The Things We Learn in Young Womens!

What is quinoa anyway? We planned a cooking challenge combined activity with the Teachers this week and the rules were that you had to use the mystery ingredient quinoa. I had no experience at all with it. Malinda Wagstaff called it a super food and I got a recipe from Bethany using quinoa flour to make chocolate cookies. We got together at Jenessa's house and made the cookies and then went to Bennets for a dinner.

The Teachers surprised us and went all out on a chicken dinner with quinoa side dish - like rice. Yummy! They were all gentlemen and fed us first and sat us at the table. It is so fun to be serving in YW with my own daughters. I love all the girls. They keep me young! 

 

SHOEPALOOMA! Stinky Sneaker 2013

I have had Stinky Sneaker shirts come through the laundry for 17 years now. From Tammy on down to every one of my kids. Each year they design an awesome shirt to go with a creative theme for this huge Basketball Rivalry between U-high and CV. This year, Mike and I decided to go down to the arena and watch. It was so fun to see the school spirit and watch the crowds. Katie was in the dance and Megan and Melissa were in the student section screaming and cheering all night! SHOEPALOOMPA!

Snow Snow Snow!

I love it. So beautiful. Everytime it snows I remember the words to a song that the Chanticlairs sang in our Upper St. Clair High School Choir.

"Fall fall quiet and pretty

all all over the city

cover every country lane

a month ago it might have been rain

But oh, we have beautiful snow."

Using the Silhouette!

I was able to make a pretty tile to give to the Young Women with the new 2013 these. I like the way it turned out. Also, Melissa designed a cute Gymnastics sweatshirt - don't tell Northwest Gymnastics.... and we made it custom for her!

I made Bethany a tumbler just like mine for her birthday. I love that girl. I think I had more fun wrapping the gift than actually making it.

Mike's friend from the Marine Reserve Unit ordered some hunting shirts for his group. So we designed a logo for his crew and got them made. Such fun with this machine!

New Year's Day Skiing

We decided to go skiing with all the beautiful snow that we got. It was up early after New Year's Eve celebrating. What a pretty day. The fog was weird. It formed ice in our hair. And it was soooo hard to see but we had a great time and no one got hurt! Love the beauty of winter and the quiet of snow. My favorite part is riding the chair lift and looking out at the mountains covered in white. I'm so glad Heavenly Father decided to make snow WHITE! I love the fat face picture. My goggles and scarf made me look so funny!