Quick Note: Our computer died over the weekend. My brother in law gathered it up and fixed it in about two hours and we were back in business. Thanks Ken!

Landon had an awesome game this last week. The score was 14 to 6. Grandma and Grandpa Wray were able to come and watch with us. We don't get to see them very often and enjoyed having them here and spending time together. Jordon enjoyed having grandma and grandpa time. Thanks for coming.

Madison made a great dinner of meatloaf mashed potatoes, and green beans, for Sunday night.

This meatloaf recipe is great if anyone is looking for a great recipe.

Easy Pleasing Meatloaves:

2 lb. ground beef

1 pkg. (6oz.) Stove Top Stuffing Mix, any variety

1 cup water

2 eggs, beaten

1/2 cup bbq sauce (we love Famous Daves), divided

Mix all ingredients except 1/4 cup of bbq sauce.

Shape meat mixture into two oval loaves, side by side, in 13x9 inch baking dish. Top with remaing 1/4 cup bbq sauce.

Bake at 375 degrees for 35 min. or until center is no longer pink. Makes 6-8 servings

Enjoy!

Another recipe-Christians Famous Cinnamon Rolls

bread machine recipe:

Dough:

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 tsp. salt

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup butter, room temp.

4 cups all purpose flour

2 1/2 tsp. yeast

Filling:

1/3 cup butter, softened

1 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

3/4 cup raisins

Icing:

3-ounces cream cheese, room temp.

3 Tbsp. butter, room temp.

1 cup confectioners sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

pinch salt

Make dough and let rise until double. Roll dough out on floured counter into a large rectangle. Spread filling mixture evenly on dough. Roll up dough from the longest side. Cut into rolls about 1/2 inch thick. Place in a greased 10x14 baking pan. Cover and let rise until double, about 1 hour. Bake at 375 for 20 to 25 min. or until done. Let cool slightly, then ice. Enjoy!

Conference Weekend!

Conference weekend is a great time to spend together as family. It is one of our family traditions.

It is a great time to feast upon the words of the Prophet and others speaking. We also enjoy feasting on Christians famous cinnamon rolls for saturday morning breakfast. Yum!


Another tradition we have for conference weekend is a packet for each day filled with "conference bingo, how many times do you hear a certain word (scripture, Joseph Smith, Book of Mormon, etc.), Speaker name/message etc... -here the kids are busy at work listening and writing. Sometimes there are prizes.

Sunday we had a breakfast casserole. Eggs, sausage, cheese, etc... Yum again!

Treat bags were a big hit. Maybe they upstaged conference a little.

During the break we went on a family walk and had a simple scavenger hunt to find things like:

A bird. A red, yellow, and green leaf. A welcome sign. A flower. A red, yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, white and black car. A stop sign. A Motorcycle. A car with a bumper sticker. A halloween decoration. A windmill. An American Flag. A BYU flag. A wind chime. A mailbox with their names on it. An animal. Etc.....

We then came home and had some good tickle time. What could be better.

Is he not just the cutest baby! Everyone enjoys conference weekend, Young and Younger. We hope you all were able to enjoy conference and fill uplifted, renewed, and maybe a little more committed. - If you have any fun conference traditions or just traditions that you love and would love to share, we would love to hear them. Our family LOVES traditions. And we love to hear all of your nice comments. Thanks! Love the Wrays