Nutbread

• 2 c. flour
• ¾ tsp. salt
• ¾ c. sugar
• ¾ c. milk
• ¾ c. nuts
• 1½ tsp. baking powder
• ¼ c. shortening
• 2 eggs

Sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Cream sugar and shortening. Beat eggs and add to mixture. Add milk and flour mixture. Grease and line pan. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees. Makes 1 loaf.

This bread turned out beautifully.  It was moist, with a tender crumb and nice crunchy crust, and the pecan halves add a delcious nutty flavor, and look so pretty when the bread is sliced!

Here's how things progressed:

First, pop the batter in a 350 degree oven:

After one hour, it was piping hot, with a crackled, crispy golden crust.

Even though it wasn't part of the original recipe,
Geneva wanted to sprinkle some powdered sugar on top.

Sprinkle...

Sprinkle, sprinkle...

Oh, let's just go crazy!

The best part of baking:

Oh wait -- THIS is the best part!
YUM!!!!

LOVE

By: Laurent V. Heidmann

Love is the mainspring of life. Thus, it is necessary that love should forgive. Jesus said that we should forgive '70 times 7' but what He meant is that we should never stop forgiving each other. Love bears all, hopes all. Love does not envy or boast.

'Let brotherly love abound.' So says the Apostle Paul, in Hebrews 13:1. This serves to emphasize the fact that love is patient and kind. True brotherly love exceeds the bounds of “normal” love. I think that 'brotherly love' is the same as 'perfect love'. Perfect, or brotherly love truly casts out fear, for who could imagine being afraid of a brother? Jesus had brotherly love for us, sinners though we are. This is the purpose of love in the plan of salvation: love is the plan of salvation. Love was what led Jesus to the cross, what enabled Him to go through His sufferings.

Love is a fruit of the Spirit, and as such should play a major role in the life of a Christian. We ought to show love, because love saved us; love went to the cross for us. When we truly have the Spirit in us, we can show it's fruits, one of which is love. Lastly, God is love. Therefore, if we are to emulate Him, it is necessary that we show love, become love.

BY:  GENEVA MELODY EVELYN RUTH HEIDMANN

We thought it was going to be the best trip ever.  I was in the very back seat, playing a game with Megan as we drove up the mountain, when suddenly, something STANK!  I was glad I brought a bandana, and I quickly put it over my mouth and nose.  Just then daddy was pulling over to the side of the highway.  When I looked up to see what was wrong, I saw smoke coming out from under the hood.  I felt like I was going to puke soon because the smell was too strong!  I was a little worried and wondered if the engine was going to start on fire.  But then, mom and dad said that we could get out, so I forgot about the smell and jumped out right away. 

Laurent and Megan and Jacob were already climbing on the cliff that was across a ditch filled with thorn bushes and flower bushes, and in the very middle was a little rocky spring where there was lots of squishy mud.  When I started climbing, Laurent was about a quarter of the way from the top, with Jacob right behind her.  Megan decided to get down because she wanted to get the dogs.  So I climbed a little higher, until I was right next to Jacob, who was starting to come down because it was too high.  I heard mom say something about getting down, so I turned around.   I saw Jacob sliding down, making a dirt avalanche, till he reached a rocky ledge.  I was a little above it, so I started going towards it.  Just then, the rock I was holding on to began to come loose.  I decided to just pull it out so it wouldn't wiggle.  When I pulled it out, there was a place where I could put my foot, so I put my foot there.  But there was no place for my other foot, and that was when I almost slid down the rocky slope and and became totally petrified!  I felt as though my stomach was falling right out my belly button.  I started crying, and Laurent tried to get over to me to help, but she couldn't, so then dad came across the ditch, grabbed my hand, and swung me down off the cliff.  I was VERY happy to be down off the cliff.

By then, Megan was walking Sissy and Jacob was walking Bella.  Then Jacob let me walk Bella for a while.  (All this time some people on a motorcycle who had stopped were talking to dad about the engine.  Which was still stinking and steaming.)  So I walked her for a while, and then I handed the leash back to Jacob.  Then somehow Jacob accidentally let go of the leash, and Bella ran out into the highway, and it looked as though she was going to jump off the cliff on the other side.  Then a big old diesel truck came storming up the road!  Fortunately, Bella was on the lane next to it, so she didn't get run over.  Megan freaked out!  We all started calling Bella, but dad went across the way and caught Bella and put her back in the car.  Then we were done walking the dogs.

The engine was still steaming, and the motorcycle people were gone, so we were still walking around in the ditch.  I was looking down as I was walking around, and I saw what looked like a human arm bone!  It was wierd, and I called Megan.  I said "Megan, I found some bones!" and she said "Cool!  Where?"  and I said "Right here," and showed her.  And she said "Coooool!" and then she walked away.  I was going to ask Dad about the bones, but then it was time to go and there wasn't any more time.  So we all climbed back in, and once again I was cramped in the back seat. 

When we got to Show Low, we stopped at the Circle-K.  It was night time, and us four kids went into the grassy valley where we found a drainage tunnel that was in an area with volcanic rock.  There were a lot of douglas firs and bushes that looked like juniper, and it was like a labyrinth at night.  I found a little spot where I could peek out and spy on people, and we played there for about 20 minutes, and it felt like we were far away in the  middle of nowhere, and it was exciting!

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