Recipes

The Avocado Turkey Club Sandwich

Ingredients:
1/2 of an avocado
1 tomato
1 cucumber or zucchini sliced
2 pieces of cheese
2 slices of turkey or whatever kind of deli meat you like
mayonnaise
3 slices of whole wheat bread
lettuce

Directions:
1. Put the 3 slices of bread in the toaster for 2 minutes.
2. While bread is in the toaster slice up your tomato and zucchini.
3. Mash up your avocado into like a dip
4. Spread mayonnaise on one side of all 3 pieces of toast
5. Spread avocado on top of your bottom and top piece of toast that already has mayonnaise on it and on the opposite side of the mayonnaise on the middle slice of bread.

6. Put a piece of lettuce down on your bottom piece of toast, then 2 slices of tomatoes, then 1 slice of meat, then cheese, then your middle piece of toast with the avocado side down, then 1 slice of meat, then 1 slice of cheese, then 4 slices of zucchini, then 2 slices of tomatoes, then your lettuce, then the last piece of bread.
7. Stick a knife in the middle to keep it all together and dig in!

Cinnamon Rolls

Dough:
1/4 ounce package yeast
1/2 cup warm water
1/2 cup scalded milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening or butter
1 tsp salt
1 egg
4 cups flour

Filling:
1/3 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
3 tsp ground cinnamon

Glaze:
4 tbsp melted butter
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 1/2 tbsp hot water

Directions:

In a really small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Then in a large bowl mix sugar, melted butter, salt, and milk. Then you add half of the flour (2 cups) and mix. Next, you add your yeast mixture. Mix in the remaining flour in and then knead on a floured surface. Place it in a well-greased bowl, cover and let it rise for about an hour so that the dough has time to double in size. Then roll the dough out into a 15 by 9 in. rectangle. Then you mix your filling together in a bowl. (I just put it all in a bowl and put it in the microwave for 20 seconds and then stir it) Then you spread the filling across the dough. Then roll the dough up and cut into about 15 slices. Then you melt butter and spread it across the pan and then sprinkle some cinnamon and sugar over it. Put your slices into the pan and let sit 45 min. to double in size again. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Then you mix the powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla together. Once that is mixed add in the water 1 tbsp at a time. Enjoy!!

A Woman After God's Own Heart

Wow, this school year went by super fast, I can't even imagine how fast next year will go. I have been blessed to have the opportunity to go to a christian school all of my education so far. It has been fun being able to grow in my relationship with my schoolmates.

I have had the opportunity to go to school with 2 of my sisters, however Cher is graduating this year. Cher is an amazing sister and I love her so much. Yes, there were those times where we may not have gotten  along the best, like when she stole my legos and I tattle-tailed, causing her to get a spanking and maybe even myself. Or that one time when Kari and her tried sticking my foot in the toilet. However, there are so many more memories of when we actually got along. Like the amazing memories of going on vacation with Grandma and Grandpa to Colorado and South Dakota, vacationing to Branson and NC, going to the apple orchard, sister dates, or going to camp with each other. There are so many amazing memories with my sister and I am sure there will be many more, just for now they might be prolonged.

I have to admit, it is going to be pretty hard having to say goodbye to Cher. I have gone to school and played sports with her all my life. She is very near and dear to my heart. I don't know what I will do next year without her. She has always been there for me and now I am on my own. (minus Jenessa of course) She isn't just my sister, she is my friend. She is one of those people who you can trust with anything, she is an encouragement to anyone and everyone she sees, and she is a woman after God's own heart. She is both beautiful inside and out. God shines right through her. She has challenged me greatly through my life. She has helped me grow in my relationship with the Lord and has challenged me through her own life to love others more.

I have had the opportunity to play sports with Cher. I have been so blessed to have as wonderful of a team as I do. Cherilyn is a leader in both volleyball and basketball. When we are all slacking and/or tired she pushes us to work harder. She encourages us when we are down. She has helped me so much in sports. There were those days where it just was not going well, but she would come along side of me and encourage me and help me actually have fun. She wanted to make sure that whether we won or lost we praised God. He is in control, we just need to do our best, and let God take care of the rest.

