Happy happy birthday!

Rebecca Black- December 21
JoAn Perkins- December 22
Geri Smith- December 24
Carolin Larsen- December 25
Stevie Corbridge- December 26
Donna Gooddro- December 27
Mandy Boren- December 29

Recipes Recipes

These are the recipes for the yummy food that was served at the breakfast. Thank you Gigi! (If you have any questions about the recipes, you may contact her.)

Brunch Enchiladas
2 c. cooked ham, diced
1/2 c. chopped green onions
10 flour tortillas (8")
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 Tbs. flour
2 c. whole milk
6 eggs, beaten
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground mustard
Dash pepper

Combine ham and onions and place about 1/4-1/3 cup down the center of each tortilla. Top with 2 Tbs. cheese. Roll up and place seam down in a greased 9x13 pan. In a bowl, combine flour, milk, eggs and seasonings. Blend till smooth (can use a mixer or do it in a blender). Pour over tortillas. Cover with foil and refrigerate overnight or 8 hours. Remove from fridge 30 min. before baking. Bake, covered, at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10 minutes more, or until eggs are almost set. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake for 3-5 minutes or until cheese is melted. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.


Frozen Cranberry Salad
8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
20 oz. can crushed pineapple, drained
8 oz. Coolwhip

In a large bowl, beat cream cheese till smooth. Blend in cranberries and pineapple. Fold in Coolwhip. Grease or line with foil or plastic wrap your pan(s). You can use 2 small loaf pans, or a jello mold ring pan or other shape. Cover and freeze till firm. You can freeze up to one month ahead. Remove from freezer 30 minutes before serving. Turn out onto serving plate and slice the salad. Serves 12-16.

Variations: Gigi has seen cherry pie filling in place of the cranberries, and drained mandarin oranges in place of the pineapple. you could try other fruits and fillings according to your taste and imagination. Also, the recipe originally included 1 c. chopped nuts, which I leave out because many do not like nuts or are allergic. But feel free to add them back in.

Relief Society Breakfast

This morning was the Christmas Breakfast and it was a yummy success. Here is a recap of the event:
Lovely friends

Enjoyable food

Bells of music

Beautiful quilts
What more could a woman ask for?
Thank you to the sisters who put the breakfast together. Recipes coming soon.

Happy Upcoming Birthdays

Wishing you a very happy birthday!

Jessica Johnson- Today!

Sherry Kelsey- December 10

Whitney Rawle- December 17

Gigi Berrett- December 20

Amy Yokota- December 20

I wish you enough...

This was a story that Linda shared today as part of her lesson (She received this email from a friend, it is not her personal story):

"Recently I overheard a Father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure of her plane. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the Father said, 'I love you, and I wish you enough.' The daughter replied, 'Dad, our life together has been more than enough. Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Dad.'

They kissed and the daughter left. The father walked over to the window where I was seated. Standing there I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to intrude on his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking, 'Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?'

'Yes, I have,' I replied. 'Forgive me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?'

'I am old, and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality is - the next trip back will be for my funeral,' he said.

'When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, 'I wish you enough.' May I ask what that means?'

He began to smile. 'That's a wish that has been handed down from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone...' He paused a moment and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail, and he smiled even more. 'When we said, 'I wish you enough,' we were wanting the other person to have a life filled with just enough good things to sustain them.' Then turning toward me, he shared the following as if he were reciting it from memory.

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.

He then began to cry and walked away.

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, an hour to appreciate them, a day to love them; but then an entire life to forget them.

(Note: I highlighted words in yellow that I think highlight the light of Christ in all of us.)

Happy Sunday!

Thank you Linda for a wonderful lesson on this beautiful sabbath day! The spirit was strongly felt.

A note of my own:

I don't know if I am supposed to write my own thoughts, but I have felt inclined to do so, so I will and I hope it is okay.

Hyrum and myself (Courtney) spent the summer in Georgia. Zoey (my 15 month old daughter) and I came home a few weeks early to find us a place to live before I was to start school again. I looked for weeks on KSL.com at the ads for houses/apartments for rent. I came across an ad that had been posted only minutes before. It had no pictures, and the description was brief. I usually skipped the ads with no pictures, for that usually meant the place was pretty run down. Yet, this ad stuck out to me. I quickly called the woman who posted the ad and told her I was in the neighborhood and asked if I could come and look at the house. She told me she wasn't showing it yet, but agreed to let me quickly see it. The moment I pulled up to the house, I knew that it was where we were supposed to live. It all worked out and we were able to move in despite the owner getting higher offers of rent.

I have never felt so compelled to live somewhere. Being a younger couple, we have moved around... a lot. This has made my husband and I yearn to feel more apart of a ward family and be able to serve fellow ward members and the Lord. I know that I was prompted by the spirit to find this particular house, to bring us into this particular ward family. The members of this ward are something special. Every.single.one.of.you. Thank you for welcoming our family into your ward with open arms and loving hearts. I already love each of you.