If Heaven is noting more than this it will be enough

Marling Jensen wrote the following on Dec 2020 Ensign edition

I have to say I agree with him...whole heartily....read on---

" The sights, sounds, and associations of family andhome are among our most treasured memories and provide our fondestanticipations. Sometimes after an enjoyable family home evening, during afervent family prayer, or when our entire family is at the dinner table onSunday evening eating waffles and engaging in a session of lively,good-natured conversation, I quietly say to myself,

'If heaven is nothingmore than this, it will be good enough for me!'"

stephen's foundation going great in the philippines

Steve went to the Philippines this past summer to work and check on the foundation that he began. BELIEVE International enables children in the Philippines to attend school by providing sponosorships for children that would not otherwise be able to afford it. Kimberly Perkins (a past news anchor in Utah) and her crew went with Steve and made a television program.

I know everyone gets busy--to read all the blogs and life and such--but this is so cool! As a favor to me--would you all take a minute to click on the link and watch it

I understand the foundation better now--and I really appreciate Stephen not only envsioning this but also making it a reality...I've thought of lots of good things but never seen them through

I am so glad and thankful that he put his thoughts into action

It is about 5-10 minutes long and very good. Click on this link to watch it.

The first minute talks about the country and tehn the interviews with Steve and others begins. After part 1 stops, click on the side on part 2 to finish watching!

http://72.3.245.233/video.php?vid=429&category=undefined&l=Believe%20International&organization=135&location=undefined

Steve's Foundation on T.V.

Steve went to the Philippines this past summer to work and check on the foundation that he began. BELIEVE International enables children in the Philippines to attend school by providing sponosorships for children that would not otherwise be able to afford it. Kimberly Perkins (a past news anchor in Utah) and her crew went with Steve and made a television program. It is about 5-10 minutes long and very good. Click on this link to watch it. The first minute talks about the country and tehn the interviews with Steve and others begins. After part 1 stops, click on the side on part 2 to finish watching!

http://72.3.245.233/video.php?vid=429&category=undefined&l=Believe%20International&organization=135&location=undefined

The first minute talks about the country and then the inteviews with Steve and others begins. After part 1 stops, click on the side on part 2 to finish watching!

A Sunday tradition--(tradition! think of fiddler on the roof)

Hi all-
I'm getting back to my Sunday tradition of making rolls--remember when you all were little and I use to do that? I stop for a while because of the surgery---but I think I'm back (I use my big 'ole mixer) anyhow lots of folks are picturing recipes on the blog _so I am featuring one of my favorites with some options of how to cook the rolls okay here goes: the basic recipe is:
1/4 c warm water
2T yeast
1 t sugar
dissolve yeast in the sugar water--for 5 minutes while that is going on: you can be combining
2 C warm water
2/3 cup powder milk (non-fat dry milk)-
1/2 c sugar
1/2 T. salt

1/4 cup oil /margerine/ or shortning..
1 egg
approx 5 c flour
add the yeast and mix all for 7 minutes adding flour as needed to make soft dough--rise 45 min
shape into desired --rolls , or breadsticks -0r bread or such...

these are some of my favorite variations of what I do with the basic dough mixture-- (:
1) whip up 1 pint whip cream --add 3/4 brown sugar spread into the pan--lay cinnimon rolls --cresent rolls onto the whip cream cream raise 30 min-bake --
makes a yummy carmel sauce--

2) I like to make bread sticks and add 1/4 mayo, 1/4 tsp parsley 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/4 c. butter--spread mixture on the bread sticks before they rise -then rise 30 min-& then bake-
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3) to make Orange rolls just combine 1 cube butter melted slightly 1 c sugar, 1/4 cup grated orange rhine and 1 T. orange juice concentrate--spread over a rolled out retangle of the dough
roll up the retangle and slice up like you would cinnimon rolls--let rise 30 min and bake-
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4_ lay the dough in retangle--make 2 inches slices of the retangle then cut again 3 inch lenghthwise and stack up strips of dough as pictured in this blog--then put the 2x3 inch stacks of dough into a muffin tins...and raise and bake--makes more of a layer roll as pictured...enjoy
5) Fry up dough in grease-- for scones --top with honey butter

6) last but not least think of someone who might need 1/2 dozen warm rolls and share them (:

these are the things I am going to demonstrate for the R.Society mini cooking class when Its at my house next Oct. so I thought I might was well blog it since I have to type up the directions anyhow --happy bread making ---

congrats on graduate school brad, kerri, Kaci

just wanted to post how happy dad and I are about brad getting accepted to graduate school-and congratulate kerri and kaci too on being so supportive --
Virginia--what a great place! what a fun place that will be to go visit. I didn't have any pictures of the actual town of the college but I had a pic of nearby D.C so Pictured in some of the sights he might have seen or we might see when we go to you all there.

we got our tickets for Hawaii next summer

can't wait till June when dad and I get to hike and swim and sight see after the graduation
we're thinking of island hopping this time--we have to check with richard henriksen and see the possibility of renting their home in the other island.
I leave jun 11th to go and dad leaves jun18 to go and we all (me , dad and hayley) all fly home june 26th just so you have our coming and going dates for whatever reason--when that time comes...remember the old saying?---
"children do you know where your parents are????" ha!-- love mom

Visitors makes us happy

James and Megan (fuller) and courtney took a break from studying for finals and came up to visit and have a bite to eat on Sunday..we had a good visit..