Thank You....

Being a volunteer coach for any sport is often an unappreciated job.  I wish I had known more about flag football and I totally would have tried coaching but I know very little nothing about flag football.  Our football coach was really great with the kids and I appreciate his time and effort in coaching.

As a token of appreciation, we made him this little thank you gift and Chance gave it to him at their last game.  (You may question why I give so many food gifts - it's because everyone likes to eat and I don't like clutter and don't want to add to someone else's clutter.)

Halloween Treats!!!

For all you "older" ladies out there - do you remember going trick or treating and coming home with all different kinds of popcorn balls?  I kinda miss that tradition and so after some advice from a neighbor - I decided to tackle this one.  Let's be honest - I couldn't hand out popcorn balls to ALL the kids who come to my house (I probably get close to 300)  However I did make about 150 popcorn balls for my ward members and their kids.

In this day - you just don't know if you dare have your kids eat anything that is not prepackage but my friend game me an idea.  I printed labels that said, "Happy Halloween from the Wilkinsons) and stuck them on each popcorn ball.  That way the parents would know where they came from and just might let the kids eat them.  haha.

It's funny because when we were kids - it was so exciting to get ANYTHING that wasn't homemade and now it is a treat to get something homemade.  I loved seeing how excited all the neighbor kids were when they got the popcorn balls.  Definitely something I will try again next year!

Happy Anniversary!!

My mom and dad are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and us 7 kids are hosting an anniversary celebration for them.  My "job" was to come up with a favor to hand out.  Mini candy bars and so inexpensive and easy to work with.  Here's what we did:

Back to School Teacher Treats

I saw this idea HERE and thought it would be an adorable idea for a Back to School teacher treat.   I used hot tamales instead of jelly beans - they are easy enough that the kids can help make them and the teachers really loved and appreciated them.

Here's what mine looked like:

Young Woman Handout

Each year at camp, we have a tradition of reading a bedtime story to the girls before bed (and this usually includes a handout).  Each lady picks a book and reads their story to the girls.  I picked Dr. Seuss's book called "Oh the Places You'll Go"  I love that book and I especially LOVE the message.

So, for my handout - I made these colorful (and yummy) cheesecake swirl cookies.  They are relatively easy to make and moist and delicious.  The recipe I used can be found HERE 

Here's a pic of my cookie with the tag:

Be Strong

The mutual theme for 2010 is found in Joshua 1:9
Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest
Our bishop introduced the new theme as part of our first combined activity of 2010. All I had to do was worry about refreshments. I thought this was a fun idea. I used a large wood board that I had sitting my garage and covered it with wrapping paper. Then I covered that with wax paper and designed the letters using Rice Krispie treats.
It doubled as decor as well as refreshments.

Primary Teacher Gifts

I always have a hard time deciding what to get for Primary teachers. I want to do something to thank them and let them know that I appreciate what they do for my kids - BUT money is also tight around Christmas and what do you get for a Primary Teacher.

I have made some of these for birthdays and thought - why not use them for Christmas?? Have you tried Warm Delights? If not, you should!! They are really yummy. I used a legal size of paper and designed a wrap to fit around the Warm Delight and then had each of my kids draw or write a note to their teacher. Calista drew a pic of her Primary class

Chance drew a pic of him and his teacher outside the church.

Hailey drew a pic of her sitting in class raising her hand.