Chocolate Sheet Cake

This recipe was provided by Amy Duncan. She brought it to our November meeting. Thanks Amy!

Chocolate Sheet Cake

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 sticks butter
1 cup water
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
Combine flour, sugar, salt and cinnamon. Bring to boil the following: butter, water and cocoa. Add to the dry mixture. In seperate bowl mix eggs, baking soda, milk and vanilla. Add to chocolate mixture. Batter will be thin. Bake on cookie sheet at 350 for 20 minutes.

Frosting:
1 stick butter
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 box of powdered sugar (1 lb box)
1 teaspoon vanilla
Milk to thin

Cream butter and cocoa. Add sugar and vanilla. Add small amounts of milk until right consistency to spread. Beat until smooth. Spread on cooled sheet cake.

Jello Play Dough Recipe

This receipe was submitted by Cathy Heine. Thanks Cathy!

1 Cup of flour
1/2 cup of salt
1 cup of water
1 tbsp oil
2 tsp Cream of Tartar
1 (3.5 oz) pkg of jello
(generic works just as good)

In a pot, mix all ingredients together and cook over medium heat.
Stir constantly untill it is the consistency of mashed potatoes.
Let cool and then knead with flour until no longer sticky.

Whatever color the jello is the color the playdough will be.
It is edible but as my girls and I found out, it tastes really bad.

What a great meeting!

Wow! We had a great meeting tonight with more than 5 new moms. We also got to enjoy a wonderful Christmas Expo. Lots of fun things to buy and look through! We have some VERY talented MOPS moms.

Can't wait for the next meeting on December 8th!

DeAnna
Publicity

Pics from October Meeting

We had a great October meeting and Angie Daniels our speaker did an awesome job! Here are just a few pictures from that night.

October Newsletter

Below is a link to our October 2009 Newsletter.

http://issuu.com/bransonmops/docs/branson_pm_mops_october_newsletter

What a Meeting!!

Wow! What a meeting! We had a great time on Tuesday evening, it included great food from your steering team, a wonderful craft with Hollie and a video with some great insights and advice for being a mom.
What are you doing to take care of yourself? Remember that if you aren't taking care of yourself it will pour over into other areas of your life.

Remember next month our meeting is the 4th Tuesday (October 27th) at 6 pm. We will be ordering t-shirts for the year, enjoying some great food, listening to Angie Daniels speak on friendship and creating a cute clipboard with Hollie.

Can't wait to see you there!

DeAnna

Registration Night Successful

On Monday, August 10th we had our registration night at the Rec Plex Park. We had a great turn out with over 40 mom's registering for this exciting MOPS year. The first MOPS meeting of the year will be on September 8th from 6:00-8:30 at First Baptist Church in Branson. We look forwarding to seeing you there!

If you weren't able to make it to the registration night and would like to get your registration form early so you can spend time visiting on September 8th then send an e-mail to our MOPS e-mail at bransonmops@hotmail.com and I will send you your registration information.

See you then,

DeAnna Sheets,
MOPS PM Publicity

Together on Planet Mom

Together on Planet Mom is MOPS new theme for 2009-10. The MOPS experience equips women for the joys and challenges of their lives as moms. One key factor in the MOPS experience is the relationships built within a group. Time and time again, MOPS moms share that the friends they make in MOPS are significant for this season of their life and on into the future. God created us for relationship!

However, when you become a mom, all of your relationships change. It's like you have landed on a different planet- Planet Mom- and the relationships on Planet Mom don't look like the ones on your previous planet. Your relationship with yourself is different, you are a mom! Your relationship with your husband, girlfriends, extended family, community, and God have all changed. Change requires adjustment on your part.

During the 2009-10 MOPS year, we will explore how to thrive in relationships Together on Planet Mom.

Join us at our Registration Night on August 11, 2009 from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at the Rec Plex Park.

~Branson PM MOPS Steering Team