Fri, 11 Jan 2008

Pigs in a Blanket

Brielle wanted to help cook tonight and much to Amanda's dismay, she chose to make pigs in a blanket. It was as easy as wrapping the hot dogs in Pillbury crescent rolls. The only problem with the recipe is that it calls for a working oven. The heating element of the oven decided to burn out while it was preheating the oven. Luckily the Owens have a working oven, so we went over there and finished cooking them.

 
Thu, 10 Jan 2008

Cut the cheese and pass the soup.

Amanda volunteered to make dinner tonight. She made grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. It was delicious. I highly recommend using pepper jack cheese instead of the usual cheeder cheese.

 
Wed, 09 Jan 2008

Can you smell what the Tyler is cooking?

I was shovling the driveway tonight when Tyler came out and asked if he could cook dinner. I said sure. Tyler went in the house and looked up a recipe on nickJR.com. He choose a Chicken Noodle Soup recipe. It was a pretty basic recipe, so I of course had to make it my own. Tyler peeled and cut the carrots, quartered the onions, peeled the garlic, and did a good job of stiring and sampling the soup. Here is the recipe.

Tyler's Chicken Nooodle Soup

Ingredients
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10 cups chicken stock
I used chicken base to create the stock.
5 Carrots Diced
5 Celery stalks Diced
1 1/2 Onions quarterd
3 Cloves Garlic Minced
3 Large Chicken Breasts
1/2 tsp Dried Rosemary
1/2 tsp Dried Oregano
1/2 tsp Dried Basil
1/2 tsp Dried Tarragon
2 tsp Mustard
3 Bay Leaves

Egg noodles, or your favorite pasta. Tyler choose a 12oz box of multi-grain penne rigate.

Directions
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Cook chicken until juices run semi-clear. I didn't cook the chicken all the way, as I wanted the chicken to finish cooking in the pot. Then dice chicken into bite size pieces.
Heat chicken stock until boiling. Once boiing add carrots, celery, spices, mustard, and chicken pieces.
Reduce heat and let simmer for 40-50 minutes.

 
Sun, 06 Jan 2008

Sticks and Stones and Piggy Tails
Brielle thinks of herself as a tomboy. She doesn't like to wear anything but long pants, short sleeved shirts(without buttons or collars), boxers, and low cut socks. She doesn't like to wear any bows or clips in her hair. She has a style all her own. She is stubbornly sweet and to quote her "sexy". I love her personality and am very proud to be her dad. Shantell put Bre's hair in pigtails today. Bre started to through a fit but allowed Shantell to put her hair in pigtails. Here are a couple of pix that I snapped of her. She is quite the character when it comes to getting her picture taken. She has a lovely smile, but often shows her fake smile during pictures. Maybe this is due to the fact that I like to take a lot of pictures of my kids.

 
Sat, 05 Jan 2008

In Need of a Good Engineer
A big storm blew threw Provo today. We received a generous 6 inches of snow. It was a nice wet snow. Perfect snowman making snow. Bre and I started making a snowman and were soon joined by Tyler. The base was rolled by me. The mid section was rolled by Bre, and the head was rolled by Tyler. We obviously didn't make very round body sections. Perhaps one of my engineer brothers can give us some pointers. :)

We didn't have a carrot for the nose, so I went to the store to get one. The carrots were located next to the radishes, so I decided to make a snowman with two eyes made out of radishes. Shantell thinks the snowman is high. So I guess we will call our snowman Potsy the snowman.

 
Tue, 01 Jan 2008

Happy New Year
Here are the first pictures of the kids and Shantell for 2008. We journeyed up to my folks house around 3:00 to celebrate my dad's and my brother Bryan's birthdays. I got my dad a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper and got Bryan a FM transmitter for his car. The kids had a fun time sledding down the hill behind my parents house. Bre surprised me by snowboarding down the hill on one of the sleds. She is quite the brave little soul.