Kira Harvey and her husband Mark have a little girl, Karilynn (that they call Kari). She also has a degree in early childhood & elementary education and enjoys baking, sewing, and music. Kira serves in the primary.

Janie Tait is the mother of 3 - Kaitlyn, Ally & Josh (the youngest are twins) and is expecting her fourth. She and her husband Matt recently moved from Missouri. When she is not busy being a mom and our RS committee leader, Janie loves to being with friends, crafting & scrapbooking.

Saturday, April 17th was our Relief Society Temple Baptism day! (don't we all look great with wet hair!) A big thank you to all who came (including Nikki & Katryna who are not in the pic)and Meri Steiff who provided all the names for us. And thanks to all our fabulous priesthood who came and supported us.

Matt & Kasandra Nelson are the proud parents of little Noah Bitxse. Born on January 5th, he weighed 7lbs.7oz and was 20 inchs long.

New Sister: Katryna Hanchett

Katrina and her husband, Wes, recently moved into our ward from the Academy Heights ward. As a tech for Lovelace and going to school to be a nurse, Katryna stays busy but she still finds time to enjoy reading, traveling, and going to movies. Glad to have you Katryna!

New babies!

Grace Sophia Roberts was born on Tuesday, 6 lbs. 14 oz. 20 inches.


Alivia Jane Woolf was born last Monday, 7 lbs. 3 oz. 20 inches.

Congratulations to both families!

Stake Fitness Program

Tammy Walker (from the Paradise Hills Ward) is going to start up the stake fitness program again (yeah!!!!) It will be every Tues & Thur from 9:30-10:30am starting this Tues the 22nd at the stake center in the gym. She does an awesome total body sculpting with an aerobic warm-up. Hand weights, a towel or mat, and a water bottle are encouraged, as well as proper foot wear (she asks for no flip flops)
Kids are invited to attend and the play in gym alongside the moms. We have had problems in the past with kids getting on the stage or running through the halls - just make sure to keep an eye on the kiddos. This is a great class!
Now that we have this fabulous option, we are going to cancel walking group for the time being.

Lisa Gray's new granddaughter

Zoey Avia Hamilton was born in August, weighing 7lbs. 8oz. and 21.5 inches long.
Congratulations Lisa!

Meet some of our new sisters

Heidi Nielsen and her husband Michael recently moved from California with their 3 boys, Austin (4), Jack (2), and David (5mos). Heidi loves the outdoors, playing sports and all kinds of crafting.

Julie LeCheminant and her husband Jeff moved to Albuquerque from California.
She has two boys Trey (4) and Kaden (2). She enjoys scrapbooking, cooking and
card making.

Aquarium Day

Last week many of our sisters (and a couple husbands) met at the Aquarium with their children. We enjoyed a cool stroll through the many exhibits. The aquarium offered a couple of activities for the children including a coloring table to make your own sting ray-on-a-stick! Most of the kids were excited about touching a real sting ray and baby tiger shark! What an experience.

If you missed out this time, watch your emails for future plans. The sisters in our ward regularly attend park day, enrichment activities, and trips to the zoo and aquarium.

New babies

We are excited to have three new babies in our ward! Congratulations to the Vickers, Lows and Streiffs! What beautiful babies!

Megan Elizabeth Vickers was born on June 25th. She weighed 5 lbs, 15 ozs and was 19.5 inches long.

Sophie Marie Low was born June 18th, weighing 6 lbs, 10 ozs and was 19 inches long.

Dayton Brent Streiff was born on June 8th weighing 7 lbs, 4 ozs and 20 inches.

New Sister

Mary Davis moved into our ward with her husband, Don, her son, Royce 19, and her daughters, Katheryn 17 and Ashley 10. Mary is originally from Florida and enjoys reading, walking and learning to quilt. Mary is an Assistant Director of Nursing at Montebello.

Let's get walking!

New Location!
Come out and join our new summer walking group Tuesday mornings at 7:30am.
Meet on the corner of Stone Mountain Rd. and Bandelier in Stonebridge
Kids are welcome (the trail is about 2 1/2 miles round trip)
Questions? Call Paula 922-1095

Disney Train Coming To ABQ

In a promotion for Disney's new Christmas Carol 3-D movie due out in November, the studio is doing a publicity six-month whistle-stop train tour that will hit 40 cities with a multi-car exhibit showcasing different aspects of the production. The train tour is like a rolling Disneyland exhibit — only it's free.

It will hit Albuquerque June 5-7 at the Amtrack station.

Water Barrels

As you know, we are asked to keep a supply of water for our families in case of an emergency as part of our food storage.
One option for storing water is to use a large water barrel.
The Torres' are going to put an order through for anyone in the ward that would like to order a 55 gallon water barrel.
All orders must be placed to Timaree Torres by 10 am Saturday morning, May 16th.
Since the price of the barrels will depend on the number of orders received, you will be given your total by that same evening, once all orders have come in.
Then you will have until 10am Monday morning, May 18th to turn in the money to Timaree, either cash or check.

The prices will be as follows:
If 1-9 barrels are ordered, each one will cost $70
10-19 - $60
20-49 - $56
50-100 - $53

So, the more our ward orders, the less each one will cost. Timaree won't know your total until all orders have come in.
Also available for sale with this order are the wrenches to open the barrels - either $16 /$14/ $13 (depending on how many are ordered)
and the pumps that attach to the barrel to pump out the water - either $14/ $12 /$11 (depending on how many are ordered)

Delivery of all items will be on Thursday, May 21st where you can pick up your order from the Torres' house.

Call or email your order (eric_timaree@yahoo.com)

New Sisters in the Bandelier Ward

Joy Martin moved from Gilbert, Arizona with her husband and four kids, ages four months to five years. She enjoys traveling, shopping, blogging and photography. She works as an RN.

Lisa Gray moved into our ward from NE Albuquerque. She is a medical assistant and enjoys reading, tole painting and crocheting. She also loves butterflys and the colors purple and green. She a mother of two daughters and a grandmother.

Brooke and her husband, Chris, moved from Logan, Utah with their three year old son, Chandler. Having majored in accounting, she is now a stay at home mom who enjoys music, scrapbooking, blogging and cooking.

Alisa Lee moved to ABQ with her husband, Tyler, and their four boys from Los Angeles, California. Alisa enjoys hiking, camping, reading and completing her thesis by June.

Don't forget!!!

We are going to be having a Sister's Night Out on Wednesday, April 22nd at 7pm where we will have a demostration on how to make favorite restaurant dishes inexpensively at home for your family (yummy!) It'll be at Paula Pond's house - 5127 Stone Mountain Rd. Bring a treat to share. (sorry - no kids)

Baby Avery Haslam

Erin and Vince welcomed Avery Nicole Haslam on Saturday, April 4th. Avery was 6 lbs, 11 oz and 20 inches. What a beautiful baby girl! Congratulations Erin!











We are excited to start a new tradition on the blog by announcing the new babies in our ward!

Great Websites!

In the Deseret Book Spring catalog, there are two websites we thought were worth sharing.

http://www.ldswhy.com/

The first one is about a book called "Why? Powerful Answers and Practical Reasons for Living LDS Standards". If you have teenagers in your home or your calling is with the youth, this is a great tool. You will find hundreds of answers that reinforce the teachings found in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet.


http://www.gospellink.com
The second link is a wonderful tool for teachers. $4.99/month subsription to the entire Deseret Book online library. LDS.org, BYU.edu, CES and more! One month free trial offered!