Food Storage Top Ten!

When we were looking for ways we could store our Food Storage,

we stumbled across:

The Top Ten Reasons

People Don't Have Their Food Storage!

By: Wendy DeWitt's

"Everything Under the Sun" Blog

We thought it was so funny we wanted to share it with you!

(Some of you have already heard this . . . but we couldn't resist!)

Hope you got a giggle out of this . . . We sure did!

Thankfully our ward is doing a GREAT JOB!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

Family Home Evening - For the Strength of Youth Mormonad: Education!

Education is the Topic for Family Home Evening Tonight!

Scripture:

"Whatever principle of intelligence we attain unto in this life,

it will rise with us in the resurrection."

D&C 180:18-19

Here's the Education Lesson:

For the Strength of Youth FHE Education Lesson PDF

Education Object Lesson

For the Strength of Youth FHE Education Object Lesson PDF

You will need:

Two balloons of equal size - One filled with helium,

The other filled with air.

Permanent Ink Marker

Scriptures

Another Food Storage Friendly Family Home Evening Treat:

Layered Cookies!

Layered Cookie Recipe:

Family Home Evening Treat - Layered Cookies PDF

Vital Records - Immunization Records

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

Hope you have a great day.

"A new commandment I give unto you,

That ye love one another;

as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

By this shall all men know that ye are my deciples,

if ye have love one to another."

John 13:34-35

We can follow Jesus Christ

by keeping all of His comandments. 

One of His greatest commandments

is to love one another.

In Matthew 22:37-39,

Jesus commands us to love God with all our heart and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves.  Who are our neighbors?"  Our neighbors are our family members, friends, and everyone else who needs our love.  In Mosiah 23:15, we learn that Alma taught his people that "every man should love his neighbor as himself, that there should be no contention among them."  Discuss ways, both big and small, that world would be different if everyone tried to follow this teaching.

When we show love for others, we are showing charity, "the pure love of Christ" (Moroni 7:47).  Jesus Christ loved us so much that He was willing to suffer for our sins and die for us. 

Read 2 Nephi 26:30; Ether 12:33-34; 1 John 3:16; John 15:13.

Just a little something to think about or to discuss during Sunday Dinner.

NOTE:

Food always makes a gospel discussion more interesting

for little one's and teens.

Here's a super-easy Valentine's Treat made from . . .

Food Storage!

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies:

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe PDF

Here's the Vital Records Section for Today: 

You will need to make a paper pocket for each family member. 

Cut the papers into 5"x6" pieces. 

Fold the paper with the back a little taller. 

 Use double sided tape to make the pocket.

 Add double sided tape to the back of the paper pocket.

Attach the pockets to the page.

2 Pockets can fit on 1 page.

Immunization Records Pages

Immunization Records Pages PDF

Happy Valentine's Day!

Food Storage Meals & Menu Planning - Lunch: Pasta Salad!

Here's What's on the Menu for Lunch:

Pasta Salad!

(FYI - Pasta is on sale at Dick's this week: $.88)

Pasta can be put into #10 cans with an oxy pack which will

increase the shelf life to 30 years.

The canner can be checked out from the

Centerville Dry Pack Cannery . . . and it's FREE!

You just need to purchase the cans, lids and oxy packs. 

Now is a great time to stock up!

Pasta Salad Recipe:

Lunch Recipe - Pasta Salad Recipe PDF

We also included a recipe for:

 Homemade Pasta and Mayonnaise!

Homemade Pasta is AMAZING!

Give these recipes a try . . . I bet you can't tell the difference

between store-bought and homemade mayonnaise!

Preserve It . . . Canning Corner - Bottled Taco Soup!

Chicken Taco Soup In Minutes!

This is so good and so easy!

Make twice as much (or more) than your family will eat,

and bottle the rest for later.

You will need:

A Pressure Canner

(This is a must . . . no exceptions!)

Ingredients:

Chicken

Black Beans

Kidney Beans

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

(I also use a bottle of my own salsa, but you don't have to.)

V8 or Tomato Juice

Stewed Tomatoes

Corn

Taco Seasoning Packet

JUST A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER:

Process Quarts for 90 minutes @ 15 psi

Process Pints for 75 minutes @ 15 psi

(Check your elevation to know how many psi you need.)

