President Pinegar for AnnMarie

Hi Myrna,
Ed Pinegar wrote: "We can work our something for thw 21st. Call me. 835-2291. Love, Pres. Pinegar"

Call me 435-835-2291 or 435-835-4727. Schedule your baptismal dates with the temple 435-835-2291. I look froward from hearing from her. Love, Pres. Pinegar

Perfect. Call me at the temple between 7 am and 2 pm Tues Weds or Fri and we will work it out. Love

Apricot Jalapeno preserves (Amy Smith and Amy G Trauntvein both have the same recipe.)

Gordon Smith wrote:
Myrna, if you don’t have this recipe, it is good poured over cream cheese.  Then use crackers etc. to eat it.  It is also good alone on crackers.

Amy, who is the wife of our son Todd, brought it to a party at our house.  She then sent us the recipe.

Here is the Apricot jalapeno preserves recipe. I did not put the food coloring in. I used the certo liquid pectin, two packages come in a box. I bought a big bag of apricots from Sams Club. I think it did at least two double batches. When we did it we did double batches and it made between 16 to 18 jars. The making part did not take very long. It was cutting everything up that took so long. We just used a little food processer to cut up the peppers and used scissors to cut up the apricots. I did not use the blender for the peppers, my mom did. You can do what you want. Have fun and enjoy.

Amy Smith’s instructions:

Combine apricots, sugar and jalapeno mixture in large saucepan.
Bring to a boil. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes.
Remove from heat. Skim off any foam that forms.
Allow mixture to cool for 2 minutes.
Mix in pectin and food coloring, if desired.
Pour into sterilized jars and seal.
Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Apricot jalapeno preserves recipe in the canning category
Recipe ingredients:

1/2 cup finely chopped jalapeno peppers, stems and seeds removed
1 large finely chopped red bell pepper, stem and seeds removed
2 cups cider vinegar
1 1/2 cups dried apricots, chopped
6 cups granulated sugar
3 ounces liquid pectin
4 drops red food color, optional (I like the food color included)
Recipe method:

Put jalapenos, bell pepper and vinegar in blender.
Puree until coarsely ground and small chunks remain.


Myrna wrote: Yummy! Thanks for thinking of me and for sharing. We love apricots and have a tree but last year it only had a few. It got touched by the April frost we had. Thanks for telling me about the using the Sams Club apricots. I buy them just to eat and it is nice to know that they can be used for this. I can't wait to go try it.

We have a daughter-in-law named Amy married to our son Todd. ;) We also have a daughter-in-law named Amy married to our son Eric. Yes, we have two Amys. Fun. One is Amy G (Todd's) and the other is Amy J (Eric's). Hehehe!


Kirsten wrote: Okay... I just have to say that I had to read and reread that second paragraph.  Too bizzarre that there is another Todd and Amy and that they are our relatives and that their Amy is also a good cook....  hence the reading and rereading!

Thanks for the recipe! Kirsten

Todd Trauntvein wrote: ....and both Todd's worked at storehouse at some point in time.

Myrna wrote: What are the chances of that?


Amy G wrote: ...And both Amy's have this recipe.  I got a bit confused at first too when reading this, since I got this same recipe from my own mother.

Amy G. Trauntvein (spouse of Todd TRAUNTVEIN)!  lol!

Apricot jalapeno preserves recipe

...And both Amy's have this recipe.  I got a bit confused at first too when reading this, since I got this same recipe from my own mother.

Amy G. Trauntvein (spouse of Todd TRAUNTVEIN)!  lol!

....and both Todd's worked at storehouse at some point in time.

On Feb 16, 2011, at 2:21 PM, Jared Waite <jjwaite6@aol.com> wrote:

Okay... I just have to say that I had to read and reread that second paragraph.  Too bizzarre that there is another Todd and Amy and that they are our relatives and that their Amy is also a good cook....  hence the reading and rereading!  

Thanks for the recipe!

Kirsten

From: gf_smities@msn.com

Subject: Apricot Jalapeno preserves
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:06:46 -0700

Myrna, if you don’t have this recipe, it is good poured over cream cheese.  Then use crackers etc. to eat it.  It is also good alone on crackers.

Amy, who is the wife of our son Todd Smith, brought it to a party at our house.  She then sent us the recipe.

Here is the Apricot jalapeno preserves recipe. I did not put the food coloring in. I used the certo liquid pectin, two packages come in a box. I bought a big bag of apricots from Sam's club. I think it did at least two double batches. When we did it we did double batches and it made between 16 to 18 jars. The making part did not take very long. It was cutting everything up that took so long. We just used a little food processer to cut up the peppers and used scissors to cut up the apricots. I did not use the blender for the peppers, my mom did. You can do what you want. Have fun and enjoy.

