And the verdict is.................

GUILTY as charged.

A couple of weeks I found a recipe from my old cookbook collection

to make Kayley an Ice cream Cake for her birthday.
Peanut-Butter-Swirl Ice-cream Cake
How could I go wrong....
with ingredients like these:

 Oreo Cookie Crumbs to be used for the crust and 
Peanut Butter sweetened with some Honey

 then swirled into Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream

then around the oreo crust,chocolate dipped wafer cookies

 We decided this ONE is a keeper.

picture via Marci (my favorite source)

I was actually more excited about Kayley's gift than her cake.

Years ago after my grandma passed away, my mom found sweet little love notes she, "Flora" had tucked away. They were precious notes she and my grandpa had written to each other long, long ago. That year for Christmas my mom gave each of us(kids) a picture of my grandparents with the notes beautifully matted in different frames that matched each of our homes and personalities.
I was really close to my grandma.  Last year I had so much fun when 
we did a tribute to our grandmothers in Relief Society.

These were some of her things I had sitting out on the dining room table 

before packing them to take to the church.

this is it....not a very good picture

I love that picture and so do my kids as they have grown up with.  As were transferred to different locations around the country there was always a perfect spot to hang that picture.

After my brother, Mike, passed away, I gave Marci his copy and she was so happy to have it.  She has it displayed on her family room wall with black and white photographs.  I'm sure there is a picture of it somewhere on her blog but I couldn't find it.  Sure had fun looking for it though!  Grand-babies are soooo fun to look at.

Long Story Short

Kayley was visiting with my mom one day and told her what she really wanted for her birthday was a copy of that picture. My mom has the original pictures and notes framed and told Kayley she really hated to take it apart for fear something might get damaged.  Later my mom mentioned it to me and I just knew that was what I wanted to do for her.  It was hard not to tell Kayley about it and I even worried I'd run into her at Hobby Lobby  ( we love that place) where I had it framed.

ONE MORE THING

We, NC YW Leaders, are all working on Personal Progress goals  right along side our girls.

For the Virtue Value Project I am making 100 Days Closer to Jesus Christ calendars for the YW to do this summer. Our Presdiency and Advisors are reading  the Book of Mormon for the Next 100 Days. 

Join in!

100 Days Closer to Jesus Christ

Book of Mormon Study

The following are suggestions to assist you in

"100 Days Closer to Jesus Christ"

1.   Arise early and invite the Spirit daily:

• through humble, fervent, vocal prayer
• by praying for a burning spirit of testimony to know the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon
• by meditating about yourself and your family
• by pondering the thoughts and scriptures of the day

2.  Organize your day and include the following:

• daily scripture reading
• family prayer
• commitment to say only positive and uplifting statements about others
• serve one person daily

3.   Attend the temple or prepare to obtain a temple recommend

4.   Try to obey all the commandments.

5.   Participate in Seminary/Do quality home/visiting teaching - 100% every time

6.   Hold/Participate in Family Home Evening

7.   Go the second mile in your Church callings and assignments

8.   Live by the Standards for Youth/ If married, plan a date with your spouse once a week

9.   Attend all Church meetings and diligently study the conference talks

10.  Share the Gospel and help the missionaries

You can go to Day 1  - here

Every day I will add a new scripture and references to our YW Blog.