Thanks Cher for being there for me and being such a great sister. You will be greatly missed next year when you go off to college. Jenessa and I are definitely going to have to take some road trips to come and visit you and you are going to have to visit us. I love you so much dear! Praying for you!

The Curious Savage

This year I had the honor to be in our school play, The Curious Savage. It is a comedy about a woman who inherited a sum of money from her recently deceased husband. She kept on spending her money in childish ways by using it to be in a play, paying for a horse's tomb stone, and many more things. Her children were fed up with her wasting the money and wanted the money for themselves, after all it was their father also. After a while they finally decided to put her in an insane asylum, where she met a bunch of very peculiar people.


The people in the insane asylum are Jeff, Hannibal, Fairy May, Florence, and Mrs. Paddy, with Doctor Emmett and Miss Wilhelmina, the nurse. Jeff was played by Wesley Schultz. Jeff is a man who thinks he has a scar on his face from being shot down in his plane during the war, but he wasn't actually there when the rest of his crew lost their lives from being shot down. He also used to be a concert pianist. Daniel Kroll plays Hannibal, who is a nerd. He is skilled in mathematics(like Jenessa) but then lost his job because the calculator was invented. He thinks he is an amazing violinist, but really can't play at all.(because Daniel kept on practicing so much with the violin, he actually started getting pretty descent.) Rachael Trunnell played Florence, the mother of us all. The government took her son, so she now has a doll and thinks he is her son. She is always watching over Fairy and all of the others. Cherilyn Jorgensen played Mrs. Paddy. Her husband told her to shut up and she did, so now she only recites the things she hates. Mrs. Paddy hates everything in the world, but most of all she hates cold cream, hot dogs, catfish, codfish,etc. She is a hater of everything, especially electricity. She is always turning off the lights. Mrs. Paddy also thinks that she is an amazing artist and paints seascapes, yet she has never seen the ocean. I played Fairy May. Fairy May is constantly lying about things, so even when she is telling the truth, no one believes her. She thinks that she is the most beautiful girl there is, but truly she is uglier than my dog (not really, but my dog is ugly). Kari Weil plays Doctor Emmett. She is just a wonderful person who loves her patients. Marta Tverberg played Miss Wilhelmina,who  used to be an army nurse and has traveled the world. She is actually married to Jeff, but he has no idea. She stays for the hope that some day he will come to and realize that they are married. Logan Smith played John Thomas, Florence's real son, at the very end of the play.

Then there is the Savage family. Bethany Corwine(Beef) plays Lilly Belle. Lilly Belle is a rich, stuck up brat. She has been married 6 times, one of which was to a Slavic Prince. No one is quite sure, but they think she still sleeps in her tiara. Clay Carns plays Samuel, the judge. He really does not care what goes on, he is just there for the ride. He had the best chance as a son of Mrs. Savage. He always has his decisions reversed. Benjamin Sanburn played Titus, the senator. He was a jerk. No one liked him, they just kept on sending him back to congress to get him out of the state, which was quite a smart idea. Sarah Peterson played Mrs. Savage. Mrs. Savage married her husband at 16 and had to give up on all of her dreams. Once her husband died she created a mermorial fund, in order to do all of those things that she missed being able to do. She acted in two plays one of which she wrote, and the other play she had to pay a lot of money in order to play the part of the silent witch. She changes her money into half million dollar negotiable bonds and stuffs them in her bears head, which she carries around everywhere.

This play was by far the funnest play I have ever been in. When it got to the week of the play I could not wait. We had so much fun in the practices and even in the performances. I wish everyone would have been able to see the change from when we first started practicing to the end of the play. We all helped each other get into character and loved being able to act together. It is really heart breaking to realize that this was my last time acting in a school play with my sister. She is an amazing actor and will be greatly missed along with all of the others seniors.

