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July Calendar

July 2nd- Potluck & Play-date at Gee’s house 10-12pm (Bring finger food to share)

July 5th- Bunco at Nancy's home (12 players already signed up)

July 8th- Play-date at Rump N Roll in Awhatukee 10am. http://www.rompnroll.com/ahwatukee/

July 10th- Movie time at Valarie's 10am (We are watching Junglebook)

July 14th- Summer Book Club at First Baptist Church 9:30-11:30am

July 15th- Baskin Robbins 6pm

July 17th- Villages Splash Pad 10am

July 22nd- Baskin Robbins 6pm

July 24th- Cobblestone Splash Pad 10am

July 28th- Summer Book Club at First Baptist Church 9:30-11:30am

July 29th- Baskin Robbins 6pm

July 31st- Maricopa Dance Academy play time 11:30-12:30pm

MOPS' June Calendar

*June 2nd- Summer Book Club-Meet at First Baptist Church 9:30-11:30am

*June 5th- Play-date at Nancy’s home 12:30pm-2pm

*June 10th- Chandler Mall play-date 10:30am

*June 14th- Spa Night Fundraiser at Valarie's 5:00pm-11:00pm Cost $30 for 2 services. RSVP at maricopamops@hotmail.com

*June 16th- Summer Book Club- Meet at First Baptist Church 9:30-11:30am

*June 18th- Arizona Museum for Youth play date- 10:30am-12:00 www.arizonamuseumforyouth.com

*June 23rd- Play-date at Toytown in Ahwatukee 10:30am-12:00 www.aztoytown.com

*June 28th- Scrapbook Club at Lee Marshall’s home 5pm-Midnight Cost $15

May Schedule for MOPS

**May 4th- MOPS BBQ at 4pm- Pfeifer's Home
**May 5th- MOPS Meeting- Special Speaker Laki Hayden will show us how to arrange fresh flowers for Mother's Day
**May 9th- Scrapbooking Fundraiser from 6:30p-Midnight at Lee Marshall's home
**May 15th- Playdate at 1pm- Valarie's Home
**May 17th- Garage Sale Fundraiser 6:30am-11:30am at the First Baptist Church
**May 19th- MOPS Meeting- Baby Showers and Potluck
**May 28th- Playdate at 10:30am- Splash pad at Cobblestone

MOPS- April 2008

*April 2nd- Come hang out with your kiddos at Sophia’s house at 10:30am. Kris Pelican will join us to answer any parenting question you may have. Should be a fun morning!

*April 7th- Special Speaker Kellie Ems will talk to us about her new book called “Arizona Mamas Handbook”. Check out the website at www.arizonamama.com

*April 15th- Bring your kids to Way 2 Play Café from 10:30-12:30pm.
Visit their website at http://www.way2playcafe.com/
Address is: 940 E. Riggs Road, Chandler, AZ 85249

*April 21st- Special Speaker- Peg Conway will talk to us about decorating our kids’ rooms. She is an Interior Decorator for Decorating Den. You can visit the website at www.decoratingden.com.

*April 29th- Play-date at Pacana Park 10am.

MOPS in March

March 3rd- Special Speaker Kris Pelican will share about parenting. Kris is a Christian, wife, and home-school mommy of 4 kids. She has been married for over 12 years. Get some of those parenting questions ready and email them at maricopamops@yahoo.com. It's going to be a great meeting!

March 12th- Play date from 10:30-12:30pm at Toy Town Playcenter in Phoenix. Admission is $8 and siblings $6. Toy Town is located on the Southwest corner of Equestrian Trail and the Warner-Elliot Loop. Visit www.aztoytown.com to get a coupon.



March 17th- No speaker for this meeting. We will play games and do an Easter craft.


March 25th- Join us for an ice cream social at Baskin Robbins in Maricopa from 12:30pm to 2:00pm.

GREAT BOOKS

  • Believing God by Beth Moore
  • Financial Peace by Dave Ramsey
  • Intimate Issues by Linda Dillow
  • Love Languages by Gary Chapman
  • One Tough Mother by Julie Barnhill
  • Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
  • Sheperding A Childs' Heart by Tedd Tripp
  • Strong-Willed Child by James Dobson