Presents, Presents, Presents!!

Don't the boys look excited or what!!

Colby opening a few of his presents!

Colby showing off his huge coloring book he got from Santa!

Ho..Ho..Ho..Merry Christmas!!

Here's some of the loot the boys scored with this year! Santa must have thought the boys were good all year because they sure got spoiled!

Family Christmas Party!

Every year we have our Skeen family Christmas party on Christmas Eve. Here's some of the gang relaxing after eating our feast.

Raymie LOVES Elmo! She just had her 2 year old birthday & it was Elmo Everything!

Who's the hot lady with Raymie?

Trav, Cassie & Ashtyn.

Me & Ty. Too cool Austin!

Kendyl & Kambree being Angels after the nativity play they were in.

Raymie, Colby & Jordan after the Nativity play.

Here's more angels doing their part. Kendyl is so serious & Kambree I don't think could have a bigger smile on her face!

I told Sydney to smile so I could take her picture & this is what she did. It was pretty funny because no one was expecting it from her!

Austin's Country Report

The big project in 6th grade is that every kid has to do a Country Report. Austin Chose Zimbabwe since his Uncle Ty has been there. Austin worked really hard doing it and getting it ready. Sometimes I think it's more of a project for the parents instead of the kids, but he still did do alot of work on it. Good job Aust!

Ty was nice enough to come up from Provo the week of his finals to come and speak. Thanks again Ty!

Go Jordan!

Jordan just finished his basketball season of the year & I think he had a good time. Willis coached him again & Jord really likes when he does.

Jordan acting like a stud, practicing shooting before the game.

Fun night of Sugar Cookies!

Last night we watched P & D's kids while they went to a Christmas party. I baked some sugar cookies so they could decorate them. I think Kylie should have won the award for ditting the most sprinkles on her's & Maclay should have won the award for eating the most frosting the quickest! I think they all had a good time!

HO...HO...HO!! I'm Santa Colby!

Colby made this funny Santa mask thing at preschool this week. He was so proud of it, he asked if I would put it on our blog. (Ya think I talk about Blogs alot?)

Chicken Pillows

Tonight for dinner we had yummy chicken pillows. This is the kind of meal I have to cook on the weekends because it's a little time consuming. More time than I have after work. I just did some corn & pasta-roni with it & everyone seemed to like it.

3-4 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
8 oz of cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded cheese
1/4 teaspoom garlic powder
¼ teaspoon salt
Dash of pepper
2 cans of crescent rolls
In large bowl, mix together cream cheese, chicken, salt, pepper, garlic powder & cheese. Open crescent rolls and carefully unroll dough. Separate each tube into 4 rectangles. Seal seam in center of each rectangle. Place one heaping scoop of mixture on half of each rectangle. Fold over other half of roll dough and seal edges, creating a pillow. Place on baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

The recipe calls for dipping each pillow in melted butter & then bread crumbs & baking but I'm to impatient for that. I just mix up some cream of chicken soup, sour cream & a little lemon juice & pour that over as gravy after they have been cooked.

Ogden's Light Parade

Tonight I took the boys along with Morgan & Taylor (our neices) to Ogden's light parade. It's alot of fun to watch the floats all decked out in Christmas lights to get ya in the mood for the Holidays. After we ran & got some dinner & then went to Farr's Ice Cream for some Play doe ice cream. The kids favorite.

Lot's of excitment from this crowd!!

Morgan & Taylor are always so good at entertaining & keeping track of my kids. We love when they come over. Awesome babysitters!

French Dip Sandwiches

I know I post alot about food, but when you have 4 growing boys in your house, you gotta cook alot. Tonight we had way awesome French Dip Sandwiches and they were way easy to do (of course). I put a roast along with 1 can of beef broth, 1 package Au Jus & 1 package of dry onion soup mix in the crockpot & let it cook all day. When I got home, I shredded it & put it on Hogie Rolls with some melted swiss cheese and they were to die for. The meat was moist & very tender.

Yummy Shredded Beef Tacos!!

I found this recipe & it was way easy so that's 1 plus and super yummy so there's another plus!! I just picked up a cheap roast and put it along with 1 package of taco seasoning and about 1-1 1/2 cups salsa in the crockpot & let it cook all day. When I got home, I shredded it & we had it in hard taco shells with some rice. I like the kind of dinners that within 25 minutes of walking in the door, we are sitting down eating.

WARNING!! Before reading any further make sure you are sitting down!

Willis made dinner tonight! And I must say he really put his foot into it. (A black way of saying it was really good). He didn't work today so I came home from my day & he had fried chicken, pasta & corn going. WOW! I had to call my Mom & tell her & her response was Willis cooked? All aside, Babe - it was awesome! Thanks for cooking.

Here's his recipe:

Mix 2 tablespoons lemon pepper into 1 1/2 cups flour. Dredge chicken in beaten egg & then in flour mixture & fry until done. Simple yet tasty!

Chuck-E-Cheese here we come!

Here's the gang after a fun night out with Ty, Nat & Raymie.

Don't we look like we had so much fun, can't wait to go back next time!

This is the only way Colby could score points in Skee-Ball. Cheater!! Nice pose!

Once again, cheating.

Jordan had a blast playing this game where you got tickets depending on how many points you scored. He's convinced he's ready for his game on Wednesday. Go Jord!

Raym's & Colby riding in the jeep.

I hope this picture isn't a sign of how much fun their having cause they don't look very excited.

Go Raymie!! You go girl!!