2011 Mutual Theme

Mother-Daughter Night, Wednesday, Sept 15th

Next week on Sept. 15 is Mother-Daughter night!  We have some exciting and informative presentations planned. 

• Our Body's Need for Healthy Nutrition, by Sister Cluff, and 
• Signs and Dangers of Eating Disorders, by Sister Christenson (who worked with girls with eating disorders before moving to CS)

It should be an informative night for all.  Please come. 

ps.  There are several young couples that might be able to watch your little ones during this time. I hope you all can be there.

Favorite smoothie ideas from everyone...

Have brown bananas, but no time to bake banana bread? Peel them and toss them in the freezer to add smooth sweetness to your next smoothie.

Strawberries+Pineapple+Bananas!!!!!!!

Oranges+cantalope+peaches+mango+vanilla yogurt=yum!

Tiger (striped) smoothies:
Blend 2 different smoothies. Make one of them have blueberries so that it has a darker purple color. Make one using lighter orange-colored fruit like peaches and carrots so that it has a lighter peachy/orange color. Then spoon them into a clear glass creating alternating layers of each color.

Fruit & Veggie Smoothies

Thanks to Sis. Sawaya we have a ton of great new smoothies to give us a healthy boost!

Blueberry-Carrot Greens Smoothie
The peaches are perfect in lifting the greens, the color is beautiful, and the blueberries makes this smoothie decadent.
2 peaches 1 bunch of carrot tops from 6-10 carrots1 cup frozen blueberries2 cups water
Soak the carrot tops in cold water while halving the peaches and removing the stones. Blend peaches and carrot tops with water, when smooth, add blueberries. Add water to reach the consistency you like.

Beautiful Beet Smoothie
You can use banana, ice, a little sweetener and Vitamin C rich fruits to tone down the super-earthy taste of beets, one of natures healthiest root vegetables.
1 banana½ beet, skin removed and loosely chopped plus some of the greens1 cup frozen berries1 cup frozen fruit (pineapple, peaches, mango) ~1 cup Orange Juice1 Tablespoon Aqave nectar3-4 ice cubes
Wash your beet, cut off the greens, cut the beet in half and place cut side down on cutting board (for safety and to keep the juice from soiling your hands/clothes). Use your knife to pare off the skin (you can leave it on, but removing cuts down on the earthy taste, if you don’t like that). Chop loosely.
Add banana, beet, ½ of the beet greens, frozen fruits, ice, juice and sweetener to taste.

Emerald Green Smoothie
There are literally thousands of “Green Smoothie” recipes out there (just try Googling it!), but many have a similar idea… somewhere around 50% fruit and 50% greens (literally any green vegetable). This one uses Kale, another nutritional powerhouse, but it could easily be made with spinach, lettuce, argula, wheatgrass, broccoli – especially sprouts –which are sweeter, collard greens, etc.
1 cup green grapes; 1 cup fresh or frozen pineapple; 2 cups Kale; Sweetener (like ripe bananas,) 5-6 ice cubes
Wash your Kale and cut off the stems and ribs. Add ingredients to blender. Add water if necessary. Taste after blending and add sweetener if needed/desired.

Berry/Spinach Smoothie
This has become the Sawaya family regular smoothie because it uses ingredients that are often on hand – especially that handful or two of leftover baby spinach. The colorful berries mask any green ingredients for finicky eaters.
1 banana; 2 cups fresh spinach; 1 cup frozen berries; ½ cup other frozen fruit (I usually pick mangos or peaches) ~1 cup Orange Juice
Add ingredients to blender in the order listed (the berries weigh down the spinach and help it blend quickly). Add water or ice if necessary. Taste after blending and add sweetener if needed/desired.

Green Melon Smoothie
I have personally never liked the consistency of melon, but simply putting it in a smoothie takes care of that problem. Here is the simplest kind of melon and green smoothie recipe… of course you can add other ingredients to it, but give it a try simply at first.
½ cantaloupe, seeded and cut; ½ head romaine lettuce; ½ cup water; 2-3 ice cubes
Add ingredients to blender, adjust water as needed.

Strawberry Rhubarb Smoothie
6 large strawberres, stems removed; 1/2 c. rhubarb; 1 c. ice; 1/2 c. plain nonfat yogurt; 2 T. honey (or to sweet taste); splash of milk
Toss all in a blender and puree until smooth. Taste for sweetness and adjust to taste.

Dating Workshop

Not 16 yet, but can't wait to learn more about dating? Need great ideas? Then you'll love tonight's Dating Workshop!

Find out more with a visit to the dating page of youth.lds.org at
http://lds.org/youth/dating/

Also, get your own FREE copy of suggested reading... I Lost My Phone Number, Can I Have Yours? Download it and read online. Visit www.freeldsbooks.org
or ask Sis. Morgan to email you a copy at carrieque@yahoo.com

German Pancakes

We love this recipe in Young Women's, because it is a recipe for comfort food that is student-budget friendly. It can be elegant for two or quick protein for a crowd. It's also easy to memorize (notice the 1/2+1/2+1/2 pattern.)

Melt up to half a stick of butter in a pan at 400 in the oven. (Choose a pie pan to serve 3 or a 11x13 pan to serve 6)

Mix eggs and milk. (1/2 cup milk & 3 eggs for 3 people. 1 cup milk & 6 eggs for 6 people)

Add flour and salt. (1/2 cup flour & 1/2 tsp salt for 3. 1 cup flour & 1 tsp salt for 6)

Pour into the melted butter and bake for 15 min.

Enjoy drizzled with syrup, dusted with powdered sugar, topped with fruit or served with favorite omelet toppings.

A Reflection of Girls Camp 2010

Happy Independence Day!

