Wood + Vinyl Crafts from Super Saturday

Hello Ladies!

If any of you ordered wood and vinyl craft projects for Super Saturday, but were unable to make it, please note that your projects are being stored in the Relief Society closet. You'll be able to pick them up on Sunday.

Also, if any of you need to contact Jessica for any reason, here is her phone #:

Jessica Raguskus 801-553-9779

Thanks again for coming to Super Saturday! We enjoyed your company so much and had a great time :)

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

As requested, here is the recipe for the Pumpkin Cupcakes with Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting served at Super Saturday. The recipe is courtesy of Romina Rasmussen from Les Madeleines Bakery here in Salt Lake City. Enjoy!

Romina's Pumpkin Cupcakes

2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
1 cup raisins (optional)
1 can (15 oz.) solid-packed pumpkin (about 1 3/4 cups if you're making your own puree)
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup canola oil
4 eggs

Spiced Cream Cheese Frosting

1 stick of butter, cubed and cold
8 oz. cream cheese*
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon spice mix (see below)

Spice Mix

1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon cardamom
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg

Directions:

Preheat an oven to 350ºF. Line three 12-cup muffin tins with cupcake wrappers.

To make the cupcakes, in a bowl sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom and salt.

In another, larger bowl whisk together the pumpkin, granulated sugar, brown sugar and oil. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking after each addition. Add the flour mixture in three additions, stirring with a large wooden spoon until just combined.

Fill the muffin tins about 2/3 full. Bake until the cupcakes for 20 minutes. Transfer the tins to a wire rack and let cool for ten minutes; then remove the cupcakes from the tins and let cool completely.

To make the frosting, cream the butter until fluffy, but still cold. Add the cream cheese in small chunks. When completely combined (no lumps of either butter or cream cheese), add the powdered sugar. Beat until fluffy. Add the vanilla and then 1/4 teaspoon of the spice mix before blending one last time.

* make sure you use Philadelphia Original; I've found that anything else compromises the texture and flavor.

November Activities!

Monday, November 9th: Single Sister FHE will be at the home of Diane Brewer, 2439 Wood Willow Circle at 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, November 12th: Snack n Yak will be at Tamara Davis's home, 2436 Wood Willow Circle, at 7:00 p.m. The theme this month will be Thanksgiving Family Traditions. Share your favorite recipe's and have a great time visiting with the other sisters.

Saturday, November 14th: Super Saturday will be from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the ward. Come ready for demonstrations on photography, cupcake decorating and to make the items you have signed up for. Lunch will be provided.

Tuesday, November 17th: Lunch Bunch will be at the Kyoto Japanese Restaurant, 1080 E. 1300 S. at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday, November 19th: Book Group will be at 7:00 p.m. at Alison Thomas's home, 2490 E. Fisher Lane #B. The book being reviewed is Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross.

October Activities!

Monday, October 12th: Single Sister Family Home Evening will be at 7:00 at the Knudson's home, 2980 S. 2520 E.

Wednesday, October 14: Play Group will be at Gardner Village at 10:30 am. Come and see the display of fun witches and pumpkins Gardner Village does every year. We will meet outside by Archibald"s. The address is 1100 West 7800 South.

Wednesday, October 14: Movie AND Book Group will be at Vickie Dean's house at 7:00. We will be reviewing the book The Count of Monte Cristo and watching the movie.

Thursday, October 22: Snack n Yak will be at Vickie Dean's home at 7:00. The theme this month is Halloween foods. Bring your favorite Halloween recipe.

Saturday, October 24: Neighborhood Halloween Party will be at 6:00 pm at the ward. Come dressed up with your children and have a great time!

Tuesday, October 27: Lunch Bunch will be at 11:30 at Neil's Fish 'n Chips, 4810 S. Highland Drive. This is directly west of the old Cottonwood Mall. and next to The Training Table.

September Calendar of Events!

