I have made 2 treats this week for different events and both were new recipes. You never know with a new recipe...but these are keepers!!
Disclaimer: both are SUPER indulgent, like 4 egg yolks in one recipe indulgent...
Thankfully, I have been motivated enough to resurrect the 'driveway' workout that I did while getting ready for my wedding 8 years ago. Perhaps my workouts this week have counterbalanced at least a few bites from these treats...
Here are the links if you need something to make for the holidays:
Peppermint Cream Bars
Salted Caramel Brownie Bites
Enjoy!
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
All I Wanted for Christmas
I love spontaneous trips and I love that one of the things Brad and I are definitely on the same page about is the value of traveling. About a month ago we started talking about how fun it would be to play with Grant in the snow...Brad had vacation days he needed to use before 2011... and thus our trip to Colorado was hatched.
We found a house to rent up near the Durango Mountain Resort. It had everything we wanted, but was too big for our family of 4, so Brad's brother and his new fiance, Mallory, ended up coming along with us as well as my mother-in-law.
I sometimes think last minute trips are the best kind - you don't have enough time to build up unrealistic expectations. When we got back to Waco I told Brad that this trip was one of my favorite family vacations. Even with a 10 week old baby, it was all around an easy, relaxing, and fun trip.
The house was so nice that we hardly left. Each day we played in the snow, sat in the hot tub, watched movies in the 'media room' (how I would love surround sound and blue ray...), read books by the fire, and made smores. Oh, and I enjoyed the huge claw footed soaking tub. Since our water heater is going out at home and we have been boiling pots of water to take baths, a soaking tub with an endless supply of scalding water was pure bliss.
The one trip we made into town was to go to downtown Durango to ride the Polar Express. Grant is at just the right age for such an adventure and I loved watching his face. As soon as we boarded he wanted to know when the conductor was going to come and punch our tickets (just like the book). After the train ride was over, he got to go and sit on Santa's lap. He was too shy to talk to him, but listed in rapt attention as Santa encouraged him to write him a letter with his Christmas wishes.
This is one of our only 'family of 4' pictures. We make chubby babies in this family.
Blake and Mallory got engaged right before Thanksgiving. We are SO excited about having her in our family - she is so fun, smart, and inspiring. And Grant already adores her!
Grant wanted to make a snowman as soon as he woke up on the first morning. This picture was probably taken at 8 am in the morning!
After making our snowman, Grant had us hold hands in a circle and sing "Frosty". There was a brief moment of panic when we realized he was reenacting the cartoon and might think that he was going to come to life...!
Sledding = pure fun + hours of entertainment
We ate so many smores we got a stomach ache...
Polar Express tickets
Watching for Santa
Once we picked Santa up at the North Pole, he came through each car on the train and handed out 'sleigh bells'.
A change of scenery, being in the mountains, spending quality time with family, living in the moment, a long road trip - I think our trip was the best Christmas present I could get in 2010.
We found a house to rent up near the Durango Mountain Resort. It had everything we wanted, but was too big for our family of 4, so Brad's brother and his new fiance, Mallory, ended up coming along with us as well as my mother-in-law.
I sometimes think last minute trips are the best kind - you don't have enough time to build up unrealistic expectations. When we got back to Waco I told Brad that this trip was one of my favorite family vacations. Even with a 10 week old baby, it was all around an easy, relaxing, and fun trip.
The house was so nice that we hardly left. Each day we played in the snow, sat in the hot tub, watched movies in the 'media room' (how I would love surround sound and blue ray...), read books by the fire, and made smores. Oh, and I enjoyed the huge claw footed soaking tub. Since our water heater is going out at home and we have been boiling pots of water to take baths, a soaking tub with an endless supply of scalding water was pure bliss.
The one trip we made into town was to go to downtown Durango to ride the Polar Express. Grant is at just the right age for such an adventure and I loved watching his face. As soon as we boarded he wanted to know when the conductor was going to come and punch our tickets (just like the book). After the train ride was over, he got to go and sit on Santa's lap. He was too shy to talk to him, but listed in rapt attention as Santa encouraged him to write him a letter with his Christmas wishes.
This is one of our only 'family of 4' pictures. We make chubby babies in this family.
Blake and Mallory got engaged right before Thanksgiving. We are SO excited about having her in our family - she is so fun, smart, and inspiring. And Grant already adores her!
Grant wanted to make a snowman as soon as he woke up on the first morning. This picture was probably taken at 8 am in the morning!
After making our snowman, Grant had us hold hands in a circle and sing "Frosty". There was a brief moment of panic when we realized he was reenacting the cartoon and might think that he was going to come to life...!
Sledding = pure fun + hours of entertainment
We ate so many smores we got a stomach ache...
Polar Express tickets
Watching for Santa
Once we picked Santa up at the North Pole, he came through each car on the train and handed out 'sleigh bells'.A change of scenery, being in the mountains, spending quality time with family, living in the moment, a long road trip - I think our trip was the best Christmas present I could get in 2010.
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