Annual Spa Day and Christmas Celebration--December 15th Meeting Recap

On December 15th, we got to enjoy our annual spa day Christmas celebration!  The goal of our meeting was for everyone to relax and enjoy some time together during the hectic Christmas season.  Ryan Gosling reminded everyone to wear comfy clothes to the meeting and hardly anyone let him down! ;)

Aside from our usual breakfast, we had many other activities available, such as...

Chair Massages

Board Games

Adult Coloring

We have some talented artists in our group!

Making rice bags as heating/cooling packs

Clothing Swap--this was a HUGE success and we plan to do it again in the spring!

We hope you left the meeting feeling rejuvenated and ready to spend time with family and friends celebrating the birth of our savior, Jesus Christ!

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Our "Silver Spoon Award" winner for the week is Anna Perkinson!  Here is the recipe for her winning dish:

Egg Bake

1 lb pork sausage or bacon
8 eggs
2 cups milk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground mustard
6 slices white or sourdough bread, cut into 1/2 in cubes
1 cup shredded cheese

1) cook sausage or bacon and drain well
2) In large bowl, beat eggs; stir in milk, salt, and ground mustard; add remaining ingredients & stir to combine
3) Pour into 9x13 baking dish, cover, and refrigerate overnight
4) Let casserole sit for 30 min at room temp (from fridge); bake uncovered for 40 minutes at 350 degrees



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Announcements:

• Thank you to everyone who donated tampons, pads, or other items to the Lilly Sparrow House.  We delivered a huge box of items to the ladies that live there!
• We have had some issues with moms picking up their kids early.  For most rooms, this is not a problem, but the 1's and 2's tend to get upset if they think their mom is coming and it ends up with a room full of upset children. We absolutely understand that there are times that you may need to leave early.  If this is the case and you have a child in either the 1's or 2's room upstairs, please find Talea Smith and she will go in to get your child for you.  The children are used to seeing her go in and out, so it doesn't upset them.  If you can't find Talea, ask anyone on the steering team and we will help get your child.  If our meeting does end early on occasion, we want to encourage you to stay until 11:00 and spend time enjoying companionship with the other mothers in our group. :)
• We are still in need of more childcare workers!  If you know someone who enjoys working with children, please recommend them to the steering team.

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Looking forward to our meeting on January 5th:

At the meeting, we will listen to a devotional from one of our members. Shortly after breakfast, we will start our project for the day--learning to arm knit a scarf! Everyone will learn this new skill and have a brand new scarf to take home at the end of the meeting.  During our work time for this craft, we will present some "behind the scenes" information about what it takes to make our MOPS group function. 

The POWERFUL and PASSIONATE tables are on for breakfast and the BRAVE table is in charge of bringing items MOPPETS. **Please note!  We have plenty of snacks right now, but are in need of napkins and Dixie cups to use for serving the snack to the kids.  Also, it has come to our attention that people have been bringing opened/partially eaten snacks to donate to MOPPETS.  Please make sure that items are unopened for health reasons.  Thank you.