has made our journey home possible by pledging to do our best and trying harder to be the BEST kind of Relief Society Sisters we can be.

Sister LaVerne Norton

February 2016 Activity - Health and Wellness Night

February Relief Society Activity

Health and Wellness Night

 

Natural Remedies by Carl Glaettli

• Read Books!
• Chelation Therapy
• remove bad from the body (heavy metals)
• use baked beans to remove mercury
• Materia Medica
• Herbs that regenerate the body
• Robert S. Mendelsohn
• Confessions of a Medical Heretic
• What the medical profession is doing and how it effects the public.
• Scriptures
• The scriptures balance what you read.
• Teaches us to eat meat sparingly. The gut system in carnivores is short and able to digest meat. Ours is longer and meat gets acidic and cancerous by the end. Fish is ingested differently and is healthy for you. Eat beans and other sources of protein.
•  Honey
• Substitute for sugar
• 1/4 cup honey = 1 cup sugar
• Add into recipes with other liquids.
• Bones
• Soda takes calcium out of our bones.
• Milk and calcium doesn't necessarily help our bones.
• Weight bearing exercise is the best thing for bones.
• Morning Routine
• Cough 5 times
• cleans out lungs and organs
• helps circulation and increases oxygen in blood
• Eat Breakfast
• raw yams, carrots, cabbage
• Drink Water
• warm water is better for the heart
• Carbs in the morning
• whole grain rice with honey and sometimes an egg
• vegetable soup - potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, mixed with rice
• brown rice - soak for 24 hours before steaming

 

First Aid Kit by Arline Law

• Feminine pads
• best thing to have for blood, tampons for punctures
• Pain Killers and Benadryl
• Slings, Sutures and Clamps, Gauze, Ace Bandages, Rubber Gloves, Tourniquet, Alcohol Swabs
• Candy for kids and people with low blood sugar
• Always wear boots when hiking
• leave boot on if something happens to the foot to keep down swelling
• Military style fanny pack is great for first aid kit
• Be Prepared
• have kits in cars and also things for kids to do in car in case you break down
• Handouts:
• A Weekly Guide to a Year's Supply
• First Aid Purchase Record
• Monthly Checkoff Sheet
• Treatment of Burns and A Very Simple First-Aid Box

 

Nursing Tips by Wendy Butterfield

Adults

• Always have a medication list (with dosage) in your wallet or purse
• Bring medication with you to the hospital in original bottle. Nurse can verify with pharmacist and you won't have to pay lots at the hospital for it.
• Signs of a Stroke
• You only have a 3 hour window from when symptoms begin when it can be treated and damage reversed
• confusion, slurred speech, vision, squeeze hands (same strength in both), push and pull feet, eyes (pupils same), stick tongue out (should be straight), arms out (shouldn't droop)
• Heart Attack in Women
• jaw pain radiating down neck and back
• heaviness on chest, can't breathe
• triggers - emotional stress
• heaviness in throat (not like a cold)
• Dementia vs Delirium 
• Dementia is caused by untreated pain - chronic pain should always be treated
• Dehydration causes dementia and UTIs
• watch out for vomiting and diarrhea
• UTIs - symptoms include confusion, change in mental status
• Constipation
• can be caused by pain meds
• Wash hands when taking care of sick people and after doing their laundry (clothes and bedding)

 Kids

• Headaches
• Caused by:
• electronics, bad posture, not enough sleep, diet, caffeine withdrawals
•  Cures:
• dark room with cold compress
• relaxing
• Tylenol, ibuprofen
• If it lasts more than 2 days contact a doctor
• If it happens more than 3 times per month contact a doctor
• Vomiting and Diarrhea
• drink fluids in small amounts
• Color
• Red or Black diarrhea go to ER
• Green vomit go to ER or doctor
• Fever - 100.4 degrees
• Contact doctor or ER if 103+ degrees that doesn't come down with help
• Cold compress, popsicles, lukewarm tub, Tylenol, ibuprofen (rotate the two every 3 hour)
•  Head Trauma
• Always need to see a doctor or ER
• There could be internal bleeding = death
• Headache or Vomiting call 911
• If they are tired with no other symptoms it is okay to sleep
• Do not use ibuprofen or aspirin (blood thinners)
• Blood Sugar
• get light headed and cranky = low blood sugar
• losing eyesight, balance, memory = high blood sugar
• Try to get to the doctor before closing - much cheaper than ER visit - Quick Care closes at 8
• A.B.C.
• airway, breathing, circulation - GO TO ER
• Broken Bones
• ice and immobilize - keep swelling down so they can put on cast
• may be hard to tell if it is broken
• Books 
• Made Incredibly Easy! series is useful
• Health at Home: Your Complete Guide to Symptoms, Solutions, & Self-Care
• If Your Kid Eats This Book, Everything will Still be Okay: How to Know if your Child's Injury or Illness is Really an Emergency
• Life's Little Emergencies

Healthier Coconut Brownies Recipe

February 2016 Presidency Message

Love; a simple word. 

 Share it, show it, and give it freely. 

