tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19008832686731019412024-03-05T00:19:20.122-07:00The Dell-gado FamilyWatch What We Can Do!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-81004692481698435102012-06-27T17:11:00.000-06:002012-10-04T13:09:24.656-06:00For those still reading......I saw this photo today and just couldn't help sharing it with whoever is still reading.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This is Chef Franz. He taught Garde Manger in Culinary School. He's Austrian. And, yes, he looks like Sam from Guess Who. He was probably one of my favorite Chefs to work with, he was silent and kind and very willing to teach. You could definitely tell he enjoyed it. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">This is Annali. She was probably my closest friend in Culinary School. She's from Southern California and went to High School with Blake Lively (pretty cool, huh). She was so funny and totally put up with my weird sense of humor. We really had some great memories, including this one...where we made a cactus ice sculpture (go figure). </span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-75728895869843041002012-05-31T22:57:00.001-06:002012-05-31T22:57:51.036-06:00CraftyFor those of you that know me, you know i'm not very crafty. I usually don't have time to do crafts nor do I have the type of mind that allows me the freedom to craft. Well, I found something simple enough that I could wrap my head around it and do it. A book page wreath. I'm proud of it, mostly because it makes my walls look less bare. I'll have to find other things to do now that I have accomplished this.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Today Lucas wanted to play outside on the porch which leads
directly into a patch of dirt with some bushes. I was on the computer and could
keep an eye on him from where I sat. I glanced over about two minutes after he
went out and saw that he had scooped a bunch of dirt out of the bushes onto our
porch. I told him to put the dirt back and went back to working on the
computer. I looked a couple of minutes later and he had managed to spread
around the dirt that was supposed to be put back, plus add more dirt. I told
him, again, to put the dirt back. I watched him this time; it was like watching
a shovel clear away an avalanche. His hands were just not big enough and he
just didn’t entirely know how he was going to do it. I watched him for a while,
wishing I could give him further direction but knew he needed to learn how to
do it. After a while he looks up at me and says “Mommy, I need help please.” I
looked at him and thought about my answer. I finally told him to wait just a
second while I find a tool for him. I then got our little dust broom and showed
him how to use it. He then started to clean up his mess. After a while I looked
out and saw that all of the dirt was cleared away save for a few patches here
and there, he looked up and said, “I still need help, please”. So I went out
and helped him clear off the rest of the patches so that the porch was again
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What an amazing experience for me to witness. I couldn’t
help but think of how Heavenly father must feel about us. We make messes in our
lives, he gives us prophets to tell us how to clean it up. He gives us the
Atonement to help us even more. And yet, we know that that’s not enough. It’s
his grace that helps us clean up the last few patches left so that we can be
clean again. In viewing this experience I am so grateful for the opportunity I
have to utilize the tools he gives me so that I may make myself cleaner. I am
grateful for my children so I can view these little life lessons through a
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-17125119830710911832012-05-22T16:47:00.003-06:002012-05-22T16:49:42.296-06:00May 19th, 2012Darci turned 9 months old this last Saturday. It's AMAZING how fast she's grown! She LOVES playing with her brother. She follows him around everywhere. She loves that he is more often than not the first person she sees in the morning. She loves to crawl around and loves to gab. She's extremely curious which means she gets into everything. She is ambitious and fearless which can be a good thing or a bad thing. She's smart and loves to study people. She'll look at you for a while and try and figure you out. I don't know where she gets that...<br />
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In her pretty Sunday dress!</div>
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With her cute pink egg!</div>
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Hanging out with GG!</div>
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And snuggling with her Grandma!</div>
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And crawling into odd places!</div>
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While waiting for merry go rounds!</div>
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Oh yeah. I also turned 23 on Saturday. We went and saw The Avengers and then went to Buffalo Wild Wings afterward! I love my family and I'm grateful for their generosity!<br />
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We're so blessed to have Craig in our lives. The first thing you notice about him is his wit. As you get to know him you find out how kind and sensitive he is. He loves being a dad and can be just as child-like as the kids. He is extremely intelligent and has grown so much through the four birthday's we've spent together. We love you, Craig!</div>
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A therapist</div>
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A Papa Murphey's pizza maker</div>
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An actress</div>