Wednesday, September 2nd: PLAYGROUP 11:00 am Barnyard Buddies at Gardner Village

Wednesday, September 9th: MOVIE GROUP 7:20 pm The Time Travelers Wife at the Century Theatre. Watch your e-mail for details!

Thursday, September 10th: SNACK & YAK 7:00 pm at Kimberley Sorenson's (2782 S. 2475 E.) After School Snacks is the theme.

Sunday, September 13th: STAKE CONFERENCE

Thursday, September 17th: BOOK GROUP 7:00 pm at Julia Ervin's (2813 S. 2475 E.) We are discussing "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society" by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Monday, September 21st: SINGLE SISTERS FHE 7:00 pm at Vickie Dean's (2512 E. Gregson Ave.)

Thursday, September 24th: HARVEST HAPPENINGS 6:30 pm in Vickie Dean's Backyard (2512 E. Gregson Ave.) This is our quarterly enrichment activity and will include a harvest themed putluck dinner, words of wisdom from our own Gardening Guru, Bonnie Bendall, and a perennial exchange! Watch for more details and announcements!

Tuesday, September 29th: LUNCH BUNCH 11:30 am at the Jasmine Restaurant

August Calendar of Events

Monday, August 10th: Ice Cream Social 6:30 pm at the Sirstins' (2397 E Gregson Ave)

Wednesday, August 12th: Playgroup 10 am @ Gateway Fountains

Sunday, August 16th: Ward Conference

Thursday, August 20th: Book Group 7 pm @ Becky Nelsen's (2376 E 3000 S)

Sunday, August 23rd: Oquirrh Temple Dedication 9am and 3pm NO CHURCH MEETINGS

Tuesday, August 25th: Lunch Bunch 11:30 am @ Pizza Factory (3739 S 900 E)

Thursday, August 27th: Temple Group DRAPER TEMPLE 10 am or 7 pm (spouses welcome in the evening session) We need to make a reservation for our group so please sign up asap if you would like to go.

Thanks and in case you missed it.....

a few photos from our fabulous enrichment activity held in June----thanks to everyone who came and especially to those who planned and worked so hard to make it such an enjoyable night!

Silver Lake

Thank you to all the friends that came to playgroup and enjoyed the beautiful canyon weather with the sisters and their families. We had an amazing turnout with tons of kids. This is picture believe it or not is actually missing 6t kids. For anybody that ws not able to make it up there I hope you guys can take a day and just take your own families up there to enjoy the gorgeous outdoors it is a perfect place for kids and families.

July Calendar of Events!

July 8th: PLAYGROUP 10 am at Silver Lake up Big Cottonwood Canyon.

July 8th: MOVIE NIGHT 7 pm at Vickie Dean's (2512 E. Gregson Ave.)

July 9th: SNACK & YAK 7 pm at Melanie Cholodowski's (2429 E. Gregson Ave.)

July 13th: SINGLE SISTERS FHE 7 pm at Ian & April Gore's home (2340 Fisher Lane)

July 16th: BOOK GROUP 7 pm at Diane Sorensen's (2377 Lakeview Drive)

July 21st: TEMPLE GROUP 7pm at the Jordan River Temple

July 28th: LUNCH BUNCH 11:30 am Poolside Picnic! (3388 S. El Serrito Drive)

July 30th: SCRIPTURE GROUP 7 pm at JoAnn Hall's (2445 E. 2900 S.)

Book Group Reading List

In case you wanted to get a head start----all of the books the Book Group is scheduled to read for the rest of the year are now posted in the left sidebar (towards the bottom---scroll down).

Primary Activity with Dad...

Where: at the RC2 building, mostly outside
Time: 11:00-12:30pm, lunch provided
Who: Primary children AND Dads/Grandfathers

...maybe this Father's Day-inspired activity could be retitled "Mom's little Saturday Break"!

For any sisters who might check in here before tomorrow at 11am, don't forget the Primary Activity. Really. Here is Dad's chance to enjoy some quality time with the kids...fishing, camping, cooking out, playing sports, building stuff. We have lots of fun and food planned, so send off your kids and husbands and enjoy some time off!:)

Final Reminder!!!

