Tips and Tricks Massage Class Videos

Several weeks ago, a few of us at Tips and Tricks were privileged to get our own massage tips class taught by the most awesome Becca Davis. Since not everyone could make it, we filmed it and have posted the videos below for your viewing pleasure. :) (See why you should come to Tips and Tricks? We all got to be "massage models!")

Infant Massage


Prenatal Massage


Headache Massage


Back Massage


Foot Massage

RS Activity: Service Skills!

We had an amazing activity this past Saturday - learning skills for better serving our husbands. We discovered some new tips for stain removal (lemon and aspirin, who knew?), learned tips for haircutting and massaging, and ate some delicious treats. Plus it's always fun to get together with our sisters to get to know each other better!

To start us off, Meggie soaked some very stained pieces of fabric in different Pinterest stain removal solutions so we could see what really works and what is just Pinterest fiction.

While we waited for the stains to disappear, Christy Christensen showed us how to cut men's hair like a pro... and Bro. Harris was a very good sport.

Becca Davis also gave us some excellent massage tips... though most of us wished our husbands were there to hear them, too. :)

Finally, we looked to see which of our stain removers had worked. Actually, most of them did!

We had a great time and are grateful to all the sisters who came. If you weren't able to make it, we'll look forward to seeing you next time!!

Activity This Week: Skills for Service

This is a reminder that will be having a Relief Society activity this Saturday at 11:30 am in the MultiPurpose Building. Since February is the month of L-O-V-E why not show our love a little extra? And who better to show our love to than to our spouses? So for this activity, we'll be taught by a couple of expert sisters in the ward how to do some "serviceable" things for our husbands. (And they're definitely useful for us too.)

We'll hear from sister Christy Christensen about some tips for cutting mens (or boys) hair. And then from sister Becca Davis we'll learn some basics about massaging. And we'll also be doing a little experiment together: we'll be testing some stain-removal techniques (a la pinterest and the internet) to see what really works for those spaghetti stains on white Sunday shirts and the like.

So with that, we hope many can come! Please bring something to take notes on (if you want) and a friend! Ask your neighbor or the sisters you visit teach. We're really looking forward to this activity and hope you can make it!

(Oh and we'll be having some "man-approved" treats too. But instead of giving these to our husbands, we'll just eat them ourselves :)

Pursuing Excellence

Hey ladies! We have something exciting coming up this week! This Thursday will be our next activity, entitled "Pursuing Excellence: Making and Keeping Personal Goals." It will be held at 7 p.m. in the Multipurpose Building here in Wymount.

I'm excited to learn better methods for keeping my own goals... I may have already blown it on a New Year's resolution or two! :)

Please come, and invite other sisters in the ward to attend too, especially those who are new! This will be a great way for us to get to know each other better and become stronger as a Relief Society.

Again, here are the activity details:

Jan. 17th (This Thursday)

7:00 p.m.

Wymount Multipurpose Building

RS Activity: Cookie Swap!

We had a great time at tonight’s activity, a Relief Society cookie swap. There were LOTS of yummy cookies to try and each of us left with a plateful of Christmas treats. It was certainly a nice break from finals and other wintertime stresses!

We also got to make cute Christmas cards and chat with each other. What a perfect evening!

If you weren’t able to make it tonight, we hope you’ll be able to next time!

Women Who Know

 

We had a wonderful Sister’s Conference! Our theme was based on the talk “Mothers Who Know” by Julie B. Beck but we applied it to us as our role as women. Thanks to all who participated and shared their knowledge and testimonies!

Finance – Kristi G

• Work Together as a couple – don’t just have the spouse that is really good at finances do it all. It is important that both of you know what is going on.
• Get Organized – use mint.com, funcheaporfree.com

Temple – McKenna R

• True love is when Eternity isn’t long enough.
• Indexing is a wonderful work that enables people to more easily find their ancestors for temple work. It’s fun and easy!
• The blessings of the temple are eternal.

