Orting MOPS

Mark Your Calendars

2008-06-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

Orting MOPS Summer Events:

MOPS Park Day- July 9th
10 am

MOPS Fundraiser Carwash- July 19

9 am-3 pm

Orting High School parking lot

MOPS Water Park Day- July 26
Stewart Heights Pool in Tacoma
http://www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=70
12 noon- 5 pm

MOPS Park Day- August 13th
10 am

Orting Festival In the Park-August 16th
9 am-6 pm
MOPS publicity booth

MOPS Fundraiser- August 23rd
Car wash at Highschool
9am- 3pm

Mops Owen Park Visit- August 26th

Rummage Sale in June

2008-06-09T22:50:00.000-07:00

MOPS Rummage Sale:
We had a busy morning setting up for our MOPS fundraising sale in the pouring rain in front of Safeway in town. It was all for a good cause and we ended up raising $300 for our 08-09 Year! Woo-HoO!!

Last MOPS Meeting

2008-05-27T22:46:00.001-07:00

Our year came to a close on May 17th for our first year of Orting MOPS! We had quite an eventful year and we definaltely went out with a BANG! Starting out the morning with a recap of the year in game form. We had stations for all the teams to complete off of their memory of the 07-08 year. WE had a sing-a-long, dinner recipie game, MNO recap, favorite things picture matching game and more! We had a great time of sharing from many MOPS mamas that were able to share the impact this support group has been on their personal life.

Time to announce the new theme and teams for the 08-09 MOPS year! We have a lot in store for the Adventures in Motherhood theme and hope to see you there for the RIDE!

Progressive Dinner

2008-05-10T11:46:00.000-07:00

What a night out! The progressive dinner was a BIG hit, all around! The ladies all gathered in the parking lot of Safeway (about 14 in all) and headed out to our first stop-appetizers at Beth's house. She had a beautiful and welcoming spread set up for all to enjoy, as you can see from the pictures. Great host award to Beth for all her thoughtful preperation!
Next stop was salads at Trina's house which was delicious and inviting. Lots of visiting was going on in between bites of course. Thanks to Trina for accomidating our entire group of mamas!

Everyone headed back to pick up their cars at Safeway and then it was off to Pam's for enchilada dinner! She had the place set up very Mexican restaurant style with sombreros for photo ops! What a wonderful and thoughtful host, thanks Pam.

We ended the evening at Suzanne's house for delicious and decadent cake and games. A round of spoons that hurt a finger or two and then it was a few rounds of Catch Phrase (side note: An e-tailer is a retailer that primarily uses the Internet as a medium for customers to shop for the goods or services provided. For those interested in the information!)
All together it was a wonderful way to end out our year, for our MOPS group. ORTING mamas know how to party!

MOPS advertisement

2008-05-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

Corrine Yonkers was able to put together an advertisement for our Orting MOPS group though our local online paper, check out link and posting below. We are hoping to draw in more moms next year as we kick off our 2nd year!http://www.ortingnews.com/article/news/81/

Hello ladies. Come and join the fun and support of your local MOPS group. We are kicking off our second year of being in the valley and are so excited for what we have in store. We will be meeting the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month from 9:30am – 11:30am at the Orting Catholic Church starting October 2008 – May 2009. Moppets childcare will be provided. By registration only. For more information visit us at ortingmops.org or mops.org. Check Orting Mops website for summer events and playdates. For questions and or registration please email corrineyonkers@yahoo.com. We look forward to meeting you!

Testimony and Tea at MOPS

2008-05-03T20:41:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful morning for our Spring Tea and Testimony meeting on May 3rd, 2008. Even though it was rainy and cold outside, we were warmed up by the spring-like decor in the room. The table leaders were amazing with their table decorating for the day, tea pots included. The agendas and name plates were printed on a floral stationary. We had a full morning of fellowship at the tables as everyone enjoyed the delicious snacks and beverages. We moved into the sharing time with Miki as our guest speaker, who shared on "The Joys of Motherhood".

Every word spoken came from her heart and God used her powerful message to touch every mother's heart there. Marion and Amberlyn also shared the joy of their relationship with Christ and the impact it has on their life and their families. Lives were changed as each mother was given the opportunity to commit their life to christ and many did just that. What a memorable meeting we had as we prepare to close out our first year of Orting MOPS!

