Updates for you to have!

This Thursday April 16th we will be having our "Craft Enrichment Activity".
We will be making wooden frame jewelry holders. The only items you will need to bring for this activity are a wooden frame and paint. If you would like to save a little time you can paint your frame before you come to the activity.

If you really enjoyed the pictionary activity we had in March you are going to love our next Girls Night Out coming up on the 28th of this month. We have all heard of speed dating, well, we are changing things up a little bit and we will be doing the all new SPEED GAMING. We will be having an ice cream sundae bar as dessert so bring either your favorite ice cream or topping. Hope to see you all there! :)

For all you Moms of Seminary Students there will be a seminary meeting on April 18th at 4:30 with a dance to follow at 6:00. Please encourage your youth to attend these events.

We have the great opportunity of hearing from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on June 27th. If you are interested in tickets feel free to contact Sister Terry and she can get you all set up. You can also order tickets online.

Please remember to do your Visiting Teaching. Today is only the 12th meaning that there are still plenty of days for you to reach 100%. Upon completion of visiting teaching please contact Sister Condren so we can get it recorded.

We hope to see you all out at our activities and that you are able to enjoy them. If you have any enrichment activities that you would really like to see happen or would enjoy doing please let a member of the presidency know. We want all of our sisters to enjoy the entire Relief Society experience. It is through this special organization we are all united in such a wonderful sisterhood.

Recipes from Healthy Pasta Evening

Pasta Salad
1 box of Healthy Harvest 7 Grain Pasta
2 Medium Tomatoes chopped in large chuncks
1/2 lb. Snow Peas - chopped in chuncks
1 Cucumber - Quartered and Sliced
1 Bell Pepper - chopped in chuncks
1/2 Cup chopped Cilantro
1 tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. Garlic Powder
1/2-3/4 Cup Lite Italian dressing to taste
1 Cup Matchstick Carrots
1 Med. Red Onion


Easy Pesto Linguine with Crab
Ingredients:
1 Box (13.25) Ronzoni Healthy Harvest Whole Grain Linguine
2 Pkg. (.5 oz each) McCormick Pesto Sauce Mix
1 Can (6 oz) Chicken of the Sea Fancy Crab
1/2 Cup grated Parmesan Cheese
6 Tbsp. Olive Oil
2 Cups water
Directions:
In large pot cook pasta to package directions. In small sauce pan add olive oil, water, both packages of pesto sauce, and bring mixture to boil, then simmer, until pasta is finished. Drain pasta add to pesto mixture, stir well. Pile pasta onto platter, crumble crab over pasta, top with cheese.

Healthy Pasta...

...Who knew there was such a thing as healthy PASTA? This evening April 7, 2009 sisters will be getting together to share their healthy pasta creations with each other.

Feel free to bring your pasta dish and a copy of the recipe that you can pass out. Hopefully you will go home with your own little pasta cook book!

Famous Dip Recipe

At GNO on Tuesday Sister Burnham made a dip that everyone fell in love with. Here is the Recipe:
3 Avocados
3 Roma Tomatoes
1/3 Purple Onion
Hand Full of Chopped Fresh Cilantro
1 Can Rotel (Drained)
1/2 or 1/3 Mayo
Garlic and Salt to Taste

The rest of the evening went well with lots of fun and laughter. We all learned that Laura should no longer pick words/phrases for Pictionary. I hope you all had a great time!! :)

What All is Going On?

Welcome once again to the all amazing Charity Chatter where the sisters of Fort Smith are able to stay in touch!

Here is a little glimpse of all the things we have coming up so you can mark your calendar and be sure to attend because we would love to see you there.

March 24th we will hold GNO aka Girls Night Out
Location: Doris Mabray
8804 Skypark Drive
Fort Smith, AR 72903
Time: 6:30 p.m.

April 2nd at 6:30 we will be holding an enrichment sewing group

April 7th at 6:30 the enrichment group will be "Cooking Healthy with Pasta". We will be passing around a sign up sheet for this activity so we can have an idea of how many will be there and what dishes they will be bringing. By "Healthy Pasta" we are not looking for the traditional spaghetti, lasagna, or pasta with marinara, be adventurous and we can all swap recipes.

April 16th at 6:30 we will learn how to make some really cute jewelry holders so you can quit loosing those earrings and your necklaces won't get all tied in a knot.

This gets us half-way through April and I am sure we will have more updates along the way but just to get your brain a little jump-start on the planning we wanted to put it out there for you.

FYI:Because so many find it difficult to find time to throw in some sort of exercise in their schedule we will begin a walking group starting the 2nd Wednesday in April, that date is the 8th. We will begin at 7:15p.m. and plan on an hour or until we all call it quits.

Just a reminder:
*Ward temple trip March 28
*Mother/Daughter YW Broadcast March 29
*Women's Conference with Sister Sheri Dew May 29

Tonight

This evening, March 10th at 6:30, we will have our Relief Society Birthday Dinner and Celebration. We will also honor the sisters who have been working on the Relief Society University. Please contact Susan Holder with the degree that you earned and the total number of goals you achieved. Even if you have not earned a degree please let her know the number of goals you have completed. She needs to know before Tuesday. Who will be the Valedictorian and Salutatorian? Come Tuesday evening to find out!



There will be a nursery.



If you have questions please call Julie Emms.

Keep Sister Hackworth in your prayers

This is the note that she sent to me........

My mother in law just called a little while ago and said my fil is back in the hospital. He's not breathing again and they think he's had a heart attack. Could you please ask the sisters to pray for him this week??? I'd really appreciate it!! We are headed to Little Rock in a few minutes and will hopefully be back sometime tomorrow. Thanks!!

Kim

Stake RS Temple Trip

This Friday is the Stake RS Temple trip. We have a few Fort Smith sisters who would like to go but need rides. If you can go and/or drive please contact Susan Holder, 452-0600.

Relief Society Announcements

We need volunteers to help make sack lunches to feed the homeless. We meet at 1pm each Monday at 6^th and "B". If you have any questions please contact Susan Holder, 452-0600.

This Tuesday evening, March 10^th at 6:30, we will have our Relief Society Birthday Dinner and Celebration. We will also honor the sisters who have been working on the Relief Society University. Please contact Susan Holder with the degree that you earned and the total number of goals you achieved. Even if you have not earned a degree please let her know the number of goals you have completed. She needs to know before Tuesday. Who will be the Valedictorian and Salutatorian? Come Tuesday evening to find out!

We are looking for VT experiences. If you have a story of how you have been blessed by visiting teaching please send it to Susan Holder. You can email it at

rikisue@swbell.net

We are needing favorite family recipes for our RS newsletter. You can email them to Susan Holder.

We have started a new month. It is never too early to start your Visiting Teaching. When you have completed it please turn your report in to Sister Condren.

Tickets Available

Sister Elizabeth Johnson has 4 free tickets available to see The Pajama Game in Tulsa on Saturday. If you're interested please call her at: 461-1551. First come first serve! (: