Attitude of Gratitude

"Gratitude is a Spirit‑filled principle. It opens our minds to a universe permeated with the richness of a living God. Through it, we become spiritually aware of the wonder of the smallest things, which gladden our hearts with their messages of God's love. This grateful awareness heightens our sensitivity to divine direction. When we communicate gratitude, we can be filled with the Spirit and connected to those around us and the Lord. Gratitude inspires happiness and carries divine influence."

-Bonnie D. Parkin

Ensign, May 2007

Christmas Craft Fair & Boutique

Christmas Craft Fair & Boutique

 

Apache County Fairgrounds

Friday from 2:00-8:00 P.M.

Saturday from 9:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.

 

Entries for homemade wreaths, ornaments, pies & gingerbread houses will be accepted on Friday from 11:00 A.M.-Noon.

 

Monetary prizes awarded!

 

School groups will be performing on Friday from 6:00-8:00 P.M.

 

Santa will even be there on Saturday at 11:00 A.M.!

 

Come show your support & enjoy the fair!     

Happy Halloween!

St. Johns Halloween Activites

Kids Halloween Parade

4:00 P.M. 

Parade begins at the Courthouse and ends at the City Park, lower ramada.

 Participants will be awarded!

Trunk-or-Treat

Apache County Fairgrounds

Evening

Park your car & please bring candy to give to trunk-or-treaters!

Gingerbread House Contest

2^nd Annual Apache County

Christmas Fair & Boutique

November 9^th & 10^th

Apache County Fairgrounds

Gingerbread House Contest

Entries will be accepted on Friday, November 9, 2012 
from 11:00 A.M.-12:00 P.M.

Judging will begin at 12:15 P.M.

All gingerbread houses must be completely edible!

Monetary prizes will be awarded to the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place winners!

Show your holiday spirit and support the fair with your creativity and participation!

Sand Pudding Recipe

Sand Pudding

Ingredients:

1-1& ½ boxes of vanilla wafers

3-4 Oreo cookies

2 small (3.4 oz) packages French Vanilla pudding

1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese (softened)

¼ cup butter (softened)

2/3 cup powdered sugar

2& ¾ cup milk

12 oz. container Cool Whip

Directions:

Crush the Oreos and vanilla wafers in a food processor to make the “sand”.

In a separate bowl, cream together the cream cheese, butter & powdered sugar.

In another bowl, mix together the pudding and milk.

Add the pudding mixture to the cream cheese mixture.

Fold in the Cool Whip.

Layer into pans or cups/buckets with the “sand” then the pudding mixture, then sand, then pudding, etc.

Enjoy!

-Leslie Nielsen

Thank you, Leslie for this delicious recipe!

Apple Dumplings

 Here is a simple, yet delicious, fall recipe. Make it soon, you won't regret it!


Apple Dumplings

Ingredients

• 2 whole Granny Smith Apples
• 2 cans (8 Oz. Cans) Crescent Rolls
• 2 sticks Butter
• 1-1/2 cup Sugar
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla
• Cinnamon, To Taste
• 1 small can (about a cup or so) Mountain Dew Soda (you can also use Sprite, but I normally use MD. It's a little sweeter & seems to have less carbonation)
  

Preparation Instructions

Peel and core apples. Cut each apple into 8 slices each. Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll. Place in a 9 x 13 pan.
Melt butter, then add sugar and barely stir. Add vanilla, stir, and pour entire mixture over apples. Pour Mountain Dew around the edges of the pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Even more delicious when served with vanilla ice cream! Enjoy!

"One of the beautiful things to me in the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that it brings us all to a common level. It is not necessary for a man to be a president of a stake, or a member of the Quorum of the Twelve, in order to attain a high place in the celestial kingdom. The humblest member of the Church, if he keeps the commandments of God, will obtain an exaltation just as much as any other man in the celestial kingdom. The beauty of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is that it makes us all equal. … As we keep the commandments of the Lord … we have equal opportunities for exaltation."
- George Albert Smith, October 1933