Announcements...

1. The following families have be assigned to clean the church tonight at 6:00. Wright, Bentley, Sonda Smith, Jackson, Miner, Greenland, Bowman, Murdock.

2. Scripture Study class tomorrow (tues) 9:00 at Shalmarie Bunker's. Please join us. This is a low stress, low pressure group! We are on lesson 36 in the Old Testament Manual or Isaiah 1-6. (Don't worry all of us are intimidated by Isaiah- or if you are NOT then please enlighten the rest of us!). Hope to see you there.

3. Lisa Smith has some dishes that belong to one of you! They were brought to her with a dinner that she was taking to someone else. If you think they are yours let her know! 801-766-1726.

4. Sewing Help Needed- Wednesday, September 29th the Beehives and Mia Maids (along with moms) will be sewing their aprons for our young women's activity. We are looking for any ladies who would like to volunteer their time and sewing talents to come and help us out. If interested please contact Payslie Jackson 801-768-4898

5. As a RS we are excited about the opportunity to use our group buying power for discounts on grain and other food storage products. We will be closing the order on October 13th (night before fall school break). The products should arrive mid November. Attached you will see the large Walton Feed catalog offerings. You can expect 10% discount on everything offered. This is a great opportunity to buy grinders and Bosch mixers and accessories too--make Christmas easy for your husbands! You can refer to their website for pictures or more detailed product descriptions (Waltonfeed.com).

FYI: Most all the products offered at the LDS Family Home Storage Centers will be a better price, so we will also do a group order from the cannery later on. I will attach a link so you will be able to see what the cannery provides and the price list. Also, if you can find products you are satisfied with, such as bread flour at Costco, it will probably be a better price. Walton Feed does have name-brand, high quality products that Costco doesn't always have such as SAF yeast and Rumford baking powder. Items like 25# sugar bags seem to be better priced during local grocery store sales.

We need to reach a certain weight to get the group discount, so friends and family are also invited to order with us. Please include their orders to your own. I will send out an order form template soon. Ginger Harris

6. Remember it is General Conference this weekend!

We hope you have a great week!
Love,
The Relief Society Presidency

Announcements...

1. The following families have be assigned to clean the church tonight at 6:00. Foster, Culliard, Brink, Nielson, Chuck Smith, Samuels, Bingham, Pickens, Jim Ricks, Kinder, Winn.

2. Tuesday 9:00 Scripture Class at Shalmarie Bunkers.

3. This Thursday September 23rd is our Craft Night. Those doing the temple pictures will need to be there by 5:00. If you didn't sign up but would be willing to help someone that has multiple temples to do that would be great! We will be serving dinner at 6:00 and then other classes will follow. We will be doing hair bows and flowers, a "Green Smoothie" class, and there will be a quilt to tie. Babysitting will be provided starting at 5:00.

4. Friday is the Fathers and Sons Campout. We were asked to include directions to the campground in this email.
Blackhawk Camprground Payson Canyon
-Head South on I-15
-Take exit 250 for UT-115 toward Payson
-Continue to follow UT-198 W
-Turn left at W 700 S
-Turn right at S 100 E/E 700 S St/Parkview Dr
-Slight right at S Canyon Rd
-Continue onto S Payson Canyon Rd
-Continue onto 1200 S/S Canyon Rd
-Continue to follow S Canyon Rd
-Continue onto Nebo Loop Rd
-Turn left at Black Hawk Cg Rd
Plan about an hour to get there. We will start to serve dinner at about 6:30 p.m. Burgers, etc. for dinner and Pancakes, etc for breakfast. Missionary Fireside Devotional after dinner.


5. There will be a Food Drive this Saturday morning. Please place food in a bag on your porch Saturday morning.

6. September 25th is the Relief Society Broadcast. There will be dinner served at 4:30-till about 5:40, the broadcast begins at 6:00 at the church.

7. The lesson for Relief Society this Sunday is- TOT "The Power of the Priesthood." May 2010 pg. 6

8. Volunteers are needed for the STARS reading program at Freedom Elementary. If you have time you can give, please call Freedom Elementary 801-766-5270 and ask for Sonya Cuff or Janet Baliff. We realize this is hard with kids, so maybe you could find a friend to swap babysitting with! Thanks!

9. Those intereseted in making Hair Flowers at Relief Society Thursday, please bring money to pay for them that night. Plan on $3-$5 per flower. Those who have glue guns please bring them.

10. We will be doing a Relief Society group order to Walton Feed this fall. All orders will be due October 13th (before fall break). In comparing costs with local grocery stores who sell food storage items, it will be about a 10-12% savings to order with the group. You are welcome to have friends and family order with us, but you must combine their order to yours. Watch for more details to come.