Make sure to use new lids and clean un-broken jars.

Leave 1" head-space in jars.

Fill pressure canner with 2-3 inches of water.

Add jars and then start timing when the psi is at 15.

Set the timer for your jar size.

Wait until pressure is down before opening the canner.

ENJOY!

Garnish with:

Chips

(We like Cool Ranch Doritos)

Cheese

Sour Cream

Green Onions

Here's the Recipe:

Taco Soup Recipe PDF

Family Activity - Love Bug Service!

We have a few ideas for YOU today.

The first is the LOVE BUG!

This project only takes a minute, but the effect

will be AMAZING!

Just print the PDF

Love Bug Service Packet PDF 

Cut out the Love Bug Tag(s)

(There are 3 sizes to choose from.)

I Mod Podged mine to a piece of chipboard to

give it a little more strength, but laminating works too!

Punch a hole in the top.

Add a ribbon.

And you're ready to SERVE!

The Service Bug shown above can be printed and given as

an award for the one who does the most service!
Love Bug Service Award PDF

LOVE BUG TAG

(below)

OUR SERVICE HALL OF FAME!

Just in case you want to keep track of all the

SERVICE

going on in your home.

Last but not least . . .

The "I've Been SERVED!" Page

This page can be used in two different ways.

1st:  Write the names of people who have been served in the white box.

2nd:  To make the chart reusable:

Cut bugs into squares and laminate.

Add one side of the velcro to the back of the bugs

and the other side to the white boxes.

When someone gets served . . . Add a bug!

This service project doesn't have to stop in the home,

Do service for neighbors or those in need and leave this note!

The best part of SERVICE is doing it.

Pray for opportunities to serve and they will come!

Go the Extra Mile . . . With a GREAT BIG SMILE!

Another Idea:

Gather your family together to make Valentine's for the

widows and single sisters that you know.

A special delivery on Valentine's Day can brighten

the day for those who have lost their sweethearts.

You can also do a Heart-Attack Door!

Here are some hearts:

Tons of Hearts Heart Attack PDF

When you've finished "Spreading the Love"

bundle up and take the family

SLEDDING!

Woot, Woot!

Preparedness Project - "That's What I Love About YOU!"

Valentine's Day is just around the corner,

so we thought it would be fun

to make a little something special for your family!

This has become a favorite tradition for our family.

It is truly something they will treasure!

The Project Is:

"That's What I Love About YOU!"

Note Book

 

It's a little book with a place for you to write the things you LOVE

about each of the people in your family.

The book has 50 pages and only takes a few minutes to make.

We each take a turn filling out a

LOVE NOTE

for everyone! 

The next year we add to the book.

We decided to include grandparent's this year.  I'm sure it will

mean a lot for them to hear

what grandma and grandpa love about them.

On a bad day, this is one of the first places we go . . .

it's amazing to see what a kind word can do for a broken heart!

Pictures of family members can also be added for a

more personal touch!

Here's the PDF:

"That's What I LOVE About YOU!" Book Packet PDF

You will need:

1 Wirebound Ruled Index Cards (50 Pages)

(I get mine at Smith's.)

1 Dark Brown Ink Pad

1 Chianti (Red) Ink Pad

1 Sponge Brush

Mod Podge

Printed PDF Pages

Paper Cutter

Double Sided Tape

Ribbon

Other Embellishments Can Be Added

Cut out each of the cards and book cover.

Ink all the edges.

Cut inside and back covers.

You will need 3-3"x5" pieces.

Don't forget to ink these pages as well.

Mod Podge front cover with a thin even layer of Mod Podge.

Place front cover over Mod Podge making sure to smooth

and secure all of the edges.

Do the same for the back cover and two inside cover pages.

I used double sided tape on the back of the

Love Note Pages.

Add pages to the ruled side of the index card.

Continue until each of the ruled sides of the index cards

are covered.

Photos can be added to the left side of the page if you want.

Pictures will need to be printed in a 3"x5" size.

Each person in your family will have his/her own book.

Take turns writing down what you love about

the people in your family!

Read this book to little one's often,

and remind your teens about this

"treasure" when they are having a hard day!