Big changes in Monticello Branch!

There were a lot of changes in leadership in our branch yesterday. The Relief Society president, Young Women president, Primary president and the youth Sunday School teacher were all released. The new callings are as follows

Young Mens president - Lou Maldanado
Relief Society president - Holly Fuller
Young Womens president - Me (Becky)
Primary president - Cece Prange
Sunday School teacher - Lisa Banks

I was very surprised because I was just called as the Relief Society president in December. I am excited for my new calling but very nervous because I have never served in Young Womens before. Everything has changed since I was a kid. I guess that shows my age. I think that everyone is going to do a great job fulfilling their callings.
ps any ideas for yw activities send them my way please.

Word of the week

We are trying to broaden our vocabulary with the word of the week. We try and choose a word that is not normally used, and one that is fun to say. Try and work it in your conversations during the week. FYI the word we are using this week, someone in our branch used it twice yesterday.

PLETHORA- noun- 1st A very large amount or number of something especially an excessive amount.
2nd An excess of blood in part of the body especially in the facial veins causing a ruddy complexion.

There is a PLETHORA of words in the dictionary.

Have fun using this word remember to be gregarious when dropping these words around your friends and collegues.

Pizza Dough

I thought I would post our pizza dough recepie. Mostly so that if I am away from home and want to make homemade pizza I can find the recepie. This is an easy recepie and the kids love to design their own with toppings even their friends love this and that is nice when we are trying to save money.

PIZZA DOUGH

This makes 2 pizzas

2 Tbls of yeast
2 cups of warm water
5 cups of flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of sugar
4 Tbls of oil

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix all of the rest of the ingredients together. Let rise 1x, punch down and spread onto pizza pans. We spray a little pam so it is not quite so sticky. Then put on your sauce, cheese and toppings and bake at 450 - 500 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Let me know how your family likes this recepie.

Pictures

Kiley and the boys!

Kiley went to the Priest Laurel prom down in NJ.

Pictured is - Kiley, Connor, Adam, Isaiah, and Caulin.

This is Danny's OM team at States eating lunch at Friendly's. They had a great time and they placed 4th at states.

The above pictures are of Danny's OM team at states and the judges are asking them questions. The picture below is of our branch. The one of Danny is at the Tri state spelling bee.

Here are some pictures of Kiley and Danny's Odyssey of the mind teams.

This is Kiley's team working on spontaneous.

I have been sick and very busy at the same time. I think that what has happened in the last7 or 8 months has been Heavenly Father's way of saying SLOW DOWN. So a long story made kind of short is that I will be in the hospital every month for a few days receiving IVIG treatments and I also had a hysterectomy in May. I am feeling very good energy wise today except I am having a slight problem with one of my incisions, other than that I have not felt this good since September. I still get tired easily and I really want to start exercising but I am a little afraid. I am going to start walking just a little at a time and work my way into more time as I beginn to feel better. I have had a hard winter and new year but there is always someone out there in worse shape or having a more difficult time than I am.

I am very greatful for my wonderful family and that includes everyone! My doctors who I am very luck that they are the best and have not made any mistakes on me so far--woohoo! The Gospel of Jesus Christ that gives me hope that I can return and live with my Father in Heaven again.

That being said I have a few pictures that I thought you might enjoy. I am not very good with my camera indoors yet. I always seem to get blury pictures. I think I am on the lookout for a new digital so any suggestions of ones that work would be appreciated. I love a big optic zoom and slim features of the one that I have but it is very hard to get a clear picture. So I apologize for any blury pictures that you have to look at.

Word of the Week

We are starting a word of the week. Every week there will be a new word up on the blog. We want to see how you use the word during the week and how many times you end up using it.

gregarious - adj. 1. very friendly and sociable
2. used to describe organisms that live in groups
3. used to describe plants that grow in clusters

I met a very gregarious little girl the other day.

NYSSMA

Hey guys,
It's Kiley. I got to go to NYSSMA this past Saturday on a level six vocal piece. I tried for All State. I got a 96 on the piece, which was in Italian. I'm eligible for All State, which is good. I had a really good time. It was a really good experience. Just to see how many kids came to try out with their voices or their instruments was just amazing. I heard some of them warming up and could tell they put a lot of time and effort into their pieces. It was my first time ever going and I went straight for the level 6. It was really fun and I plan to go again next year.