You Won't Want to Miss RS this Sunday!

Sister Elaine S. Dalton, General YW President & me

A few weeks ago I went to the General Relief Society Meeting at the Conference Center with my sister. We had a wonderful time. Afterwards, we went to the Dodo and there we saw the General Young Women's President Sister Elaine S. Dalton with other YW leaders after the meeting. I just had to have my picture taken with her and talk to her. She was so NICE! She wanted me to tell you, and all of the young women in our ward "I love them!" She was so cute, and kept asking me what I loved about Young Women. I feel so lucky to work with the young women in our ward! :-) She's such a great example of being classy and nice.

Rachel Allen

Primary Quarterly Activity

The Primary will be having our 4th Quarter Primary Activity on

Saturday November 14th

at 10:00 AM
We will be putting together Hygiene Kits for the Humanitarian Center

This Sunday we will be passing around sign up sheets for donations.

Here is a listing of the items we will be asking for:
60 unbreakable combs (no sharp handles)

30 tubes of toothpaste (6 - 8 oz - no pumps)

60 bars of soap (3.5 - 5.0 oz each)

60 hand towels (approx. 15" x 25" - no dish or wash cloths)

We are requesting all donations by Sunday November 8th

Thank you for your support of the Primary!

We are looking forward to a great activity for the children.

Carrie Lamprecht

Ladies Night Podcast

After the second session of conference this past month KSL radio broadcast a special Ladies Night edition of Amanda Dickson's show "A Women's View."  One of the guests on this broadcast was our own Kathy Walker.  I have been waiting for the podcast to be published so that I could share the program with the ward.  I believe that Kathy, on the other hand, has been hoping I had forgotten about it.  I have finally figured out where the podcast is but haven't figured out how to embed it into the blog so I will just give you a link to the podcast page.

http://pandora.bonnint.net/audio/general_conf.rss

You can listen to all of the sessions of general conference on this page, however if you are interested in only listening to general conference I would go here instead.  Once you are on this KSL general conference page scroll down until you come to the words "October 3, 2009 KSL Ladies Night."  Click on these words and you will be given the option to save this file to your computer.  Once the file is saved you can click on the file (if you remember where you saved it to) and listen to the broadcast.  There is a summary of conference and some commercials at the beginning but you can easily skip ahead and the program starts at about the three minute mark.  Feel free to call or email me if you need assistance!

Veggie Tales

We had some special visitors in Relief Society today.  They sang very enthusiastically to remind us to remember to eat our Vegetables!

If you like to talk to tomatoes,

If a squash can makes you smile,

If you like to waltz with potatoes

Up and down the produce aisle -

Have we got a show for you!

Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales, Veggie Tales

Broccoli, Celery, Gotta be, Veggie Tales!

Lima Beans, Collard Greens,Peachy Keen, Veggie Tales!

Cauliflower, Sweet and sour, half an hour, Veggie Tales!

There's never ever ever ever ever

Been a show like Veggie Tales!

It's time for Veggie Taa-a-aa-a-aa-a-aa-a-ales!

Saving the Pumpkins

Last Sunday Sister Margaret Baker gave a wonderful five minute message about vegetables.  One of her points that has stuck with me has been about Halloween Pumpkins.  Sister Baker encouraged the sisters to carve our pumpkins the night before Halloween or the day of and then boil or bake them the next day for future use.  The idea of not throwing away my pumpkins has been percolating in my brain all week, especially now that pumpkins are only 9 cents a pound at Dan's.  However the thought of using a vegetable after it's innards have been sitting exposed to the elements just wasn't sitting well with me (I'm a wimp).  However today I came across an article on the web about using Pumpkins that has me very excited.   Click on the link to read how this article suggests scraping out all but a one inch layer of the pulp so that you have pulp to cook and a skin to carve.  There are also instructions on freezing the pulp and roasting the seeds as well as some other yummy sounding recipes.  Enjoy!

"Remembering Isaac" - Book Review

Remembering Isaac by Ben Behunin

To begin, Ben is a good friend of our family. He is a great example of someone who works to improve the community he lives in. He is a local potter, you could have seen his work at the Farmer's Market (until this year - he retired from the market to be a soccer dad), Evergreen Framing, the Salt Lake Art Festival, and other local art shows. I was asked to share a review of his book.