Mops Meeting (4-26-08)

2008-05-02T23:00:00.000-07:00

Surprise! It is Coordinator Appreciation Day! We were able to pull off a surprise for Suzanne to shower her with love and gratitude for all the months of hard work she has taken on to make Orting Mops a reality. Heidi Maschhoff and Heidi Bekken were a hit on the stage as Suzanne and Nathan, with a plastic baby playing the part of Will! The skit involved phone calls from: mom, speaker, cornerstone owner, table leader and finance leader letting Suzanne know there was some new things she needed to be aware of that did not "make her day" but then she gets a call from a mops mom that lets her know how meaningful MOPS is in her life and Suzanne is relieved to know that it is all worth it cause "Mothering Matters."
Each table member wrote cards, gave gifts and Trina Munsch was able to put it all together and present it all to Suzanne, who was very blessed. What a great time of bonding as a group.
We followed up this time with Trisha N, who spoke on organization in the home. What a time of learning as we all took in her amazing ideas, inspiring everyone to get their home in tip-top shape!

Save The Date

2008-04-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

Our last MOPS Night Out for the 07-08 year will be on May 9th-Progressive dinner, so mark it on the calendar! The evite went out so get your name on there and find your babies a sitter cause it will be a night of memories! We have had some great MNO this year and this last one will leave you wanting more!!!

LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT HOME FOR ORTING MOPS 2008-2009!

2008-03-23T08:31:00.000-07:00

We have two options we are currently exploring. The Orting Christian church for the moms and the Orting Co-op Preschool across the street for the Moppets. The second option we are exploring is the Orting Catholic Church. This might be available during the week, which would be ideal. Keep praying and we will keep you updated once anything becomes official.

If interested in finding out what is happening in MOPS groups all over the country, check out www.mops.org

Men's Panel Meeting

2008-03-22T23:25:00.000-07:00

This last meeting on March 22nd, was jam packed with laughs and perspecitve. The hospitality team with the help of Alicia was able to put on a skit about Easter. As you can see from the photos it was a riot; everyone got in some good laughs!

We had our first for the year, men in the room! We invited 3 dads from the community to share their fatherly perspective to the moms of MOPS. Joey Miller (Suzanne's husband), Dale Devries ( dad of 7 and soon to be grandpa) along with Tom Nemes (Amberlyn's husband) were our wonderful speakers. We appreciated the time and energy they took to share with everyone in the room and know that we all walked away better from it.

As always it is fun to grab some pictures of the tables enjoying time together during discussion time! We have really bonded during the year over this time of sharing with one another. Hope you all have a blessed Easter!

MOPS Mamas

2008-02-27T22:41:00.000-08:00

To keep updated on Mattie Bekken (Heidi Bekken's son who was burned) please view his website at: www.bekken5501.blogspot.com/ for current updates.

We have some moms in our group that submitted their children's pictures to the GAZETTE, Oting Newspaper(http://gazettewa.com/local.php) and want your votes:
Wyatt Creighton (Heidi Creighton's son)

Jacob Fenton (Keren Fenton's son)
Kayser Floyd (Andrea Floyd's son)
Jesse and Zack Jaynes (Merri Jaynes's twins)
Michael Simon (Holly Simon's son)

You can send in your votes for all 6 children to the gazette at gazetteads@comcast.net by March 4th and winners will be published in the March 11th edition of the Gazette.

MOPS and POPS

2008-02-26T20:26:00.001-08:00

As you walked into the Park Bench Restaurant, the night of our MOPS and POPS event, you see romantic candles, flower peddles and red in abundance. The decorating team went all out, holding nothing back for our wonderful moms and their "honeys". It was a night of bonding together, as couples. A new and much appreciated addition to our already rock'n group!

The decorating/hostesses of the night: Heidi, Corrine and Trina!

The girls in Black. Christi, Heidi and Renae enjoying some girl talk before the night got underway.

Some of our MOPS and POPS, having a romantic, child-free evening!

MOPS meeting 2/20

2008-02-20T21:16:00.000-08:00

Mops morning on the 20th was a special time as we said goodbye to our wonderful table leader, Tieara Hurn, who gets to go back home to California! We are excited for her to be back with family and friends but will miss her warm presence and good friendship at MOPS! Kelli Prichard, shared about parenting according to principles rather than rules. She was a wealth of information, as she has 8 of her own children and spent 18 years changing diapers!
Check out her website at www.goingpublicthebook.com

MOPS Meeting 2/6/08

2008-02-07T15:41:00.001-08:00

Carlene McNabb was our guest speaker. She was incredible and was able to truly communicate God's desire for us in our relationships with our husbands. If you missed out on this session be sure to ask your table leader if you can borrow the DVD of it. This is a session that we all can benefit greatly from. Thank you Carlene for coming and speaking to our group! The following is an excerpt from an email that Carlene sent to Suzanne and asked her to communicate to each of us:

