Cookie & Court of Honor Fun!

These are a quick and yummy sour cream cookie. It may sound gross, but the sour cream makes them so fluffy! Try them:

1/2 C butter
1 1/2 C brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3 C sifted flour
1 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 C sour cream

Cream butter & sugar well. Add eggs in one at a time. Add vanilla. Sift all dry ingredients together and add alternating with sour cream, to creamed mixture. Drop by teaspoons full onto greased cookie sheet (I used Non- stck foil). Bake at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes. (I did 7 to 8 minutes). Makes approx. 6 doz. So these are great cookies to make for home teaching or visiting teaching treats, because you have enough for everyone!

Frosting:
3 tablespoons butter (softened), add 1 Tblspn. milk and 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Mix well - then add 1 1/2 C powdered sugar. Mix in ( I did this all with a fork) Ice cookies. Let set so frosting can set up. ENJOY!



Scott is the second counselor in the Young Men's presidency and also the Scoutmaster. At last night's court of honor - Jake received his Plumbing merit badge - Scott was going to make some joke about a plumbers crack...but thank goodness, he didn't! He has a few more badges he's trying to complete and trying to narrow down project ideas for his Eagle! (He knows he can't drive without his eagle!) INCENTIVE!!!!

Our Halloween

We had a wonderful Halloween. The kids had a parade at school. We carved pumpkins and had our traditional tacos and then went trick or treating. Our last couple of Halloweens have been very cold, and this Halloween we didn't even need our winter coats. It was beautiful. Clear, clean, and gorgeous. We then got dumped on(snowed)the next week. We have had a nice break from soccer. With Alexa in Comp. and Brett coach her team and then the other two (Parker & Tayler) in regular leagues, it has been quite busy. I needed a break that's for sure. Recently I took the younger kids up to temple square to see Anne and Vern who serve a mission up there in the Church History Special Projects Dept. They had the "Reflections" potraits in the Joseph Smith Memorial bldg. They are amazing. If you are not familiar with Reflections, go to this website. http://mabrystudios.typepad.com/reflections_of_christ/2008/03/reflections-sli.html
you will be amazed.
The girls had fun stuffing toilet paper in Logans shirt to make him a football player. Look close you can see that he already has the face for it. I will post later because my girls are home from school. Love to all, K6

WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR?

I can't believe that it's November already. It seems like the months are flying by! The kids are all coming down from their weekend sugar high now that Halloween is over and the costumes put away for another year. It's about this time of the year I get that urge to blow right over Thanksgiving and start decorating for Christmas. Bring on the carols of sweet christmas music, let's start baking goodies that we can take to friends and nibble on, decorating the tree, wrapping presents & drinking eggnog! Okay ... I'll pass on the latter, not really into egg nog!
But really, Christmas decorations have been out in the stores for months now! That means it's time to start dragging out those boxes from the garage and asking your honey for all those "honey do's"! RIGHT???
Well, maybe not just yet! As we start to get pulled into that "commercial snare" of the Holiday's, I hope you'll take the time to slow down, relax, take a deep breath, and share with your family how we can live with a spirit of Thanksgiving and Gratefulness each day. Even Charlie, Snoopie and the gang find things to be grateful for! How hard can it be?
Not hard at all! Just a minute or two of your time to aknowledge what your grateful for.



I was blog hopping the other day and saw this quote - which I loved!

"GRATITUDE UNLOCKS THE FULLNESS OF LIFE. IT TURNS WHAT WE HAVE INTO ENOUGH, AND MORE". Melodie Beatty

In this woman's blog she also shared a list of "20 Little Attitudes of Gratitudes".

I thought this would be an exceptional way for me to start off my November of Thanks! I'll share a few from my list with you...

6. Notice when others do kind things for me, show my gratitude by action or words.


10. Verbalize what I am grateful for when I feel like complaining about life or my circumstances. Always remember that there are less fortunate.

11. Remember to thank Heavenly Father for blessings each day, especially on those day's I feel doubtful.

14. Lift the burden on someone else's shoulders to show them I care and am there for them always.

and...

20. Let my family, immediate and extended, know how grateful I am for each of them and the blessings and examples they are to me in my life.



I am so very grateful for each of you. For the plan of salvation, and knowing that we are an Eternal family. I hope you'll all take a minute and ponder your gratitude list in the upcoming weeks and that your November will be filled with warmth, love, genorsity, and kindness. I hope you'll all take this idea and turn it into a FHE. Make a "Family Gratitude List" and hang it on your fridge where the kids can see it. Have younger ones draw pictures of what they are grateful for. Share these scriptures: D&C 59:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:18, and Moshiah 26:39

I truly am grateful for each of you! And even though I won't be sitting at your table this year eating turkey with you, I am thinking of you, and I'm grateful for the knowledge that we are an Eternal family.
Love and blessings to you all,
Kendra