The First of Many Trips To ....

Brinley's first time seeing the ocean!

Happy Kids!

Sand Castle...

Part of the reason to go to the beach,(A) the kids have been asking since November.... (B) we had to take Flat Stanley... he came all the way from Layton, Utah to do something fun in VA... he had a GREAT time!

Will's Wipe Out...

playing with the waves

Boom!

Although it was a pretty warm day, the water was C.O.L.D. Poor Will.

....he kept his distance the rest of the day...

J and A's...

WE LOVE THE BEACH!

March- Traveler's Star

Check out the New BAND... VACATIONS!!

I HAVE the COOLEST Brother...
(My Bro. is the Drumer, Brandon Adams!!)



I'm not proud or anything... am I??
Love ya BRO!

http://www.myspace.com/wearevacations

Asian Pasta Salad

We call this salad the Baby Blessing Salad, because we've had it at all our family parties after the baby blessings... it's a simple, flavor packed and a healthy meal that's easy to assemble for LARGE groups!

ENJOY!

Asian Pasta Salad

Dressing:

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cup chopped parsley

1/3 cup red wine vinegar

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup canola oil

3 T sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper

Combine all the ingredients in the blender. Make the night before.

Salad:

1/2 cup chopped green onions (about 1 bunch)

1 12 oz. bag of bow tie pasta - cook until al dente

1/4 cup slivered almonds - sugar in a skillet pan and cool

4-6 chicken breasts - cook however you want and then cut into chunks or slices

3-4 peppers: red, green, yellow, orange - chopped (the little peppers from Costco are fabulous and can be cut into rings, discard the seeds; use 6-8 of these.)

Fresh baby spinach

1. Combine the chicken, pasta, green onions, and peppers the night before or early the morning of the party...add 3/4 of the dressing and keep in the fridge in a sealed container. A

2. Add the remaining dressing, almonds and fresh torn spinach right before serving and toss all together *this is important because otherwise the spinach will be ruined.

And depending on how many people you are feeding, you may want to double the entire recipe...It keeps very well.

More Harry Potter fun...

Caitlin and Will under the invisibility cloak...

Giddy-UP... Ya'll

The kids were playing up stairs the other day, and Caitlin yelled, "Mom, come here, QUICK!" Anytime the kids call me, i usually grab my camera in case it's something silly, worthy of a picture. This was SO cute...
A 6 seater saddle... THAT is one strong horse!

Eeeeeeh.... What's up Doc?

THIS made our night... Silly Joggy and Lindsey

Here's Caitlin and Will watching their video...

Saturday, March 6th

Last Saturday we took Caitlin to get her birthday gift, A NEW BIKE w/ Training wheels!
She picked this cute Hello, Kitty bike (to match her rain boots!)

First Bike Ride: off to the park...

Helmet, basket, bell and decorative strings are from Grammy and Papa Adams :)

oops. i was on pushing duty, and was taking too many pictures... she's so cute, happy to just hang out.

This picture is funny, she looks like one of those glass baby dolls...

Wii

Hot Dogs...

It was just a little cold in the shade, Brinner all bundled up...

Caitlin grilling her kitty...

Ha. the picture below is funny, and it's no coincidence that Will is wearing a 'Lucky' shirt... seeing that Caitlin grabbed the Grill 'Poker' right before the picture clicked... don't worry, we usually don't let our kids play with sharp objects... only on their birthdays!

Flower Power Cake

Cake mix, canned frosting and food coloring

make our multicolored cake as easy as it is cool!

• 1 pkg. white cake mix, preferably Duncan Hines
• 3 egg whites
• 2 Tbs. oil, (canola)
• 20 drops each red, yellow and blue liquid food coloring
• 1/8 tsp. imitation cherry extract
• 1/8 tsp. almond extract
• 1/8 tsp. lemon extract
• 2 cans (16 oz. each) Vanilla frosting
• Assorted decorations and sprinkles, optional.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F coat 2 (8”) round cake pans with cooking spray. At low speed beat cake mix with 1 ½ cups water, egg whites and oil 30 seconds. Increase speed to high: beat 2 minutes. Follow steps below.

1. Divide batter into 4 bowls. Stir red food coloring and cherry extract into 1st bowl. Stir blue food coloring and almond extract into 2nd bowl. Stir yellow coloring and lemon extract in 3rd bowl. Leave 4th bowl white.


2. Alternately spoon tinted and white batters into pans.

3. Using spoon lightly swirl batters together, to make marbled pattern.

4. Bake 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted into centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes.

5. Remove from pans; cool completely on racks.

6. Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1cup frosting. Top with remaining layer. Spread top and side of cake with remaining frosting. Decorate as desired.

Note. I make the cake with the directions on the box. And then continue with steps 1 and 2. so you could make it however you would like. If the cake mix calls for oil, I double the ration and add Apple sauce instead. That makes a more moist cake, and a bit more healthy. J )

Enjoy...