The performances were great. It was so much fun being able to do this for other people. During the last performance I was supposed to get a book off of the bookshelf for Jeff, but it would not come. After like 30 seconds of trying I finally pushed it up, it stood straight up, and then fell over. It was really frustrating but funny and the audience loved it. Couldn't have been a better play, cast, crew, and director. Thanks to those guys and for you all who came. It was a blast! Hope to see you all next year!!

Coaching

Well, Jenessa, Cherilyn, and I all have the amazing opportunity to coach 2 soccer teams of 5th-6th grade girls for park and rec. I have always wanted to coach, in fact, I want to get a minor in coaching. This has been a great first experience.

 I have definitely learned what not to do and some things to do. It has been fun adjusting my schedule in between working at Blast, coaching/reffing, and the play. It is very busy, but it is so worth it. We have already had the opportunity to bond with some of the girls. It is a lot of fun. We have had a couple practices and a scrimmage. I am really looking forward to being able to help them get better and to grow in my relationship with them. Hopefully we will be a good example to them and maybe we will have the opportunity to share the gospel with them and/or invite them to our VBS and Awana. This is a great opportunity for us to challenge them to possibly make what would be the most important decision they could ever make, to trust Jesus Christ as their personal Savior.

I am sure that we would all love it if you could pray for us. You can pray for us to be a good example to them, to make sure that we are letting them have fun and not just trying to teach them skills, and also for us to be able to have the opportunity to witness to them. Thank you much!

Spring Break!!

Sorry guys that I haven't posted in a while. After summer I kind of forgot about it and didn't have time to post anything.

To start off spring break we went to my Aunt Beth's house for a movie night. It was a lot of fun. We made taco bowls and watched Les Mis and the Tourist. Oh and Duchessa, my aunt's dog, had fun slobbering all over my face. Altogether it was a great night!

Well for spring break Jenessa, Cher, Alyssa, Sarah, and I had the opportunity to go to June Piepho's house to paint. They are currently building a new house and needed someone to paint it. We had a blast! It was a lot of work, but super fun!

The best part of Spring Break however, was going on the Leadership Retreat up north. The juniors and seniors from our youth group went up to the DeNeui's parents cabin for a retreat. There we spent a great amount of time going hiking to various cites. It was so amazing being able to see God's creation.

     The first day we went to Gooseberry Falls. It was a lot of fun. It was quite frozen but very beautiful. Then we went to Silver Bay, where we would actually be staying, and unpacked. Then we got our pictures taken on some super tall chairs. After that, we went to Split Rock Lighthouse. Unfortunately we couldn't go in it, but there was an amazing view from below.  Then we went to Twin Falls. After that we went back to the cabin for dinner and then devotions. It was great being able to learn together from God's Word. I learned a lot over that weekend.

The next day we went hiking again. This time we went to Baptism Falls and some other sites. Jenessa and Tori decided to slide on their butts to get down the hill, it looked like a lot of fun. We even crossed this bridge that only 3 people could cross at a time. The waterfall there was absolutely beautiful. It was a lot of fun. It was amazing being able to see God's creation. David, Spencer, and I also went looking for some deer, but they got away. Then we went to a beach where we skipped rocks. We also held a ping pong tournament. At night after devotions we played the plate game and then mafia. The plate game is the game where each person writes their name on a plate, the plates get shuffled, then they are passed to different people. Then when you get your plate you have to draw the person whose name is on the back. Then, we have all see the pictures and have to decide who they are. It was so much fun!

 On Saturday we went hiking again to this place where an arch used to be. It was absolutely gorgeous. While we were on the cliff, Cher and Alexis decided that they wanted to do hand stands. It scared some of our parents a little. Then we went to another beach where we sat down and tossed some rocks. We saw some kids putting their legs in the water, which was not very smart because of the cold temperatures. After that we went back to the cabin and got ready to go.

Altogether it was a great fun filled weekend. It was a time where we grew together and were able to learn how to be a better leader. I am so thankful for the opportunity to go.