I am Alive!!

But just barely...lol. I have had a cold for about three weeks. As a matter of fact, we were planning on going to North Alabama this weekend to visit family but we can't because I still have the crud. I have severely neglected my blog. I suppose you can say I have been cheating on it with facebook. Now I feel guilty for not paying attention to my blog.

I have a new calling in the Semmes Ward. I am the Enrichment Leader. We recently had a meeting where we made FHE kits for the Monday before Christmas. The kit includes hot chocolate, popcorn, hersheys kisses, candy canes, a Christmas ornament, jingle bells and yarn to make necklaces, an inspiring Christmas story (I will put the story in another post if you are interested), and coloring pages for the kids. We also had peppermint bath salts that we put in snack sized bags to give to those sisters we visit teach for Christmas. We had a short lesson on the importance of FHE, even if there are no children at home. I also had a list of FHE resourses that can be found on the internet (I will list them too!). For refreshments we had popcorn with white chocolate and all sorts of yummy add ins made by Keli Allen, popcorn with white cheddar cheese, and hot chocolate. We had a lot of fun! Next month we are having a cookie exchange and Christmas ornament dirty santa.

I am also working with the ward to get orders for the cannery. For three weeks we met informally after meetings to discuss our cannery orders and to answer any questions that the members had about the cannery. I brought a different item each Sunday for the members to try so they could think outside the box on their orders. The first week we had bean dip with chips, then we had rice pudding, and the final week we had an apple crisp. I will put the recipes on another post if you are interested. Sometimes we see things from the cannery and don't really know how we can use them in ways our entire family will enjoy. By trying different things we can use our food storage as more than something we keep for twenty years and then dispose of!!

More later!!

Ann Beck