We hope you have a great week!
Love,
The Relief Society Presidency

Announcements...

1. The following families have be assigned to clean the church tonight at 6:00. Hafen, Edwards, Willson, Gray, Blakesley, S. Smith, Walters, Robinson, William Roberts, Lisonbee.

2. Thank you for all those that turned in their money for the temple pictures. It should be a fun activity to do together!

3. September 23rd is our Craft Night. Those doing the temple pictures will need to be there by 5:00. We will be serving dinner at 6:00 and then other classes will follow. We will be doing hair bows and flowers, a "Green Smoothie" class, and there will be a quilt to tie. Babysitting will be provided starting at 5:00.

4. September 25th is the Relief Society Broadcast. There will be dinner served at 4:30-till about 5:40, the broadcast begins at 6:00 at the church.

5. For the Scripture Study Class we decided to use the Old Testament Class Member Study Guide (the one used in Gospel Doctrine Class) as the guide for our scripture study this fall. We will be meeting at Shalmarie Bunker's house in September and Alice Childs' house in October on Tuesday mornings at 9:00. The first meeting will be Tuesday, September 21st. Come prepared to discuss Lesson 35. If you don't have a copy of the study guide, you can find it online by going to lds.org, then clicking on Gospel Library > Lessons > Sunday School > Old Testament Class Member Study Guide. Any who would like to participate are welcome.

6. Adult Co-ed Volleyball
Thursday, September 16
8 PM, Stake Building

Saturday, October 23
11 AM, Stake Building

Saturday, October 30
11 AM, Stake Building

7. Sherry DuMoulin had her baby on Wednesday. They had a girl and she weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 21 inches. Mom and baby are doing great.

8. The lesson for Relief Society this Sunday is- GP #17 The Church of Christ Today.

9. One last thing- Volunteers are needed for the STARS reading program at Freedom Elementary. If you have time you can give, please call Freedom Elementary 801-766-5270 and ask for Sonya Cuff or Janet Baliff. We realize this is hard with kids, so maybe you could find a friend to swap babysitting with! Thanks!

We hope you have a great week!
Love,
The Relief Society Presidency

Announcements...

1. ****IMPORTANT**** Sisters, many of you had questions regarding the temple pictures we are making in Sept. If you would like to special order a temple you will need to contact this lady directly, keliblain@hotmail.com she is the photographer that Poppy Seed Projects uses. You would work with her directly in getting the print. The Salt lake Temple is a double
sided print. So one side will be vertical, the other landscape so you can decide that night on which way you would like to do it. The money for the Temple pictures needs to be turned in no later than Sunday, Sept, 12th. I need to take a check to the lady on Monday the 13th. If your money is not turned into Krista by Sunday your print WILL NOT be ordered. Please make a check out to the ward, mark "other" $50.00 and give it to a member of the Relief Society Presidency by SUNDAY night.

We need to clarify the ordering process for the temple pictures. If you signed up on Sunday, you are fine, you just need to get us the money by Sunday. If you weren't able to sign up on Sunday, and are interested, either reply to this email with what picture, or pictures you want, and then get your money to one of the members of the presidency by Sunday. Due to Regional Conference, there won't be an opportunity to sign up during church. Let us know if you have any other questions.

2. September 23rd is our Craft Night. Those doing the temple pictures will need to be there by 5:00. We will be serving dinner at 6:00 and then other classes will follow. We will be doing hair bows and flowers, a "Green Smoothie" class, and there will be a quilt to tie. Babysitting will be provided starting at 5:00.

3. September 25th is the Relief Society Broadcast. There will be dinner served at 4:30-till about 5:40, the broadcast begins at 6:00 at the church.

4. Adult Meeting for Stake Conference- Saturday September 11th, 7:00 at the church.

5. Sunday September 12th is Regional Conference. You may pick when to attend, either 10:00 or 1:00 at the church.

We hope you have a great week!
Love,
The Relief Society Presidency

Announcements...

1. For those of you interested in participating in a scripture study group this school year, we are going to meet at Shalmarie Bunker's house at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, September 7 to formulate a plan. Anyone who is interested may attend. No children please.

2. Join us for the
Annual Highland 21st Ward
Fun Run!

5K & 1-mile Walk/Run for all ages and abilities
Saturday, September 4th
Wimbleton Park @ 8:00am
Breakfast served afterwards to participants and non-participants alike

If you haven't pre-registered for the race, email Jenni Campbell at
jenni@infogenix.com by Friday (please include your age division) OR
please try and come a little early to register on the morning of the race.

Hope to see you there!

3. For our Relief Society Activity on September 23rd, we will be doing temple pictures along with a few other crafts and free classes. Please watch for sign ups at church. The temple pictures can be seen at http://poppyseedprojects.com/Temples.html. We will begin the temple pictures at 5:00 as they take 2 1/2 hours to complete. We will have dinner at 6:00 and the other classes will begin around 7:00.

