DHSA November 2013 Newsletter

“Perhaps gratitude and love are one and the same.” –Erica Goros

 A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered their time, their baking skills, their funds, and their positive PAR-TAY attitude for our Halloween Party! We had over 120 kids in attendance—a FABULOUS turn out to a FANTASTIC party! Thank you for supporting DHSA with your talents and enthusiasm! We exist for you and your kids and we are a strong and supportive group thanks to your efforts!

Much love,

The DHSA Board

Upcoming Events:

3rd Annual DHSA Man Feast!
Friday, November 8^th
The party will begin at 6:30 p.m!

Need a great reason to get out with that hubby of yours? Well, we’ve come up with one for you!
How does this sound for an awesome menu?

BBQ Beef

Texas Grilled Chicken with Lime Butter

Baked Potatoes with all the fixings

Coleslaw

Bread

Scrumptious desserts (at least two varieties to choose from—yes, there will be chocolate!)Combine that with a group of fabulous friends and you’ve got a party!

We’ll be meeting at the Lytle’s Home in Kuna,

1298 North Cambrick Drive.
Cost for the evening is just $30 per couple,

Delicious food (that YOU don’t have to cook!), super yummy desserts, and loads of laughs are all included in this truly amazing price!

PLEASE RSVP to Stacey Lytle at lytlemomma@gmail.com or 453-2945) by Tuesday, November 5th…you can send me messages clear up until 11:59 p.m. to be counted in for all the fun!

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Science Fair

November 15th at 2:00 PM
at the Caldwell Library: 1010 Dearborn Street, Caldwell, ID 83605

Do you have a budding scientist?  Does your kid know anything and everything about birds/bats/reptiles/etc? Have a bug or rock collection? Like to blow up soda and Mentos? Bring 'em down and show 'em off!

There are NO REQUIREMENTS to enter the Science Fair…YOU, as the Mom, set the requirements for your children…the sky is the limit, let you kids share what they love and you be in charge of what you’d like to see happen.

Bring your experiments, projects, and/or research and be prepared to present your findings! (In order to accommodate all our participants, we ask that you keep your presentation in the two to three minute range.)

Please register by November 7th, 2012.
To register, e-mail Aby King at kaz728@gmail.com and put “Science Fair” in the subject line.
In your e-mail, please include each participant’s name, age, and a brief description of your science project/experiment.

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Field Trip:

Warhawk Air Museum  201 Municipal Way in Nampa

Friday, November 22nd, 1 to 3 PM

Come take a guided tour!

  Cost is $4.00 per child. One parent per family is free! Additional adults per family $6.00 each. Contact Kimberly Wing at 921-8556 or sosiouxmeto@msn.com to reserve your spot.  Please RSVP by Monday, Nov 18th.

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Field Trip:

The Nutcracker Jr!

Thursday, December 12th

College of Idaho Jewett Auditorium in Caldwell.

This performance is a shortened version (about one hour long,) geared specifically for students, and several other school groups will be attending.  Please leave young children at home who might be noisy and detract from the performance.

Cost per student and performance time coming soon! (Ball park figure:Last year, cost was $5 per adult, $2 per student. Final details on cost coming soon!)

Space is limited! Please contact Kimberly at sosiouxmeto@msn.com if interested, to reserve your spot, or for more information.

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Annie, the Musical!

November 21, 22, 23 at 7 PM

in Marsing

A community production of Annie, The Musical, sponsored by Marsing School District is playing in Marsing at the school cafeteria on November 21, 22 and 23.

Tickets for homeschoolers are $3.
If you are interested in attending, please email me with your name, phone number and number of tickets you want by November 4th. The show starts at 7:00. The doors open at 6:30 and it is open seating. You will need to mail me your money by November 7(or bring it to me if you see me on a regular basis) and your tickets will waiting at the front door for you.

Kelly Collett

455-1373

21255 Lonkey Ln Caldwell, ID 83607

kelly@libertyspeak.org

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President’s Message:

Looking for the Good

Have you ever been in a room filled with others that seem to be looking at all the negative aspects of life, people and circumstance? What typically begins to happen to you? Well, unfortunately for most, we often follow suit and the negative images begin to enter our own minds. Can we help others to look for the good and see it? Can we separate ourselves from these feelings and thoughts? I think yes!!!

I often do a little exercise when I have a group of women together … women’s retreats are the perfect setting for this! My goal is to help these women focus on the good, to look for the beautiful people they are surrounded with in their lives. So…I ask each to share something, at least one thing, they love about their husbands. NO husband bashing is allowed! (There is a time and a place to discuss things that are unhappy in a marriage, but a group setting is never the place for such a thing.)
 
What I have found time and again is miraculous. Even the ladies who felt their husbands were less than desirable or nearly rotten to the core, end up searching their hearts and find things about them that they adore. A beautiful thing happens to these ladies and to their marriages…when they return home, a re-kindled love for that man in their life is formed and if they continue to add healthy “logs” to the fire by choosing to seek and find the good things they see in their husbands, soon the love they originally felt for this wonderful man becomes the warm, comfortable place they desire to be. AND with all of this, comes a BONUS… noticing the change in her, he’ll begin tossing in a log or two…soon that little flame she started becomes a raging fire and the love between them is stronger and better than ever before. It really does happen!
Now, I do not wish to say that we should blind ourselves to true issues. BUT, I do believe that staying in love with your man means you continue to fall in love with him over and over and over and this can never happen if you are choosing to continually focus on all the bad or negative or unattractive things he may do.
I could focus on the imperfections of my husband OR I could choose to look for the beautiful person he is and see all the good he does…it’s my choice and I will see whatever I am looking for.

Is it REALLY the end of the world if he doesn’t put his socks away? Should he really be tortured for the next three months because he did or said something I didn’t like or didn’t agree with? Am I going to hold a grudge that forms a giant wall between us because of little things he may or may not do? Not if I wish to have a beautiful marriage and not if I wish for him to look past my imperfections.
I chose to focus on marriages this month because of our MAN FEAST coming right up…but this is a beautiful exercise to do with all the wonderful people in your world, not just your hubby.
Choose a child, perhaps the one that pulls your strings the very most! Focus on seeing every good and desirable thing they do AND then let them know you notice just how fabulous they are…that same beautiful thing will happen with your relationship with your child ~ a closeness, a love, an adoration that we desire to have!

During this month of THANKSgiving ~ let’s all do our best to look for the good, to focus on it and to act on it. Our hearts will be bursting with love and abundant joy will bless our homes!

Blessings!
Stacey Lytle