 

 

Let us not forget why we are here in this life. We are tried and tested. Sometimes it is easy to fall off the path that leads us back to our Heavenly Father. Satan knows us and loves to test our weaknesses to the breaking point. If we remember that he doesn’t want us to be happy then we can be reminded that we have to stand strong in order to be happy. If we feel ourselves having self talk saying “you’re no good” that is not us speaking to ourselves. It is Satan trying to destroy us. 

Our Heavenly Father knows our struggles and he wants to lift us up with his love. He has given us the knowledge on how to return home, how to choose the right, again. Choosing the right is not new to us. We chose before we came here. 

The way is simple: search, ponder and pray. Talk to your Heavenly Father, he also knows us and loves for us to have joy and happiness. 

C. Max Caldwell: As I searched the pages of the Book of Mormon, I gained a new view. Mormon, an ancient prophet of the Americas, connected the word charity to the Savior. He declared that “charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever.” (Moro. 7:47.) Forever is a hard word to wrap the mind around. This life is so enveloped around time that forever seems like something in a fairy tale. If we live the life that our brother Jesus Christ wants for us then we can obtain true happiness, in this life and in our forever in the world to come. 

by Shantel Bugby

January 2016 Activity - Teaching the Gospel Through Family Home Evening

Teaching the Gospel Through Family Home Evening

HIGHLIGHTS

Adapting Lessons for Children

• begin and end with a PRAYER
• invites spirit, teaches children to pray
• learn from the scriptures and modern prophets
• SING - invites spirit, teaches gospel principles
• Be Consistent!!! - the church sets aside Monday but do whatever works for your family
• Add Variety - sit down lessons, activities, service, nature, etc
• Short, Sweet, and Hands On
• Use the Sharing Time manual for lesson ideas
•  Kimiko Christensen Hammari has some great books that have FHE lesson plans that follow the Primary theme and sharing time.
• Keep kids contained - try sitting in laundry baskets or on their own rugs
• Pinterest! - lots of good ideas

 

Adapting Lessons for Teens

• Everyone needs a job!
• Use a job chart and give out assignments at the end for the following week.
• Add more to fit the size of your family.
• Job Ideas: Conducting, Opening Prayer, Scripture, Lesson, Lesson Helper, Games, Closing Prayer, Treats
• Song - everyone has to sing at least one word.
• Have a lesson folder available for them if they forget and need a lesson last minute.
• Always start with a prayer and song.
• Ideas
• movie night, game night, rake leaves
• NO ELECTRONICS at FHE
• Have a "phone basket" where all phones go until the end

Free Lesson

"Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy"

What you'll need:

• manila envelope
• glue stick
• scissors
• stapler
• laminator
• Lesson Label
• Lesson Outline
• Story Figures
• "Our Sabbath Day Plan"
• 110 Things to do on the Sabbath

Download and print all lesson materials from links above.
Cut out Lesson Label and glue to the front of the manila envelope.
Cut out story figures (keep the team together) and laminate.
Staple together "Lesson Outline."
Staple together "110 Things to do on the Sabbath."
Put into the manila envelope.
Have FHE!

January 2016 Presidency Message

The Importance of Learning in Our Homes

By Sister KLynn Miller

“Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection. And if a person gains more knowledge and intelligence in this life through his diligence and obedience than another, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come”.  D & C 130: 18-19.

This is one of my favorite scriptures!!!  It emphasizes the importance of gaining knowledge. Don’t we all want to “have so much the advantage in the world to come?”

We can foster a love of learning in our homes from the time a child enters our home by filling his/her world with letters, words, books and pictures. We can read books and the scriptures to them and fill their minds with good music. Studies have proven that children who listen to classical music have better brain cell development.  Once our children are in school we shouldn’t think that our responsibility for teaching has ended.  Children whose parents continue to read to them throughout their years of schooling perform better in school. Family scripture study where each family member takes a turn to read improves reading skills. We can also have our children take turns preparing and teaching the Family Home Evening lesson.

My husband read good novels to our children as they were growing up. Such good books as the “Chronicles of Narnia” series and other good books hold their attention and they are excited for the next reading session to hear the next chapters. 

As our children have homework we can study with them, even finding ways to enrich what they are studying.  With such support from home our children will develop an appreciation for and a love of learning.  When the home rightfully assumes its teaching responsibility, the contributions made by school, community and church programs can be greatly enhanced. Let us each accept the challenge to be personally responsible for our families’ learning.  We respect and honor our schools and the Church as institutions that promote learning and faith but we need to recognize that those resources are to help-not replace-the family.

“As we obey the Lord’s commandment to teach our children, we will find that our families enjoy greater unity, more joy in church and school and increased effectiveness in mission, marriage and vocations.”  (Harvey B. Black professor of instructional science at BYU)

 

My oldest daughter who completed her Master’s degree a couple of years ago said that it was always clear in our home that learning and education was of utmost importance. Her children tease her because she not only has degrees from colleges but also technical certificates. (She even got one as a “flagger” one summer when she was home from college.) She has always loved to learn.  A college degree may not be for everyone but there are trade and technical schools that teach skills that are needed in our world and are good vocations. 

“Seek ye diligently,” the Lord said, “and teach one another words of wisdom; yea seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.”

May we strive to develop a love of learning that lasts throughout our mortal life. As we do this the Lord will bless us with knowledge and wisdom and our intelligence will increase.