Go Fish!

Check out the FUN FISH

that Maddie (top)

and Savanna (bottom)

created for

School.



Hoorah! for Art Classes!

Hoorah for integrated curriculum:

a. Life Sciences (fishy parts)

b. Math (repetitive patterns)

c. Visual Arts
(colored pencils, markers, oil pastels & crayons)


{I love the
Details
esp. in the
backgrounds.
Muy creative Kids!!}


Their work was chosen to represent Macarthur

at
the Mesa Public Schools
Online Arts Gallery.


How fun is that?


(Can I go back to elementary school, too??)

A Little Bombay House for Your House!

When we went to the Bombay House a couple of weeks ago with some of you, I mentioned that we had a good recipe for Chicken Tikka Masala, and then promptly forgot to give it to you. But you're all in luck, since we made it Saturday and it reminded me to post the recipe. It's seriously delicious. So delicious that there is none left to take a picture of. There's only one random ingredient in it, garam masala, which is a spice, and I was able to find it at Albertsons, so it's clearly not that exotic. And I have yet to successfully make naan, so we got some from Bombay House to go. And if you're looking to cut the fat in your life, just substitute the cream for milk or half and half or something. This makes enough for five adults (and one of those adults was Brian, who definitely had seconds, so maybe more like six adults).

Marinade
2 Cups plain yogurt
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 inch piece ginger, minced
1-2 tsp. Garam Masala
1-2 tsp. Cayenne (more or less for heat)
salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp. vegetable oil

Marinate one pound of chicken cut up in bite-sized pieces for 1 hour to over night. Once done marinating, grill chicken pieces until cooked through (The recipe says to cook them on skewers on the bbq. I do this step on the george forman grill, but I should warn you, there's a lot of run-off). Set aside.

Tikka Masala Sauce
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 inch piece ginger, minced
1 medium/large onion, diced
32 oz (the big one) can tomato sauce
2 tsp. garam masala
1-2 tsp. Cayenne (more or less for heat)
1 tsp. cumin
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup cream
fresh cilantro for garnish

In a large sauce pan saute garlic, ginger and onion in a little oil until onion is softened. Add tomato sauce and seasonings, simmer for 10 minutes. Add cooked chicken and cream, simmer one minute. Serve over rice with cilantro garnish. Tasty!

Warning: Your house will smell like Indian food for a couple days, but it's totally worth it, and nothing a little air freshener and some open windows can't fix!

Eerie Excitement

Dearest Family,

Ooooooohhhhh! Scaaaaarrrryyyyy!
Creepy things are happening around the Bagley household as we count down to the
Hauntedest Day of the Year. . .

The children--once sweet and adorable--now appear menacing, even sinister.

Even the sweets have taken on a wicked glow. . .



We'll be carving Jack-O-Lanters this Monday,
Part of Project "Celebrate Sophie". . .
Wish you could all be there to join us!


Much Love,
Rebecca Witch

p.s. The Wicked Aunt Nancy inspired us to make a reversible "bunting";
it adds to our "Ghoulish" Birthday Decor. Thanks, Nance!

Thanks Richard

So I purchased myself some new vacuum bags at Target the other day and I noticed they were made by HONEYWELL. So I just wanted to say "Thanks Richard! Thanks for making my carpet free of dirt and cereal crumbs. I really owe you one brother." Oh, and I also stumbled on an image of some of your latest work there at Honeywell. This computer looks so aero-dynamic which is a definite must in the kitchen. And red is such a hot color right now. Was that your idea? Genius!

Pumpkin Painting

Well Becky, we harvested some of our pumpkins and painted them for FHE the other night. I even talked Ben into painting one! You see, we have to paint them because if you carve a pumpkin in the North West too early on, it will be moldy by the time Halloween rolls around. I learned this one the hard way. But my dear Mother-in-law was sweet enought to point out to me that my pumpkin was spewing mold out of his mouth. It was quite a dramatic effect and little something extra special I might add. Anyway, so that's why we painted our pumpkins and didn't carve them. We all had a good time.

There are also some pictures of the boys on the "beach" I had to go to Super Saturday (RS) most of the day so the went and threw rocks in the river. Sounded like they had fun.

We are going to AZ for thanksgiving!!!! We arrive Thanksgiving Day (way cheaper tickets) and

leave the following wednesday night. I realize several of you are leaving sat/sun. so we'll just make sure to get in our fun while you're around.

Happy Birthday Hallie!

We wish a big Happy Birthday to Hallie Johanson who will be four years old tomorrow. We are so happy that Heavenly Father sent you to Travis and Nancy to be our four year old grand daughter. I hope you remember the fun time we had last spring when you and Dallas stayed with Grandma and Grandpa Craig. We will put up a couple of pictures of our little picnic in the park up the canyon for everybody to see. We hope you have a fun time with your friends and family on your birthday. We will be happy to come and see your for Thanksgiving.

I took the plunge

Come check it out.

Outings with Little D

Last week I had the opportunity to go on Safari with Dallas' Kindergarten. Safari in Arizona? Yes, just head to your local Cabelas, a.k.a. Lisa Simpson's nightmare. Who would have thought that a sporting goods store would constitute a field trip? I wouldn't have, but that is probably because I'd never been to Cabelas. Every where you looked there were stuffed dead animals, kind of cool, I really don't think that the kids understood that these were once live animals, but all the same they had fun. I decided I don't need to go for mother of the year and attend all the field trips though, one day with 150 kindergartners was enough to last me for a while, all the same we did have fun. It really is kind of hard for me though that Dallas is suddenly too cool to hold my hand in front of his friends. It was bound to happen, I just didn't expect it so soon.


And who would have guessed that I would ever be a soccer mom? I am surprised just how much I enjoy attending sporting events when my child is playing. Never have I ever payed so much attention to the actual game. It's so intense to see your little boy chasing after a ball, just hoping he'll get a small kick in without getting hurt. And when he did get hurt, I was so proud of him that he could shake it off and get right back in the game. He wasn't scoring any goals his first game, but that will come later. For now we were just happy to see him trying his best, and cheering him on, Go Dallas!