NEWS

We are so excited to announce that we are expecting another baby girl in August! Addison, Olivia and Ella have been praying for another baby girl, so they were very glad to hear the news. Brad and I could not be happier...a family full of girls will be L O V E L Y.

INTRODUCING...

New Favorite Recipe-DELISH!

Coconut Curried Vegetables with Shrimp

Serves 6-8 /400 calories/ 6 grams of fat

Ingredients:

• 1 lb rice noodles
  • 1 C broccoli (cut into florets)
  • 1 cup carrots (matchstick or julienne cut)
  • ½ cup scallions (cut on the bias)
  • ½ cup red peppers (matchstick or julienne cut)
  • 1 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger (peeled & chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Thai curry paste (red or green)
  • 1 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 can “lite”coconut milk (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 1 tbsp sweet soy sauce, low sodium (from your favorite Asian market)
  • ½ cup sweet chili sauce (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 1 tsp black sesame seeds (from your favorite Asian market)
  • 24 shrimp (16-20 peeled & de-veined)

  Cooking procedures:

  1. Soak noodles in lukewarm water for 30 minutes. Drain and cool in ice water. Drain, let rest & toss with oil.
  2. Blanch broccoli & carrots in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain, cool down in ice water, drain and set aside.
  3. Place large sauté pan over high heat. Add canola oil and sauteed mushrooms until lightly golden.
  4. Add shrimp, coconut milk and Thai curry paste.
  5. Add carrots, broccoli, peppers, scallions, ginger, sweet chili sauce, sweet soy, and noodles to pan in that order. Toss once or twice to coat all ingredients well with sauce.
  6. Place on platter and sprinkle with black sesame seeds
  
  

Happy Birthday Olivia!

Our sweet little Olivia turned 5 years old! She is growing up so fast. We had a great time celebrating with her cute little friends, cousins and Grandma and Grandpa Daybell. Olivia is such a doll, we love her so much!

Out 'n About

We love C U P C A K E S! We are so happy to live near a delightful cupcake shop where we have become regular visitors. We l o v e anything chocolate with pink frosting. :) We also have become fans of their delicious strawberry hot chocolate. YUM. It's a fun little stop on cold winter days (we have many of them). After the cupcake shop, our next stop is usually Brad's office. Our little girls adore their dad and get so excited to visit him at his office, ride the elevator a million times and bring him a sweet treat. Life is good.

Christmas Highlights

Temple Square in Salt Lake City

Spending time with family and friends

Aunt Karla's Christmas Party

Ella's pink wooden kitchen

Tinker Toys

Wooden dress-up dolls from Grandma

My personal highlight:

(after a very long night on Black Friday)

THANK YOU SANTA!

Nutcracker Ballet

Addison and Olivia performed in the Nutcracker Ballet right before Christmas. The production was FABULOUS and the girls absolutely loved it. They were in a performance Friday night and two on Saturday. Busy weekend! Olivia danced in the Chinese Tea, she was the smallest ballerina in the show-ADORABLE. Addison danced in the Arabian Coffee. The Arabian dance was beautiful, Addie was fantastic. We were not allowed to record or take pictures at the show, but here are a few pictures from dress rehearsal.

Playing in the SNOW

Bobcadette Minis

The Bobcadette Minis performed this week at a local high school basketball game. Addison and Olivia love to dance. They are performing in the Nutcracker Ballet next weekend and can not wait to be on stage again. So cute. Little girls are so much fun!

In the Spirit of Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving! Click here for a Thanksgiving message. Love it!

Family Pictures

Veteran's Day

THANK YOU to our wonderful veterans who have served to protect our freedoms. THANK YOU to those who are currently serving our country. THANK YOU for your courage and sacrifice. This morning we were able to attend a very touching ceremony paying tribute to our military and veterans. After the ceremony, we had a great day honoring family veterans and hearing stories about their service. We were very impressed and intrigued by their experiences. Wow. They are heroes.

HONORING OUR HEROES

Children's Nature Park

Today we visited the Children's Nature Park. We are frequent visitors to the park, we love to walk along the paths that circle the park pond. Our favorite... the waterfowl. This afternoon, we sat by the pond feeding ducks and savoring every moment of sunshine and warm autumn weather. Hope this beautiful weather stays for a few days.

H A L L O W E E N

Costumes:

Vampire(trying to be as spooky as possible),

a sweet little bunny and a dancer.

H a p p y H a l l o w e e n !

Mesa Falls

We absolutely love spending time in the mountains. Yesterday, we visited Mesa Falls. The upper and lower falls are breathtaking. We hiked, played in the leaves and fed the fish at Warm River.

Feeding the fish at Warm River

Upper Mesa Falls

Love this time of year!

Our little sweeties

Lower Mesa Falls

Night at the Derby

Diamond Princess

Brad is a fan of the pinewood derby :) He is lucky to have three little girls who share in his enthusiasm. I go along with it, slightly embarrassed to enter the derby without a scout in the house, but eager to support their ambitions. This year the girls and their cute dad entered the "Diamond Princess" car. She was double the weight and three times the height of the other cars. Diamond Princess flew down the track (we about lost Snow White when they crashed into the finish line). At the end of the night we had 3 very proud little girls. They won a prize for best design and that is all that mattered to them :)

Glitter Pumpkins

Glitter pumpkins have become an annual autumn project at our house! We make them in October and they last through Thanksgiving. We love them. Click here for directions.

The kids each did their own pumpkin this year.

They were very proud of themselves and very messy :)

The Bench & The Bar

Yesterday, we had another opportunity to sit in on a session of the Supreme Court... this time Idaho. Brad was admitted to the Idaho Bar along with two good friends, Blake Murray and Adam Andersen. The ceremony was awesome. Idaho only had 99 admittees, so the Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme Court called each new attorney to the stage, one by one, and congratulated them personally. It was a great honor. Another fantastic day!

Mount Timpanogos

Uncle Steve, Sadie, Brad and I at the summit.

SUMMIT

Distance: 15 miles

Elevation: 11,749 feet

Time: 8.5 hours

View: SPECTACULAR

Mountain goats along the trail.

Bear Lake

This week we spent a few days with my sister and her family at my parent's condo in Bear Lake. We enjoyed our time playing in the water on Bear Lake's north beach. It was the perfect week to visit the lake. The weather was so nice and we were surrounded by autumn leaves beginning to show their color. BEAUTIFUL.

The kids played in the lake for hours.

Have you heard the legend of the famous Bear Lake Sea Monster?

Click here to check it out.
I think we got a picture :)