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DOROTHY

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Cristi's Creations Contest... GiVe aWay!

HI Friends and Fellow Bloggers... Ever wonder where i got my darling background??? My buddy Cristi makes FREE blog backgrounds... the link below will take you to where you can get you very own free background... with super easy instructions!!

She's ALSO having a contest with free gifts... Check out her blog and enter to win free gifts!

http://www.cristiscreations.blogspot.com/

First Snow of the Season

It was/is nothing more than a little dusting, but the kids were SO excited to get out and play. So, we spent the 15 minutes getting all the snow gear out and on... so they could go have their 30 seconds of fun...

Will is still sick (just a cough and runny nose,) and in this picture you can really tell he's not feeling well. I really shouldn't have let him go out... but I knew it wouldn't last long... (about 2 minutes and he was done.) He was happy he got some fresh air...

Happy Halloween!

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Poor, Poor Justin!

He's got H1N1...

There Has Never Before Been a Greater Need to Teach Prayer

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”

-Thomas S. Monson,
“Three Goals to Guide You,” Liahona, Nov. 2007, 119–20

There Has Never Before Been a Greater Need to Teach Prayer Posted:

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”

-Thomas S. Monson,
“Three Goals to Guide You,” Liahona, Nov. 2007, 119–20

October Squares

The Farmer's Daughter:

Caitlin's:
Will's:

I'm not sure if i'm loving Will's quilt yet... we'll see.

oh, i almost forgot...

I make 1 cup of Jasmine Rice to go with the below recipe... and serve it in bowls with the lettuce and rice, sauce and chicken, cucumber too... that's optional. or you could skip chopping the lettuce and add chicken, rice and sauce in a 'lettuce wrap'...

Mmm. either way, you will not be disappointed with this simple and easy, FULL OF FLAVOR recipe!!

Enjoy!

Mmm, you've got to try this!!!

Thai Chicken Satay

2 large limes
1/2 cup rice vinegar
1/3 cup chunky peanut butter
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, minced
1 Tb fresh ginger, minced
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 Tb soy sauce
3 Tb brown sugar firmly packed
1 Tb Asian sesame oil (I used plain sesame oil)
4 chicken breasts cut into thick strips
1 small head romaine lettuce
1 cucumber, peeled and sliced

Place 8 bamboo skewers in cold water to soak until ready to use. Grate 1 tsp zest from limes and squeeze 1/4 cup juice. In a glass bowl, whisk together the lime zest and juice, vinegar, and peanut butter until smooth. Stir in cilantro, ginger, garlic, soy sauce, brown sugar, and sesame oil. Reserve about 1/2 cup of mixture in a separate bowl for use as sauce. Add the chicken to the marinade and turn to coat. Let stand at room temperature for at least 10 minutes, or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hours.

Preheat broiler. When ready to cook, remove the chicken from the marinade, discarding the marinade. Divide the strips among 8 skewers, threading the strips on lengthwise. Place the skewers on baking sheet and place under the broiler. Cook, turning once, until seared on the outside and opaque throughout, about 6 minutes total. Divide the lettuce, cucumber slices, and chicken skewers onto plates. Drizzle with some of the reserved sauce and serve, passing around additional sauce at the table

Go to The Good Apple to find this and more great tasting recipes!!
picture from thegoodapple.blogspot.com

Conference Tradition...

Years ago Justin and a few good college buddies started a fun tradition: Breakfast and an early game of golf before the Saturday morning session of General Conference. Here they are this past weekend... Trav, Trent, David and Justin!!

Quilting with Me Girlies...

What can I say... other than "I'm addicted and happy to be!!"

I LOVE to quilt... LOVE IT! and I've found some Soul Sisters to help me celebrate this new found love...

Justin's Aunts: Shauni, Pat and Kathy. Love them!

Once a month we gather for the Free Block Club! 12 classes yields 12 blocks (or this year they are doing 4 6 inch blocks per month,) and that equals one super cute quilt in one year! The most exciting part about the class is that first month you buy your square pattern, THEN if you complete it by the next class (a whole month) you get the next pattern for FREE! SO if you do your homework, you could very well make a whole quilt top for $5.50!! (That is serious LOVE, folks!)

Another exciting feature is THE theme. This years theme is Oregon Trail Stitches! They take us along this virtual trail starting in MO and ending in OR... stopping along 12 points and then we learn history AND learn a new block pattern! SUPER FUN!

First Stop along the Oregon Trail was in Kansas:

this block pattern is called the Kansas Dug-Out! (I'm making this quilt for Caitlin, using the reproduction 1930's Gracie's fabrics!!)

...And i got so excited, so i decided to also make a few more squares for my little William:

Here is the pattern and fabrics for this month, and i still need to pick out the fabrics for Will's Quilt, but I'll post pictures when I'm through.

I Heart Quilting!