Gratitude

Today we talked about Gratitude...

What is gratitude?

Why is gratitude important?

How do we show gratitude?

When we have gratitude, how do we feel and act?

These girls are amazing...I believe they truly understand what it means to  have gratitude.

The girls said, " We feel happy, kind, nice towards others...we feel the spirit"

Carra, "Gratitude stands for Great Attitude!".....WOW!

 The 10 Lepers video

We sang, "I Thank Thee, Dear Father"

The girls made their Gratitude Turkeys and watched a video from Mormon Messages

In The Spirit of Thanksgiving

They loved making sundaes...emptying the Reddi Whip can.

Pizza Making Halloween

 Today the girls made their own pizzas.

They thought this was great!

So easy and yummy.

 Every year I tell the girls to trick-or-treat at my house....but they don't,

so I made them treat bags to take home.

I have to say though, that one of the girls did come over I wasn't there and another was

going to but saw I wasn't home....darn it.

I was so excited to make the girls a Candy Corn Cheesecake Mouse cups....

but it wasn't a big hit with the girls and too much for them.

CANDY CORN CHEESECAKE MOUSE recipe

Then, of course the girls asked to paint their nails.

What happened to all 10 fingers painted one color...

these girls painted every finger a different color.

FHE: Joseph Smith and the First Vision

Today we had a Family Home Evening Lesson

"Joseph Smith and the First Vision"

I found this wonderful blog

The Golden Seven

An LDS mother shares her family "A Day at a Time", her recipes, FHE lessons and

parenting.  She shares her teenage son's fight with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Each of the girls are excited to give the FHE to their families.

It is so hard for the girls to settle down after being cooped up in school all day, 

they have so much to say and share so it can be a challenge getting them to settle down.

We talked about the importance of taking time to be reverent and quiet so that the 

spirit can testify to each of their hearts and minds the truth of all things.

I encouraged the girls to have a quiet time each day to listen and feel the spirit and 

they will learn to recognize the spirit of the Holy Ghost more in their lives.

****SPOT LIGHT****

Here Jade shares her VIP poster from school.

Dance

Flowers

Camping

Family

I loved the confetti on the corners.

Well done Jade.

Cake Decorating

When I was a little girl I took cake decorating in 4-H and then decorated all of my children's
birthday cakes, made a few wedding cakes and even worked as a cake decorater
in the Thomas Market Bakery, SO when I heard that Thomas Market would let
the girls decorate a cake I was EXCITED!!
The girls had soooo much fun, they could hardly contain themselves.

 They learned to use the air brush, use a bag of icing with tips for their borders.....

and then Cheri brought out the fun stuff sugar flowers & big confetti!!

 All of the girls designed beautifully creative cakes....we were all impressed.
They worked very hard, it wasn't easy squeezing the frosting out of the bags.
Their little hands were sore, but didn't care.

 Look at those darling, happy smiles!!!

 The gals at the bakery were so kind... thank you.

 The girls wanted to thank Mr. Dennie Thomas.

I think he truly was pleased to see these happy little girls show off their cakes.

 Aren't they ADORABLE!!!!

Friend

These girls have such a sweet spirit, I feel so blessed to be their leader and I hope

FRIEND!

With my daughter getting married this month I haven't been able to focus on my calling.

I have found the best way to get it together is just set a date, tell their mother's and 

and here they come weather I am ready or not, or I will just keep putting it off.

These girls are so good at getting me motivated and back into the swing of things.

They are so excited....

I think today didn't meet one of my girls expectations,

"I can't wait till we do something REALLY fun!"

I gave each of the girls their own FRIEND magazine. I was excited to hear that several

of them already had a subscription coming to their homes, but they were still excited to have their own.

They shared what they liked about the FRIEND.

They all said....

"The stories that teach me to be kind" 

and they each shared a story they remembered reading.

These girls truly shine with the light of Christ in their eyes.

Then, of course, they wished we could have another Spa Day.....

so we started painting their nails.
They all shared their nicknames from home; Toothless, Crash, Whitteroo, Whitt,
Muffin, Fuzzy, Trina, Hans but defiantly NOT Hannah Banana or Hannah Montana. 

GO HERE FOR YOUR OWN SUBSCRIPTION OR VIEW THE 

FRIEND MAGAZINE ONLINE

Summer Day

 Summer is hard for us to get together for our Achievement Days but we did manage one day

of just playing in the pool.....ICE COLD POOL!!!

I wanted the water to be warm and easily should have been with the hottest summer,

but the pool was leaking and was fixed at the last minute.

(livestock water troughs make the best "pools" till they loose their seal)

 The girls did their best to take a dip in the pool....

they were determined....and they did it.

I couldn't do it, it was freezing....no, ICY!

 I finally put the sprinkler under the tramp, they enjoyed that a lot better.

 They can't stay away from the pond, that isn't finished, but they love to see if the 

fish will nibble their toes.

 However, the fish can't get close enough because they pull their feet in a squeal. 

Just a good summer day with the girls.

Summer Fun At The Pool

 I promised the girls that we would go to the pool.....and we did!

One of my previous girls was able to join us, it was wonderful to have her.

What was to be an hour swim turned into 3, we were having too much fun.

Who can swim for only an hour anyway?