Start your engines

Ladies, start your engines.......

Get ready for the Annual MVW Relief Society Progressive Dinner

Thursday, Nov. 11

6pm

Starts at Sis. Sylvia Ham... (call Sis. Jones 3-2481 for directions)

I know it's early this year, but we wanted to do it before the holidays start.

It's always a fun time, we hope to see you all there.

MVW Relief Society Meeting
Thursday, October 28th
6pm in Priesthood room
We have asked several families to live off their food storage.

How well do you think they will do?
Come and see.
Also we have some great
ideas for food storage.
We have gifts too...you’ll have to come to get yours.
See you there.

Christmas in September 2010

A little more information on Saturday, September 25th:

We ask that the sisters have their projects finished up between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. Dinner will be served at 4:00 p.m. The broadcast will begin at 5:00 p.m. Please remember that you will need to either bring Sunday clothes to change into before the broadcast or that they will need to go home to change since the broadcast is in the chapel. As in years past, the stake will NOT be providing babysitting.

(UPDATED - crafts are closed) All money for your projects are due Sunday, August 29th.

fill out an envelope and give it to one of your ward's Relief Society Presidency and we'll make sure it gets to the right person.

We will be doing these projects Saturday, September 25th at the Stake Center. There will be a dinner served and please be in your Sunday dress for the General Relief Society Meeting Broadcast in the Stake Center that night.

Helping Hands soap dispenser $1.50-Milligan Valley ward

Child's Temple Block with handle $2.75 (you will need to bring your own scrapbook paper)-Milligan valley ward

Christmas Glass Block $10.00-Eagar 4th Ward

Greeting Cards $10.00 per pack of 6- Eagar 4th Ward

Line Of Authority $4.00 without frame and $8.00 with frame- Amity Ward

Fabric Necklace $1.00- Eagar 2nd Ward

fabric Flowers-$1.50. Eagar 2nd Ward

Word Stackers $6.00

"Lead Me, Guide Me, Walk Beside Me"- Luna Ward

Dish Cloth Britches $1.50-Luna Ward

Monogram Letter Wall Hanging $7.00 -Eagar 3rd ward

you will need to bring a 12x12 piece of scrap book paper

Dish Cloths $2.00- Amity Ward

Rosette Headband and Clip $1.00 per set you will need 1/3 of a yard of material-Eagar 3rd ward

Little Girl Socks $1.50 pair -Amity Ward


Christmas planner $2.00 - Eagar 1st ward

(think Visiting teaching gifts...can use year after year)

Celebrate Christmas with his presence $17.00 -Eagar1st ward

Come early for this one, it will take at least an hour to finish

Fabric Pumpkins $2.00 bring your own orange fabric 2 yrds total.- Springerville Ward

Family Sign with pictures $15.00 -Springerville ward

This Thursday night, July 15th at 6pm, we will be having a garden party in the garden of Sis. S. Hamblin for the Relief Society. Dinner and dessert and visiting.

call me if you need any additinal information 3-2481

Round Valley Summer Ideas for your kids

For our activity this month we had two really great speakers, Tona and Julianne. Thank you both for your excellent presentations, your time and efforts! President Boone made an awesome list of activities both here in Round Valley and in the surrounding communities. Thank you Pres. Boone for putting the list together. (click on it to make it bigger) Ask one of the presidency if you would like one. We also have other handouts with some really great ideas from both Tona and Julianne, let us know if you would like a copy.

Oh What Do We Do In The Summer Time?

The Relief Society is having an activity on

Thursday, May 27th @6pm in the Relief Society Room.

We have some great ideas on how to keep your little ones busy and happy over the summer break. Hope you can join us.

Stake Womens Conference Recap

For those that weren't able to attend, I just wanted to share the messages that were given. It was very good and well planned as always.

Sister Leslie Welker spoke to all the sisters first. She is from St. Johns and works in the temple so some of you may know her. Her husband passed away a few years ago in a car accident. She said that she didn't know how she was going to get through life without him. As you can imagine she was very depressed and down. Her friend invited her to women's conference at BYU and even though she didn't want to go she decided to. She went to a class where the speaker started out by asking "Can a pessimist turn into an optimist?" Then he went on to say that how we feel is a choice. She decided that it was her choice how she felt everyday so she came up with 5 questions to ask herself every morning when she wakes up to help her feel better about herself and the day.

1. What do I love about myself? Think of the first thing that comes to mind. She says if we ask we will find an answer so take the time to ask yourself.

2. What do I have to look forward to today? The point is to be excited about something, even if it is insignificant. If there isn't something to look forward to, then what is the point.

3. What does Heavenly Father want me to learn today? You don't necessarily have to answer this right then, but say the question so you will be thinking about it throughout the day.

4. Who can I serve today? We have all heard how service will make you feel better, so let's do it!

5. What am I grateful for? Think about the good that is happening in your life even if there is a whole lot of bad. She suggested starting a journal to just write what you are thankful for in it.

Then she concludes by telling us each to make sure we LAUGH OUT LOUD each day. Even if it is at ourselves.

