Dante's progress

Dante had his four month well-baby doctor visit earlier this week. He's doing really well and every time the doctor sees him he always says, "Wow, he's so strong!"

All of Dante's percentages increased from last visit. Here are his current stats:

Weight: 12 lbs. 13 oz., 15% (up from 9%)
Height: 23 3/8", 10% (up from under 3%)
Head: 16", 20% (up from 15%)

The biggest increase was his height. He was still in the "under 3%" category at his 2 month visit.

Spring break

I love the idea of getting the ball rolling early. Being a planner myself, I love the early planning. :)

We have several issues with the proposed plan. Firstly, our spring break is a different week. It is the week before.

Secondly, we are working over the next year or year and a half to get our family financially back on solid ground. With a few month of unemployment this year and a new addition to the family we can't realistically plan any traveling for a while.

That doesn't mean the rest of the family shouldn't travel, though! If it works for everyone else, go camping! Have fun! :)

We do like camping and we'd love to go camping again in the future (if the family so chooses).

That's our "two cents".

Sarah and Stephen

Spring Break Vacation

Mom had mentioned a great idea to me. She thought it would be fun to have the whole family meet in Hurricane, UT and spend a few days camping or hiking or just having fun. Sean and Connie may have access to some property there that could same us all a lot of money on hotels, etc. I'm not even sure if they have access to the property or not.

My Spring Break starts Sunday, March 28th and I don't have to be back for school until April 6th. I'm not sure what my work schedule is going to look like or if I'll be able to get any time off at all but I think it's a good idea.

What do you all think? I really just wanted to get the ball rolling (even if very slowly).


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Stephen,

Here is the link for that camera. I want to order is asap, we are leaving for the beach on July 9th so I'd like to have it for the trip. I wanted you to take a look though first, since we had talked about it.

http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-SP-565UZ-Digital-Optical-Stabilized/dp/B001CCJO1Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1245097435&sr=8-3

Let me know what you think.

Thanks!
~Jen

PS. Adam and Laura,

I am sorry nobody was there to help you move in! We are so glad you go there safely though and hope you get settled in and it feels like home soon.

Take care!

Poppyseed Chicken

8-10 chicken breasts
1 pint sour cream (I use non or lowfat)
2 cans cream of chicken soup (I use 99% fat free)
3 sticks of butter
3 stacks of Ritz crackers (the tall package stacks in the box) You can actually get low fat Ritz now too
3 T poppyseeds

Cook the chicken in a big pot of water. I like to put lots of seasoning in the water so it infuses into the chicken - usually things like a bay leaf, some garlic and onion powder, poultry seasoning and definitely some salt- whatever sounds good to you. While that cooks, combine the sour cream and soup. In another bowl, melt the butter. Smash all the crackers (if you leave them in the package and just hit them pretty good with a rolling pin it works well - just be careful the package doesn't explode and you get cracker every where - not that this has ever happened to me or anything). Combine the melted butter, crackers, and poppyseeds. Once the chicken is cooked all the way through strain it and let it cool. (If you like the sauce to be a little thinner, you can save some of the cooking water to add to the soup mixture - start with 1/4 c and probably no more than 1/2 c though.) Then you can either shred it or cube it and add it to the soup/sour cream mixture. Taste the mixture - you'll probably want to add more seasoning. I put some more garlic and onion, salt to taste, cayenne pepper, poultry seasoning - whatever suits my fancy. In a 9X13 pan spread a layer of the crumb mixture (a little less than half), all the chicken with the sauce, and then top with the rest of the cracker stuff. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes (til heated through).

Moving In

We made it. It was a pretty long trip but we are almost done unpacking the truck. There are boxes everywhere but we'll make due. It will be nice to have all this finally done. Hopefully, we won't put off the unpacking for too long.

We left at 7:30 am on Friday and arrived in Sacramento at about 8:00 pm. With the help of my brother-in-law we loaded a piano into the truck. Sandi, my sister-in-law had dinner ready for us and it was delicious (I think in part because I so starving).

The next morning we loaded some things from Laura's parents and were back on the road at 10:30 am. We arrived at about 5:30 pm and check in with the apartment office and got our keys and the like. Unfortunately, we had not planned on leaving so early but needed to arrive before 6:00 pm so that we could sign our lease.

This meant that our arrangements with the Elder's Quorum didn't accurately reflect our arrival time. No one was planning to be at our apartment until 7:30 pm. I decided to get started anyway and ended up unloading from 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm. No one from the church showed up and Laura made me stop moving things because I was too tired. I wanted to keep working but also wanted to keep her from worrying about me.

Church is at 11:00 am and I still haven't found my dress shirts. I have to get going if I'm going to find those shirts in time for church.









Address:
1660 Kendall Dr. Apt. 96
San Bernardino, CA 92407

Email, recipe, and photos

Jennifer,

My email is sla006@gmail.com. I'm trying to decide between several of the patterns (110, 122, 127, 138, and 140). I think I like 122 the best. Yep, 122 is my favorite.

