Danae's Delicious Cinnamon Rolls

This recipe is from a precious lady in our Bible study this semester...all I can say is that the pan was wiped clean, not even a lick was left ....and everyone was begging for the recipe!! so here is it from directly Danae!  Enjoy! --------------------------------------------------------- Hey Ladies! I really enjoyed doing the bible study with you all.  Here's the recipe, as promised! I like to play around with the frosting, but this will give you an idea.  Let me know if you have any questions!   Dough: 3 C warm water 2 pkg. yeast 1 C sugar 10 C flour 1/2 C oil (I use vegetable) 2 beaten eggs 1 T salt   Mix water & yeast well in extra large mixing bowl.  Add sugar, salt, oil, and eggs.  Mix in & knead flour to make a soft dough (sticks to your hands!)  Cover & let rise to double.  Form into hot rolls or cinnamon rolls.  Let rise again.*  (Can rise in refrig. overnight if you mix the ingredients later in the evening)   For Cinnamon Rolls: Flour counter top- roll out dough in large oval shape.  Smear marg. generously :) over dough.  Sprinkle brown sugar over & then cinnamon over dough. Roll into a long snake, flouring the surface if it sticks... the tighter the roll the better!  Cut 1" circle.  Place in "Pamed" pan  Let rise.*  You can also add chopped nuts to the bottom of the pan before placing dough in there.    While dough is rising, you can make three different kinds of frosting. The first is my favorite and what I used today.. Beware its not healthy :)   #1 Frosting- Creamy 1/2 box of powered sugar 1 stick margarine 1 tsp vanilla 1 8 oz. cream cheese   This makes a bunch! I always refrig or freeze left overs and use on the next batch.  You can also add 1 cup of chopped pecans if you like!   #2 Frosting- Sorry don't have exact measurements, just do to taste Powdered Sugar (1/2 box) Vanilla Milk Can of Frosting    #3 Frosting- Extra sugary! 1 C brown sugar 1 t. cinnamon 3/4 C butter 2 T corn syrup   Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown at 350, be watchful they can burn quickly, but the middle is hard to cook through so I usually place smaller rolls in the center, otherwise the big ones won't back all the way through in the middle.   Hope you enjoy as much as we do!!!! :) Danae

Psalm 100:3

A glimpse of a Mother Daughter pair touched from Pinkapalooza....

Email received from Melissa... 

 Mother Daughter Weekend has forever impacted their lives!

Many wonderful things have and will come from this weekend and I am so thankful that the Lord led my family to Sky Ranch. The greatest thing so far is that my daughter is excited to do her devotionals and pray every day.   I have been doing them with her the last couple of days, but I hope that she can do them daily even if I am away for work and not there to help her.   I have always prayed with my daughter, but now our prayers can be more meaningful.  Today our devotional was about giving thanks for spiritural teachers.   At the end of our discussion, we prayed for all the teachers in our lives and then my daughter said,  "and we need to pray for everyone at Sky Ranch"!

I was diagnosed with uterine cancer in April, followed by surgery, and treatment.  By the grace of God, I am fine now, but the ordeal made me realize that although, I have had a lifelong relationship with the Lord, I was not sure what kind of relationship my daughter would have with Him when I was called to heaven.   When I was sick, my greatest fear was not death.  It was what would happen to those I left behind.   I realized that even though my family goes to church with me, we listen to Christian music, we pray, and try to lead a Godly life, that I have really never taught my family about having a relationship with the Lord.  Thank you for giving me the tools and instruction that will allow me to start the process.  My family will be better for it!
 
Melissa
 

October Pinkapalooza!

Our first of two fall mother/daughter retreats is all but a memory now, but most of us in attendance are still smiling at how God shone down brightly upon us this weekend.  He never ceases to amaze! 

The 40 mother/daughter couples had an unbelievable time of fun, relaxation (some more than others), and setting into motion intentional truth and character building.  Moms and daughters came together to learn, grow and listen.  The weather was perfect! Thank you, Lord! Many stepped foot on the Sky Ranch property for the first time, and many were coming home to their favorite country getaway in the world.  

Pink was the name of the game.  Seriously, if you didn't get enough pink, then you weren't seeing properly.  EVERYTHING WAS PINK!  The decorations, the tshirts, the chocolate fountain, the bingo chips, the water bottles! PINKAPALOOZA!!!

We talked about lots of girl stuff including friends, boys, and modesty! There was something for everyone.  The dinner date Saturday night was a night to remember.  Twinkling lights lit our "tables for two" as we asked questions, ate and enjoyed just mommy and girl time...in our matching p.j.'s no less!!! 

We ended our weekend with a special time of blessing and pearls of wisdom from God's word.  We now all know how a pearl is formed.  We'll never look at a pearl the same will we girls?  So, until our retreat in November...enjoy the pics and join us next year if you can!!! 

Mother Daughter Pinkapalooza Weekend.... here we come!

We are looking forward to an amazing week of intentional moments with mother and daughters.

  Teach me knowledge and good judgment, 

       for I believe in your commands.

Psalm 119:66 

Lisa Life Lesson ~ “How Often Should We Rescue Our Children?”

We had a discussion at our SkyMoms Gathering last week about how often a mom should "rescue her child" from school work being left at home or a lunch box forgotten.  Several ideas were thrown into the mix, but we all landed on the "1 Free Pass" per semester idea.  Each semester, I (mom) will bring up a paper left on the printer, a lunch left in the car, or the project left on the island in the kitchen.  After that, you reap what you sow.  Teaching responsibility to our children is HARD.  Why?  Because we want them to succeed!  And the more help we give them the more their opportunity to succeed, right? NO!!! When we swoop in and save the day we are teaching our children that we are their savior.  We are not.  God is.  When they are left to "reap what they sow" then we are teaching them to rely fully on God.  A "B" versus an "A-" is an easy lesson to learn for a day late grade.  If we let them learn the easy lessons at a young age, they will more quickly learn the hard lessons as they get older.  A responsible child is a child who knows who they are in Christ and leans on Him for understanding, truth and wisdom.  A responsible mom is a mom who let's God work in the life of her child and gets out of the way when He says, "MOVE!"
~Lisa Clark

The SPA Luncheon was a success!

What an incredible day of planning, preparing and of the Lord PROVIDING!
It is such a privilege to be apart of Sky Ranch SPA Day Luncheon again this year...my mind is already racing as to how improve for 2011 SPA DAY!
From the amazing drawing prizes, speaker, singer, menu, staff and friends that helped me make this day a success... I say thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High. Psalm 7:17