We then broke into groups and went to 3 different classes.
Sister Sloan spoke about the importance of the temple. She gave us a picture of the Snowflake temple with a quote by Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone, "I promise you that all who faithfully attend to temple work will be blessed. Your families will draw closer to the Lord, unseen angels will watch over your loved ones when satanic forces tempt them, the veil will be thin and great spiritual experiences will distill upon this people."

Sister Laney taught about the importance of self reliance. She spoke of 7 parts of self-reliance that we need to work on: Resource Management; Social, Emotional, and Spiritual Strength; Service; Home Storage; Employment; Health; and Education. We need to fill up our "Ark of Self-Reliance" so we will be in a position to help ourselves and those around if they are ever in need of help.

Sister Gillespie spoke on the importance of visiting teaching. She went over the basics of visiting teaching and the types of contacts that count. Then she reiterated that the point of visiting teaching is not to just "get it done" each month, but to administer provide comfort to the sisters. Make sure to share the message in some way even if you are doing a phone call visit.

THANK YOU!

We wanted to say a big thank you to all those who

helped make the Relief Society Birthday Celebration

such a huge success!

-Kathleen Ham. and her husband for the super cute crafty letters

-Debra Brew., Amanda McN., Linda Lu., Colleen Nic., Shelley Cros., for helping with the beautiful decorations.

-PJ and Tana for helping in the kitchen and clean-up

-Young Women and Sis. Amy Ud. for helping with the babysitting!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

Relief Society Board Meeting

Relief Society Board Meeting

Thursday, April 22nd

6 pm

If you have a calling in the Relief Society, please plan on attending.

Eagar Stake Relief Society

Women's Conference

Saturday, April 17, 2010

10am @ Stake Center

Luncheon to be served. Sunday attire please.

Relief Society Birthday Celebration -Craft

For our Relief Society Birthday Celebration on Tues, March 30, we will be doing a really cute and super easy craft. These are the VERY cute letters we will be making. You can make any letter you wish. Think for your children's room or grandchildren or niece or nephew. Look for sign up sheets starting this Sunday March 7th- deadline to sign up is March 21st. Talk to Sister A. Walker or Sister B. Boone if questions.

A BIG thank you to Kathleen Hamil. for her creativity and craftiness!!!

MARK YOUR CALENDER'S!!

Relief Society Birthday Celebration

Tues, March 30th

6pm at the Stake Center

Dinner served & Baby sitting provided

Carpool with a friend or neighbor...or your visiting teaching sisters!

March Call to Action

March Visiting Teaching Message

“Strengthening Faith in God the Father and Jesus Christ through Personal Scripture Study”Ensign, March 2010

When the Relief Society was organized by the Prophet Joseph Smith on March 17, 1842, he read from the Doctrine and Covenants (now section 25): “Expound scriptures- I say unto you, that this is my voice unto all” (see verses 7, 16). As you study the March Visiting Teaching Message, ponder this question:

What personal goal would help me improve my daily scripture study?

What are a visiting teacher’s responsibilities? 1)Come to know and love your sisters, 2)Minister through regular visits, 3)Learn of needs and offer appropriate assistance, 4)Look for specific ways to help 5)Share and testify of gospel.

Who In the World is....

K A R A
B E T H
M E R R I L L
was born in Lafayette Indiana and grew up in Central, AZ. She is the oldest in her family of 5 brothers and one little bonus 4 year old sister (those who see them together think Kara is her mommy). Kara and Kyler have a little 4 month old boy, Braxten. Some of her favorite things include the color sage green, Mexican food, making crafts, going on dates, decorating, cooking, sports and blogging. One of her most embarrassing moments happened her Junior year in HS. During a cross country meet she took a wrong turn & spent 2 hours lost on the course until they found her. Kara adds; “the next day at the school assembly, they gave me a compass as a joke. I was pretty embarrassed!” Something about Kara no one would know is a few years ago, she was in the Miss Graham County pageant. As a dream, she would someday like to go to Uruguay where Kyler served his mission. She and Kyler met at EA playing volleyball. Kyler’s job brought them to Round Valley 2 months ago. Kara’s favorite Latter-day prophet is President Gordon B. Hinkely because, “he was such a cute prophet who always had a good joke up his sleeve and always treated his wife dearly.”

Kara, Kyler and Braxten will only be in our ward a few more months, but we still want to welcome them and are so glad you are in our ward!

UPDATE on the Quilter's Patch location

For the Quilter's Patch on Tuesday, Feb. 16th at 6pm, there is a change in the location.
We will be in the P R I M A R Y Room. Also.... Everyone does not need their blocks we made last class in order to do this next class. We will be doing the stitches on the fabric strips first and then they can work on the blocks. Call Sister Nelson if you have questions. See you there!

What we learned at the Relief Society Meeting

Grocery shopping is the number one area in your budget that can be cut easily.....using coupons!