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A Disneyland character</div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">We're still trying to figure out Easter traditions for our family. This year we may have found them. On Saturday we went on a picnic with my sister Leah and her boyfriend Zach. She decided to put together an Easter egg hunt for Lucas. He loved it. He still doesn't believe in the Easter bunny but goes along with the fun, anyways. We had fun with all of our picnic food and feeding the not-very-hungry ducks. The next morning the Easter Bunny came and we went off to church in our Easter Sunday best. We had fun explaining Easter to him and then him in turn talking about it for about a week afterward. We are grateful for this time of year to remind us of how lucky we are. </span>
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(p.s. while I was writing this post he kept singing "Happy Birthday" to himself.)</div>
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What can I say, she's a giggly girl!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-82533479378342417782012-01-30T13:24:00.001-07:002012-01-30T13:24:17.699-07:00Whole Hearts CerealSo I found this and decided to be festive and get it. Lucas calls it "Heart Cereal". I'm hoping it lasts past Valentine's Day because it is way good. Lightly sweetened oat cereal...can't go wrong.<br />
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Darci's a toot. We love her and she's growing really fast. We can't believe that it will be six months in just a couple of weeks since she's been in our lives. She has a great sense of humor. She's super cuddly. She loves her stuffies and she most especially loves her brother (who loves her just as much in return, surprisingly). She's a toot and we love her.</div>
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<i> Boil one chicken, save the broth, and bone the chicken. Grind the chicken with 3 pieces of celery, one onion, one beat up egg, one cup of cracker crumbs, two tablespoons of parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt, poultry seasoning, and sage. Roll out dough. Add 1/2 teaspoon of stuffing to every 2 inch square of dough. Cut and fold. Let stand in refrigerator until dry. Cook in chicken broth until tender/ May be frozen for later use.</i><br />
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There were a couple of corrections my mom told me to make because she remembers when he made it he would use Progresso Italian Breadcrumbs instead of cracker crumbs. Also I would like to add when combining the egg and flour, add a little flour at a time until you get a stiff dough. One more thing, I added some chicken broth to the water saved for the soup so that it would have a more chicken flavor. My mom suggests doing the same because my grandpa would leave the bones in the water for quite some time so unless you have a lot of time on your hands, I would use either a boullion cube or some chicken broth.Other than that, everything was great.<br />
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I didn't really know my Grandpa Drake, he died shortly after I was born. I have only one picture with him. I wish I could have known him more. Cooking makes me feel closer to him and most especially, when cooking his Buddies.<br />
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She's adorable. Such a proud mama. Ignore the commentary...</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-11311077130830360102012-01-30T12:28:00.001-07:002012-01-30T12:28:36.563-07:00The Breakup Artist by Shannen Crane CampSo a friend of mine wrote a book and got it published! She's always been a talented writer and is working on a couple more books including a series. I got this book for Christmas from my brother because he wanted to support her too. I finally sat down and read it before school started and it was fun! Definitely meant for a younger audience, but I enjoyed the adolescence and most especially her character development. She does a fantastic job developing her protagonist and helping the reader see through her eyes. I enjoyed it and if you're looking for a quick read, take a look. Her book is sold through Barnes and Nobles and Amazon.<br />
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"Breaking up with someone is a major pain-unless you hire someone to do it for you. Known by her clients as 'The High School Heartbreaker,' Amelia Marie Bedford is the perfect picture of a social chameleon and the number one breakup artist in multiple schools. She demands top dollar for her professional breakup services, and there are more than enough girls willing to pay, especially right before Prom.<br />
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We found the table we want to have for the next couple of decades. It was for a moderately good price and at Costco so we knew it was going to be decent quality. I'm not going to say it was a steal but it wasn't bad compared to others we had been looking at. We love it. It's a seven piece counter height dining set. Six chairs and one table with a self storing leaf! It's fantastic and I'm doing my best to keep it looking nice and last as long as possible. It's been pretty resilient so far and it's pretty dang sturdy. We love it and should you have a meal at our house, you will love it too!<br />
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And finally, the dinner we didn't get to wholly enjoy because of all the sick people. Beef tenderloin with Duchesse potatoes, green beens and jello salad (not shown) with a traditional English Trifle for dessert (also not shown) </div>
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At this point I was bribing Lucas with a cookie to smile and hold Darci up. He gave up after this photo.</div>
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So I stuck her in the bumbo and tried to get a picture of him kissing her...she wasn't a huge fan of that either.</div>
