Progressive Dinner

What a great night we had visiting homes, eating food and enjoying one another's company! We rotated through Celeste Pearson's, Lynda Hjelm's and Dani Dooley's homes and then all met together at Christy Luellen's home. Thank you sisters for opening your homes! And thank you to the following sisters who prepared the food: Jerilynn Fischer, Molly Rogers, Kolo Houghton, Kami Wilson, Bobbie Castro and the many sisters who brought desserts.

Merry Christmas!

Beth McNaughton, Jeri Johnson, Kathy Reid, Peggy Walsh

Jackie Brown, Zo Rogers, Kathy Warczak, Jodi Hjelm

Ilene Johnson, Carol Ann Pludums

Bobbie Castro and Tessa Ross

Gloria Page and Mary McGiffen

Sheila Illig and Irene Coco with Love Barenaba in the background

Sue Johnson (background), Beth McNaughton, Kathy Reid, Jill Watson (background), Peggy Walsh, Tessa Ross (background), Tracy (background), Patty Wade, Charlene Nelson, Janice Hawkes, Sheena Staples

Mary McGiffen, Pam Lawrenson, Delilah Badger

Christmas Progressive Dinner

Thursday, December 3rd at 6:15 the Relief Society is meeting at the church to caravan through a tour of 4 sisters homes. Cars will be assigned a rotation and leave promptly at 6:30.

The first hour will be spent rotating through 3 of the homes: Celeste Pearsons, Lisa Tomlinsons, and Lynda Hjelms. Each home will be beautifully decorated for Christmas. Sisters will have about 15 minutes at each home sampling a variety of holiday appetizers, visiting with the sisters and soaking in the spirit of the holidays.

Our second hour all our Lake City Relief Society sisters will be meeting at Christy Luellens home for desserts, a short program and a holiday no-cost gift exchange. Please bring a small wrapped gift: something from around the house that you no longer want that someone else may like (a book, an ornament, a decoration, a CD, something handmade, etc.)

It's going to be SUPER!

Super Saturday is November 14th. All our craft classes are filled but that doesn't mean you can't still participate; there's still plenty to do! There are free demonstration classes running throughout the event as well as a quilting corner, a luncheon from 11-11:30, open tables for finishing up projects from home, and door prizes!

The first demonstration class begins at 9am. It is "Gifts in a Jar" by Sister Dawn Lucas of the Lakewood ward. The second class begins at 10am. It is "Cupcake Decorating" by Sister Jayme Blackner. The last class is "Pie Baking" with Sister Peggy Dooley from the Lakewood ward. It will begin right after lunch at 11:30am.

In the quilting corner we will be starting (and hopefully finishing) our last handmade quilt for the Deseret Industries Bishop's Christmas. Whether you are an old tying pro or want to learn how stop over and spend a few minutes chatting over the quilt.

We will have a delicious assortment of soup, salads and breadsticks for lunch provided by volunteer sisters in the ward. Of course we will have some yummy holiday desserts to munch on too. Lunch will be served from 11-11:30am.

Do you have unfinished projects leftover from years past? Bring those along and set up shop at one of the empty tables we'll have available just for you and sisters like you. We'd love to see what you're working on.

We look forward to seeing you on the 14th!

Quilting Bees

We've got the great opportunity to make a few quilts for the bishops storehouse this autumn. We will be gathering once a week to put together as many quilts as we can before November 29th. Join us at Sister Dooley's home:

October 20th, 10am-noon
October 27th, 7-9pm
November 3rd, 10am-noon
November 14th at Super Saturday
November 17th, 7-9pm
November 24th, 10am-noon

Bring a small snack to share. If you have never tied a quilt before, don't worry, it's very easy. If you can tie your shoe you can tie a quilt. Small children are welcome during the daytime quilting bees.

