Authentic Pizza Napoletana Dough Recipe Sunday, September 28, 2008



















We've been researching and experimenting, and I think you'll like this pizza dough:

8 cups high quality white flour
3 cups, plus 4 T warm water
4 tsp salt
1 tsp dry active yeast

Mix in your kitchen aid mixer for 5 minutes on high, then 2 minutes on slow. Let rise for 2 hrs.
Roll it out nice and thin.
Cook it in your wood oven (i wish). Cook till crispy
Makes a bunch of pizzas

dang deer

ok.. i've got to walk you through my bike ride yesterday.
I went from my neighborhood over the canyons ski resort and back (about 15 miles)...
(while joelle & lisa got pedicures and julia watched the kids)
the fall colors are amazing right now


First of all, you need to start this song playing for the experience. (or just start the youtube clip below, that has pretty much the same song)

It just popped up on my random shuffle playlist, but I thought it was very fitting for a bike ride because of the 1986 movie 'Rad'
(i loved that movie as a kid)



So here's a little slideshow.. crank up 'send me an angle', sit back, and enjoy.
Along the ride, we bumped into a bunch of people from the neighborhood. One couple was riding to their sons x-country meet at the canyons lodge. Another guy was hiking all the way to cottonwood canyon. He said he did that recently with his kids and walked all the way from park city to snowbird, then stayed over night the lodge sitting in the jacuzzi, eating pizza, then did the 6+ hr hike to come home again. Pretty cool.



Unfortunately, on the way back, a deer jumped out in front of eric and he went flying off his bike. He cracked his helmet, and had a sore hand, but he still looked ok as he rode home one handed. I saw him today at church and it turns out he broke 3 ribs and a couple bones in his hand. ouch.

weekend with gracie

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A few highlights:

Day 1
- Joelle arrived with her 5 kids on Thursday night. The next morning they went to the outlets, and down to nordstrom rack, ate some cafe rio, then came back home. Jenny met them for shopping, then hung out at our place for a bit. That evening, the kids had their school carnival



Emily & Tessa loved the homemade ride (some metal welded together, with swings hanging from it, powered by a fan)



Day 2
- Joelle & Lisa went shopping again, I went on a bike ride (see above), and the kids hung out at home. After some mac & cheese for lunch, the kids spent all afternoon outside playing in the yard... swings, zip line, and exploring in the forest. the ended up making a 'nature club'.. they gathered materials (logs, old carpet, boards with rusty nails, a rusty paint can, string, etc..).. and they said it was 99% natural. to join the club, you have to help them make it. they even brought a pack of granola bars up to enjoy in the clubhouse






unfortunately rachel stepped on one of those rusty nails -- right through her flip flop.

Jer Kar & Sylie came up AND VIP JJ. So did Jen Tay Coop and Mason. And Jamie came too.
When Jenny arrived, cooper ran for casey but got more than he bargained for.

So we locked casey up for a bit so Cooper could throw rocks in the river in peace.








Day 3
- Church, lunch, a little viola/cello duet by amanda/dallin, and then the staley's were off..

Merry christmas mom Saturday, September 27, 2008

Wait.. Who's baby is who

don't eat your cousin Friday, September 26, 2008


copy paste Thursday, September 25, 2008

An early shower present from jo

This ones for dad Wednesday, September 24, 2008

fi fi the poodle Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Emily picked out a Halloween costume today.. check it out








And here are a few other random snapshots this past week:

How does a pregnant lady surf the internet?


Amanda took some initiative sunday afternoon and made herself a full-blown marionette


Emily reading the sunday paper



And some pretty views in the neigbhorhood after the rain:

(while picking dallin up from his friend's fear factor birthday party)

Reid's Happy Birthday Sunday, September 21, 2008





From September 2008

For Reid's birthday we went out a couple nights before for some good old Swiss food. Reid wanted some raclette, so we went to Adolf's. The raclette (a kind of melted swiss cheese) was served with pickles, pickled onions, and potatoes. It was really good.