It is the story of a young man (Jake) who is given the opportunity to become the local potter in a small town after the town potter (Isaac) passes away. The book teaches you who Isaac was through the people that knew him. Each chapter teaches/reminds you of the simple choices we make in life and how they affect those around us. Isaac is a man who in different ways accepted, loved, and encouraged everyone he met. Small life lessons are shared and you are touched by the thought of someone so kind. It is an uplifting, light, fun, encouraging read. You feel better having read it.

As a side note, while reading it I thought of some of my old young women - the language and story line would definitely be one youth could enjoy and learn from.

I am not the best book reviewer, so if you are interested you could get much better information on the following websites.http://www.rememberingisaac.blogspot.com/ (book website)http://www.potterboy.com/ (Ben's pottery website - you can learn more about him).

Hope you'll enjoy!

Carrie Lamprecht

(Blog poster's note: Carrie mentioned that Ben is a currently a Bishop, and regularly speaks to groups about his book, including RS meetings or book clubs. She mentioned that she would love to set it up for us if anyone is interested. - Stephanie)

Salt Lake Wilford Stake Relief Society Temple Week

November 2 through 7, 2009

We invite all to participate in a week of temple worship by:

- Increasing your understanding of the Temple.
- Working on Family History.
- Performing baptisms for the dead.
- Attending the Temple.

“Where time and circumstances permit, members
are encouraged to replace some leisure activities
with temple service. All of the ordinances which take
place in the house of the Lord become expressions of
our belief in that fundamental and basic doctrine of
the immortality of the human soul. As we redouble our
efforts and our faithfulness in going to the temple, the

Lord will bless us”

(First Presidency letter, March 11, 2003)

Ch. 43 He Was a Prophet of God: Contemporaries of J. Smith Testify of His Prophetic Mission

Eliza Roxy Snow Young, Lorenzo Hill Hatch, and Mary Alice Cannon Lambert were three of the contemporaries who testified of the prophet Joseph Smith.

Eliza R. S. Young was the second general president of the Relief Society, wrote hymns, and is buried in the Salt Lake Cemetary. She knew the prophet Joseph before crossing the plains to Utah. Of Joseph she said "In the cause of truth and righteousness--in all that would benefit his fellow man, his integrity was as firm as the pillars of Heaven. He knew that God had called him to the work, and all the powers of earth and hell combined, failed either to deter or divert him from his purpose." (played by Joann Nance)

Lorenzo Hill Hatch was a young man when he knew the Prophet Joseph. He lived in Nauvoo when he was 16, and was a builder. His original level, found in his home in Nauvoo, which has now been restored, was likely used on the Nauvoo temple. (The one Barbara Harvath brought to the lesson.) Lorenzo crossed the plains, was sent to settle Lehi, settled the 4 Corners area of the state. [He is the many great grandfather of Barbara Harvath, and the young man portraying him in the photo.]

Mary Alice Cannon Lambert emigrated to Nauvoo as a young girl from England. She first met the Prophet Joseph as she got off a river boat and landed in Nauvoo. "I knew him the instant my eyes rested upon him, and at that moment I received my testiony that he was a Prophet of God. . . . He was not pointed out to me. I knew him from all the other men, and, child that I was (I was only fourteen) I knew that I saw a Prophet of God."
Brigham Young (David Ingabretsen), the Second President of the Church: "I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet whom the Lord raised up and ordained, and to whom he gave keys and power to build up the kingdom of God on earth and sustain it. These keys are committed to this people, and we have power to continue the work that Joseph commenced."

Wilford Woodruff (Jim Gish) "President Joseph Smith Jr arose and addressed the congregation for teh term of three hours, clothed with teh power, spirit, and image of God. He unbosomed his mind and feelings in the house of his friends. He presented many things of vast importance to the minds of the elders of Israel. Oh, that they might be written upon our hearts as with an iron pen to remain forever that we might practice then in our lives [see Job 19:23-24]."

Our fabulous technical crew (holding the level that Lorenzo Hill Hatch used in Nauvoo).

Thanks Barbara and all of her participants for this wonderful readers for such a stirring presentation of the testimonies of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Halloween Poem

Here is a fun little "preschool" poem for Halloween. I thought it was cute...and perfect for this month, because the ghosts ate their vegetables! (I did not write it, though...)

Hungry Ghosts

Four little ghosts were hungry one day,
So they flew to a garden and munched away.
One ate cucumbers, one ate tomatoes,
One ate pumpkins, one ate potatoes.

Four little ghosts, green, red, orange and brown,
Flew that night all through the town.
They were so colorful, everyone cheered,
And the next thing you know, they all disappeared!

Remember to eat your veggies this month! I'm pretty sure that you won't turn colors...or disappear if you do!