Amy Smith’s instructions:

Combine apricots, sugar and jalapeno mixture in large saucepan.

Bring to a boil. Boil rapidly for 5 minutes.

Remove from heat. Skim off any foam that forms.

Allow mixture to cool for 2 minutes.

Mix in pectin and food coloring, if desired.

Pour into sterilized jars and seal.

Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

Apricot jalapeno preserves recipe in the canning category

Recipe ingredients:

1/2 cup finely chopped jalapeno peppers, stems and seeds removed

1 large finely chopped red bell pepper, stem and seeds removed

2 cups cider vinegar

1 1/2 cups dried apricots, chopped

6 cups granulated sugar

3 ounces liquid pectin

4 drops red food color, optional (I like the food color included)

Recipe method:

Put jalapenos, bell pepper and vinegar in blender.

Puree until coarsely ground and small chunks remain.

Re: AnnMarie and Temple Baptism's for the Dead

Myrna wrote: Dad said he also had never heard that you had to call in for a baptism date the first of January. He will talk to the president about it.

Did you find your anniversary card propped up on the counter? Poor little Matthew thought I had given each of the children $5 because he opened the card and saw all of the $5s. The real truth is that the lady at the bank didn't understand Dad when he told her he wanted $25 and so she gave him all $5s. I asked why he didn't just tell her and he said it was OK because it all spends the same way.

I sometimes wonder if I should give everyone $5 each. Dad says that if I did that, I could just mail the cards and would not send funny little items like pencils, etc.

Kirsten said she liked the packages and the first conversation heart she took out of her box said: "I love you." She said it made her day.

Kyle was certainly surprised when he tried to scoop up the package and it kept moving away from him. So was A.J. at his house. You should see Eric. He has lost over 50 pounds and now weighs about 188. He looks skinnier than Dad. Of course, they are the same height but Dad weighs 165. Maybe Eric has more muscle.

AnnMarie wrote: Mom,

Were you able to find out anything about our schedule for Manti?  I still haven't heard, but I know he is extremely busy.  I don't want to bother him.

Thanks,

AnnMarie

President Ed Pinegar: We can work out something for the 21st. Call me. 835-2291.

Myrna wrote: President Pinegar spoke at Julie's conference session on Saturday. When I got home from the temple that night, he had left a message to call him because, he said, he had it worked out. I knew he was speaking again today at a different place so I decided to just facebook message him. He usually answers on Monday morning, though the temple isn't open until Tuesday. I would still call him tomorrow on the special number he gave you.

I have commission meeting on Tuesday morning but Dad is planning on coming up for little Rachel and for the other kids if they need picking up or whatever. He said he and Rachel would go to McDonald's for lunch and she could play there for awhile. I hate that we have holidays on Monday because that always fouls me up. Dad said he will miss me only because he will end up sitting on the floor playing dolls with Rachel. (Secretly, he likes it--being the doll that does whatever Rachel tells it to do

My Soap Box

This week has been so crazy for me. Last week on Monday I ate Iguana, went and did some family home evening activities in my area and then went to Managua at about 4 a.m. Tuesday morning. We, as District Leaders in the mission, we called by the mission president to a two-day, super-training conference. It was fantastic and I learned a LOT while I was there. The highlight of the whole activity was that I learned that I am going in the right direction as a leader here in the mission. I had the opportunity to give a little bit of a sample district meeting lesson to a class full of district leaders and had the president and a zone leader supervising. I taught at the very end. I was so nervous to teach in front of everyone else, so I was praying a ton so that I could have the Spirit with me to guide me so that I could say what needed to be said, teach what needed to be taught, and really help myself and the others in the room to learn something new. It was a quick 10 min. teaching experience and I was so nervous throughout the entire thing, yet the class participated, I said everything that I felt needed to be said and in the end felt comfortable. We had a little bit of a "constructive criticism" session afterword and when they got to my part of the lesson nobody had anything bad to say. Not one complaint. I was stunned. As we were leaving the room, I stayed back a little bit so as to put everything away in my backpack, a couple of the missionaries that were in the session with me walked up to me, one by one, and told me that they thought I was one of the best "teachers" that got up (for one reason or another). I was speechless. I blushed and thanked each one as they left, but I was stunned, awestruck, you name it. I know, I know, humble Elder Bolton, right? But that was a serious answer to my prayers. I worry that I'm not the kind of leader that I should be some times because I'm not the most successful and I'm not the most intelligent, but at least I know now that I can help others learn and become better.