Thanks, Jen!


Laura,

When you get settled in your new place would you post the chicken recipe you cooked for us? Personally, I'm always looking for new things to cook and good recipes.

Also, if anyone took pictures during the recent trip, I'd love to see them. It was fun seeing everyone. It really meant a lot to Stephen to have his brothers here for the blessing of his first child.

Love to all,
Sarah

Hooter Hiders

Sarah,

Here is the link-sorry, couldn't find your email-but let me know which color/code you would like.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&frommaketrack=true&item=120437363757&viewitem=&sspagename=VIP%3Awatchlink%3Atop%3Aus&salenotsupported


Laura or Adam,

Need your new address...


Thanks!

~Jen

Upcoming Family Gathering

So, Stephen and I were talking, and we thought it would be a good idea to have a tentative schedule for the upcoming gathering of Anguiano personnel. Mostly we were wanting to put together a rotation for dinner. That way we all know whose house to meet at for the evening meal. This will allow for a little planning as a family and will lessen the number of times we eat out. :) This blog seems like a good forum to post this proposition and will allow for discussion on the topic. Also, anything we come up with is always available for revision and spontaneious change at any time; nothing is set in stone. If anyone has any activities they wanted to throw out for discussion, feel free. So, here is a starting point for a plan:

(Updated to include Laura's and Chris' comments)

Tuesday, June 9:
Adam, Laura, and Lilia arrive
Stephen and Sarah for dinner

Wednesday, June 10:
Josh and Jen for dinner

Thursday, June 11:
Sean arrives
JR off work
JR and Chris for dinner

Friday, June 12:
JR off work
Eat out? El Fenix?

Saturday June 13:
Jen's baptism
Josh and Jen's house for dinner, Laura cooking

Sunday, June 14:
Dante's blessing
Sean departs
Leftovers or something simple for this day?
JR and Chris for dinner

Monday, June 15:
Stephen and Sarah for dinner

Tuesday, June 16:
Adam, Laura, and Lilia depart

Update

I think everyone already knows but we found an apartment in San Bernardino. It is a good thing we drove down to check out the area because parts of the city seemed a little sketchy. We are in what appears to be a very nice part of town. The apartment is within walking distance of the University and we got a pretty good deal (at least for CA its good). Here is the complex's website if you interested.

The apartment is 2 bedroom, 1 bath (800 sq. ft.). Bigger than our place now. We are moving there right after we get home from Texas. So, that means we need to be pretty well packed before we come down. I've already started packing boxes and am trying to get as much done as possible.

This week and next I'll be home alone with Lilia while Laura finishes the school year. Her last day is the 8th and we fly out the next day. Friday was first day home alone and everything went fine. We went up to the school to visit Laura and help ease the first day withdrawals. I'm looking forward to having plenty of time with my baby.

Well, we sure love you and look forward to seeing everyone. See you soon.

I'll try again

Gillian's graduation

Here are some pictures of Gillian's graduation I hope you enjoy them it was so much fun watching them perform.

Welcome to the Family

I'm sure all of you already know about our newest member - Dante. I'm not sure about these figures but I think he was born 17.5 inches long weighing 5 lbs. 12 oz. Josh was kind enough to send me some pictures and I thought I would share them with anyone who may not have gotten them. Here they are:

Dante

More Belly Pictures

These were fun to look at. I'm sure you all can tell which is my favorite. Laura is getting pretty pregnant and we are both getting excited for our baby to come although, probably for slightly different reasons (I'm not as uncomfortable as Laura is).

I just thought you might like to have a look.

27 Days

Laura's due date is in 27 days. We are both pretty excited. Laura has been feeling less comfortable every day but I think that she has been lucky that it hasn't been worse. She's still working and actually she's been staying late and working harder than normal to make sure she is caught up and ready for the long-term substitute that will take her place while she's on maternity leave.

Below is a picture of Laura in a funny hat. We went snow shoeing almost a month ago (on President's Day) and it was really fun. Laura did a great job, I was actually surprised at how long she lasted. She wouldn't agree but she's a real trooper (just a nicer sweeter trooper).

I've been doing fine too. I'm not very excited/happy with most of my classes this semester but I seem to be doing alright. If I can maintain an A- average then my overall GPA won't be affected. I'm not really sure why I care now that I'm already in my graduate program at CSUSB but, I do.

I've been busy and distracted and haven't been posting but I hope I can change that especially since I'll be out of work for a little while until we get to California. Luckily, Laura will still be getting her checks throughout the summer and that will help smooth out our income. I may need some help finding a decent job in California but I've been fortunate so far with work.

I heard about Sarah's bed rest. I imagine that was nice at first but can get kind of boring. I hope she is feeling well. We love you all and miss you a lot.