Elder Nicholas Davis

Nicholas is now serving in Sheffield, England. He has 10 months left on his mission. We recently asked him how we should respond to people in the ward when they asked about him and this is what he said, "Tell them he's more tired and more happy than he's ever been before."

Nicholas told us that the high point in his mission came in his last area, Halifax, where he and his companion were able to teach an English family of seven (they rarely teach English people).

His mission president challenged all of the missionaries to find one young man (or woman) who will likely go out and serve a mission themselves. Almost all of his investigators are not originally from England. He teaches many people from all over the world. He teaches a lot of people from Africa.

Four of them were baptized, two of them were under eight years of age, and one teenager was still considering baptism. He also baptized Martin in Halifax whom he calls "my missionary replacement." This is what he says about life in Sheffield, "Life in Sheffield is very modern and busy, much more so than SLC. There are some really run-down areas (council areas). This is where we find most of our investigators.

This week has been great for finding new investigators. We found 13 new investigators on one half of one street in four hours. That street was golden." Thank you for all of your prayers and support for our Elder Davis. Nicholas truly does feel your prayers on his behalf.

He says, "Prayer is so real and powerful, and it is one of the most important connections we have with heaven. I love you and I love this work, now go and find someone for the missionaries to teach wherever you live!"

Address:

Elder Nicholas Davis

England Leeds Mission

Lister House,

Lister HillHorsforth,

LeedsEngland LS18 5AZUnited Kingdom

Alesa Davis

Happy Birthday to our Fall R.S. Birthdays

Happy Birthday to all of our September, October, and November Relief Society sisters!

This morning we gathered for our first quarterly Relief Society birthday breakfast. We had a lovely morning with fruit, muffins, quiche and juice - and WONDERFUL company!

We hope everyone had a great morning with us. And for those who couldn't make it, we missed you. We'll be planning our next birthday breakfast in a couple of months.

Watch for your invitation if your birthday is in December, January or Feburary. We hope you will let us spoil you for just one morning.

Carvination

Besides all of the regular stuff at Halloween, we have a tradition we have named "Carvination." We get together with my (Nanci's) side of our extended family and we have a party while we carve our pumpkins.

Every year we eat tortilla soup or my Mom's delicious homemade chili (sometimes both) and we snack and have a great time. One year someone brought stickers for pumpkins but instead we decided to wear them and take pictures of each other.

At the end of the carving, we put all of the pumpkins together, light them and take a picture of them. Afterwards we usually end the night by playing games together.

It's probably not a really big difference from what most people may do, but we make a huge party of ours and we named it! Carvination is great! We look forward to it every year!!

-Christensen Family

Crusty Crawlers (Halloween Treats)

The Wolf Den (8 year olds) in our Ward made these treats for Pack Meeting tonight. With just a little bit of help, Thomas was pretty much able to make these all by himself. He had a great time making them, and the boys and families had a fabulous time eating them!

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips (I used milk chocolate)

1 cup peanut butter chips

3 cups chow mein noodles

3/4 cups toffee bits (optional - but quite tasty)

18 maraschino cherries, quartered, well drained (I used red hot candies)

Place chocolate and peanut butter chips in saucepan and melt over low heat, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Using rubber spatula, add noodles, stirring gently until completely coated. Using table spoon, drop mixture into small mounds onto waxed paper. Sprinkle with toffee bits. Pressing down gently to adhere. Place cherries or red hots onto to mounds to form "eyes". Allow to cool completely. Makes about 2 dozen "crawlers". I placed the pan of crawlers in the fridge and they firmed up in about 30 minutes.

Hardy Haunts

Traditions have always been an important part of our Hardy family. Some of our favorite haunts for October:

We start off our Halloween celebration by making a trip to my brother's garden. He grows the most fantastic and humongous pumpkins. Our kids enjoy trekking through Uncle Rob's pumpkin patch to select that oh so perfect jack-o'-lantern!
For Family Home Evening, we love to go Red Butte's Garden After Dark. This is an outdoor, kid-friendly romp through Red Butte Garden at night. To celebrate Halloween they have story telling, crafts, hot cider, caramel apples, pumpkins, and fantastic light displays.

On Halloween night before we go for Tricks or Treats, I serve up a nice hot soup in pumpkin shaped bread bowls. The kids love eating the bowls! You can make them homemade (recipe can be found at theidearoom.blogspot.com) or purchase them at Great Harvest Bread. This year I'll be serving my sure to please Sweet Sweet Chili.

Happy Haunting!

Sue Hardy