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So I gave her the binky and just decided that was going to be the happiest she was going to be at this point. Hardest thing ever.</div>
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This last weekend was the Festival of Trees in Sandy, UT which is an event to raise money for the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake. There were TONS of people there and there were TONS of things to do. Unfortunately we couldn't get any pictures of ourselves with the trees because there were so many people moving through the aisles but we did get some pictures of some pretty cool trees. There were big trees, small trees, intricate wreathes, aMAZING quilts, fudge, elephant ears, cinnamon rolls, caramel apple slices, gingerbread houses and SANTA! We didn't get a chance to look at all the cool gingerbread houses because there were people surrounding them CONSTANTLY. There were also cute little girls doing Irish dance on the stage, however, it was a little weird to hear Tchaikovsky come on and see girls doing an Irish jig...but that's besides the point. The point is, we had lots of fun and saw lots of cool trees!</div>
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For Mom: Scottish Tree</div>
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For our girl readers: Tangled Tree</div>
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Complete with props</div>
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Lucas' favorite tree: The Mickey Tree</div>
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For my Brother: A Paul the Penguin Tree (The Tree's name was even "Pablito's Tree") </div>
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<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1900883268673101941.post-52709497783448271992011-11-30T09:19:00.001-07:002011-11-30T12:34:01.841-07:00ThanksgivingAnd WHAT a Thanksgiving. It was just the four of us and my cousin Sarah but I made all the food I wanted, anyways. Get over it. We didn't even end up with as many leftovers as we thought we would. Oh we had leftovers...just not a full weeks worth. That's good because some of us are not leftovers people (Lucas).<br />
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Prosciutto Turkey Breast: I lifted the skin off the turkey and stuffed rendered prosciutto between the skin and the flesh and brushed the rendered fat over the skin. I think next year I'll do thin slices of bacon instead to get more of a bacon flavor. Regardless, it was delicious. And the gravy it made was absolutely heavenly. Light but flavorful.<br />
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Creamy Mashed Potatoes: The secret is using warm evaporated milk. If the milk is cold it will cause the starch in the potatoes to seize up and gives you a gummy potato...no bueno. These potatoes were light and fluffy thanks to the warm evaporated milk (you can use warm plain mik, I just like the flavor of evaporated milk).<br />
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Apple, Cranberry, Cinnamon Dressing: Need I say more?<br />
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Twice Baked Sweet Potatoes with bacon. They were beautiful. No marshmallows for these mashed sweet potatoes. I used bacon, sour cream, and green onions to give these taters flavor. Topped with some panko bread crumbs gave them the perfect crunch.<br />
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Jello Pretzel Salad: I say salad...but it was really just pre-dessert. Raspberry jello with mandarin oranges in it, on top of cream cheese and whipped cream, on top of a pretzel crust. Best pre-dessert at Thanksgiving.<br />
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Rhodes Rolls: Yes I took a shortcut here...but it saved me so much time. I topped them with some melted butter and garlic salt and those rolls were MINE.<br />
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Green Beans: Yes...just plain old green beans. Craig and I decided we didn't want to have heart attacks this year so we played it safe with some salted and buttered green beans.<br />
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And finally...THE PIES!<br />
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Yes I said pieS, as in more than one. Two to be exact. It's just blasphemous to have only one pie at Thanksgiving.<br />
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Pumpkin Pie: This was probably the most perfect pumpkin pie I've ever made. No scorches, no sagging, no unwanted weird skin on top. Perfect. The changing variable? Using Sweetened Condensed Milk instead of evaporated. Changed my world of pumpkin pies.<br />
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Truffle Pie: Craig chose this pie (go figure) and it was worth it. A thin layer of ganache on the bottom and a light cream cheese, whipped cream, and peanut butter filling on top to make up the rest of the pie. Topped with melted chocolate and chopped peanuts. It was worth waiting a couple of hours between the first piece of pie and the second.<br />
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday not only because of all the food I get to cook, but because of the reminder it is to me to stop and smell the roses. This is a busy time of the year and it's nice to take a break and be thankful for all the blessings in my life. I am truly grateful for the things I have in my life. I have a loving husband, two beautiful children, generous friends, patient extended family, a warm place to live, and a healthy appetite for progression.<br />
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Happy Thanksgiving to all!</div>
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Darci's Tryptophan kicking in!</div>
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