Celebrating the End of 2008

Our traditional family slumber party for New Year’s Eve was in full swing with lots of fun. Jon had to work so he was only able to join in on the tail end but thankfully he was home before midnight. Owen pooped out on us this year, unable to make it to the strike of midnight, but the rest of us were going strong.


We started it off with a new recipe (from Aunt Lois) that the kids already want to keep in our dinner repertoire, Walking Tacos. Have any of you made these before? Here are the directions…

Step one: Have individual bags of Doritos chips for each person that will be joining you for dinner. Let out the air from the bag and smash the Doritos into pieces. Talk about a fun way to release some stress! ☺

Step two: Cook a pound of meat and add seasoning to your liking (as if you were making your favorite taco meat mixture).

Step three: Collect all the other taco topping ingredients you enjoy. Don’t forget cheese…


and maybe black olives, sour cream, guacamole, salsa, onions, cilantro, lettuce, etc.

Add a few scoops of cooked meat mixture along with your favorite toppings into the bag of smashed Doritos and whalla, you’ve got yourself a meal to eat right out of the bag. Yummy!






Since we were on a Mexican theme, we made a yummy dessert too which we concocted in our heads together. We think they turned out great. Give this a try sometime!

Make tortillas and while they are still hot, smear butter and cinnamon vanilla sugar on top. Roll them up enjoy this yummy warm sensation!


After dinner/dessert time we played the Wii until it was time for countdown. It's been a great source of entertainment for all of us. 2008 was great and we look forward to 2009! Happy New Year everybody.