Here are some tips:

Patience and Persistence
· Big key to couponing is to hold a coupon until the product is on sale. Almost all products will go on sale once a coupon is issued.
· Be aware of sale trends and when things go on sale. July=picnic items, paper plates. Holiday=baking items.
· Try it for several months before giving up, treat this new way of shopping as a challenge.
· Start thinking of your coupons as cash.
· Check your receipts before you leave the store. They make mistakes too!
· By pairing coupons with the sales, you should be able to cut your bill in half.
· Base your meals around the deals-It is cheaper to shop from your own pantry (i.e. stock up when groceries are at rock bottom prices, whether you need it right then or not, and you will never pay full price again!)

Doubling & Stacking
· Bashas, Safeway and Fry’s double coupons up to a dollar everyday. For example: $.35 coupon doubles to $.70 and a $.75 will double to $1.
· They will only double 3 of the SAME or like coupon in one transaction. After the 3rd one, you can still use more coupons, they just will not double them.
· Stacking is when you use a store coupon (see in store ads) with a manufactures coupon together for 1 item.

Watch Store Promotions
· Look at the weekly ad for promotions and take advantage of them. Pair the sales with your coupons to save even more
· Stock up on staples when they are on sale. You can freeze meat, cheese, milk and bread for later use.
· Watch sales limits. If you exceed the limit, often you will be charged full price.
· Catalinas: these are coupons that print at the check out registers. They are like money towards your next purchase. If yours doesn’t print, call the Catalina Marketing Company at 1-(888) -8coupon. Often if store promotions say $5 back, it will be given to you in this form. Watch the expiration dates.

Shopping Myths
· Store brand is not always cheaper than the national brand
· Buy the smaller size with your coupon—SMALLER size equals bigger savings
· When you request a Rain Check, you can still use your coupon with that item unless the coupon has expired.
· Don't be loyal to a particular store or brand.
· You CANNOT use 2 manufacturer's coupons for 1 item even if it came from a Bashas ad (It will say “Manufacturer’s Coupon)

Coupon Sources
· Main source is in the Sunday newspaper.(Get multiples of each coupon so when an item is cheap or free, you will have many instead of just one)
· Internet coupons: Print limit of 2 www.boxtops4education.com, www.redplum.com, www.smartsource.com, www.coupons.com & often the manufactures website for a particular product will offer coupons savings: www.bettycrocker.com
· Magazines (All You magazine through a subscription or buy only at Wal-Mart)
· Coupon trading or swapping or even E-bay!
· Catalina coupons
· E-coupons are paperless or clip less coupons that you load to your shoppers card: www.cellfire.com, www.shortcuts.com
· Ask friends, neighbors, family & co-workers for their extra unused coupon inserts.
· Included with samples.
· In or On the product packages.
· In store coupon booklets & blinky machines


Brother B o o n e taught us about investments and what to look for and watch when investing. Thank you so much!!!

January Spotlight....Who In the World is Amanda?

Amanda Powell was born in Maricopa & raised in Gilbert, AZ with 1 older sister. Amanda has 2 boys, Michael 3 and Benjamin 22 mo. Amanda’s favorite place is her Mom’s arms, which happens to be in AZ. Some of her favorite things include the color Aqua and chocolate. When asked about her most embarrassing moment, Amanda replied: “At 14 yo’s old: Walked out of the ladies room during church with my skirt tucked in my pantyhose! Fortunately only 1 person saw me & hurried to tell me about it. But still!” Amanda says something no ones knows about her is she’s always afraid she is making a fool of herself. (Rest assured, we all think that about ourselves too!) Amanda wishes she could go to school to be an Architect & help with the green/eco housing movement. A movie that best describes her life is “Connie and Carla”. She adds “although how Women dressing as men dressing as women describes me- I’m not sure.” When asked how she met her husband, Amanda says: “My husband fell madly in love with me the first moment he saw me (which was good, cuz he’s kinda hard headed), but it took me 3 weeks. I didn’t fall in love with him truly until he yelled at me for the first time. We met in Utah, and 9 weeks after we had met we were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple, on a Tuesday. I don’t like to procrastinate things. They have been in Round Valley since Oct. & adds “It has long been a dream of my husband and I to live here ever since my mom bought her second home.” Callings she has had in the church include Relief Society chorister, which according to Amanda was someone’s terrible idea and a sunbeams teacher, which she says was kinda fun, but pretty stressful since she was pregnant for the first time. Her favorite Latter-day Prophet is President Hinckley. When asked why, Amanda replied, “He always knew just what I needed to hear. I miss his kindness & humor.” Thank you for letting us get to know you more. Welcome Amanda!

Relief Society Board Meeting

Relief Society Board Meeting

Thursday, January 21st 6pm

YW room

BEATING THOSE BUDGET BLUES

Relief Society Meeting
Tuesday, January 26th
6pm
Stake Center's RS room

Make your New Years Resolutions and come learn how to maximize and stay within your budgets! We will be focusing on investments, grocery shopping and what to look out for with your credit cards. This is going to be really informative-Hope to see you there!
PRIZES and food too!

If you missed the Ward Christmas Party...

It really was a wonderful evening. From the AWESOME decorations and the very thoughtful program to the WONDERFUL food- it was the perfect way to celebrate the Christmas season. A big thank you to Shelley and her committee!