Elder Ballard gave a wonderful talk in the October 2008 Sunday Afternoon session called, "The Test." It's a longer talk, but is a great one for study as we celebrate the Fourth of July and was a part of today's lesson. You can see the video online at http://lds.org/conference/sessions/display/0,5239,23-1-947,00.html

In his talk, Elder Ballard mentions the tragic persecution of the early saints while our country was quite young. He goes on to describe the patriotism of the saints despite that persecution. The Saints understood the importance of freedom very personally through their own and also through their recent ancestors' experiences as they sought religious freedoms and helped to establish the society we are blessed to live in today.

June 23rd Activity

Hello Ladies,
This Wed. we will be having a pre-camp night. We will be meeting at the Church at 7. Camp is next week!!!
Thanks,

Laura

Secret Sisters Suggestions...

Secret Sisters isn't just about exchanging little gifts, it is to think of your secret sister throughout camp. Prayerfully consider if there is anything you can do or say that could help her to have the best Girls Camp ever! Think ahead to pack a small item to cheer and encourage your secret sister each day during Girls Camp. Below is a list of inexpensive ideas from the internet to inspire ideas of your own...

Cocoa and marshmallows (Styrofoam cups and sticks)

S'more fixin's

Snacks with an inspirational thought

At craft stores I have found blank 3 X 5 puzzle boards. They are still connected, you write a message to your secret sister, then break up the pieces and wrap them up. Your secret sister has to put it together to see the message. About $.99

Buy an electric switch plate cover. Use glow in the dark puff paint and write something cute like, " Let Your Light So Shine". When they turn off their light the message will glow in their room for a few minutes. Also about $.99

Make a pillow case for your secret sister with material that goes along with the camp theme. Use fabric paints to add the camp name and the year.

Bouncy Ball - "If you thought today was a ball, just wait until tomorrow!"

"I am soda-lighted to be at camp with you."

Wed., June 16th YW Activity

Hello All,
This Wed. we are doing a service project out at Messiah's Ranch which is where the girls will be having camp in a few weeks. We are leaving with the YM at 5:45 to go out to the Ranch. The girls are to wear work clothes, bring gloves if possible and closed in shoes. The ranch suffered from the rain last week. But the main job we will have is working on the cafeteria-eating area. They will call as they get close to town.
Next week we will work on the camp items that still need to be done. That was to be this week but bc of the need at the ranch we are all going there. Thanks.

Laura

Mormon Messages

My New Life

May 26 Activities

May 26

Beehives-meet in YW room for camp preparation

MM and Laurels-Sister Nixon's home, Honor Cody-it's a surprise

Lesson 23- Counseling with the Lord

Counseling with the Lord

Counsel with the Lord is to discuss things with him. We tell him the desires and feelings of our hearts and then wait for an answer. We are often so busy that we pray and rush off before there is time for an answer. Sometimes answers do not come immediately or in the way we expect them to come. Sometimes an answer comes, but we don’t accept it because it isn’t the one we want to hear.


Doctrine and Covenants 101:7–8.
 
We should pray frequently. We should be alone with our Heavenly Father at least two or three times each day: ‘… morning, mid-day, and evening,’ as the scripture indicates. (Alma 34:21.) In addition, we are told to pray always. (2 Nephi 32:9; D&C 88:126.) This means that our hearts should be full, drawn out in prayer unto our Heavenly Father continually. (Alma 34:27.)

General Young Womens Meeting Broadcast

General Young Women Meeting

Internet Broadcast

The General Young Women Meeting originated from the Conference Center on Saturday, March 27. Speakers included the Young Women general presidency and a member of the First Presidency.

He Lives: Testimonies of Jesus Christ

Lesson 14: The Blessings of the Temple

Blessings of the Temple


President Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First Presidency, said that the temple is “a symbol of strength, a haven of peace, a sanctuary of service, a school of instruction, a place of revelation, … a house of covenants” (“The Salt Lake Temple,” Ensign, Mar. 1993, p. 4). 


President Harold B. Lee said: “When you enter a holy temple, you are by that course gaining fellowship with the Saints in God’s eternal kingdom, where time is no more. In the temples of your God you are endowed not with a rich legacy of worldly treasure, but with a wealth of eternal riches that are above price” (“Enter a Holy Temple,” Improvement Era, June 1967, p. 144).

• Richard H. Winkel, “The Temple Is about Families,”  Ensign and Liahona, Nov. 2006, 9–11.
• Silvia H. Allred, “Holy Temples, Sacred Covenants,”  Ensign and Liahona, Nov. 2008, 112–14.
• Doctrine and Covenants 109, 138.
• True to the Faith (2004), 170–74.

"A teacher affects eternity; he or she never knows when their influence stops."

Thanks to all our wonderful teachers, parents, young men and young women for a successful Teacher Appreciation Night.  A special thanks to Jamie Jasperson for organizing this event and all her hard work and time put into this project.  We had a great turnout and many positive comments.

It was very touching to hear our youth tell how their teachers have influences their lives.  Please share your experiences from that evening.

Sunday Lesson 13: Patriarchal Blessings

Discussion Questions

Why would the Lord want me to have a patriarchal blessing?•
How can I better understand and participate in the fulfillment • of my blessing?
When and with whom is it appropriate for me to share my • patriarchal blessing? (see True to the Faith [2004], 113).

Additional Resources
Thomas S. Monson, “Be Thou an Example,” • Ensign and Liahona, May 2005, 112–15.
“Help can come to you from many sources. One is your patriarchal blessing. Such a blessing contains chapters from your book of eternal possibilities. Read your blessing frequently. Study it carefully. Be guided by its cautions. Live to merit its promises” (p. 114).
Julie B. Beck, “You Have a Noble Birthright,” • Ensign, May 2006, 106–8.
“About Patriarchal Blessings,” • New Era, Mar. 2004, 32–35.