The commitee. Laura, Heidi, Erin, Carmen and Brittani. Shawna and Brook couldn't make it but helped tons.
Kate won for having a diaper in her purse...I was surprised that she was the only one.
Racing to be the first to grab the bean bags
Everyone was so fast
What's in your purse?
This was a fun game
Lyndsay and Kara

Karen is so cute

you ladies are hilarious.......we love you
Jill and Cami
Looks yummy Natalie
Erin and I serving our pink and brown dessert

the weigh in...how heavy is your purse?
Amanda won for heaviest purse at 4 pounds.

Sister Harker( our Stake Relief Society President) gave a wonderful, hilarious, spiritual and inspiring talk. Thanks for coming. We love you.
Paulette is happy to be here......
Erin weighing the purses and having the ladies enter for door prizes

Our yummy soups

Thanks so much for all who helped and participated. What a fun night. I really felt that we were inspired by Sister Harker. I am so happy she was able to come. It was so fun to play the games together and I loved that we all got to chat and get to know one another better. You ladies were hilarious in the games. I loved that last game. You girls raced hard. We have a fantastic group of ladies in our ward.....that is for sure. Thanks so much ........Laura

September activites

SEPTEMBER 27 BIG QUARTERLY ENRICHMENT

Lets get " Purse" onal


when: Sept. 27
Where: Stake center in the gym
Time: 7:00
Come for a night full of fun and inspiration. We will learn about the different bags(purses) we carry at different time in our lives and how no matter where we are....we all need the gospel, Relief Society and each other. Also when we carry too much in our bags we sometimes forget to leave room for what really matters. There will be lots of games, door prizes and fun. We can't wait to see you there. Don't forget to bring your purse...or diaper bag. What ever you carry with you. This is very important. The games all have something to do with your purse.

There will be a light supper.


I hope you all had a wonderful summer. Here is what is going on in our enrichment. I can't wait to see you all at the activities.

Tennis
Where: Sept. 15
Where: Strathcona high
Time: 2:30
Bring raquet if you have one


Sept. 20 Knitty Gritty club meets at 7:00pm

Sept. 29
General Relief Society Broadcast
Time: 6:oo pm
Where: Bonnie Doon Stake Center

August activities again.........

Come learn to make a fancy dessert and have fun enjoying chocolate fondue
When: Aug. 2
time: 7:00 pm
where: BD stake center

Come play tennis
When: Aug. 18
where: Strathcona high tennis courts
time: 2:30

Knitty gritty club
Aug. 16
Kate is in charge

Don't forget park days on tuesdays. Check your enrichment calenders for park addresses.

I hope you are all having the best summer ever.

August activities

Come and learn how to make a fancy dessert.....and have fun eating yummy treats...like chocolate fondue
when: Aug. 2
Where: The stake center. We will meet in the kitchen
Time: 7:00 pm

Come play Tennis
When: August 18
where: Strathcona highschool
Bring rackets if you have them. If you don't we have one we will provide one for you

Don't forget Waffle Wed. and knitting club and the fun park days Tuesday mornings!!!

The Ronald McDonald house service project

This was loads of fun girls. I had tons of fun making fruit salad. Good job on your pineapple cutting skills Kate. You were awesome. I have to say also...Emily Jodi were the best watermelon cutters I have ever come across.I am wondering...Karen, do your fingers still smell like onion and garlic? LOL. The marinated salads looked soooo yummy. I need to get that recipe and I will post it on the site.Thanks for all your hard work. I really enjoyed this experience with you all.

Making chocolates for Fathers day

Easy Caramels

Ingredients:

• golden corn syrup 1 cup

• brown sugar 2 cups

• butter 1 cup

• sweetened, condensed milk 1 can

Directions:

Heat ingredients together in an electric frying pan on highest heat. Boil, stirring constantly until desired stiffness is reached in cold water or 250 degrees at the most. Pour into a well-greased 9 X 13 inch pan.

These chocolates were SOOOOO yummy. I know the fathers loved recieving these chocolates for Fathers Day at church. I heard sooo many of them go on and on about them. thanks to all who helped make them, and a big thanks to Cindy who taught everyone how to make them. There is nothing Cindy can not do..

Quarterly enrichment-Ronald McDonald house service project

JUNE 19 ( TUE) We are having one of our 4 big enrichment activites. Everyone should come to this.
Time: 6-8:30.
Where: Church 6-6:45 for dessert
6:45-8 at Ronald McDonald house
We are going to meet at the Ronald McDOnald house to prepare a meal for the families. It will be served to them the following day. We will spend time with the children and families after the meal is prepared. Please come and enjoy this speacial evening with us.

There will be child care provided at the Church.

June activites

Thanks for all who came and participated in our May activites. They were so fun.

June 6- Waffle Wed.
Time: 10 am
where: Paulettes
Bring: you, your kdis, waffle toppings

June 9- Habitat for Humanity
making lunch and sloppy joes. Call Jill for more info.

June 14 ( Thurs)-Ultimate Frisbee
Where: Tipton Park
Time: 7-8:30

June 16 ( Sat) Making homade chocolates with Cindy for Fathers day
Time: 1:00
where: Stake centre kitchen

June 21: Nitty gritty club
time: 7 pm
Where: Carley Flexhaugs house

June 26 ( Tues) Patio Gardening
Time: 7:15
where: Janet Meades house

Park days are still Mon-Wed and Fridays at King Edward Park at 3:30.

Having fun doing Pilates

May activities

PILATES

Come and join us at the church to have some fun doing pilates.
When: Thursday May. 10 at 7:00 pm
Where: At the church in the relief society room
Don't forget to bring a matt, towel or blanket to lay on while you do pilates

COOKING ON A BUDGET

When: Wed. May 30 pm at 7:00 pm
Where: Brittany De Jong's house
Bring a recipe to share

DON'T FORGET:
Waffle Wed.-May.2
Saturday at Cindy's-May. 12
Knitting at Kates-May. 17
Playgroup at the Park- Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri at 3:30. King Edward Park

Let us know what day will be best for you to do the park outings in the Summer and what time works best for you.

Welcome Sisters

So I am excited to be the new Enrichment leader and can't wait to get to know you all better. I hope that we can use this blog to post pictures of all the fun activites that we do and to give everyone a place to come and see what is happening in Enrichment. We don't want any of you to miss out. Everyone will also be able to share comments on each post. At the bottom of the post there will be a link, usually titled "comment" where you can click and write a comment. I hope that you guys will post comments so we can all share the fun memories together and get to know each other better. I am grateful for enrichment in my life and for the strength that comes when we come together as woman of Christ and learn and grow from each other. I love this quote,

President Kimball said this, " To be a righteous woman is a glorious thing in any age.To be a righteous woman during the winding up scenes on this earth, before the second coming of our Savior, is an espeacially noble calling. the righteous Woman's strength and influence today can be tenfold what it might be in more tranquil times . She has been placed here to help enrich, to protect, and to gaurd the home-which is society's basic and most noble institution."

I hope that we can all grow together and strengthen each other as we are striving to fuflfill our most noble callings here on Earth as Woman and Mothers.

If there is anything that you would love to do in enrichment please let us know. The comment section is a good place for you to write your ideas and anything that you would really like to do in Enrichment. We look forward to seeing your wonderful thoughts and ideas.

Love Laura Leavitt