Provident Living

Menu Idea: Looks like the week for salads—green salads, fruit salads, tuna salad, chicken salad. How about Broccoli Salad? Avoid cooking and stay cool!


Money Saving Tip: Shop once a week; avoid midweek “fill in” trips to the store with the temptation to buy more than you really intended.

Ward Party July 24th

Saturday - 5pm @ church Ward Heritage Dinner & Party

Optional prize contest:  Best patriotic & pioneer dressed families!

Don't forget to bring food if you signed up!

**Also - Felicia's baptism is at 4pm before - bring your kids & get them excited for their future big day!

Provident Living

Money Saving Tips:
Stock up on school and office supplies for the coming year during the Wal-Mart “back to school” sale.

Buy eggs on sale and freeze for later use when eggs are more expensive. Don’t know how? Contact Kerry Elam at kerrybru@yahoo.com for instructions.

Provident Living Mini Classes HANDOUTS

So much great stuff at the Provident Living Mini-Classes activity last Thursday!
Thanks to all the ladies that put it together!

If you have a recipe to submit to Janeen Eldredge, please get it to her by Wed July 21 (eldredges@gmail.com)


Here are the Links to the handouts:

Class 1:  Cooking w/ Grains
Class 2:  Homemade Mixes
Class 3:  72hr & Car Kits, Important Docs

Provident Living

Menu Ideas:

Tortilla Soup

1 large onion, chopped 1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes with
2 Tbsp. olive oil garlic and onion, undrained
1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies *10 ounces canned chicken, undrained
2 garlic cloves, minced ¼ cup minced fresh cilantro
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped 2 tsp. lime juice (or more to taste)
1 tsp. ground cumin Salt and pepper to taste
*4 cups chicken broth Crushed tortilla chips
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce Shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar
cheese

In a large saucepan, sauté onion in oil; add the chilies, garlic, jalapeno, and cumin. Stir in the broth, tomato sauce and tomatoes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; stir in chicken. Simmer, uncovered, for ten minutes.
Add the cilantro, lime juice, salt and pepper. Top with crushed tortilla chips and cheese.
YIELD: 7 servings.

(*With boneless, skinless chicken breasts on sale, consider cooking your own chicken and making your own broth for the soup.)
Money Saving Tips:Stock up on school and office supplies for the coming year during the Wal-Mart “back to school” sale.
Buy eggs on sale and freeze for later use when eggs are more expensive. Don’t know how? Contact Kerry

New Cannery Info

We have a new order process for the cannery so the forms have been revised. 

Links to these forms and the cannery schedule are in the right column.

 

-Effective immediately - 

Orders will be due by 6PM on the Sunday BEFORE the canning session.  We will no longer be ordering 3-months in advance.  Yeah!!!

 

Sister Teresa Black is now working again to collect orders for the August 21st Canning Day.  Contact  her or Monica Christiansen with any questions.

Provident Living Mini Classes

Relief Society Activity

Thursday July 15th

6:30pm @ Church

*Cooking w/ Grains

*Do-it-yourself Mixes

*72hr Kits/ Important Docs file/ How-to List

Bring a yummy food storage recipe - and samples if possible!! 

Let's share the GOOD ideas of how to cook with this canned stuff!!

Chase Bryan Hunt

Chase Bryan Hunt 

Born Monday morning July 5th at 2:42am

He weighed 9 lbs. 3 oz. & was 21 inches long! 

We named him after his Grandpa (Kenneth Bryan Seiter), and...ever since I was a nanny when I was 18 & fell in love with my 1st 2 year old named Chase... I have LOVED that name... so there's how he got his name...

Labor & delivery went PERFECT, the Dr. even let Justin completely deliver Chase on his own!  It was awesome!

He's a sweet baby boy-

the kids LOVE him!

We are all doing well! Happy to be a family of 6!!!!

Provident Living (July7-13th)

Money Saving Tip:
Make your own buttermilk. Here's how:
1/2 cup *buttermilk
3 cups warm water
1 cup nonfat dry milk
or
1 1/3 cup instant nonfat dry milk

(*Buttermilk: to 1 cup milk, add 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice and let stand for 5 minutes.)

Put buttermilk water and nonfat dry milk in a big, clean jar and stir or shake until powder is dissolved. Let stand at warm room temperature until it clabbers, about 10 hours in the winter or 5 hours in the summer. After it clabbers, store in the refrigerator. Save 1/2 cup to mix buttermilk next time. Buy commercial buttermilk occasionally for a fresh "start."

Baby Dalton Grissom

Dalton Leland Grissom was born on June 13, 2010.  He was 4 weeks early, because Kathy had placenta previa. The doctor thought that it was the most safe to deliver on the 13th, because they couldn't stop the contractions that had started.  He was born via a rushed c-section (not emergency because Dustin was able to be in there when he was born, but we signed the paperwork afterwards, that is how fast it happened).  He was 5 lb 14.3 oz and 19 inches long at birth.  Because he was so early, he did have some breathing issues, and went into the NICU for 5 days, only one of which he was on breathing help.  He did awesome, and didn't loose very much weight at all at the hospital.  He is doing well at home, and Dryden loves him!  We are grateful that the delivery was able to wait until my mom was in town to help out, she was coming to help out with me on bedrest.  My mom was here for 2 weeks, and then my mother in law came in for 2 weeks also, and is still here until July 10. 

I want to thank EVERYONE that helped me during the 5 weeks I was on bedrest!!!  I could not have done it without everyone's help and support.  I really did feel like I had a family away from our families with all the help we were able to get from the ward!  Thank you all!

Baby Aaron Stewart

Aaron Charles Stewart 7 lbs. 10 oz. @ 21 inches long The Story: I had experienced contractions off and on for a few weeks, but the strong contractions started that morning around 3 a.m.  I kept myself relaxed for the first couple of hours, but then woke up my husband to help me out around 5:00.  Using the relaxation techniques I'd learned in Hypnobirthing classes a couple years ago, I was able to stay relaxed at home until around 9:30, when we left for the hospital.  I was at 8 cm when we arrived there.  Things slowed down a bit once there, especially since Aaron had his arm wound tightly around his neck.  My doctor was unable to attend the birthing, so the on call doctor came, and was quite rude about my choice to have a natural birth.  However, once Aaron was born, he did realize that the reason he wasn't coming very easily was not because I was "pushing wrong," but because of Aaron's arm being up.  But, even with the challenging doctor, the labor and delivery were both very successful, and a wonderful experience.  It truly was amazing to work with my body, my husband, and my baby to bring a precious little boy into the world!   We were happy to welcome a healthy, alert baby into our family.  He has been a wonderful addition!  Now, he is just adjusting to having a very overly helpful big brother!

Provident Living (June 30-July 6)

Money Saving Tip:
Never shop when you are hungry. You buy things you don't need when you shop hungry. Plan menus, make a list, and stick to it.