Budgeting Class

On October 15th at 7pm Sister Andrea Mathison is offering a Budgeting Basics class in her home. Whether you are a newbie to budgeting or have been around the block a time or two Andrea is sure to have information that will help you get your budget back on track. Please RSVP to Sister Mathison and she will gladly give you directions to her home if you need them.

The Mystery is Solved

The mystery has been solved thanks to all you wonderful sisters! Dani and I just want to thank all the sisters for coming out and making our Enrichment night a total success. We were so glad to see all of your faces and look forward to seeing you at future nights.

I love secrets!

Isn't it just so exciting to know a secret-------and soooo hard to keep!

Well I'm just bursting at the seams with excitement for our upcoming Enrichment Night "A Night of Mystery". I want to tell you all about it but Sis. Ross, our wonderful, amazing, funloving enrichment leader, has sworn me to secrecy. BUT I JUST CAN'T WAIT! I really wish I could tell you now.


I can tell you this much though: Sis. Kathy Warczak is in charge of a light supper for us all, we will have our first ever Give and Take table, prizes will be awarded to any of you sisters who have zucchini's to show off from our Bloomin' Good Time Enrichment, AND, as if all that wasn't enough, we will be holding our grand opening of Super Saturday Sign-ups!!!!

More info on the zucchini contest: Bring your best zucchini specimen. Whether you judge it your best because of it's perfect size or greenness bring it along. Perhaps your zucchini needs a little dressing up/decorating/carving to be at it's best, or is your zucchini at it's best in a tummy-licious recipe? Whatever it is bring your best zucchini with you for a chance to win marvelous prizes. Creativity is encouraged.
Don't know what a Give and Take table is? There will be a large table set out for you to place any gently used and unwanted household items on for other sisters to take from and you are welcome to take anything anyone else has placed there. At the end of the night anything left over will be taken to the DI truck. Don't know what to bring? Got some extra towels? Maybe some clothes you "grew" out of? How about that extra set of pots or pots of divided daylilies? Anything you want to clean out of your house and give to a sister is welcome.

Wow, All this and a MYSTERY to boot!

This is gonna be soooo awesome!

Breadmaking with Harriet McKie

Last month Sister Harriet McKie invited the sisters of the ward to her house to learn how to bake bread. They had a wonderful time mixing and kneading and shaping and baking and the bread was oh, so delicious!

If you are interested in taking Harriet's bread class please let us know, she is willing to do another class in August if there are Sisters who want to learn.

Blueberry picking

Join us at the Blueberry Park and pick till your heart's content
Tuesday, July 28th
9am-noon

Bring a lunch and your own buckets for collecting berries (a plastic milk carton with the top cut out works great. If you leave the handle intact you can hook it through a belt and pick two-handed.)

If you can't make it that day the blueberry park is open all day every day to pick for free while the berries are ripe.

July Newsletter

The July Newsletter is now available online. Be sure to check it out for a complete list of this months upcoming events, birthdays, new sisters in the ward and visiting teaching ideas. Simply click on "July Newsletter" above or copy and paste the following into your web address bar: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcdt2dk3_0dv6mxsfh

New Enrichment Leader

Hello there sisters! This is Tessa Ross and just wanted to introduce myself to you since I am the new Enrichment Leader. My husband is Cory and I have 2 little boys. Macade who is 2 1/2 and Braxton who is 4 months. I am originally from California and my husband grew up here in Issaquah. We love all outdoor things so summer is really one of our favorite times! That is just a little bit about me and i hope to get know a little bit about each one of you. I am so excited to be working with all of you and growing together as sisters!

Wish you were here!

We had such a great time at Enrichment on Thursday. Thirty four sisters came and spent two hours learning and doing and eating and visiting and having a Bloomin' good time!

We met in the Relief Society room for a quick opening exercises. We sang a song had a prayer and had a spiritual thought on Doctrine and Covenants 117:7

"Therefore, will I not make solitary places to bud and to blossom, and to bring forth in abundance? saith the Lord."

