Bento Box Craze!!!

Just in time for Back to School . . .

Thanks to my friend, Becky, there is a new craze in our little town!

BENTO BOX LUNCH

Home lunch will never be the same!

My children no longer want school lunch (sorry, nice, lunch ladies). They want fun. Becky's children come to school with the cutest little lunches you ever saw and they're nutritious, to boot!

Here are some photos I snatched off of a website called Laptop Lunches (permission is granted). When you have some time, check out their gallery AND their suggestions like their Quick Reference Guide. They are full of ideas!

Another company out there is Easy Lunch Boxes. (They have fun photo ideas as well). I would love to order some of their boxes - 4 for $13.95 but the shipping is $8.95 no matter how many order - SO if any of my friends want to order with me I would love to split the shipping with someone or as many someones as I can find! . . .

Other websites include: Lunch in a box and Out of this world ideas! (some people have all the time in the world)

Pottery Barn sells cute boxes

A little history behind the Bento via Wikipedia:

Bento (弁当 bentō^?) is a single-portion takeout or home-packed meal common in Japanese cuisine. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables, usually in a box-shaped container. Containers range from disposable mass producedto hand crafted lacquerware. Although bento are readily available in many places throughout Japan, including convenience stores, bento shops, train stations, and department stores, it is still common for Japanese homemakers to spend time and energy for their spouse, child, or themselves producing a carefully prepared lunch box.

So - give a little extra love to the family - send them out the door with a Bento!

Diana Hyer visited our ward RS last night and spoke of priorities and possibilities and making our life better. Here were some of my favorite quotes she shared.

“If you have ever felt inadequate, if you have ever felt that you don’t have the inherent capacity of others, if you have ever felt that no matter how hard you try, you are never good enough, I have a word of advice for you.

Your life is not a race.

You are not competing against anyone else for entrance into the presence of our Heavenly Father. The plan of salvation is not a reality show where you have to beat out the other contestant to win.

I have more good news. As long as you seek to grow closer to your Heavenly Father and your heart and spirit are contrite – as long as you repent and strive in faith to overcome weaknesses – you will be rewarded by our Heavenly Father.”

~Joseph B. Wirthlin, Press On

You will love this clip, too!

Thought of the Year

Since I only get on here once a year - hence the title of this post. I found this thought on a new blog called the ink boutique. Rachele has lots of cute ideas you might want to look at.

Everything is always okay in the end;

if it's not okay,

it's not the end.