MO...................

Practice these terms, learn to be comfortable with your Moism.

MO - Mormon

NO MO - Non-Mormon

NO MO' MO - Ex-Mormon

MO NOPOLY - Utah

MO TOWN - Provo

MO PEDS - People walking across the street to Temple Square or the MTC in Provo.

MO HAIR - Missionary standards haircut.

PO MO - A financially challenged Mormon

MO LASSES - Mormon Babes!!

MO TEL - Bishop's interview, tithing settlement, church court, etc.

SU MO - Grad of BYU Law School

MO GUL - Large white Utah bird frequently seen in Church history books, parking lots and dumps.

MO RALLY - Third quarter BYU drive against the U of U.

MO SEY - LDS sense of time. See also LOCO MO TION.

LOCO MO TION - Post-game exodus from Cougar Stadium.

MO NOGOMY - LDS marriage practices.

MO TIF - Two or more Mormons engaged in a heated difference of opinion.

I always thought she dodged a bullet!

My darling daughter has announced that she's thinking of dying her hair red...

Seriously?? Having had a batch of boys --4 0f the 6 some shade of red...I always figured if I had a girl she'd probably be a redhead.

To my very pleasant surprise...I did get a girl and she had Blonde hair!!

Wow dodged a bullett!!

(And there's NO BUDDY like a brother!)

I know she's a beauty, no matter what color....

Just seems a littttttle ironic!

Kaylynn and Julie....our March Birthday girls!

Trying to watch a movie while the adults had their conversations going...

Cars and ...Tom and Jerry.

I had 4 kiddos and 2 banana chairs.

I think I needed a 'banana bench'

or a rocking reclining love-seat.

Everyone wants to be front and center.

Our Logan, Utah family visited and while here we had birthday dinner and cake for the two ladies in the family with March birthdays. Julie on the 8th and Kaylynn on the 20th. It was a most enjoyable day!! Blowing out the cake was a joint effort.









Owen spent considerable time 'posing' for the camera, looking at the pictures and posing again and again. What a hoot. He seems especially born with that See-camera bug (which really started with my Dad..who incidentally was buried 15 years ago today..hope he was watching and enj0ying).

More camera work with Owen. CJ also has the photography bug.

Greysons smiles are so rare and fast...it's a wonder I could capture one...but after having a little birthday cake and ice cream, he was on such a sugar high that I think there were more smiles than usual.

It was the best of times...How was your week-end??

So there were three little boys...

There were three little boys who were instructed to come to school prepared for show and tell with symbols of their religion.

The first little boy said I am Asher and I am a Jew and this is The Star of David.

The next little boy said I am Adam and I am Catholic and this is The Crucifix.











And the third little boy said I am Ammon and I am Mormon and this is a Casserole.

Haha

Conveniences....

This is the end of my posts regarding "Mormon" dishes ... it has been interesting to me, sorry. They have a common theme of quick. easy, tasty, cheap, and full of opportunity to use food storage (making it easy to keep those items rotated). If you have raised a large family, and tried to keep a food storage, (rotated), you will appreciate what these offer to the busy mom of a large family.

Which brings me to my next "curiosity". It's socialogically interesting to me to see the LDS families of today 'shrink' in size. Whereas I thought avoiding the use of birth control, and multiplying were councel from above ... It gives me pause to wonder ... if God is the same yesterday, today, and forever... why this?.....

Any comments welcomed.
For a concise POV on what I've been noticing I offer this link:
www.mormonmatters.org/2008/02/10/mormon-family-shrinkage/

The infamous french green bean casserole...

This has become a 'holiday' favorite as evidenced by the tv commercials, and by the stacks of ingredients always on sale at holiday time.

But this is another one of those ubiquitous dishes always on the pot-luck table at LDS functions.

Green Bean Casserole

2 cans french cut green beans
3 oz package of cream cheese
1 can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup
3oz can of french fried onions.

In 2 1/2 qt. dish place drained beans, then chunks of cut up cream cheese spread on beans. Add soup letting it ooze down and top with onions. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

"Heavenly" Rice

No picture, people....more evidence that this must be an "M" recipe...

Heavenly Rice
3/4 C uncooked rice
1 can crushed pineapple drained
1 pint whipping cream (for die-hards of quality taste)
1 C sugar
1 Lg. package cherry jello
2 teas vanilla

Cook rice in water called for on rice package cooking instructions then drain and rinse in cold water. (drain again, well).
Add pineapple and sugar.
Disolve jello in 1 C hot water and then add to the rice mixture and cool.
When it begins to set, fold in whipped cream until smooth.
Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla and 1/2 C of nuts if desired.
Chill.