 

The training was two days and when we weren't in meetings we went out to work. I went back to La Primavera and found a family and baptized them with two other missionaries. The family was hilarious and it took a LOT of work to get them to the church, but they are a great family. Then I went back to my area and started working with my companion again. We have been working with a number of families over the past two week, about 10 to be exact. However, this weekend we hit problems with ALL of them. Every single one. This is such a trial for me, as I really want to help these couples get married and baptized, but occasionally it gets very difficult to help people to progress. I find that I get super discouraged when things like this happen, yet I have faith and hope. I know that things will get better and that eventually all will work out. I just have to remain positive.

 

Ok. My soap box. My turn to rant about how ridiculous I think some people are at times. I hate two-faced people. Hypocrites basically. I dislike people that say that someone should live one way and then they live the opposite. I try to be a leader here in the mission that is obedient, because I expect it of those in my district. I love those that I do not know, and I am kind to missionaries when they make mistakes or mess up. We are all human and are bound to err at times. So, I do not like it when others harass those that are obedient, I don't like it when good missonaries get so verbally bashed when they make mistakes, etc. I do not agree with the current mission "politik" in the which I find myself currently. Hopefully, with time, this can change here in the mission. I have so many ideas on how to help this mission become even better than it is, but unfortunately there are some people who do not like my ideas, nor would they like to take the time or effort to make such changes. Ok. Soap box over.

 

Now. The INFO. My companion is a Rexburgian. Born and raised in Rexburg, ID. He is 19, funny, fantastic and works really hard. We enjoy our time together and have lots of fun while working hard. He is one of the best companions I'v had here on my mission. Reminds me a lot of one of my roommates from BYU. I have 4 areas in total in my district. My area, La Posada 2, La Posada, Momotombo (a little coommunity), and La Paz Centro. Momotombo is about 2 hrs away in bus and is the residence of Elders Denton and May (Elder Denton was in Puerto with me for a few months). Both are from Utah, work hard and make me laugh a lot. Then there's the elders in the city of La Paz Centro (The Centre of Peace), Elders Martinez and Morales. Martinez is from El Salvador, and Morales from Panama. They are both pretty goffy but, again, good missionaries. In La Posada there are Elders Smith, Wyoming (tease him about that a lot and the Latinos don't ever understand), and his companion Elder Guevara (El Salvador). All in all, my district is tight, and I love all the missionaries. The Zone is fantastic, but really goofy. We have high goals for this month and we hope to achieve them all.

 

Anything else you would like to know? I am trying to record video journal entries lately of funny things that happen during the week and I'll have to figure out how to get them all to you.

 

Foods tried now: Brain, tongue, turtle, iguana, yuca, plantain (boiled/fried), bananas, watermelon, papaya, pineapple, mango, tamarindo, jocote and mimbro (SOUR fruits). Yeah. lovin the Nica food. This week I hope to learn how to make gallopinto so that I can make it for you all when I get back.

 

Lemme know anything else you would like to hear about in next week's email.

 

Love you all,

Elder B

AnnMarie and Manti Temple

AnnMarie wrote: I did not know that we had to call to reserve temple baptisms the first week of January.  Now we are being told that we cannot have a session on June 21 because all of the sessions are booked. 

 

I don't want another faux pas with President Pinegar.  I haven't heard from him on doing a fireside for our stake down there.  Is there some way to call him?

 

AnnMarie

Myrna wrote: I don't really think that they are all booked. I know we have people come all of the time, some large groups, who are not on the first schedule. Just call the temple and ask to speak to him. Let me know how that goes. If you are not successful, I will intercede. Dad said, also, that he would go in and talk to President personally. They work shifts, the temple presidency, and the office will know when they are or will be there. You could also ask for Carolyn Wallingford (a.m.) or Susan Davis (p.m.) They do most of the baptistry scheduling. Tell them who you are, your church position, and that you are our daughter.

His email is: brotheredjp@gmail.com

Dad said he also had never heard that you had to call in for a baptism date the first of January. He will talk to the president about it.

Did you find your anniversary card propped up on the counter? Poor little Matthew thought I had given each of the children $5 because he opened the card and saw all of the $5s. The real truth is that the lady at the bank didn't understand Dad when he told her he wanted $25 and so she gave him all $5s. I asked why he didn't just tell her and he said it was OK because it all spends the same way.

I sometimes wonder if I should give everyone $5 each. Dad says that if I did that, I could just mail the cards and would not send funny little items like pencils, etc.

Kirsten said she liked the packages and the first conversation heart she took out of her box said: "I love you." She said it made her day.

