Daniels Family

I has been years, 20 years, since we have been all together.  Darsi and her family are not in town so they are not in this picture, so we still did not totally succeed.  I still view it as a wonderful reunion,  it was so good to visit and see one another.  Melissa, Dawson, and Alex were missing from my family too.  So I look forward to the time we meet and everyone is there.  Dad was filled with joy over the whole get together!

Jamie and Phil, who is so happy!

The whole gang in Brick Oven

Daniels Family

Max

While we were in Hawaii, we had Kaity and Terri tend Max and Dash at their home.

Max 13 years old and Dash 8 months old

By the 3rd day we were gone, Max became very sick and we did not know what was wrong.  

Terri had to hand feed him on the 4th day and carry him out to the bathroom.

She took him to a local vet who did many tests and xrays but could find nothing wrong.

On the 5th day Cary said it was just like the symptoms that Cindy, his dog, had when she got
really sick a couple years ago and was diagnosed with Addison's Disease.

Terri and Brady took Max to a Veterinary Hospital in Sandy, Utah just in time.

Max was very sick

The Doctor said he hoped Max would make it through the night.  They were going to treat him for Addison's Disease.   Melissa, Kylie, and I were all crying and so sad.  Sad that we were not there with Max, we did not want him to die.  We prayed really hard for him.  I called the hospital throughout the night to check on him.  Luckily he hung in there, he stayed in the hospital over the weekend on IV fluids as he improved. 

Melissa was able to get him from Terri's house a few days later when she got home.  For Addison's Disease he will receive a shot of Percorten once a month, and a steroid pill every day for the rest of his life.

Melissa and Max

We are so grateful to Terri and Kaity for taking care of our little guys, and for the loving care they gave.  If we could not be with Max when he was sick, I was so glad to have Terri caring for him.

Max is doing better now than he was before we left to Hawaii.  He has more perk in his step.  We are grateful!

Fiesta Frolic

Being married to a Head Coach has it's challenges.  There are a few perks that go along with it that I love.  Going to the Biltmore in Scottsdale, Arizona in May every year, with Head Coaches and Athletic Directors from schools across the country is one of my favorite perks of all.  Kyle has meetings, then we relax, I relax the whole time!  I went shopping with my good friend Suzie Christensen (Wyoming) while Kyle golfed with the coaches.  What a fun time we had!

Front of Biltmore Hotel

Pac 12 media, dinner, and Kyle playing tennis with Commissioner Larry Scott

Relaxing by the pool

Shopping for me, Arizona style with misters

Hospitality Suite, visiting before dinner, too much great food

It is supposed to be Marilyn Monroe's favorite pool

Heading out to the dinner

Brothers

Whittingham boys, 
Saturday evening Priesthood session,
 together for the first time ever,
  After conference, they went to Nielsen's Frozen Custard,
a family favorite!

David's Birthday

David, one of Kyle's special friends, had a birthday party and he invited Kyle to come.  So Helen and I went with Kyle to see David and wish him happy birthday at the West Jordan Care Center where he lives.   David loves Utah Football.

David and Kyle

Cheer Leading Competition

Kyle and I went to the Jamz Nationals Cheer leading competition in Las Vegas to watch Kylie's team, Utah Xtreme Cheer.  Melissa, Dawson, and Fred came with us.  Rachel and Sam met us there in Las Vegas to be with Fred.  We walked around, went on the New York, New York roller coaster, went bowling and ate lots of food and of course watched Kylie perform.

 

Perk-Jazz Game

One of the good things about Kyle being the head coach of University of Utah is he gets a few "perks".  He has met a lot of great people who give him tickets to an occasional Jazz game.  So we were on the front row,  Jazz playing the Spurs.  Tony Parker, who was married to Eva Longoria (famous people), plays for the Spurs.  I could not believe how little he looked.  I guess he is listed as 6' 2", but he just looked little on the floor next to the other players.  And in the pictures I had seen of him with Eva Longoria, he had looked so tall.  I guess he is tall next to her, the disappointment of the night.

Crab Pasta

In 1988 when Kyle and I lived in Pocatello, Idaho there was a couple on the coaching staff named Louie and Marci Giammona.   Louie was Italian and as a married couple they had lived in Italy and Marci told me how she learned how to make this Crab Pasta over there.  They had us to dinner and Kyle and I loved it, Marci sent us home with some leftovers and we ate every drop.  I had her teach me how to make it.  It has since become a family favorite with all the Whittingham's.  It is so easy to make.  The ingredients are not measured, there is no exact amount to make this delicious. Don't let the garlic scare you either.  It becomes tender and mild.  The first time I ate it I picked the garlic out, but not any more!

Ingredients;  Olive Oil, diced Tomatoes (28 oz), canned Crab Meat (2 cans if small or 1 lg can), White Pepper, Red Pepper, and 1 bulb Garlic

Peel entire bulb of Garlic

Slice and saute Garlic in Olive Oil for several minutes

Add Crab juice from canned Crab, dash of red pepper, about 1-2 tsp white pepper and simmer 2 to 3 minutes

Add 28 oz. can diced tomatoes

Simmer for 10-15 min adding the Crab Meat the last few minutes.  Sauce will thicken and lighten as it simmers.  Flavors will be blended and it should not smell like canned tomatoes or fishy. Add more seasonings before adding crab, if needed.   It will smell delicious!  The Red and White Pepper are season to taste.  Red will make it spicy.  White Pepper will make it spicy too if you use a lot.

Make it ahead or refrigerate over night.  When adding noodles, simmer together for at least 10 min.  We like it over Rigatoni.