Pay it Forward and Soldier Hollow

Look what arrived in the mail this week! It was a delightful surprise.

This beautiful handmade pin was hand made by Amy Jo at The Little Moments as part of 'Pay It Forward' a fun phenomenon happening in blog land!
She is a darling mom to two toddlers and is a creative and wonderful homemaker living in Henrietta New York! Please go see her fun blog and glean lots of ideas.

Gratitude is the Mother of Joy

Joy is prayer ~Joy is strength ~Joy is love~

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls

She gives most who gives with Joy!

~Mother Teresa

Thanks Amy Jo!

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Hope you are doing something FUN this weekend! We will be...

We are going to Soldier Hollow this weekend where the Cross Country skiing was held for the Winter Olympics of 2002. We will be feeding an army of the best and cutest young single adults after they burn up the snow... Snow Tubing!

Soldier Hollow is south of Park City, Utah where the Sun Dance Film Festival was held last month.


The kids hold on to lifts like in the picture which pulls them up the hill on their tubes. No trudging up the hill pulling their own tubes:-) They just lay down and slide, LAUGHING all the way down the groomed mountains. Last year 6-8 people would ride huge tubes at the same time!

Lots of romance is always in the air around this crowd. We average quite a few marriages out of this group each month. So I guess you could also call us a bit of ole Match Makers ♥♥♥'s!

I wonder what will happen this year. This kids are between 18-30 years of age. The average 20-24 years. ( I know they are adults... but they are still kids to me. :-)

Last year we had about 200 kids show up for this activity and this year we expect even more. Being a shepherding couple to this wonderful age group is our calling in our church right now.

It has been so rewarding! We serve or I should say get to play with these wonderful kids for three wonderful fun and sometimes service project activities each month besides Sunday school and other spiritual times each Sunday. We rented the Soldier Hollow Lodge for the evening of fun. They will also be playing lots of games and snacking inside the lodge...

I am making a big pot of cheesy potato soup

to help feed the troops when they come to relax by the crackling fire

and thaw out their noses!

I am crashing the first ever Foodie Friday sponsored by our lovely hostess Gollum of Designs by Gollum. I just read about it through out blogland in between cooking and preparing for our fun evening. Please go feast your eyes on these scrumptious goodies. I just gained 10 pounds today alone...by looking and drooling!:)

Thanks Gollum!

Please forgive me and I will soon post this yummy recipe!

I hope you too, enjoy a wonderful and safe weekend!