"Thank you so much for giving me the privilege to come and share with you and your women God's vision for marriage. Thank you so much for allowing me to use God's Word, which is alive and full of power, to minister to them. I had so much fun with your women, what a wonderful group they are! Tell them thank you for welcoming me so warmly and making me feel cared for. Tell them thank you for listening and considering what God's thoughts & plans are for them through my voice. Tell them I love them and will be praying for each of them regularly. Tell them I asked God to use me as His instrument to speak to each woman individually. I asked Him to ensure that I shared something that could be used to minister to each woman's individual heart that would cause her to move in a new way of loving and caring for her husband's heart that will bless him, will bless their marriage, will bless their children, will bless the Lord's Name; and ultimately bring such victory, peace and joy into their individual lives. Tell them God loves them with an everlasting love, from the beginning of time to the end of time, and with loving-kindness He draws them to Him and never lets them go. Tell them I will look forward to with anticipation the next I will get to see their beautiful faces." -Carlene

MOPS Meeting 1/9/08

2008-01-20T22:16:00.000-08:00

School Room forum was an amazing time for everyone in our group to ask questions and get answers from some different choices for school. We had a representative from home school, public school and private school on our panel that were all amazing and helpful, as we gear up for Fall of 2008.

MOPS Night Out-February

2008-01-05T22:24:00.001-08:00

Must read-
Big Night out for all you MOPS mamas! It is our February edition of the Mom's Night Out, and if you have been to our other two this one will be just like the others...full of good times!
The date is February 22nd, at 7pm in Orting at the Park Bench! A night out with your honey to a local restraurant, and all the other couples in our group. We will be having a suprise game, as well.
Look for more information to follow in the weeks to come, and as always if you are not on the evite list, you want to be! Please email Heidi Bekken at Jasnheid@Juno.com to get on the mailing list today!!

Christmas Moms Night Out

2007-12-20T23:38:00.000-08:00

Mom's Night Out! What a night full of fun and excitement!

Human Christmas Trees

2007-12-19T20:01:00.000-08:00

Another exciting morning at Orting MOPS! We started out with each table working toward making a human Christmas Tree, for our game. It was a riot to see the things people brought to compete with, as well as the willing players in the game....as you can see the results are over the top! Winners? Marion's Victorian, of course! The table won donuts for the next MOPS play date. Amberlynn, shared a mommy moment from her heart that touched many mom's in the room and we appreciate her openness. We were extremely blessed to have Hollylu as our speaker for Holiday Traditions as well. She gave a wealth of information that is easy to begin with your family this Christmas as well as the ones to come. From Orting MOPS Steering Team: Merry Christmas!!!

Let's Read!

2007-12-06T20:26:00.000-08:00

Time to pull out some books, cuddle up and listen to a delightful story....
We had a great speaker from the Pierce County Library come to our group for this meeting. She gave some great ideas for moms of children if different age groups. Free books were given away at the end!

What's Cook'n Honey?

2007-11-26T22:29:00.001-08:00

Making Calzones for the family!

Favorite Things Impromptu Style!

2007-11-25T22:07:00.000-08:00

So our meeting was planned in the wee hours of the morning by phone since the speaker and the back up speaker both fell through! But overall it went very well! The Steering Team all brought some of their favorite things to the meeting to share with the group!

MOPS Night Out

2007-11-25T17:59:00.000-08:00

We are preparing to plan for the first MOPS night out! I am so excited to have a night of fun as we prepare for the holidays! Pack up your christmas gifts cause we will be wrapping gifts, making gift tags, and writing out Christmas cards. This will be a jam packed night full of fun and festivities you won't want to miss!

We know how busy the holiday season can be and want to make this event one that a majority of us can attend. We have changed the date from the 14th of December to December 20th. You can come anytime from 6:30 on till we close up shop at 10:30! So write the date on the calander and be watching for more info to come!

"Flipper" Chore Organizer

2007-11-17T18:46:00.000-08:00

Here are the instructions for making a “flipper”. It is a chore organizer
that will help you to keep up with the house work with out becoming overwhelmed. We made this at our meeting on November 7, 2007.

Instructions
Chore List
Weekly Planning Chart
Chart Sample

If you have questions please feel free to email me.

First All MOPS playdate

2007-11-01T06:57:00.000-07:00

The weather was overcast, but God blessed us with no rain (not even a drop!) as we headed into Terry's Berries. The children were all clad in their rainboots and warm jackets (Some bundled more than others...Haley!). Eyes were full of wonder and delight as the hay filled wagon drove them to the chickens, berries, pumpkins and potatoes! All the mommies chattered on with glees (Hey its free babysitting, right as Heide M. would say!) as we enjoyed our first all MOPS playdate.

Enjoy the pictures!

Five Love Languages Meeting

2007-10-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

There was a cool wind sweeping through our town of Orting on Wednesday morning but inside our new "MOPS Shop" meeting place things were warm with laughter and chatter from all the MOPS mamas! We have a new Table Leader: Christy (Pictured above) that is leading our 4th table! We had a great meeting, discussing the 5 Love Languages with Suzanne leading the way! ~Also included are photos of our little MOPPETS enjoying their time in their new classroom!~