Monday, December 10, 2007
7 Months!
So I have had TONS of requests for a pregnant belly pict ... so here it is folks! Hope you like!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Christmas is coming
I think I start out every post on our blog, apologizing because I haven't updated.
Lets see a review starting with the present!
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!
Adam and I are a little sad we aren't in Utah, enjoying the snow and the beautiful lights at temple square, so we decided to bring a "Temple square" tree to our house.
Okay, so it was 1050 lights and we didn't even light up the entire tree, but it was worth a shot! We haven't decided if we want to spend another 2 1/2 hours on it again this Saturday!
We celebrated two events on Thanksgiving weekend!
We spent Thanksgiving day with Adam's family in Kanab. The only ones that came to the Douglass's this year were Adam's
parents, Grandma White, Jarrett, Jessica, & Chance, and Adam & I. It was small in the crowd of people this year, but really nice to enjoy the food and visit with everyone. Unfortunately, Adam spent most of the day not feeling well. Poor guy! He barley ate anything for Thanksgiving dinner.
The girls spent most of the day in the kitchen, making the yummy food. (PS Maria, that salad was a HIT! Definitely one I will keep on my Thanksgiving menu in the future!) The boys enjoyed Ping Pong Tournaments and building shelves in the new closets down stairs. (Adam's parents are finishing their basement).
On the day after Thanksgiving we headed up to Provo where we got to say hello to Sean & Sara (Adam's bro & sister-in-law) and meet his new niece Stella! They were visiting Sara's family from Seattle! It was so great to see them. We miss them so much!
One of the main reasons we headed up to Provo was because my two nephews are headed out this week to their missions! Brandon (left) is Headed to the England London South Mission and Tyson (right) is headed to the Via Del Mar, Chile Mission. We are so proud of them! It was so hard to say goodbye for two years ... those boys are like little brothers to me, but I hope they know how much we love them!
While we were together as the "FULL Dudley family" for the last time, we tried to take a few family picts! The boys goofed off (as usual) but these pictures ended up being our favorite!
We have to find a few fun things to do with this great weather we have down here, so Adam and I took out the Rhinos one Saturday by his job site to look at all of the beautiful scenery. I may be 6 months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop me!
Last but not least, a friend of ours brought us some GREAT apples from Utah, and so I HAD to make an apple pie. I was really excited that it turned out, so I had to post a pict! I swear this pregnancy thing has really done something to my sweet tooth! YIKES!
I am sure we will have lots of more pictures to show you in the next little bit with Christmas coming. I will be sure to post a "Sixth Month" belly picture soon for all the requests!
Lets see a review starting with the present!
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!!
Adam and I are a little sad we aren't in Utah, enjoying the snow and the beautiful lights at temple square, so we decided to bring a "Temple square" tree to our house.
Okay, so it was 1050 lights and we didn't even light up the entire tree, but it was worth a shot! We haven't decided if we want to spend another 2 1/2 hours on it again this Saturday!
We celebrated two events on Thanksgiving weekend!
We spent Thanksgiving day with Adam's family in Kanab. The only ones that came to the Douglass's this year were Adam's
parents, Grandma White, Jarrett, Jessica, & Chance, and Adam & I. It was small in the crowd of people this year, but really nice to enjoy the food and visit with everyone. Unfortunately, Adam spent most of the day not feeling well. Poor guy! He barley ate anything for Thanksgiving dinner.
The girls spent most of the day in the kitchen, making the yummy food. (PS Maria, that salad was a HIT! Definitely one I will keep on my Thanksgiving menu in the future!) The boys enjoyed Ping Pong Tournaments and building shelves in the new closets down stairs. (Adam's parents are finishing their basement).
On the day after Thanksgiving we headed up to Provo where we got to say hello to Sean & Sara (Adam's bro & sister-in-law) and meet his new niece Stella! They were visiting Sara's family from Seattle! It was so great to see them. We miss them so much!
One of the main reasons we headed up to Provo was because my two nephews are headed out this week to their missions! Brandon (left) is Headed to the England London South Mission and Tyson (right) is headed to the Via Del Mar, Chile Mission. We are so proud of them! It was so hard to say goodbye for two years ... those boys are like little brothers to me, but I hope they know how much we love them!
While we were together as the "FULL Dudley family" for the last time, we tried to take a few family picts! The boys goofed off (as usual) but these pictures ended up being our favorite!
We have to find a few fun things to do with this great weather we have down here, so Adam and I took out the Rhinos one Saturday by his job site to look at all of the beautiful scenery. I may be 6 months pregnant, but that isn't going to stop me!