4. We are making many changes to visiting teaching due to move ins/move outs of the ward. If you will look on your door in the next 2 days you may have new VT assignments taped to your door. Also, as it is the end of the month, remember to call and report your visitng teaching to your supervisor! Thanks!

More wisdom from Marie Ricks...

School is starting soon, and I don't know how to juggle school/homework/piano/friends/chores effectively. My kids go to a different school than the one in the neighborhood. They get up at about 6:45 a.m. to be to school by 8 a.m. and then they don't get home until about 3:30 in the afternoon. They have enough time in the morning to make their beds and clear their dishes, and then I don't want to make them do chores as soon as they get home from school because I feel like they have been working hard at school all day. I also don't want to wake them up earlier because they are small and really do need the sleep.

Also, I need help getting ready for the next morning, backpacks, shoes, clothes, lunches, show and tell, shower/bath, etc..It just seems like there is not enough time to do all of these things and prepare dinner, and eat dinner, spend time with dad... How can I balance all of these things through out the coming school year?

Let’s tackle each need separately. I agree with your chore load and scheduling for your children’s mornings. However, when are you going to have them do chores at night? What chores will they do? It is important for all children to have both morning (in this case they make their beds and clear their dishes) and evening chores. Will they do these evening chores before they can eat dinner? Or, will they help with the dinner dishes? Or, do you have other needs in the home where they can help? Just remember, everyone needs to help consistently in some small way. This is part of building a work ethic in children. (Yes, I know they will complain for almost the whole twenty years they will live in your house as children and then spend the rest of their life thanking you for having had to do chores while they were growing up.)

Now to school morning routines. You will need three elements: Make it easier to get dress, help them be independent in the kitchen, and keep their school items all in one place. I have written an article about this on my new web page. See new.houseoforder.com/2010/02/better-school-morning-routines/.

Finally, my best advice about dinner is to prepare it as much as possible before lunch. It will make all the difference in your mood and capacities as the day wears on. Many mothers who have tried this new routine have been grateful for the improvement.

Take care now, Sister M



Address your questions to HYPERLINK "mailto:marie@houseoforder.com" marie@houseoforder.com.

September Family Fun Ideas...

September is known as the harvest month. It is a time when Mother Nature gets to do her thing. Crops are harvested and leaves begin their glorious changes. September is the ninth month of the year and has 30 days.
In ancient Rome, September was the seventh month. The name September is derived from the Latin word septum which means seven.

Flower: Aster/Morning Glory Birthstone: Sapphire

1 Canada Day : The Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan were established in 1905. There are 10 Provinces in Canada: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Saskatchewan. Learn other interesting things about Canada. Gather Maple leaves and talk about Canada’s flag. Have kids draw a picture of the flag of Canada. Read or rent videos of some of the Anne of Green Gables books that took place in Canada on Prince Edward Island.

2 Hawaii Day: Hold a Luau with your family this day in honor of the discovery of Hawaii. Make flower leis out of colorful tissue paper. Dress in colorful clothing and have lots of fun. Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, was born in 1838. Captain James Cook in 1778 discovered Hawaii.

3 American architect Louis H. Sullivan was born on this day in 1839. An Architect is a person who designs buildings and supervises their construction. Have each one design and/or construct their own building out of scraps of wood, Lego’s or other material of your choice.

4 Pledge of Allegiance was first learned in school on this day in 1892. Hold a family flag ceremony and recite the pledge of allegiance.

Camera & Pictures Day: George Eastman patented his camera and the name Kodak in 1888. Sort through pictures and family albums today. Organize them and work on scrapbooks for those memories.

Newspaper Carrier Day. First "newsboy" in U.S. was hired in 1883. Make some cookies and give to your newspaper carrier today as a “thank you” for delivering your paper every day without fail.

8 International Literacy Day: Be sure to go to the library with the family and check out books for everyone to read this week. If someone in the family is having a hard time with reading skills, then play a phonics game or other reading game to help them develop the needed skills. Also have each family member learn 5 new words today.

Antonin Dvorak, a Czech composer, was born on this day in 1841. See if you can find some of his music at the library to share with the family on this day. She if you like his style of music.

9 California Day: California became the 31st state on this day in 1850. California’s nickname is “the Golden State”. Learn interesting facts about this state and share with your family. List some of the things that are unique or are your favorites about California. California has lots of beaches and lots of movie studios. Have a pretend family beach party or make a family home movie.

10 Elias Howe patented his sewing machine on this day in 1846. If you have a sewing machine, teach each your children, both boys and girls if they are at least 8 years old, about how to thread the machine, how to sew a straight line. Make a family flag or sew some quilt blocks together.

