Jacob at the Beach

We had a great day in Santa Cruz yesterday building sandcastles, flying kites, and playing frisbee at the Boardwalk (no rides were open), then had some chowder out on the end of the wharf, then checking out the tidepools at Natural Bridges and enjoying the sunset. Beautiful weather - in the low 60s.

my home in minnesota

here are some awesome pictures of my home in minnesota. don't you all want to come out and visit now? there is a picture of the kitchen, front room, guest bedroom, loft, and master bedroom.

Owen and the Dog

Pictures of cute Owen

Here are some pictures of Owen from this last Summer. He is dang cute.

Turket trot times

Julie beat me by 20 seconds

http://www.sports-am.com/RaceResults/data/2006%20Cold%20Turkey%20Run%20.txt

Salsa Chicken

Here's what we're having for dinner tonight:

4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
4 tsp. taco seasoning mix
1 C. Salsa
1 C. shredded cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 375. Spray 9x13 baking dish and arrange chicken in it. Sprinkle both sides of chicken evenly with taco seasoning. Cover chicken (top only this time) with salsa. Bake for 25 - 35 minutes until chicken is done (juices run clear, etc.). Top with cheese and bake another 3 - 5 minutes. Serve with spanish rice or just by itself. Tastes great as leftovers too.

Halloween Pics

In case you're wondering, Sarah's Winnie the Pooh costume wouldn't accomodate the warm clothes well and her Leia costume still fit and matched Jacob pretty well. Don't worry, the Pooh costume got plenty of use before the 31st. Those are all pumpkins from our patch too.

California Bean Dip

Some of you wanted this recipe so I'm posting it here to get more traffic to our blog:

2 (11 ounce) cans white corn, drained
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup Italian-style salad dressing
1 cup Ranch-style salad dressing
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
2 teaspoons chopped fresh cilantro (or dry)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

Mix it all up in a medium bowl. Chill in the refrigerator 8 hours, or overnight, before serving

(We've had it with yellow corn and it just isn't as good. Get the small cans of Green Giant white shoepeg corn. Also you can use any type of italian and ranch - we use 3-cheese ranch by Kraft because there's no MSG. If you use dry cilantro, which we usually do, use only about 1 tsp.)

Multi-pics from Boating

Some animated pics I finally got around to putting together:

You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

I caught like three feet of air that time.

Crazy ATV Jumps

How CRAZY!



These Guys are INSANE!

Cold Turkey 6k

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1279214
Let's all do it.

Here is a nice family photo of us all.

burton boating birthday bash

here are a few pictures from all the fun from that weekend.
Thanks for the good times.

Aug. 2006 Little Madalin

Craig and Lindsay's First Post

Here is our first post (we are late as usual)!

Julie's photo from Timp Cave

Here's a nice pic that Julie took on our way to Timpanogos Cave last month. I fixed a couple of things with photoshop.

I want some BBQ!

The Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker

We used the barbecue today for the first time. I'm talking about real barbecue - I cooked three racks of ribs for six hours. They were ... comment dit-on ... magnifique et bombastique. (That's french for 'the best ribs in the universe') We've got a couple of chickens in line for this tuesday. I think I might do a chili-lime for one. By the way, if any of you know someone with some cherry wood, apple wood, or oak lying around, please let me know. I'll make it worth your while (recompense to be paid in barbecue). Sorry, I didn't take any pictures of the ribs to post, but believe me, they were ... fantastique.

wrong picture

it blogged the wrong picture, let me get the right one here.

Picts

Here are some pictures from the wedding i was just at a few weeks ago. i know you are all dying to see me dressed up.

Little Madalin

Big Smile!

Here is our first blog posting.

The New Shoes

Have you seen the shoes? Jim I bet you'll be on board with these shoes. Total they're only $130.00 (that is, if you have a Ipod).

I assume they will come out with hiking shoes or clip on styles.

http://www.nike.com/nikeplus/?ref=uslanding

Some of Morgan's original settlements

We could also see from that hill some of the original Morgan settlements. Someday if we get some ore and wheat we'll upgrade to a city!

Hartley The Great

This is the day we got Hartley.

Hike today

We went on a little hike today. Pretty steep and 1.5 miles round trip. Jacob hiked the whole thing by himself. I carried Sarah. We got up to the top of the hill with the "M" for Morgan. Here's a photo from the M itself, in the center/left at the very top is a little brown area where our house is.

Hello Team Family

I joined this blog a long time ago with Martin but we never really posted anything. I still don't know how to upload pictures. Andy you should help me. What did you guys do for Craig's birthday?

thanks andy

yo andy, this seems like a pretty decent idea. i hope it works out.
can we add pictures and what not?
how does it all work, i've never done it before.

Craig's party

I'm working Sat till 5. I'll be meeting Em and the kids on the way down so we'll be there about 630. Hard to believe Craig's 26! Happy birthday Craig!

Setting this thing up

Hey, I'm trying this out. Got the idea from the Waltons.

Thought it'd be a good way to keep in touch besides email or IM.