Happy New Year!

Wishing you the best in 2010!

Snoozing Kats

I caught Katherine and Quita napping in the recliner.  I couldn't resist taking a pic; it was just too cute!

Easy Oreo Truffles

I got this off of allrecipes.com   I used the recipe but I'll put what we did to change it at the bottom.  (not really all that different)
1 (16 ounce) package of oreos, divided
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 (8 ounce) packages of Baker's semi-sweet baking chocolate, melted

Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use.  (Cookies can also be crushed in a ziploc with a rolling pin)  Crush remaining 36 cookies to fine crumbs; place in medium bowl.  Add cream cheese; mix until well blended.  Roll cookie mix into 42 balls, about 1inch in diameter.
Dip balls in chocolate; place on wax paper covered baking sheet. (Any leftover chocolate can be stored at room temperature)  Sprinkle with reserved cookie crumbs.
Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.  Store leftover truffles covered in refrigerator.



I bought the regular package of oreos and it was much bigger than this recipe called for so I doubled the cream cheese and just made a double batch.  I didn't use the baker's chocolate, I used three different types of chocolate chips; white chocolate, milk chocolate, and semi-sweet.  We all preferred it with the white chocolate.  Also we didn't keep any cookies to sprinkle over them at the end.  Oh and it helps to refrigerate them a little bit before you dip them.

Enjoy!

Christmas '09

Here's a bunch of pics from before and on Christmas.

making snickerdoodles

messy snickerdoodles

rolling and cutting sugar cookies

choosing the right cutter

oreo truffles are the messiest thing to make, but they are soo damn good

too busy to smile for mother and the camera

we went to see a farm down the road that was decorated beautifully, only a few pics came out decently

on the other side of the house they had an entire hill that had an American flag, a cross and "God bless our troops" done in lights.

patiently waiting for everything to begin on Christmas eve.

silliness after church.

waiting to get them all in a good pic.

don't know what was wrong with Maggie

much happier now opening Christmas eve pajamas.

in fact they all were

even Katty cracked a small smile

playing games on Christmas morning

singing with her new wii game

designing fashions

figuring out how new toys work

styling barbie hair

and of course, more singing

Merry Christmas

to all, and to all a good night!

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

Snow, snow, and more snow

This was yesterday morning around nine.  Not too bad.

This is when Kevin went out the second time around noon.

Here's the pool which Maggie said looks like hot chocolate.

Here's are the pictures from this morning.

And to round it out, here is Bob under the pool deck because there is a lot less snow there.  He doesn't like it hitting his belly.

Santa Bob

Santa in our neighborhood

So we were all excited to see Santa come through the neighborhood on the fire trucks.  Emma was doing a crazy dance.


Then we heard the sirens announcing how close he was and this is what happened...

not just to Emma but also...

yep, Maggie too.


They were fine once they were being held by Daddy though.  There's nothing like a Daddy to protect ya from the scary stuff...

like Santa on a fire truck.

Merry Maggie Christmas

Annual Kris Kringle Parade

in downtown Frederick.

 

 

 

 

Yay Santa!