From Wheat to Bread

Our Enrichment Night "Wheat to Bread" was full of interesting facts, hands on activities, demonstrations and uplifting stories. I really appreciate all who helped with this educational forum about wheat. Rebecca brought her grinder and we were able to see how it works and what the process is in making bread from the grain to the loaf. Jane gave a great demo on the usage of the canner. Gina spoke of different placement ideas for food storage and the over arching thought was the appreciation for the food storage as opposed to the difficulty of finding storage for it. Marilyn brought non-glutten products for us to sample and told how she works her diet around wheat products and other nutrious options. I am so grateful for everyone who contributed to the night.

Bread

Enrichment is this Thursday at 7:00 and I'm so excited, because of all the sisters who are going to help make it a great night. I laughed my fool head off when I was issued this calling. Me, Enrichment Leader? Seriously? I'm not crafty, I don't like cooking anymore and I'm hugely busy. Well, the thing is, I don't do this calling by myself. I do it with a group of women, who are ROCKIN'! They have such great ideas and solutions that makes our Enrichment nights awesome. Our theme for the year is, Be Prepared and Thursday's meeting is on Being Prepared with food storage. What's so cool is so many people are going to help. It's going to be an interactive type night. Gina is going to talk about where to store your food storage, Jane is going to do a demo with the canner and people can try it if they want, Rebecca is going to show how to grind wheat and make bread, Marilyn can't eat wheat, so she's going to bring gluten free options, Marie is going to bring boiled wheat, so we can try it. Does that sound dull? Don't think that! They all have good tidbits to share and it should be a fun evening, especially when we get to eat Sarah, Linda, Bev and Rebecca's home made bread and rolls while sampling Rebecca, Marianna and Camie's home made jams! Yum! Can't wait!

Christmas Enrichment

Our Christmas Enrichment took place at the Maxwell's home, which was beautifully decorated with pine garlands and accented with red poinsettias, a perfect backdrop for the homey attmosphere I wanted to create for our special evening. We asked the sisters to bring a favorite dessert and there were too many to choose from! Renita started the program with a Native American Christmas song sung a Cappella. Her voice was just beautiful. We followed that with carols sung with chimes, led by Ina & Marilyn. I was able to introduce next year's Enrichment calendar and hand out bookmarks that Marianna designed, which lists all of the Enrichment dates and topics. A fun surprise was to see Angie at the meeting as she no longer lives in the area. I am really grateful for the sisters who serve on the committee. I know I would not be able to do any of this without them.

Glass Block Nativity

How many times have you gone to an Enrichment craft night and walked away with an unfinished craft? I hate the guilt associated with that unfinished craft. You know, the one that sits on your counter waiting for you to finish it. Then it moves to your hall closet after you get tired of your husband asking you when you're going to finish it. Then, two years later, you finally throw it away. So you can probably appreciate my definition of a great Enrichment craft, which is a craft that can be finished in five or less steps.
Tonight's glass block Nativity craft met that criteria:

Directions to make a glass block Nativity
1. Wipe off block
2. Rub back of transfer
3. Rub transfer onto block
4. Peel transfer off
5. Tie ribbon around block

I found battery operated tea lights at Costco last week and I'll put the light behind the blocks. So pretty!