Last but not least, a friend of ours brought us some GREAT apples from Utah, and so I HAD to make an apple pie. I was really excited that it turned out, so I had to post a pict! I swear this pregnancy thing has really done something to my sweet tooth! YIKES!
I am sure we will have lots of more pictures to show you in the next little bit with Christmas coming. I will be sure to post a "Sixth Month" belly picture soon for all the requests!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
SOUP SEASON!
So Adam and I didn't dress up for Halloween this year. We did in fact carve pumpkins, and I was going to take a pict with them lit up on Halloween, but they wilted and looked HORRIBLE so we threw them away! Sorry folks!
Some of you may know that my sister Tiffany's Birthday is on Halloween. Every year I can remember our family tradition has been that we would all go trick-or-treating and come back to my moms house for soup. Well I was a little sad I would miss out on the Dudley family soup party this year, so I decided to throw my own. We invited a couple of friends over and had soup, homemade root beer, and watched the movie "The Private Eyes" (funniest movie in the world with Don Knotts and Tim Conaway, really hard to find but so hilarious!)
We were so excited that we would live in a place for trick-or-treaters to come this year. In fact I bought the "good" candy so people would want to come to our house next year. Sad as it was, the only trick-or-treaters we got were the kids of the friends that came for soup. We were SO disappointed. Our friends weren't though. They were excited for the treats for the movie!
So I was trying to decide what to put on our blog for a fun Halloween treat for you, and decided I would post the soup recipes I made that night. They were a HUGE hit! Hope you enjoy them :) PS the pictures are just for effect! I got them off Google!
HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!
(My mom, sisters, and I have all tried NUMEROUS Chicken noodle soup recipes and this is the best we have found!)
START:
2 Quarts of Water
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Chicken Bullion Cube
1 Medium Onion Diced
2 Stalks of Celery Chopped
1 Cup grated Carrots (I buy the pre-grated ones for time)
Boil these ingredients together for anywhere from a half hour to an hour. The longer you go ... the more tender the chicken and more flavorful soup!
After the Chicken is cooked through, take it out and shred it. Then stick it back in the stock and add the following ingredients:
1 Can Cream of Chicken
1 Package of Shilling or McCormick Chicken Gravy Powder
Salt and Pepper to Taste
1/2 Bag of Klusky Noodles (You get these in the freezer section of the Grocery store. They are like homemade noodles)
Cook until the noodles are done (about 20 Minutes)
TOMATO BASIL SOUP
From the Kitchen of Ashley Earl McCulloch
Ingredients:
1 onion chopped
1 big carrot grated
3 TBSP butter
2-15 oz cans of stewed chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh basil (TBSP if dried)
1 TSP sugar
1/2 TSP salt
1/8 TSP pepper
2 C. Chicken Broth (one can)
3-5 T of Acini di pepe pasta
Saute onion and carrot in butter in a medium sauce pan until onion is transparent.
Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, salt, & pepper
Bring to a Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 Minutes
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth.
In another saucepan:
Bring Chicken broth to a boil and add Acini di pepe pasta. Boil until done (about 7 minutes)
Add all ingredients together.
POTATO CHEESE SOUP
I love this soup almost as much as I love Adam!
From the kitchen of Suzy Dudley
2 Cups of Potaoes, diced
1 Small onion diced fine
2 Stalks of celery diced fine
Cover vegetables with water and cook until tender (15 minutes)
Don't cook too long or they will be Mushy!
Meanwhile in another pan:
1/2 square of butter - Melt
1 Can evaporated milk (Place in a 1 quart jar and fill with water)
After you have made that mixture of Milk - Set aside 1 cup.
Wisk together the 1 cup of milk mixture and 2/3 cup of flour.
Add the Jar of milk mixture and butter together. Then add milk mixture and flour.
Stir until it starts to thicken, Add 1 package "cheese powder" (from package of Krft Macaroni and cheese)
Stir until dissolved.
Add:
1 TSP salt (Maybe more)
Pepper to taste
Taste cream mixture and add salt & pepper to your taste. Then add vegetables, water and all to he cream mixture!
THIS SOUP WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!
Last but not least, feel free to email me with questions or call!
Happy SOUP SEASON!
Some of you may know that my sister Tiffany's Birthday is on Halloween. Every year I can remember our family tradition has been that we would all go trick-or-treating and come back to my moms house for soup. Well I was a little sad I would miss out on the Dudley family soup party this year, so I decided to throw my own. We invited a couple of friends over and had soup, homemade root beer, and watched the movie "The Private Eyes" (funniest movie in the world with Don Knotts and Tim Conaway, really hard to find but so hilarious!)
