2011 Family Scripture Reading Quest!

I am so excited for Family Home Evening tonight because I get to unveil this! One of our family resolutions for the new year is to read more scriptures. So of course we need a challenge! I am challenging my family to climb Mt. Olympus (a local mountain where we live). This mountain is 9,026 feet tall (Not the tallest mountain out there but one I am hoping we can handle), each minute represents one foot, so as a family we need to read 9,026 minutes (150 1/2 hours) to reach the top!




This is the tracking chart. Each little square represents 10 minutes, each blue square represents an hour. If my calculations are correct once the whole sheet is filled we will reach the top! I am going to give us each a different color marker to fill in a square when we complete 10 minutes of scripture reading, this way we can track ourselves individually as well as a family. The goal is 10 minutes a day per person. And if we add in 10 minutes of family scripture study a day we will get there even faster!



This is the progress chart so we can actually visualize how far we are and how far we have to go. Each little marker represents 5 hours of reading. We need 150 1/2 hours to reach the top!



Our little family is ready to climb! Now I just need to figure out what AWESOME reward we are going to get!

Ham & Swiss Rolls

These are great for a party or get together!

Ham & Swiss Rolls

24 rolls
mayonnaise
12 thick slices deli ham
12 slices swiss cheese
1/2 cup melted butter
1 1/2 tablespoons mustard
1/2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seeds

Slice rolls in half so they open. Spread mayo on top and bottom of the inside of each roll. Assemble rolls with 1/2 slice of cheese and 1/2 slice of ham. Place all of these in a baking pan or stone. Mix together the melted butter, mustard, worcestershire sauce and poppy seeds with a whisk. Brush this mixture over the tops of the rolls and cover with tin foil. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes until heated through.

A Fun LDS Printables Site

This site has the cutest printables for family home evening, file folder games, bookmarks, etc...come be a blog stalker with me ;o)... http://latterdaychatter.blogspot.com/

Photo Block Ornaments

CTR & Daughter of God Scrabble Tile Necklaces

One of the crafts I made for the achievement day girls in our ward was added to The Idea Room website. Please check it out!

Dinner in a Pumpkin

We tried dinner in a pumpkin on Halloween and again the week of Thanksgiving to use up the pumpkin on the porch. I have to say it was pretty good! And my daughter thought it was the coolest thing :o)

Ingredients

* 1 medium sugar pumpkin
* 1 pounds lean ground beef
* 1 pounds ground sausage
* 1 onion, chopped
* 1 clove garlic, minced
* 1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
* 1 1/2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 4 cups tomato juice
* 3 cups shredded cabbage
* 1/2 pound fresh green beans, washed and trimmed
* 1 cup uncooked white rice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Wash pumpkin, cut off top, scrape out seeds and discard.
3. Place hamburger in a large, deep skillet. Crumble and cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain fat, add onion and garlic; saute slightly.
4. Add sugar, Italian herbs, salt, pepper, tomato juice and rice; mix thoroughly.
5. Layer inside of pumpkin with 1/3 of cabbage, green beans and beef and rice mixture. Repeat layers, replace lid and bake for 2 to 3 hours.

Popcorn Reindeer

Popcorn Reindeer