Saturday Morning Cartoons #15

Have a fabulous weekend!

Scripture of the Day: JS-M 1:11

Thanks Steve!

Guess what my DH gave me yesterday?

(These pictures show a few hints.)

Looks like I will need to go buy some tissues with lotion soon.

Scripture of the Day: Romans 12:21

French Puffs

these are my kids' favorite muffins. The recipe is from the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook; i stumbled on it about 10 years ago and gave it a try. They are definitely yummy!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 C. flour
1/2 C. sugar
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/8 t. salt
1 egg, beaten
1/3 C. melted butter
1/2 C. milk

Mix together dry ingredients in a bowl. Combine wet ingredients with a whisk, then add to the dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Fill 12 muffin cups 2/3 full and then bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle the tops of the baked muffins with a mixture of cinnamon and sugar immediately after removing from the oven (the cookbook also says to brush with melted butter, but I don't). Best served warm.

Scripture of the Day: D&C 82:10

Happy Birthday Sweetie Peach

Today is Sweetie Peach's 7th birthday! Here are 7 fun things she has done for her special day:

1. Had both donuts AND muffins for breakfast (mom added scrambled eggs and banana, too).

2. Was allowed to eat a Sugar Daddy before school.

3. Opened presents before school--got a new outfit to wear!

4. Had a penguin birthday party after school with eight of her closest friends :-) and pink cupcakes to eat!

5. Played five different penguin games at her party.

6. Got seven different bottles of fingernail polish as part of gifts from her friends! We painted toenails right after dinner.

7. Had Barrows pizza for dinner (including the yummy garlic bread).

Happy Birthday! I love you!



Scripture of the Day: Alma 36:3

PS: this is my 600th post! Yahoo!

Family Home Evening Night

Last night was the night. Time again for FHE. This is about how it usually goes. Hopefully I am not disillusioning anyone, but I thought it would be a good idea to preserve for my family how a dull FHE generally goes around here. Enjoy!

It was my night to teach a lesson from conference talks given last October. I did not feel much like teaching, but since Steve is somewhat under the weather delegation was not an option.

We all gathere together in the family room. Sweetie Peach cries because there seems to be no place for her to sit. I move my briefcase off of a chair to make room for her. This seems to appease her.

Steve assigns Patch to conduct the meeting. Patch chooses "Give Said the Little Stream" as the opening song, which we sing out without accompaniment and out of tune.

Patch asks me to give the prayer and I wonder why since I am teaching the lesson (hearing too much from me in one night?), but I say it anyway.

Announcements made by Patch (note all are about him):

1. Patch has YM this Wednesday night.

2. Patch has a camp out this Friday night.

Sweetie Peach chimes in and notes Wednesday is her birthday. (She has been reminding us of this fact for a few weeks now.) Steve notes he is taking Wednesday off to help with birthday party arrangements Wednesday afternoon. This is a surprise to me. Kitty reports she has tumbling lessons on Wednesday too.

Patch turns the time over to me for the lesson. I am teaching from Elder Christofferson's talk on moral obligation. I tell the story about President Faust and his army days and then we talk about teaching morals in the home.

Sweetie Peach starts to cry again and I ask her what's wrong. She reports that Patch is picking his nose and waving it at her in a teasing manner. I ask Patch how this behavior relates to moral agency and duty. He gives me an answer that shows he was only half listening to the lesson. I challenge him to make good moral decisions for the rest of FHE. He agrees.

I read a few more quotes from the lesson and then end with the candy bar stealing story from Elder Christofferson's youth. I admit being too lazy to add a game or even a visual aid to the lesson and think I will need to repent of my laziness later.

Steve asks Patch to pick the closing song, but Patch hesitates too long. Kitty then gets assigned to pick the song. She chooses "How Firm a Foundation" and (again) we sing it terribly.

Sweetie Peach says the closing prayer.

Scripture of the Day: Mormon 2:23

Don't Forget!

Tonight is the first episode of the newly made PBS Masterpiece Theater version of Jane Austen's Emma. Read more about it here. I can't wait!

Scripture of the Day: D&C 127:4

Saturday Morning Cartoons #14

Have a Happy Saturday!

Scripture of the Day: Mal. 3:10