We were so excited that we would live in a place for trick-or-treaters to come this year. In fact I bought the "good" candy so people would want to come to our house next year. Sad as it was, the only trick-or-treaters we got were the kids of the friends that came for soup. We were SO disappointed. Our friends weren't though. They were excited for the treats for the movie!
So I was trying to decide what to put on our blog for a fun Halloween treat for you, and decided I would post the soup recipes I made that night. They were a HUGE hit! Hope you enjoy them :) PS the pictures are just for effect! I got them off Google!
HOMEMADE CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP!
(My mom, sisters, and I have all tried NUMEROUS Chicken noodle soup recipes and this is the best we have found!)
START:
2 Quarts of Water
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Chicken Bullion Cube
1 Medium Onion Diced
2 Stalks of Celery Chopped
1 Cup grated Carrots (I buy the pre-grated ones for time)
Boil these ingredients together for anywhere from a half hour to an hour. The longer you go ... the more tender the chicken and more flavorful soup!
After the Chicken is cooked through, take it out and shred it. Then stick it back in the stock and add the following ingredients:
1 Can Cream of Chicken
1 Package of Shilling or McCormick Chicken Gravy Powder
Salt and Pepper to Taste
1/2 Bag of Klusky Noodles (You get these in the freezer section of the Grocery store. They are like homemade noodles)
Cook until the noodles are done (about 20 Minutes)
TOMATO BASIL SOUP
From the Kitchen of Ashley Earl McCulloch
Ingredients:
1 onion chopped
1 big carrot grated
3 TBSP butter
2-15 oz cans of stewed chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup fresh basil (TBSP if dried)
1 TSP sugar
1/2 TSP salt
1/8 TSP pepper
2 C. Chicken Broth (one can)
3-5 T of Acini di pepe pasta
Saute onion and carrot in butter in a medium sauce pan until onion is transparent.
Add tomatoes, basil, sugar, salt, & pepper
Bring to a Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 Minutes
Blend all ingredients in blender until smooth.
In another saucepan:
Bring Chicken broth to a boil and add Acini di pepe pasta. Boil until done (about 7 minutes)
Add all ingredients together.
POTATO CHEESE SOUP
I love this soup almost as much as I love Adam!
From the kitchen of Suzy Dudley
2 Cups of Potaoes, diced
1 Small onion diced fine
2 Stalks of celery diced fine
Cover vegetables with water and cook until tender (15 minutes)
Don't cook too long or they will be Mushy!
Meanwhile in another pan:
1/2 square of butter - Melt
1 Can evaporated milk (Place in a 1 quart jar and fill with water)
After you have made that mixture of Milk - Set aside 1 cup.
Wisk together the 1 cup of milk mixture and 2/3 cup of flour.
Add the Jar of milk mixture and butter together. Then add milk mixture and flour.
Stir until it starts to thicken, Add 1 package "cheese powder" (from package of Krft Macaroni and cheese)
Stir until dissolved.
Add:
1 TSP salt (Maybe more)
Pepper to taste
Taste cream mixture and add salt & pepper to your taste. Then add vegetables, water and all to he cream mixture!
THIS SOUP WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!
Last but not least, feel free to email me with questions or call!
Happy SOUP SEASON!
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Pumpkin Festival
Since Maria and Doug aren't around this year to throw an amazing Halloween party, we had to find our own fun Halloween festivities. We decided during the day to relax and do something fun together. Adam really wanted to Golf, and believe it or not, I have never been. I really wasn't up to golfing, considering there is a big belly in the way ... so I just decided to be his "caddy" and golf cart driver.
The Lake Powell Golf Course is SO beautiful. It is right on the edge of Page, and has a GREAT view of the Dam and Lake Powell. One of the holes you have to hit the ball from the top of the cliff to the green below (probably a drop of about 150 feet). Well the green below was a little damp, and if you can see in the picture, the ball sunk into the green over halfway! It made us both laugh so we had to take a pict!
I have to say, that my first day golfing was quite fun. I think the baby liked it too!
Next we met up with our friends and went to the FAMOUS Pumpkin festival in the city park. The elementary schools carve the pumpkins all week, and then they are lit at night for display. I guess it has been a lot better in the past, but we thought it was pretty fun. Kinda festive for the time of year, and something to do on a Saturday night!
We hope you had a great weekend too ... more picts to come for Halloween!
