Mom's Night Out & Other Info

We are still planning on a Mom's Night Out this Thursday, the 29th, at Cheri's house at 7pm. We are planning on hanging out and chatting for a few hours, while making fun hair accessories. Don't worry if you only have boys.... You can make some more of the fun headbands we made as a craft at our last meeting or you can come to socialize and have some dessert. Hope you can make it!! And we are still planning on a day trip to Joy Pottery on Friday, the 30th. If you guys don't remember, Rachel Norris, the potter, visited our MOPS group earlier this year and gave her AMAZING testimony. We will get to tour her studio and see where all of her amazing work takes place. We will meet at the church around 9:15am and head out around 9:30. We will be returning in between 2-3. Kids are welcome and we hope that you can join us. Any questions contact Cheri or Tony(twstdtony@hotmail.com)

Movie Night

Dear friends of MOPS,

Plan a movie night for Friday, April 16th! Tune in as a family with older children or put the younger ones to bed and have a movie date at home. MOPS International is pleased to share great family entertainment with you. If you’ve been waiting for great family programming to return to your television, control is now in your hands. Vote with your remote! When you support this type of entertainment now, you help ensure there will be appropriate family entertainment available for years to come.

On Friday, April 16th, NBC will air a two-hour action/adventure movie called Secrets of the Mountain. It’s about a single mom who takes her family to visit a mountain cabin she inherited from an eccentric uncle. But when they arrive, they learn that the mountain is more than it seems. As the story unfolds, the characters display positive traits such as honesty, and perseverance – things that moms are trying to pass on to their children.

An ancient secret and a treacherous quest will test the family like never before. It’s an edge-of-your-seat thriller that will remind you that when times are tough, families don’t run away from their problems. They run back to each other.

But to ensure that this is more than a “one-and-done” movie event, we need your help! Let’s show networks and Secrets of the Mountain’s corporate sponsors (Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble) that family-friendly entertainment is wanted and appreciated. More movies and TV shows like this are in development – we simply need to show that we’re an eagerly waiting audience!

MOPS is joining with other organizations to spread the word so that 10 million families will tune in to NBC for Secrets of the Mountain on Friday April 16th at 8/7C.

GCN MOPS: Living Together with God

Hi Ladies,

I just wanted to send a quick email to remind you about our meeting this Friday. Our topic will be "Living Together with God." We will also be doing a craft, so make sure you let Becky know which one you would like to do, the headbands or flower pot/pens. She needs to know by today, like I mentioned in my last email, so she can get all of the supplies in time for our meeting. We only have one meeting left after this one, so we hope to see everyone on Friday.

Hope you are having a great week!

Wendy

Things Going On Around Town

Hello Fellow Moms,

I hope your enjoying this Spring weather like I am! Well I realize you probably know about most of these things but wanted to share them just in case! Here's some local upcoming stuff for families. Have fun! I hope you all have a great Easter as well!

1. Easter Egg Hunt

When: Saturday, April 3, 2010
Where: Old Settler's Park
Fee: Free

Schedule: 9 a.m. infant-4 year olds
9:30 a.m. 5-7 year olds
10 a.m. infant-4 year olds
10:30 a.m. 8-12 year olds

2. Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt
Bring your flashlight to find eggs filled with candy and prizes at Old Settlers Park in this fun hunt for ages 3 and up.

Meet at the Lakeview Pavillion in Old Settler's Park for check-in before the event. Please arrive 20-30 minutes early for your hunt.

Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010
Location: Old Settlers Park - Lakeview Pavillion
Fee: $4 pre-registration
$5 on-site (cash and check only)
Classs Code: 14353

Ages: 3 years and older
Schedule: 8 p.m. Parent assisted hunt
8:30 p.m. Children only hunt

Pre-register for the Flashlight Egg Hunt to avoid long lines on the day of the event. Register online.

3. March 26-27th...."Just between friends" Consignment Sale-This one is in Georgetown.

http://roundrock.jbfsale.com/

4. March 27-28 "Momma cents" Consignment Sale-This is at the Palmer Events Center in Austin.
http://www.mamacents.com/sale/index.php


5. "Little Ausitnite"-(a friend told me about this and it's neat! Cool local reviews, ideas for parks, events, etc,)
Helping Austinites with kids to live, eat, play, learn and save some money doing it all, one review and idea at a time
http://littleaustinite.com
http://littleaustinite.com/coupons
http://twitter.com/littleaustinite

6. My church is having a BBQ lunch & Easter egg hunt after our 10:30am service if you wanna join us for Easter that'd be cool.

Summit Community Church

Ridgeview Middle School

1400 Via Sonoma Dr

Round Rock, TX 78665

www.summitroundrock.org

Hashbrown Casserole

HASHBROWN CASSEROLE

2 lbs. frozen hashbrowns (cubed), thawed
1 stick melted butter
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 c. chopped onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup (subbed for cream of chicken)
1 pint sour cream (you know - you could probably sub this for a pint of that plain thick greek yogurt, like Fage)
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
2 small boxes of crushed corn flakes

Mix all ingredients (except butter and crushed corn flakes) in a greased casserole dish (9x13). Mix crushed corn flakes with melted butter. Pour over top. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Reminder For Friday's Meeting

Hi Ladies,

I hope you all are having a great week! Just a quick reminder of our meeting this Friday. We talked last time about how to navigate the good kind of relationships (romantic), now it's time we take a look at the other side of the relationship spectrum, Unsafe Relationships. We will enjoy group discussion and then Becky has a fun craft planned for us (all supplies provided).

Speaking of crafts, since several of you were unable to attend the January 22 meeting, we are still trying to finish up the Card Kits for KidsLink Downrange. We need several more cards to meet our obligation of 23 kits. We are looking for School Days, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Birthday, and 4th of July cards. If you feel like making some and bringing them to Friday's meeting, or if you have some extra cards laying around and would like to donate them, that would be awesome! We are also looking for donations of stamps (sheets, not books, as there needs to be 8 stamps per kit).

Also, Friday is the last day of our pajama drive for pajamaprogram.org. Please bring new pajamas and books to donate to this wonderful program.

Hope to see you all on Friday!

Love Is In The Air........

Hi Ladies,

What better time for a talk on romance than just before Valentine's Day? Our guest speaker on Friday will be Carol Dodds and she will be speaking about...you guessed it...romance! Are you intrigued, yet? You should be!

Speaking of Valentine's Day...we will be having a babysitting fundraiser on Saturday, February 13th at GCN from 4:30 to 9pm. Cost is $10 per child, $20 family max. Space is limited and we are looking for volunteers to help watch the kiddos. If you are receiving a scholarship to attend MOPS, this would be a great opportunity for you to volunteer as the money raised will be going toward our scholarship fund. Please contact Karen Day if you are interested in either volunteering or dropping your kids off for the evening.

Also, Friday is National Wear Red Day. Stand up and speak out against heart disease in women by wearing red on Friday, February 5th.

Hope to see you all Friday!

Wendy