For Reid's actual birthday, I surprised him in the morning with chocolate crossants fresh from the oven. Before he came home for dinner, he had a deep tissue massage that I scheduled for him. We also opened presents and enjoyed a flourless chocolate cake. Reid already told you about Emily's present (markers).





the russians




and here's a (non-russian) gymnastics show that we went to yesterday afternoon




and dallin's golf

hd Saturday, September 20, 2008

just testing out the new camcorder... ours broke months ago and with babies coming it was a good time to replace it. It's full 1080p HD so expect some cool high def home video soon (that takes forever to load)..



I'm still trying to figure out the best way to post these... the one above is a little too small, and if you click full screen it doesn't show you the full high definition version.

And then this bigger version doesn't quite fit on the blog. It would look nicer in full screen, but because it's cut off you can't even see the full screen button. Hmmm.. Maybe a new blogger template will do the trick



Here's a link to the video. This one is also scaled down in size. We'll try the full HD soon.

a whole week later Wednesday, September 17, 2008

I know what you're thinking:
"A whole week has gone by, with nothing new on robisoncrew. What ever am I going to do with my spare time?..."

Well I have a surprise for you. We have successfully transferred over the entire robisonhq.com site to robisoncrew. Check out the archives, especially 2004, 2005 & 2006. There are over 200 posts for your viewing enjoyment.. hours of fun.
(Email me if you want to know how all those posts magically moved from one site to the next.. it's kind of a funny story)

What else have we been up to? Umm.. Let's see.
Enjoying the fall weather

From September 2008

The leaves are turning red, the air is cool and crisp, and the temperature drops below 40 some nights
From September 2008



I even borrowed a friends motorcycle last weekend
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and I managed to squeeze in a little human powered biking right out our back door.
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We had a relaxing sunday playing. The big people played ticket to ride and scrabble, while the little ones ate peanuts on the deck
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(nice smile dallin)


Followed by a casual birthday celebration for lisa's dad at our place. We tried our luck at salmon grilled on a cedar plank. Supposedly, if you soak the plank long enough in water (or beer), it won't burn. But after a couple hours in the bathtub, our plank still lit on fire. (the salmon was good though)
From September 2008

I'm completely out of order here, but I guess I'm just free associating... telling the week as it comes to me.

On Friday night we got together with Scott (& family), Candee, and Bob & Sandy for a nice birthday dinner for Bob at the roof.
Hats off to Candee for driving all the way from to Utah & back for dinner.
From September 2008


Gotta love that temple view..
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I had a birthday come and go this past week as well..
Emily asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told her something that I'd like, and she said 'I don't have one of those. How about something I have already. Like markers or crayons?' I told her I like markers and that would be great. Well a couple of days later, over birthday breakfast, she handed me a nicely wrapped little present. I opened it up and to my surprise there were 2 shiny magic markers!! How sweet.

I went to a little gallery as a little break from work my birthday to see some art from my favorite utah artist, and I almost splurged on one of his prints. (I just couldn't bring myself to buy such a tiny giclee for so much money).
From September 2008

It just made me think of a father hugging his son on a golf course (although the real story is much more depressing.. it was apparently inspired by a sorrowful image, a snapshot in time that snagged Kershisnik’s imagination and drove him to paint, of a friend lifting his disabled son from the bath. “We all knew this boy’s life would not be long,” he said, “and yet, it was a dance. It was a moment of joy within that sadness.”)

and a few more fun photos of the kids Wednesday, September 10, 2008

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It's official. Emily is 4. We topped off the celebrations with a little family party over Sunday dinner. We had a mexican fiesta,

and cooper had fun on the zip line..

From September 2008
(somebody -- jer or jam? -- suggested that I photoshop in a broomstick to this photo)


and here's jj hanging out on the lawn




We had some visitors again, just before the party

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emily's first day of school Saturday, September 6, 2008

Just so emily doesn't feel left out in a decade or two when she goes back through this blog, here she is on her first day of "pretty-school" (as she calls it)

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