11 National Neighborhood Day : Think of some nice things to do for your neighbors. Also go on a “trash trek” around your neighborhood. Help by keeping your neighborhood free of unsightly litter.

Short story writer, 0. Henry, was born on this day in 1862. His real name is William Sydney Porter. Find some of his short stories to read to the family this evening.

13 Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss Day: Milton Hershey was born this day in 1847. Hide some kisses around the house for family members to find.

Football was first played professionally in the U. S. in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Play a family or neighborhood game of touch or flag football today. Stress the importance of not tackling because of no protective gear. Watch a football game together if there is one to watch either locally or on T.V.

14 In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner. Have family members learn about the history of this song and sing it together. Discuss the words and have all family members memorize this song.

15 English writer Agatha Christie was born on this day in 1890. Read one of her mysteries or check out a video of one of her mysteries. See if any one can solve the mystery before it’s finished. Another fun thing to do is to put on a mystery dinner.

James Fennimore Cooper was born in1789. Find what he wrote and read some of his published works.

William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States was born in 1851. Learn something about this president.

17 Citizenship Day. The U. S. Constitution was signed In 1787. Talk about what a good citizen does. (takes care of litter and public property as well as respects the property and rights of others, votes, shows respect to all people, is honest with dealings, etc.) Go on a trash trek at a park or around your block. Look for ways to praise the good citizenship behavior that you see in your children.
The constitution of the United States was signed on this day in 1787. Find out about your constitutional rights as a citizen of this country.
Moon Festival: The moon will give off its brightest light of the year this month. Read books and poems about the moon. Go for a moonlight walk.

Take paper airplanes and have flying contests today. Visit the museum in Clearfield, Utah. In 1947 the U. S. Air Force was established .

19 World Peace Day: All family members try to promote a peaceful atmosphere for the whole day. Make a poster with this quote on it: PEACE BEGINS WITH ME.

Mickey Mouse Day: Mickey Mouse made his debut in “Streamboat Willie” in 1928. It was the first animated talking movie. Rent some videos with Mickey Mouse in them. Make mouse ear hats. Eat some cheese for a snack.

21 The first day of autumn: (can also be on the 22nd depending on the calendar year ) Go for a walk today and see how many signs of fall you see. Gather leaves and make leaf rubbings or pictures out of the gathered leaves. See how many different leaves you can gather. Do you know the names of the trees that they belong to? Be sure to fix some autumn stew or soup.

This is also World Gratitude Day: Have everyone in the family make a list of the people they are grateful for and why. Each pick just one of them that they can write a thank-you note to or do something nice to show their appreciation.

22 Ice Cream Cone Day: The Ice Cream Cone was patented on this day in 1903. Be sure to have ice cream served in cones today.

23 The planet Neptune was discovered in 1846. Look through binoculars or a telescope tonight.

24 Devil's Tower established as First U. S. National Monument in 1906. This is located in Wyoming. This famous Monument is in the movie, Encounters of the Third Kind.

25 Banana Day: This is the usual time of year when they hold an International Banana Festival. Dress in yellow and be sure to eat some bananas today.

26 Johnny Appleseed Day: Johnny Appleseed was born in 1774. His real name was Jonathan Chapman. His life shows a life of service in that he planted orchards of apples all over the frontier where he lived. Be sure to serve apples in several different ways today. Do a service project as a family and be of service to someone just as Jonathan Chapman was.

Musical composer George Gershwin was born on this day in 1898. Find some of the music he composed in the library and play it on this day. Do you like it?

Other holidays celebrated this month:
Labor Day (first Monday of September): Do something fun with the family. Go to a celebration in your area if there is one or go camping. Think about the labor a family does around the home. Think of ways to work together to get family work done. Remember that family work is a good thing that builds character and values.

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kipper (Day of Atonement)

Native American Day (last Friday in September): There are 300 federally recognized Native American Indian tribes. Decide what Indian Tribe you and your family would like to learn about. Do some of the games or activities that tribe would do. Fix some of the foods they would eat.

Grandparent’s Day: 2nd Sunday of the Month-----Do something special for your grandparents. Make goodies for them and deliver it to their house if possible. Have a nice visit with them. Talk to them about some of the games they played when they were a child. If they are able, see if they will play the game with you.

National Breakfast Month: Stress the importance of breakfast. Make a nutritious breakfast and enjoy it together. Maybe each family member could fix one of their favorite things for breakfast throughout the week. Another fun thing to do is have an Earlybird Breakfast. Travel up to a canyon and fix breakfast in the early morning and be sure to watch the sun rise. Nothing tastes as good as a good hot breakfast in fresh canyon air. You could also just do this outside in your back yard.