Do Less – Morgan H

• Permit less that draws you away from eternal things.
• You may be so distracted that you are sinning because you aren’t doing the things you should be.
• Live on less so that you can spend more time with family.
• What do you gain if you have the world but lose your soul?

Scriptures – Jessica R

• Raising Up a Family to the Lord – Gene R. Cook
• Scriptures create heroes for young children.
• Show your children how important the scriptures are by how you study them.
• Our Stake President has encouraged us to study 5-15 minutes in the morning to get the armor of God for our day.

Not Judging – Allison W

• Don’t judge others because their sins are different than yours.
• You don’t know what is going on in other people’s lives.
• If attitudes, deeds, and spiritual inclinations were reflected in physical features, would the countenance of the woman who complained be as lovely as that of the woman she criticized? – Thomas S. Monson “Charity Never Faileth”
• Stop judging ourselves and comparing ourselves to others
• Our families need us, not someone else, so stop wishing you were more like someone else.
• Another beautiful woman doesn’t mean there is less beauty for you.

Time Management – Meggie H

• Steven R. Covey’s Management Matrix

Prayer – Cami R

• Communication is the most important in every relationship including our relationship with Heavenly Father.
• Be specific in your prayers

Pinata Making – Yessenia O

• Instructions: http://provo8reliefsociety.blogspot.com/2012/11/diy-pinata.html

Laugh – Ellen L

• Humor can improve our perspective
• We can’t change what we look at but we can change what we see.
• Humor can strengthen relationships
• Humor can help us cope
• Don’t use hurtful humor
• Don’t say “just kidding” – that means you are using hurtful humor
• Use humor to build and uplift
• You can develop a sense of humor – keep a journal of funny experiences or jokes you hear.

DIY Pinata

 

Things you will need

• punch balloons or regular balloons

• scissors

• tissue paper

• masking tape

• newspaper

• flour

• water

• a pot (to boil the water)

• candies

Instructions

Depending on the size you wish to make your piñata, the amount of water and flour you use will vary. I used 3 cups of water and 1 ½ cups of flour for my 9 inch and about 22 cm balloon. The mixture turns into a paste that will help adhere the newspaper to the balloon.

1. Boil water and flour. Make sure to stir constantly with a whisk to avoid flour lumps.

2. Blow up your balloon to the desired size.

3. Lay your newspaper on a flat surface and apply your cooled paste with a spatula to the entire surface of the newspaper.

4. Apply the newspaper to your balloon making sure there are no air bubbles.

5. After applying the amount of layers you want, let it dry over night. If you want your piñata to be strong, the more layers you apply the better. This also means it will take longer to dry and you might want to apply more layers after your first layers have dried. Make sure you allow enough time for drying. You might want to start your piñata many days before the event.

6.You will need many pieces of tissue paper. Fold your tissue paper in an accordion style and cut both sides where it folds. Then start cutting fringes on one side.

7. Wrap masking tape around your piñata from the top all the way around the bottom until you meet at the top again. Then do it again one more time but this time on the side that does not have tape. (if you are looking down at the piñata from the top, it should look like an X) With the excess tape on the top make a loop, this is where you will hang it from.

8. Apply some of the same paste you made earlier to the bottom of your piñata.

9. Starting from the bottom and moving up, apply the fringes.

10. Cut a slit at the top of your piñata (under the fringes) big enough that candy will be able to fit through. The fringes will cover the whole.

This is just an example of the basic steps to making a piñata. If you want to add more dimension like cones or putting together a cartoon character, you need to apply the extra parts to your piñata before step 8. Cones, arms, legs, etc. can me made out of poster board or even cereal box carton. Use different size balloons to make a torso and a head. Look at other piñatas to get ideas, the possibilities are endless!

