Watermelon Social

We had a great time at the Watermelon Social this year. It was a good opportunity to meet each other and talk.

We got some great pictures of the event. Click here to check them out!

August General Meeting

August General Meeting, we went to Leisure World and had a great time bowling. It was fun to meet all the incoming first years and to be able to relax, talk, laugh, and have fun.

For the

Good Luck Potluck!

Here are some pictures of the Good Luck Potluck. Good Luck you second years. We are so excited for you and wish you all the best.

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Thank you for all of the donations for the tornado victims.

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Installation

What a wonderful evening. I would like to give a special thanks to last years board. They worked very hard to make it a fabulous year and we appreciate everything they have done. Working along side the board were amazing officers and members who made the year wonderful. It was so nice to spend an evening honoring them and realizing how much they have done for the SAA and it’s members.

Thank you for your warm welcome and support of the new board. I would like to say on behalf of our board that we are so grateful for your support and are so excited for the upcoming year.

If you are trying to stay away from sweets don’t look at the photos of the decedent chocolate deserts. They were truly phenomenal. What a great end to a fun evening.

Thank you for a great year,

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Meet your new board

This is your new president, Mandy Wanzek. Mandy is so animated and full of great energy. Her laugh is contagious and her love for SAA shows strong. I'm excited to see what she brings to the organization next year. She shared a lot of ideas that she had. SAA is in good hands. Good Luck, Mandy!

Your new board. From left to right: Julie Callister HISTORIAN, Farrel Bean LIASON, Melissa McFadden 2ndVICEPRES, Stephanie Holmes 1stVICEPRES, Mandy, Laure Ewell TREASURER, Megan Burkhart SECRETARY, bottom row: Kari Peterson1stYEAR REP, Heather Anderson COMMUNICATION.

Farewell to the 2008-2009 board. Speaking on behalf of everyone on the board, we loved serving SAA and made so many great memories.

Cooking Club-Asian food theme.

We had a fun March cooking club. Katherine came up with an Asian Cuisine theme. People were very creative with the food they brought. Like shaking beef,coconut crusted tilapia, homemade fortune cookies, orange chicken, lettuce wraps,teriyaki chicken, etc. As for me, I brought white rice (original, I know) We had good company, good food, good time.

Humphy's and the Holmes.

Kyrsten Haas, Sandra Z, and Melissa Bell.

These were a group favorite. Lacy and Matt Guy came up with these creative "sushis". They were made from rice krispy treats and fruit rolls ups. Way cute and delish.

A fun fun meeting

We had a really informative and fun meeting last Thursday.
Some things to get excited for (covered at the meeting)
FEBRUARY FORMAL-Friday 13th. Dress nice, it'll be worth it.
OSTEOPATHIC FUN RUN-Come run, walk, direct the runners, cheer, volunteer...get into the spirit of the run.

Here are some pics of the night.

Tamra R and Krystal came up with a really funny game to get people up and out of their seats. We were each in a group of 7. We each had to individually chose something we could do based on a list that Tamra and Krystal read to us. And this wasn't an ordinary list!

Note: I tried my best to gets shots of everyone, but some of the, uh, demonstrations were a little tricky to capture. See if you can guess what they're doing. I will label each picture. Tamra-burping, yes burping, the ABC's. Someone shouted "what kind of game is this?" Tara Wilde-describing a new illness she invented having something to do with a fever in her feet. Brita-wiggling her ears. Another made up illness.

These 4 beauties all did cartwheels.

You probably guessed this one.

Oh Mandy, she sang twinkle twinkle little star in a very lovely Opera voice.

Jaime-demonstrating Incy Wincy spider.

You probably guessed-Melissa M doing a head stand.

Maren and Tara-the splits(pretty creative)

Doing an SAA cheer.

Stephanie-barking like a dog. (well, it was more of a puppy!)

Yep, another headstand.

This is just a sampling of the delishiousness we get to eat at the meetings. Thanks Devri.

Prego and doing the splits. Don't we have talent in the SAA.

Saved this for last. She is drawing a picture with her foot. Go Amber.

And to everyone else. We loved all of your crazy antics, as well.
As for me...I yoddled and it was about as good as a yoddle could get. Er...nevermind.

Bunco

For Sofa Talk in January, the girls planned a fun Bunco night. Bunco is a game of luck, maybe skill (hope not, cause I didn't do that well), that you play in small groups. Each round someone moves from your table (maybe you) and then a new person joins the existing table. It moves really fast, all you do is roll dice and keep tally marks of certain rolls you get and that's it. Super easy, super fun. There are 4 "winners" at the end. Everyone had a great time. Thanks Lauren and Laura.

Super September project night

Last night we had our September project night, hosted and created by Danika Humphreys. She came up with this wonderful fall decoration. Here is picture of how mine turned out, but based on what i saw last night the possibilities were endless.

Here's what you need: (1)4 cut 2x6 blocks. (Danika cut all 200 or so of ours. Go Danika) (2)Choose an acrylic paint color you like such as brown, red, tan, cream or even black. (You buy these at walmart. They come in a small tube and cost around $1) You need to have a craft store near you that sells (3)wood letters. They are also fairly inexpensive. (4) Sand paper. (5) fallish pieces of scrapbook paper cut to the size of your wood. (6)ModPodge (sold at any craft store of Walmart). (7) Tacky glue. It comes in a brown container. You could also do a hot glue gun or Danika said the modPodge would also work as an adhesive. Now...
Here's what we did: Paint you letters first so they can be drying. Next, start sanding the edges of you blocks so you get all the loose pieces of wood off and so they have a nice edge. Paint each side of your block. Once your blocks are dry, apply a nice layer of ModPodge to the top of your block, add paper and smooth down to get bubbles out. Next, put a thin layer of ModPodge over the paper. This will create a "finished" look and it will be a bit shiny. Finally, put a small amount of the tacky glue to the back of your letter and position on your block. You're done.
**A few people there also lightly sanded their letters and the edges of their blocks, when dry, for a different look.
Thanks Danika for a terrific night and a fabulous keepsake!!