New Bedding

The girls all got new bed stuff for Christmas. Bella got skull n crossbones, rock'n'roll type stuff, Rachel got fairy ballerinas and Zoe got owls. They're all super cute. :)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! Wishing everyone time with family and friends and many cherished memories. We had the most awesome Christmas ever!!! On Christmas Eve we all went over to my moms house and chilled. We had dinner and let the girls open their presents from nana and papa. On Christmas morning nana and papa and myself went over to Jasons house to watch the girls open their presents from him. We had a brunch while over there. Then after that I brough the girls home with me and Louis went and got Rachel and we had Christmas at our house. We did something different this year and it was a BLAST! They each got a certain dollar amount for their main or big gift, then we went to the dollar store and bought them each 20 different junk items and wrapped them all up. Each girl was assigned a color star- Bella was gold, Rachel was green and Zoe was red. The presents were all stickered with the star stickers and the presents were strung all over the place. The girls had to go hunt down all their presents. Once everyone gathered everything up it was time to rip into them. They LOVED it. We had a blast watching them open everything. We have absolutely NO expectations of this stuff to last any more than Christmas day, but thats the fun of it. They all got their big gifts, but then just a bunch of fun stuff to dink around with.




A picture of all the loot from us.



Bella getting ready to rip into presents on Christmas Eve at nana and papa's house.



Zoe, obviously stoked!



presents at Jason house



HUGE doll house that is bigger than Zoe. She only comes to about the floor on the third level. She loves it.



Bella got a guitar. 



three little heathens getting ready to rip into some presents



AND to top it all off we got their room in the works of decorating. They each got a new bed set for their room- Rachel got fairy ballerinas, Zoe got little owls and Bella got rock n roll skulls and crossbones stuff.....ahh B!

Honey Chipotle Chicken Wings

Courtesy Six Sisters Stuff

Ingredients:
12-15 chicken wings, thawed
1 c honey
1 c tabasco chipotle sauce
2 tbsps fresh lime juice
2 tsps lime zest

Directions:

1. In sauce pan, mix together the honey,Tabasco® sauce, lime juice, and lime zest on medium heat. Let it boil for about 5 minutes, and then let it cool.
2. Pour half the mixture into a large ziploc bag. Reserve half the sauce for later. Add the chicken wings to the ziploc bag and shake until all the wings are covered in sauce.
3. Let it marinade for at least two hours (or overnight).
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
5. Remove wings from bag and place on a baking sheet covered with aluminum foil and cooking spray. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven.
6. Turn the oven to broil.
7. With half the remaining sauce, baste the chicken wings and return to the oven. Broil for one minute.
8. Remove the wings, and baste again with the rest of the sauce. Broil again for one minute.
9. Serve hot.

Green Chile Rice

A quick and easy throw together for a mexican night.  Most of these ingredients are readily on hand.

Ingredients:
4 cups cooked white rice
2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
2 cups sour cream
1 4 oz can green chiles
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
salt and pepper

Directions:
mix all ingredients together
put in greased 8x8 dish
bake at 400 for about 20 minutes or until hot

Snoop Dogg

We met our friends Marcie and Cole for dinner and then over to the Revolution concert house for the Snoop Dogg concert. We had fun, but let's just put it this way- after he was 4 hours late getting on stage, we were ready to go and didn't even stay for the whole thing. Anyways, here are a few horrible cell phone pics of the "Dogg" himself. :)

Love Notes

something so simple can say so much!

Ricki

Santa Claus sent us an Elf on the Shelf. Bella and Zoe are CONVINCED this thing is real, and letm e tell you it works WONDERS. We have presents under our tree and were having problems keeping Zoe out, as soon as Ricki- our Elf, showed up and started watching their behavior so she could report it to santa....all choas stopped. The presents were left alone and  the only words that have to be uttered are ....Ricki is watching. Every night before we go to bed we move her to a different location and in the morning its a race to see who can find her new hiding spot first. It is seriously te coolest thing.

Yea...I'm just chillin'....

A masterpiece by Bella. Age 6

Decorating at Nana's House

We took the girls swimming at the YMCA today, tried to burn some of their energy off.....TRIED.  :)  They did good, anyways, after swimming it was time to go to nana and papa's house to have lunch and let the girls decorate for Christmas. My parents had gotten a MASSIVE tree this year, so it was fun to watch the girls just have a hay day putting stuff everywhere!

Raspberry Fruit Dip

courtesy six sisters stuff

Ingredients:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 cup raspberries, fresh or frozen
1 tsp lemon juice
1/2 tsp cinnmaon
3/4 cup powdered sugar

directions:
mix all ingredients
serve with graham crackers or fresh fruit

Buttermilk Syrup

I had never heard of this until I went down to SE Idaho with my future fiance for the first time. His mother had it, and let me tell you....it is fantastic!!!
There is a little store called Prepared Pantry not far from her house that you can get mix for this stuff and it is super yummy, but this is the homemade version.
I haven't tried it, but wanted to post it so you all could enjoy it just as much as my family does.

Ingredients:
1 c sugar
1/2 c buttermilk
1/2 c butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions:
Bring sugar, buttermilk and butter o a boil. then stir in vanilla and soda.
This will foam up, make ahead so the foam goes down a little bit
serve warm over pancakes, waffles, french toast, ice cream.etc!

Happy Birthday lover!

Happy happy birthday to the most amazing man ever!! We all love you so much and hope you have the best birthday ever!!

We are hanging out with the girls and celebrating today. Tonight Louis and I are going on a dinner train ride. Should be a good time. We are both really looking forward to a nice relaxing night to just chill together. :)

Oweee!!!

Today at school one of Rachel's friends was trying to surprise her, so she jumped yup and scared her, making Rachel trip over her backpack. Rachel fell and hit her face on the concrete, resulting in a fairly good size laceration to her chin. Louis met Heather down at Primary Health to get her chin stitched back up. Heather had to go back to work, so Louis brought Rachel home with him, and her grandparents came and got her later to take her back to her moms house. Poor kid!

Three Amigos

 Rachel hangin' out with Ollie and Kaiser. They all look like they're up to something.

Spider Man and Cleopatra

You never know who is going to walk down the stairs in this house...it could be ANYBODY!

Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I hope you all ate till ya popped and spent the day with friends and/or loved ones. We all went over to my parents house and had a feast and good company. Louis, Rachel, me, Bella, Zoe, Jason and nana and papa were all in attendance. My mom made all the food and I made the desserts. I made a Mississippi mud, a pretzel salad, and four pies: pumpkin, apple, pecan and lemon meringue. Rachel was only able to stay with us until 2pm, but next year we should  be able to get her for the evening. Everyone had a  really good time and I feel blessed to have such awesome people in my life.