Hello Sisters!

Just wanted to send out one last reminder of our Quarterly Activity ---When Life Hands You Lemons.....tonight!!! You will enjoy a lovely light dinner and then be enriched by a former General R. S. President---Sister Bonnie Parkin. Dinner will begin at 6:30 pm at our ward building. Hope to see you all there!

Playgroup

This is what it looks like up there and as you can see we have kids of all ages. It is kid and baby friendly.

Hello sisters!! I hope Wheeler Farm was a fun trip and some of you made it there and were able to visit and socialize together. Our next group will be on Wednesday July 8. We will be going to Silver lake up Big Cottonwood Canyon. It is by the visitor center just below the Brighton ski resort. It is a beautiful place to walk around. We will be taking a small hike/walk around the lake. We will eat lunch afterwards if you want to stay. Bring your sack lunches. I love to go up here and look forward to having this outing. I promise I will make it to this one. I should have my kids schedules all figured out by then..right?! If you have any questions you can call me ( Lindsay) or post them and I will check back.

Oh and I guess you all will want to know what time and where we will meet up there. We will meet at 10 am and at the restroom trail head area.

Movie Night

July's movie night will be at Vickie Dean's (thank heavens for Vickie!) on July 8th 7pm. Please comment on any and all movies you would like to see, because if you don't you're stuck with my choices and I've been known to have very odd tastes when it comes to films.

Thanks much, all!

PS: If you are thinking to yourself that you would love to host a movie night, please don't be shy. Let me know!!

Cancellation

We will hope for warm weather and for the following playgroup in July we will be going up to Silver Lake up Big Cottonwood.

Hello Sisters! I thought with the rain coming off and on tomorrow it would be better to re schedule and meet at the Farm next week when the weather will be better. Sorry for the trouble this causes anyone I just thought it would be best for all involved. Have a GREAT day and we will hope to see you all on Tuesday the 16 at 10 am . Wheeler Farm meet on the grass and bring a lunch if you want to picnic after. See you all soon

Lindsay

Upcoming Enrichment Night...

Scripture group

I put up a post on the Scripture Group blog last week after our meeting...I'm hoping to utilize the blog more so that we can motivate each other more with our scripture study. There's a question I asked the sisters at our last meeting, and I'm posing the same question to everyone; if you have a chance, go take a look. The link is on the side bar of this blog.

So far, we have a few sisters who have signed up as "contributors" to the Scripture Group blog(which means they can post on the blog). Anyone can comment, but if you would still like to contribute, leave a comment or send me an email and I can send you an invitation.

PLAYGROUP

Playgroup will be at Wheeler Farm on Tuesday june 9th at 10 am. We will meet there ad you can stay as long as you want. If you would like you can pack a lunch and after we see the animals we can have a little picnic. Wheele farm is always ALOT of fun and kids love it! It is FREE! Invite anyone you think would enjoy this outing!

June Calendar

June 16th(Schedule Change): Playgroup 10 am @ Wheeler Farm(6351 South 900 East) ---bring a lunch

June 11th: Cooking Group 7pm @ Chris Sirstins' ---Cooking with lemons.

June 15th: SSFHE 7pm @ Cholodowski's

June 18th: Enrichment Activity 6:30 pm Dinner and Special Guest Speaker Bonnie Parkin

June 23rd: Lunch Bunch 11:30 am @ the Olympian Restaurant (2181 S 700 E)

June 25th: Scripture Group 7pm @ JoAnn Hall's

FYI: No Book group or Temple Group this month

Welcome!

Thanks for stopping by! Hopefully this blog will soon be full of delicious recipes, inspirational ideas and spiritual upliftment. Since this is a blog that everyone in the Rosecrest 2nd Relief Society can contribute to, it should be a wonderful melting pot of thoughts and the like.

Please email Chris Sirstins (chris.sirstins@gmail.com) if you have any questions!