Picnikin'!

Picnik.com is officially my favorite photo-editing place! You can do AMAZING things with it! Seriously, I think I'm addicted! Here are a few of my latest experiments.

These pictures were taken on Christmas day. Sierra got a cute little 22 gun that she had been wanting forever! She loves it!

Jess testing it out.

Sierra loves it!

The boys playing while everyone was shooting. Slade got this cowboy outfit for Christmas and has since then been wearing the boots every day!

A Busy Week

Our Thanksgiving was really great! I always love this time of year when we get to think about all of our blessings. It's great! I also love seeing all of our family! And then we jump right into Christmas! Christmas is so amazing, it just has such a great spirit. It was also my first time going to the Black Friday Sales and it was so much fun! I went with my cousins, Paige and Kassidi, Kassidi's friend, Ashley, and Aunt Jeri! Afterwards, we went to Souper Salad. It was a great day- got all my Christmas shopping done!

Then on Sunday my cousin, Bronson, who's going on a mission, had his farewell. It was really great and spiritual. We are so happy for him! He left for the MTC earlier this week. Now to top it all off, we're going Christmas Tree Cutting tomorrow! It's going to be so much fun!

The Field Is White ...

Bronson, Jeri's son, has made the choice to go on a mission! On Saturday he was called to serve in the Iowa Des Moines Mission. We are so proud of him! I know that that is where Heavenly Father wants him to go and that's where he can make the biggest difference and bring the world His truth. Good luck Bronson! We love you!

General Conference!

This year, we were lucky enough to go to General Conference and spend lots of time with family in Utah. General Conference was amazing and it was definitely a trip worth taking! (Sorry we didn't bring our camera so I stole these pics from my cousins! :p)

A photographer from Deseret News came and took this picture of Sierra! Isn't she beautiful?! You can check out the gallery from conference by clicking here. I'm warning you, it's a lot of pictures! Her's is number 68 if your interested! Keep an eye out for the conference edition of the Ensign because this picture might be in there! ;)

Skousen Family Reunion

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. We've been crazy busy lately, with school starting and all. I thought I would post of some pics from our Skousen Family Reunion in July. It was so much fun, as you can tell! There is no greater gift than family!

Update on Life

This post is to get you updated on our family. We'll start with our new dog, Diesel. He is such a great dog! He is so loveable and sweet! We are so lucky to have him. When we first got him it was hard for him to transition from being an outside dog to an inside dog (by this I mean he had a few accidents), but he's doing fine now. Cupid and Diesel aren't the best of friends yet, but they get along okay. He is the perfect dog for our family. :D

Other than that, it's been a lazy, but nice, summer. Dad's going on a trip for work with Uncle Curt this weekend to the Midwest. We've been babysitting Cash 3 days a week and Jess and Tyler are in the process are looking for a house. Sierra has been taking college classes this summer. Jonah is at EFY this week with Trent and Hunter and it's his first time! I'll try to post pictures when he gets back on Saturday. I think that's about it for now. Until then, Happy Summer!

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SUMMERTIME!!!!



Yup. It's finally here! We finally got out of school yesterday and our first day of summer was today! I know, I know. Most schools got out like 2 weeks ago and I'm so happy we're finally out! Now we get to look forward to 3 months of "hakuna matata". Jonah's so lucky because for 8th grade graduation (yeah, he's going to high school next year) they are going to DISNEY LAND! He's going to be gone until Saturday and I'm so jealous of him! Oh well, maybe some day ...