Sisters Dani Dooley, Pam Lawrenson, Deb Bennett and Heather McEwan heading into the cultural hall.

Sisters Gay Aalona and Kathy Warczak enjoy friends and the yummy treats.

Sister Ilene Johnson taught a mini class on Summertime First Aid. Sisters Carissa Poyfair and Celeste Pearson learn about sunburns, bug bites and more.

Sisters Andrea Mathison, Sheila Illig and Tessa Ross make a 5-minute craft. Ghirardelli Chocolate wraps perfect for a visiting teaching gift!

Sister Sue Johnson (second from left)was in charge of the evenings food. She made veggie pizzas, chips and dips, fruit and veggie platters, brownie bites, lemon bites and a deliciously refreshing punch with the help of several sisters including her mother-in-law Sister Jerry Johnson (far right). Sue's daughter, Dana (next to Sue) helped out in the nursery. Sister Lynda Hjelm (far left) led a delicious Summertime smoothies class.

Brother Bill Lawrenson held a mini class on Puget Sound Staycations. He had lots of great ideas. Who knew we had so much so close?!


Sister JeriLynn Fischer headed up a class on Scripture reading tips. She really knows how to make the scriptures fun!


Pam Lawrenson taught a class on container gardening


Sisters Jean Andrus and Heather McEwan. Heather taught an informative class on Hosting a great summer party

Deb Bennett led a discussion on Summer Reading lists

Thank you to all who helped at this Enrichment and to all who attended.
Be sure to mark your calendar for our next enrichment night Thursday, September 17th 6:30-8:30 pm

A busy week

The sun is shining, school is nearly out and enrichment is tomorrow night, what an exciting week! In case you still have some time to fill here are a few more fun things to keep you busy and out of trouble:

• On Friday, June 19th at 11:30 Lunch Bunch is meeting at BJ's. Anyone who wants to join is welcome.

• Next Wednesday night, June 24th, Harriet McKie is hosting a breadmaking class in her home. Harriet is a fantastic bread baker! She has been grinding her own wheat and making her own bread for a very long time. If you want to learn how or just want a taste be sure to join her on Wednesday night at 6pm.
• Playgroup in the Park is still meeting every Thursday at the Fort Steilacoom Playground. Bring a lunch and meet at 11 for some socializing for the kids and yourself.

Have a great week and see you tomorrow at Enrichment--I'm so excited!!!!

Book Club

Book club will be meeting at Jean Andrus' home Tuesday, June 16th at 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Bring your favorite book to share with the group. We will also discuss what we want to read in the future.

A Bloomin' Good Time

Mark Your Calendars for June 18th! You won't want to miss our summer enrichment {at least I don't want you to miss it}.

We'll be having an exciting assortment of mini-classes all relating to summer fun. You'll come home with ideas for fun day trips, yummy recipes, quick crafts, party hosting tips and lots more.

Though we won't have a sit down dinner there will be food (can we ever get together without it? I think not!) and goodies and of course our fellow sisters. I'm so excited, I just can't wait--see you there!

"Daughters of a King"

Our very own sister, Kim Blackner, with the help of women from across the Stake has put together a special program for us tonight. I hear it is FAN-tastic and cannot be missed. It starts at 7pm tonight at the Stake Center. See you there!

The Enrichment-go-round

Hi, I'm Dani Dooley and I'm the new Enrichment Counselor in the Lake City Ward. I'm very excited to take a turn running Enrichment Events throughout the year. I'm going to be sticking with some of the old--Book Club, play group, Lunch Bunch, Craft groups--and I'd like to include a few new tricks too. We'll get some short term classes on blogging and family history going, restart our cooking classes and get a couple institute and temple car-pools running. In addition I am currently planning for our summer garden party. The date is to be announced soon and will be an event you won't want to miss!

If ever there is a group or class that you would like to start or try out please let me know. I have an open mind and will do everything I can to help you get it going.

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