Christmas at our House!!

After we got home from my parent's house, we decided to go ahead and open our presents from each other!!

Bryan got me monopoly because I would never buy it for myself! I can't wait to play it!! He also got me the awesome camera I took to take all these pictures!! I love it!!

Bryan got some new boxers because he has a hard time throwing stuff away ... I told him if he accepts these, he has to throw at least 3 away!!! He also got a pair of sketchers ... He is a boots and tennis shoe guy, so he needed an in between pair!! He also got some oakley's! He has been starring at this pair for many months in the mall!!

Christmas with My Parent's!!

On Monday Night, we went to my parent's house to do Christmas with them!!

Daddy cooked steaks ... Mommy made all kinds of goodies!!

After supper, we took a family picture ... then opened presents!!

We got Jill a sweater from Aeropostle (Not sure how to spell it!!) ... she put it on right away!

Jill got Mom some bacterial whips ... hehe! She got her a giftcard also!! I did not take a picture of our present to her because we did the same for others ... so I will blog about her present later!!

Bryan got Bunko from Jill ... and it wasn't until later that night, that I realized she also got him a giftcard to Buffalo Wild Wings!!




My parents got a dvd recorder for both of us!! Yeah!!

Dad using his new clippers to open up his last gift!!

Bryan made Daddy a holster for his pistol! It turned out beautiful!!

Merry Christmas!!!

A New Hobby

Bryan has become interested in leather work since he started working at the Boys Ranch! There is a leather shop that has a lot of different tools!

Here he is finishing up a belt!

I told him he could make me one next!!

Today, we made a kitchen full of CHex Muddy Mix for the boys ranch! 5 cottages and 1 office ... 6 batches of this stuff!!

By the end, I had chocolate all over my shirt!!

I have to include this receipe ... very easy to make, and oh so good!!

Chex Muddy Mix:

9 Cups of Chex Mix

1 Cup of Chocolate Chips

1 Cup of Peanut Butter

1/2 Cup of Butter

Powder Sugar

Melt chocolate, peanut butter and butter together in microwave! I do it for one minute, then stir in ... then put it in for one more minute! It should be very smooth and easy to spread!! Take this mixture and poor it over the chex mix! Finally, put it in a big resealable baggie and mix with powder sugar!! I just pour some in and shake ...

ENJOY!!

Big Day

Today was a big day!!

First, I had lunch with Shyanne and Kylee!! We enjoyed Chick-Fil-A in the mall, while Kylee slept most of the time!! She woke near the end and gave us some beautiful smiles ... none that I could catch on my camera!!!

Beautiful Girl!!

After work, I went to HOF like I normally do! Today was their Christmas party, and they were taking everyone to Zentner's Daughter!! YUM YUM They told me Bryan was even invited!!

Waiting for our delicious food!!
Half of the party ...

the other half!!

Colton ... a splitting image of his daddy!!

Sharing his cracker with Fonz.

Passing out stockings for the kiddos ...

These were way excited!! hehe

The Entire Group!!

Afterwards, Bryan and I headed to Graham's to help Trey celebrate his 25th birthday!! No pictures! I didn't bring my camera in!! It was fun ... But Bryan and I had to call it any early evening!! 11 PM - You know you are a loser, when you are leaving the bar, and tons of people are coming in!! hehe That's OK!

Christmas Party at The Neal's!

On Sunday, Bryan and I decided to have a small Christmas party at our house! We had food, Cowboys football game on while the girls played Phase 10, and a gift exchange!

Clint, always showing off his 'Blue Steel' face!

Clint opened first ...

a radio for the shower!!

There were a couple of 'Gag' gifts ...

Jenny got the first one, which included a plastic piggy bank!
Clint got the next one, after someone stole his shower radio!

... a tennis ball and softball ...

A bagful of junk!!

a tripod flashlight!

Charlotte opened a $10 Sonic gift card!!

Jill said she likes heavy gifts ...

A CD ... something else has to be there,
because this gift was HeAVY!!

The Negro Almanac:
The Afro-American

"Chuck Norris counted to INFINITY ...
TWICE!"

Pretty Jewelry ...
That I stole the next round!! :)

Dustin wrapped a giftcard to Little Ceasars Pizza, and put that in a box, then wrapped that box and put it in another box, etc.! You get the point!

Before we drew numbers, we decided that #1 would get to go first at the very end! Remember Clint had the bad of "goodies" ... he decided to take the giftcard to Little Ceasars!! So Clint ended up doing great, while Jaime ended up with a cool Cowboys bag!! hehe

Bryan had to put his shirt on!

The Girls!

The Boys!

Bryan and I!

Darren and Charlotte!

Dustin and Kaela!!