Felt Tree Activity

We wanted to make sure and remind you all about the "CHRISTMAS FELT TREE ACTIVITY" that will be held tomorrow (Thursday). We will be providing the felt squares and green material. If you have scissors or a hot glue gun, please feel free to bring them.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: Multipurpose Building ( If plans change that we have to move it to the church, then we will notify you)

Holiday Recipe Swap

This Thursday at 7 in the Relief Society Room we will be having a Holiday Recipe/Tradition Swap. We did this last year and it was so much fun! We had caramels, divinity, cheese dips, and a bunch of other yummy foods that people love to have during the holidays. If you could make your favorite holiday food and bring the recipe we would all love to try it! The whole family is invited.
To get you even more excited, I’ll share what I’m planning on bringing – Monkey bread and a Holly Wreath. My family always had Monkey bread on Christmas morning and we would make these Holly Wreaths (like rice krispy treats but better) and deliver them secretly in the night to our friends and people in the ward every year. One year I decided to wear a scruchie made out of a bunch of bells on our delivery night. Everything went fine until it was my turn to drop off a wreath, ring the door bell and run. As soon as I started running, the bells started jingling like crazy. (Not so good for our covert operation.) My partner in crime had to hold my ponytail as we ran so that the bells wouldn’t ring and we wouldn’t be caught.

I look forward to trying all your holiday tradition foods and hearing about your traditions! See you on Thursday!
Mary H

December Activity

 

We will be having a Relief Society activity on December 1st at 7. We are going to make these super cute felt Christmas trees. The tree will be great for children, future children or a present for another family. We need an accurate count of who wants one so that we can get the right amount of materials. Please email the RS email or comment on this post if you are able to come and make one.

Soup-er Thursday

We had a great time at the first Soup group meeting. We had Lasagna Soup and Baked Potato Soup. There were many requests for the recipes so here they are:

Lasagna Soup Mary H
Ingredients:
1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon thyme
1 tablespoon firmly packed brown sugar
1 (32-ounce) box chicken broth
2 (14.5-ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups egg noodles
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
In a large pan, combine ground chuck, onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat for 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until beef is browned and crumbles. Drain well. Stir in thyme, brown sugar, broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Italian seasoning, and salt into cooked meat mixture. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes. Add noodles, and simmer until noodles are tender.
Optional: Preheat broiler. Ladle soup into 8 to 10 ovenproof bowls. Evenly sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Broil soups, 6-inches from heat, 3 to 4 minutes, until cheese is browned and bubbly.

Baked Potato Soup Shannon L
1 Small Onion Diced
5-6 Strips of Bacon, Cooked and Crumbled
1/2 Cup Flour
5 1/2 Cups Chicken Broth
1 Teaspoon Parsley
Salt and Pepper to taste
5 Small/Medium Potatoes, Peeled and Cubed
2 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
1 Cup Sour Cream
4oz. (1/2 of a bag) Shredded Cheddar Cheese
In stock pot, dice Onions and sautee in some butter (or in left over bacon grease). When onions are soft/transparent, add Flour, Bacon, and Broth. Stir with whisk consistently and bring to a boil. Continue stirring mixture until it is thick and bubbly. Add Parsley, Salt, Pepper, Potatoes and Heavy Whipping Cream. Boil for 20 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender, stirring FREQUENTLY! (The potatoes tend to stick to the bottom of your pan if you don't!). When potatoes are tender turn heat off and stir in Sour Cream and Cheddar Cheese!
*This meal is GREAT left over and only takes ONE pot! I love it. Also, if you are a little short on Heavy Whipping Cream you can use some milk in it's place, which will make your soup a little thinner!

Our next Soup Group meeting will be this Thursday the 27th at 11 am. The place and soups will be announced later. 

Ward Ornament Activity

This Christmas our ward is excited to donate a tree to the Festival of Trees in honor of Celeste. Celeste is an adorable 4 year old in our ward who has had multiple heart surgeries. The tree theme is The Heart of a Princess and will be featuring a lot of pinks, purples and princessy stuff. This Thursday at 6:30-8pm at the church (either the RS room or gym) we will be making all the ornaments for the tree and would love for everyone (including children) to help. Yummy refreshments will be provided. We also have other things that need to be made for the tree (tutu, bookcase, and dress up box) so if you want to help with those contact a member of the presidency to get more information.