Today we had a wonderful meeting full of yummy goodness. We started the meeting off with the Keepers song and verse.

I had the girls look up a small stack of verses- all applied to food or hospitality. We chatted about how food is such a big part of a moms day – planning, preparing, serving and cleaning up – and how it is a big part of a kids day too. Ü

Today two of our girls did a cooking demonstration for us. Esther showed us how she makes brownies, followed by Katrina showing us her chocolate chip cookie recipe and how to. The girls did a great job explaining each step. We had questions from the other girls as it went along.

We will be making up little recipe card books for each girl with today’s recipes and room for others to follow.

While the brownies and cookies were baking it was time for all the girls to get busy.

We set up the island with all the ingredients laid out in steps (with the directions typed up and taped in front of each ingredient) and each girl went around a made up a layer jar of Cranberry Chip Cookies. The jars can be used as a gift or made up as a treat at home. It was a good way to get everyone involved in measuring and letting them all make something during that baking time. The jars were sent home with instructions for mixing and baking.

We finished out the meeting enjoying warm brownies and cookies hot from the oven over cups of hot tea, coffee, cocoa and cold drinks.

The baking badges will be worked on at home with moms, but this was a good way to jump start the girls on a very worth while activity and hopefully get them excited about the good things they can make in the kitchen. 

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In the Keepers handbook there is a section called recreational activities, it states:

                   “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might;” Ecclesiastes 9:10.

                 The word “recreation” means refreshment of the strength and spirit after toil. Certainly, as Christian girls, we will work hard at our daily tasks, but after our work is finished, it is really nice to take a short time to refresh ourselves with an enjoyable activity. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” Proverbs 17:22. Recreation can be a brisk walk in the fresh air or a rousing game of volleyball.

            Recreational activities can be a challenge, an excellent means of exercise, fun, and a great way of having fellowship with others. In this section of the handbook, we will cover some activities that a young lady can enjoy throughout her life. Certainly, these are skills which you will enjoy learning.

       With that encouragement in mind we had set up a day of ice skating for the girls at a local rink. Some of the girls (and a mom or two) had never been on the ice before. We had a wonderful, if somewhat cold time. Sure, there were some spills, falls and tumbles – a couple of aches and more then one sore bum by the end of our session… but everyone had a great time and we are all keen for another day on the ice.

          To earn the badge for ice skating the girls need to be able to: skate 1 mile, skate backwards & be able to come to a stop without touching anything.

If memory serves me all of the girls accomplished all the tasks. Below are some pictures of our day on ice. What a blessing to be able to go out and have fun while fellowshipping with the girls and moms. Have I said yet today that I just love Keepers?

 Addi heading out on the ice

Kim & her girls

Moms on the side for a quick break

Kim giving a lesson

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We had another lovely afternoon with the moms and daughters in our Keepers group. We started the day off at 2:00 by singing the Keepers song. Liz lead a devotional, she tlaked about how thankful we should be with all the blessings God has given us. Since the jumpers are for the Aids babies in Africa it broughtt home hoe blessed we all are. Then Shonda gave another lesson on knitting and showed us how to finish off our jumpers.

The day was great for those of us that are completely new to knitting. I had tried for two weeks to remember and figure out how to knit... yesterday I think it finally sunk in. Since I was unable to figure it our the past fortnight, Addi had no chance.

So, yesterday was great for both of us. No one had finished their project yet and we all spent a lovely two hours figuring the basics out, working on the pattern and of course, pulling our projects apart when things went astray to begin again.

Towards the end of the meeting all the girls were in the kitchen sipping hot chocolate and checking out pictures of themselves on our computer--- while the moms were all in the front room like little worker bees knitting away.

We have 4 weeks until our next meeting, due to school holidays. So hopefully, we will all use the time wisely to finish our projects and get the knitting thing down!

Shonda, one of the moms in our group is due to have a baby mid July. Addison and I made her up a chicken lasagna and some chocolate chip cookies for the freezer... so she will have a meal of ease once the new little one arrives. I thought it was a good chance to show Addison how a keeper at home ministers to others in times of need.

Until next time!

The girls in the kitchen just before the cocoa arrives.

Mums hard at work ... or are they? =0)

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