After picking Marcus up from his short deployment about a week and a half ago, life started to get somewhat back to normal for us (whatever that means). We spent a few days just being together (this is what is normal... yes, just being together). We went downtown, explored some new restaurants (honing in on our chopsticking skills) and enjoyed the Holiday festivites in Fairhaven (a neighborhood in Bellingham), with a free ride in a horse carriage. We tried to get Ben's picture taken with the grinch at the local bookstore, but he wouldn't go near the guy!
Nice, France
I've been living vicariously through Marcus' trip to the Cote de' Azur in France (Marseilles, Cannes and Nice) and Monaco...it's gorgeous! He said it was by far the best port he had ever been to...and he took some great pictures...here are just a few!
Cannes
Beer...of course
Monaco
Oh, that's just a Bentley...
This week has been rather low-key, as life seems to be these days. Our pace of life has been so slow since September that it's ridiculous. I'm finding myself spending more and more time surfing the net and am now completely addicted to pinterest.com (you can pin any photos you find online to different "pin boards" with the simple click of a button) It's a personal collection of things one finds aesthetically pleasing....We did have a nice family outing out along the Mount Baker Highway just outside of Bellingham. It's absolutely beautiful, and the surprisingly warm weather even allowed a little hike along the crystal clear Nooksack River. Aside from that the usual daily activites of running errands, prepping for the holidays and our move are keeping us rather busy...with plenty of time to procrastinate in between.
Our intention was to find snow so Benjamin could as he put it "throw snowballs at mommy", but since we left the house a bit late we started to run out of daylight at around 3:30 p.m. and headed back towards home. Since we didn't make it up to the summit, we saw none. We'll just have to try again another day.
I have been continuing in my baking endeavors. I have made 3 batches of Oreo truffles (recipe follows)...these things are so good they're wrong. My husband can not control himself around them. I think I have to refuse to make any more...
Ridiculous Oreo Truffles (both ridiculously easy, and delicious!)
1 Package Oreo's (any flavor)
I 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
Almond bark, or chocolate of choice
1. Split all oreos in half, you will use the cookie and cream. In a food processor, process oreo's until they are a fine crumb.
2. In a bowl mix cream cheese with Oreo crumbs, can use a hard wooden spoon to press together- but I am impatient so I used the best tools I own, my hands.
3. Roll mixture into 1' balls and place on wax paper lined cookie sheet. Place in fridge while you melt the almond bark, or choclate according to the package.
4. Dip oreo balls into the melted chocolate and place in fridge until shell is hardened. Store in airtight container in fridge.
So pretty!
Now that I'm done with baking, I'm just going to get through the next week...and then I guess I really have to start prepping for this move. Yay! We should have our first of three pack-outs sometime in January. Time to yet again purge the apartment of furniture and other un-necessaries...
We will not be sending out Holiday cards this year...it's just too late at this point. I'll let this blog serve as our Holiday greeting to fmily and friends.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays... Our Love To You All!
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