Sunday Activity: Faith

Instructions

 

To make a book to remind you that the word of God is like a seed, mount page 15 on heavy paper. Cut out the four large panels, and punch or cut holes where indicated. Arrange the pages so that the seed is planted and grows into a tree. Fasten the pages together with yarn or string.

To watch the seed grow, cut out the long panels and the heart box. Cut along the broken lines in the heart. Form one long strip by gluing the long panels together where indicated. Thread the strip up through the bottom slit in the heart and down through the top slit. Pull the strip through the heart, and watch the seed grow.


 Sydney S. Reynolds, “Sharing Time: Faith in Jesus Christ,” Friend, Jan. 1999, 14

Five For Friday

Our "Faith" Sunflower cookies (see Monday Musings and Tuesday Treats of this week)

Braden made himself a "Reading Corner' in the coat closet

Homecoming!

Mikaela went to Homecoming last Saturday...we weren't able to get pictures of her date as it was Stake Conference and I had to speak (yikes!) so we took them before we had to go.

 

Tuesday Treats: Sunflower Cookies

Supplies for Sunflower Cookies:

• small, flat cookies – we used this recipe for cake mix cookies with a yellow cake mix.
• candy corn
• chocolate chips
• frosting – yellow or white is best
• knife or spatula

1. Make your favorite batch of cookies, any good batch will do.
2. Frost your cookies with icing.
3. Add candy corn candies pointing outward, creating petals of the sunflowers.
4. Now place chocolate chips all over the center for the sunflower seeds.



(from babycenter.com)
 

September Virtue: Faith

Opening Song:  Faith Primary SongBook pg. 96

Discussion:  Talk about how little a sunflower seed is and then we talked about how BIG our sunflowers are and how it started with just a little seed

Read True To the Faith-the Faith section

Discussion:  What and how to increase faith.

Made "Sunflower Cookies"

(See Tuesday Treats)

Five for Friday...and then some

Thai food with the Crapos

Yum!

The Crapos

Yah!

Our Fun Sunflowers

The Zoo

Braden pushing Mrs. Slade up the hills at the Zoo

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Braden and Jaycie gave Marc and I breakfast in bed one moring when we were sick. 

Jaycie said she prayed the night before that Marc and I wouldn't wake up so she could bring us breakfast

Seeing the Johson's at the zoo

Alyssa's volleyball game

Lego Sunglasses..we r cool

1.   The Zoo

2.  Breakfast in Bed

3.  Random funness

4.  Sunflowers

5.  Thai food with the Crapos

6. Alyssa's volleyball

Tuesday Treats: Applesauce in the Crockpot

I love the Fall.  I know it's still 90 something degree outside and it's August, but it's mostly fall. The kids are in School, and September is just around the corner. 

 

Fall to me is comfort food time.  Here's one of them:

 

10 lg. cooking apples, peeled, cored & sliced or cut in chunks
1/2 c. water
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 to 1 c. sugar

Put all ingredients into crockpot. Should be about 3/4 full. Cover and cook on low 8 to 10 hours (high 3 to 4 hours).

 

(by Cooks.com)

 

 

(picture from blogs.babble.com)

Monday Musings: Broken

I was reading an article in the The New Era the other day about the new Strength of Youth pamphlet.  It was an interview with Brother Beck and Sister Dalton.  At the conclusion of the interview, Sister Dalton expressed that she wanted the youth to know that repentance isn't a bad thing,  it's a blessing. 

I loved that.  Repentance is a blessing through the atonement of Jesus Christ. 

The Lord loves broken things.  I'm stealing that line from a song by Kenneth Cope.  He loves when we come to Him broken from life, or when we simply come to Him each Sunday with a "broken heart".    He wants to heal us.  He wants to sanctify us and redeem us and make us whole and better than we can ever be on our own.

"My weakness in mercy he covers with power"   (The Lord is My Light)

Here's the song by Kenneth Cope:  Broken