Weeks and Weeks of Lasagna Dinners!

Cooking, cleaning, cooking, cleaning...


The onions are a little hard on their eyes...so they've gotten creative over the past few weeks! heehee!

Ron and I decided a long time ago that we wanted our daughters to learn how to work. Each summer the girls in our church attend GIRLS CAMP. It is for young women ages 12-18. It is the highlight of the year for most of these girls. They bond with other kids of the same faith and they grow closer to God through many spiritual and uplifting activities.

My girls really enjoy camp. But, like with most things in life, girls camp is not free. Most parents simply write checks for their daughters to go to camp, but we make our daughters earn their way. Not only are they learning A LOT about organization, finances, cooking, time management, and being grateful, they are finding that camp means more to them when they have paid their own way.

It all begins in February...we send around a sign up sheet at church for people to sign up if they would like to buy a dinner. (1) 9 x 13 lasagna, a green salad and garlic bread. We only have to send the sign up around one Sunday...all 32 slots are quickly taken. (it seems the girl's lasagna has quite the reputation for being good OR maybe the ward members a re just being nice?)

Then the next eight Saturdays the girls are up and making their homemade sauce by 10am, let it simmer all morning and then begin building lasagnas by 1:30. They rotate jobs each week. One makes reminder calls, one makes lasagnas, one makes garlic bread, someone makes the salads, and writes the thank you cards. It is such a huge process and by the end of Saturday deliveries, we are all wiped out. However, they will have earned every penny for camp and we are so proud of them! Only two more weeks gals...hang in there!