Kyle was certainly surprised when he tried to scoop up the package and it kept moving away from him. So was A.J. at his house. You should see Eric. He has lost over 50 pounds and now weighs about 188. He looks skinnier than Dad. Of course, they are the same height but Dad weighs 165. Maybe Eric has more muscle.

Al Wants to Visit

Al Pitts wrote: I look forward to seeing you, I will have to make those arrangements. I will let you know!

Myrna wrote: What?


Al wrote: I am planning to come to Ut in the near term, couple months, and would like to come and visit with you. Mother is 93 and still going strong and I haven't seen her since last October. So I am planning to come to Ut. I will call and see if we can visit.

Al Pitts
Manufacturing Engineering
Ph. (206) 544-3098
alan.r.pitts@boeing.com
M/S 4F-14

Myrna wrote: Great!

Three Things About Me, From Gordon Smith

Three things about me:

Please don't break the cycle ... it is fun to learn different things about our friends.

A. Three names I'm called: ;  Gordon, Dad, Grandpa, G, Smitty

B. Three places I've lived: Springville, and Provo for two months.  That’s all.

C. Three places I've worked: Nebo School District, Thorn’s Construction, Clydes Construction

D. Three things I love to watch: Sunrise – Sunset, Sporting & and athletic events, Lakes & Streams 

E. Three people who email me regularly: Myrna, Dean Allen, Reed Smith, Mike Rhodes, Ron Herring, Camile Powell, and many more.

F. Three things I love to eat: Fried Pheasant, Forty Mile Dutch oven stew, Meat loaf

G. Three people I think will respond: I don’t think anyone will 

H. Three things I am looking forward to: Boat fishing, Camping, Warm weather.

 

Here’s what you're supposed to do...and please dot not spoil the fun.
Hit forward, delete my answers and type in your answers.
Then send this to a few good friends or family INCLUDING the person who sent it to you.

The theory is that you will learn something about each other.

Myrna wrote: Well, someone did respond--you. Thanks. It sounds like we both like warm weather. ;)

Helen's 80th

Nanci Done wrote:

Hello Aunt Myrna and Uncle Tim! I hope this note finds you both well and happy! I have been so busy I can't see straight!! I HAVE to get the ball rolling on my mom's party. I'm curious if Uncle Tim was able to get a hold of my mom's ward for possible dates of availability. 

Can you give me some dates that you and Uncle Tim are availabe. (Saturdays in July) that we could do this. A couple of dates would be great so I can make sure everyone else can do the same day. I will work my schedule around yours. Also, I want to make sure all the siblings are there and a strong encouragement to the siblings children. After that... whomever can make it. I don't want it to be as big as Aunt Eva's. I want it a little more intimate so my mom can actually enjoy it and talk to people. 

Let me know your thoughts. 

I love your Facebook profile picture! You both look AMAZING!! I can't believe how much Unce Time looks like his dad! Wow! 

xo 

Nanci


Nanci Done wrote: Hey there... I haven't heard back from you guys... from my previous facebook message and I sent a detailed email this weekend... please let me know if you got my email. Hope you are well and happy! xo

Myrna Trauntvein wrote:
We sent you and email. We think it is a great idea and we will be working with you to make it happen.
Nanci Done 10:12pm Feb 12 Thank you! I appreciate that. My mom is not on Facebook. I do want to try and pull off a surprise party for her. I know that is asking a lot.... we'll see how that goes, but ultimately, that's what I want to do. :) xoox

Myrna Trauntvein

We have planned your mom's surprise party on her birthday--June 16. All the arrangements are made except for sending the invitations. It is at her stake center on that afternoon.

Nanci Done wrote:
Oh, my gosh!! That is awesome!!! I have been completely overwhelmed with my three jobs... moving cross country and I had a short notice wedding of my step son dropped in my lap which we are having at our house this Sunday!!! Just to give you and idea to how crazy things are... we just moved into our house two weeks ago!!!!! As soon as this is over my undivided attention to my mom's party!!!! Thank you! Thank you!! Yay!

In the meantime... do you have all family members emails? If so if you could be gathering those for me and suggestions of others you think might want to attend.... Also, does uncle Tim have any pictures of their childhood he would like to share? If possible, get those in a digital format and we'll gather from what I have and other family members for a slide show.

Do you know if the church has round tables and linens? If not, I can arrange rentals.

I will touch base the first of next week when this current insanity is over and we'll go full steam ahed.

Thank you for everything! I want to make this very special. I don't believe she has ever had a Birthday party! xoxoox

From Denise

I enjoyed seeing you guys at the Temple, I wished I could of visited with you.  But we had to leave. Tim does such a good job. And I just love going over there when I can see you. It is so very special. Have a Happy Valentine day. love you Denise