The Lake Powell Golf Course is SO beautiful. It is right on the edge of Page, and has a GREAT view of the Dam and Lake Powell. One of the holes you have to hit the ball from the top of the cliff to the green below (probably a drop of about 150 feet). Well the green below was a little damp, and if you can see in the picture, the ball sunk into the green over halfway! It made us both laugh so we had to take a pict!
I have to say, that my first day golfing was quite fun. I think the baby liked it too!
Next we met up with our friends and went to the FAMOUS Pumpkin festival in the city park. The elementary schools carve the pumpkins all week, and then they are lit at night for display. I guess it has been a lot better in the past, but we thought it was pretty fun. Kinda festive for the time of year, and something to do on a Saturday night!
We hope you had a great weekend too ... more picts to come for Halloween!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
PUBLISHED!
Hey everyone,
Occasionally for American Crafts I am asked to submit projects using our products. Not only was the project below published in the Nov 2007 issue of Paper Crafts Magazine, but they also decided to feature it on their website. Here is the link to the project, and a picture! Hope you like it!
:)
Mandy
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/projects/project.ihtml?content_id=1684&cat_idx=88
Occasionally for American Crafts I am asked to submit projects using our products. Not only was the project below published in the Nov 2007 issue of Paper Crafts Magazine, but they also decided to feature it on their website. Here is the link to the project, and a picture! Hope you like it!
:)
Mandy
http://www.papercraftsmag.com/projects/project.ihtml?content_id=1684&cat_idx=88
Monday, October 15, 2007
IT'S A ...
As some of you many know, Adam and I are in out 21st week and finally went to the Doctor today to see what we are having ... Well before I excite you with the news, we better catch up!
First, we had a ward camp out in Utah (okay so in Church Wells, about 20 minutes away. Before the camp out, Adam and I had to set up our new tent to seal all of the seams so that if it rained, we wouldn't get wet. What we didn't realize is that our it would feel up our entire front room!
Following setting up the tent was actually camping. We went with a lot friends so it was fun!
We went up to my parents house for General Conference weekend. Other than conference, Adam got to go to Cabelas with my dad and I got to go to Salt Lake with my sisters during the priesthood session. It was a nice relaxing weekend. My sister Marney is pregnant with her fourth and is 8 weeks behind me. We are so excited to have kids the same age.
This past weekend we went to Kanab to hang out with Adam's parents and see his brother who came up from Mesa, AZ with his family. I don't know if I have mentioned it yet, but there are three of us sisters-in-law that are pregnant right now. We are all due within weeks of each other!
Okay, I know I have gone on long enough and you're ready to find out what our little friend is going to be ... After weeks of wonder ... Adam got his wish! We are having a BOY! Though I am still not convinced that we are going to name him "Durram-max" after a diesel truck, I am excited too! It will be so fun to have an older brother for the rest of our little friends!
First, we had a ward camp out in Utah (okay so in Church Wells, about 20 minutes away. Before the camp out, Adam and I had to set up our new tent to seal all of the seams so that if it rained, we wouldn't get wet. What we didn't realize is that our it would feel up our entire front room!
Following setting up the tent was actually camping. We went with a lot friends so it was fun!
We went up to my parents house for General Conference weekend. Other than conference, Adam got to go to Cabelas with my dad and I got to go to Salt Lake with my sisters during the priesthood session. It was a nice relaxing weekend. My sister Marney is pregnant with her fourth and is 8 weeks behind me. We are so excited to have kids the same age.
This past weekend we went to Kanab to hang out with Adam's parents and see his brother who came up from Mesa, AZ with his family. I don't know if I have mentioned it yet, but there are three of us sisters-in-law that are pregnant right now. We are all due within weeks of each other!
Okay, I know I have gone on long enough and you're ready to find out what our little friend is going to be ... After weeks of wonder ... Adam got his wish! We are having a BOY! Though I am still not convinced that we are going to name him "Durram-max" after a diesel truck, I am excited too! It will be so fun to have an older brother for the rest of our little friends!
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
HOLIDAYS ARE COMING!!
So I know, it is WAY to early to start thinking about Christmas, but if you are like me, I leave things until last minute and then stress myself out. I found this post today on Good Things Utah's website that will give you some GREAT ideas to start doing those fun neighborhood gifts. A lot of them were ones I had never heard of. Since non of us really live near each other, it won't matter if we use the same ones right?
Happy Holiday Planning!
http://www.abc4.com/content/gtu/featured_on/story.aspx?content_id=401af12f-12e2-4a75-9f2d-e7a2ba86c258
Mandy
Happy Holiday Planning!
http://www.abc4.com/content/gtu/featured_on/story.aspx?content_id=401af12f-12e2-4a75-9f2d-e7a2ba86c258
Mandy
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