Steering Christmas Party

This year for our Steering Christmas party we had a potluck. Sue's husband cooked an AMAZING turkey, and the rest of us contributed with all the sides and dessert. The food was great, and the company better. It was so fun to spend time with good friends, and celebrate the birth of Jesus together. MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Craft Night!

What a fun time these girls had talking and making a Martha Stewart Christmas tree craft. I hear the cleanup was a little bit difficult-how do you get spray glue and glitter off of your hands? But the end result was a sparkly new decoration! Thanks for participating, girls. Hope you had fun!

Jana!

I hope you all enjoyed Jana Alayra today. What a talented mom! Even with all the crying of her moving story and music, I hope your day was ended with unending smiles from your cute, dancing kiddos! We will miss you guys this break, but hope to see all of YOUR beautiful faces back in January. Check back for updated photos and info before we start back up on the LAST TUESDAY in January. Merry Christmas!

Don't forget to vote!!

More Halloween Fun!

Pictures of a Halloween get together at the park for Tables 1 and 8.

Christmas Project

Don't forget...
To give back this year, our MOPS group will be helping 2 different efforts to help those in need. First, you can bring in your old magazines and we will have them sent off to our troops in Iraq. They can definitely use something new to read to get their minds off of what is going on around them on a daily basis.
Also, there is still the opportunity to fill up a shopping bag with groceries for a family who is running short. The economy right now, as we all know, is a little scary. How great to be able to help feed a family, even if only for a few days. Please contact Christina Shaw for further information on what to buy for the bags. Her contact info is in the directory that you received at today's meeting.
All donations can be brought on November 18th (preferred) or the December 9th meeting.
Both projects are completely voluntary.

Speaking of Martha...

Come on out for a girls night on December 3rd. We will be getting together to do a REALLY CUTE Martha Stewart Christmas craft. Mark your calendars for this one- it's gonna be laid back, no stress and there will be CHOCOLATE!

Look out Martha!

You are not going to want to miss the next MOPS meeting on November 18th. (Remember it's the 3RD Tuesday)! Mostly because your husband is going to be SO impressed with you! Just think, you'll be able to serve him a piece of homemade apple pie for dessert that night. He'll enjoy it so much while he is sitting there wondering how his wife does it all...keeping up with the kids, the house and she's so darn cute! Then, he'll remember that you had MOPS that day. GOSH! This MOPS thing must really be good for her, I think I like it! And everyone's happy. The kids will ask if they can go to bed early, but only if they can help you clean up their toys first, and you can sit and enjoy your husband's company while he enjoys his homemade pie. Sound like a dream world? Or maybe just an episode of Leave it to Beaver. But I hope you all come to enjoy some talk time with your friends and draw out your inner Martha Stewart. Remember that there are a few things you'll need to bring.

6-8 Granny Smith apples, depending on the size you want your pie to be
Apple corers, cutters, peelers, knives anything you may want to help with the peeling/cutting process. Check with your table leader to see what will be provided and what you need to bring.
A shallow container to take the pie home in. (ie. a box lid or shallow dish) so it doesn't slide around in your car. (We had a few casualties last time).
See you all on the November 18th!

Halloween Fun!

Table 2, Head up by Heather Douglas and her table assistant, Melissa had a fun Halloween get together last week with fun games for the kids, and a great time for families...even dads! Here's some pictures of the kids in their adorable costumes. Thanks for sharing with us!

These Are Our Tables

Wow what beautiful and amazing moms we have in our group. It is so fun to be in MOPS with each and every one of you.

Table 1 Alissa, Alicia, Nancy, April, Lisa, and Amy. Not Pictured are Christine and Jebeta
Table 2 Andrea, Jaymee, Heather, Melissa, Kristen, and Ashley. Not Pictured are Paula and Crystal
Table 3 Ashley, Sarah, Deborah, Crystal, Angie, and Katie. Not Pictured are Danielle and Pam.
Table 5 (so sad most of the ladies had left) Anna, Theresa and Stacey. Not Pictured Kelsey, Debbie, Nicole, Amber and Jo-Anna.
Table 6 Barbara, Feli, Carrie, Katie, Christina, Jessica, and Heather. Not Pictured is Allison.

Table 7 Robin, Danielle, Sarah, Brenda, Kathleen, and Debbie. Not pictured are Jenny and Tiffany.

Table 8 Lisa, Allissa, Cara, Kari, Heidi Anderson, Heidi Fatter, and Jennifer. Not Pictured is Sandy.

Table 9 Amanda, Julie and Jen. Not Pictured is Sue.

Recipe Exchange

Table 1 (Lisa Shaffer's table) and table 8 (Heidi Anderson's table) had a dessert night with a recipe exchange. What a fun, great idea! Hope you guys had fun girl time away from the kids!

Table 8 Playdate

Table 8 (Heidi Anderson's table) recently had a playdate at the park. Pictured from left: Cara Lippen, Alissa Smith, Heidi Anderson, Lisa Blount, and Jennifer Sleeper, and of course all their adorable kids! Looks like you guys had a great time!

Peltzer Farms Flyer

Come out for a Fun Fall Time at Peltzer Farms Pumpkin Patch
39925 Calle Contento, Temecula

This Great Local Farm features some fun fall activities:
-Pony Rides -Train Ride
-Petting Farm -Pig Races
-Rare Tractor Collection -Corn Maze

All for $10 per child. (There is no entrance fee)

So Bring your kids or the whole family if you can-dads are always welcome
and join us on:
Thursday, October 16th from 4-6pm.

We will have a reserved table also so feel free to bring a picnic dinner if you’d like.
Contact Kathleen if you have any questions 951-265-9149

Hope to see you there.

Fall Schedule

The following is the schedule remaining for this semester. This is only for the group as a whole. All table activities are coordinated through your table leader, so please check with her for those dates. All dates in Orange are activities happening on days other than our regular Tuesday meetings. Hope this helps to keep us all a little more organized!

October 14 MOPS meeting #3
October 16 Peltzer Farms Outing
October 28 MOPS meeting #4
November 16 Family Football night
November 18 MOPS meeting #5 (Heads Up! This falls on the third Tuesday)
December 3 Women's Craft night
December 5 Women's Christmas Dessert (always so fun!)
December 9 MOPS meeting #6

Christmas Break until January 27th!

We will be sending out more details as we get closer to some of these dates. Please feel free to contact me or your table leader with any questions!

Welcome!

Welcome to Sunridge MOPS! My name is Amanda Carrillo and I am the Coordinator for our group. I work with many other women to create meetings for moms in the stage of life of raising pre-schoolers. We hope that you find good friends, good food and a good break from life during our meetings on Tuesday mornings. This is my first entry on our brand new, official Sunridge MOPS blog. We hope that this will be a good way for you to stay updated on all that is going on with our group. I hope you find this a useful tool to stay informed and also a fun place to come and see what other tables are up to!