Were Back!

7 days flew by just like that. It was a beautiful island with perfect weather!

We spent most of our days laying by the pool and beach, eating,and drinking (taking full advantage of our all inclusive wrist bands). We had no complaints about the resort, great location and amazing food!

We met up with Mike & Brenda and their son Nash a couple of times ( it's always fun to get together with other Canadians). There resort was located 45 mins up the west coast, they took us to an amazing spot called Mogan (the locals called it a small Venice). We liked it so much we visited twice!

Home sweet home, tanned and well rested!

                                              Ifa Catarina Resort

                                                  Mogan, Spain

                                                Sand Dunes

                                                Mogan, Spain

                                              Playing in the dunes:)

                                                  View of Mogan, Spain

Wishing Tyler's side of the family a very Merry Christmas!

Sending my family Christmas hugs, hoping my Mom and Grandma are skiing their hearts out at Silver Star!

Missing everybody lots,
Merry Merry Christmas!

Love Christie & Tyler
Puss och Kram

All Baked Out

The big guy was gone all afternoon to an away game, leaving me a date with the oven! Since were going to be in Spain most of the Christmas break I figured I didn’t need to do much Christmas baking.

Last year I made these delicious Oreo truffles, an easy no bake recipe (I had no access to an oven). They were a big hit so I decided to make them again this year. It’s a Kraft Canada recipe you can find it here:

http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/easy-oreo-truffles-114801.aspx

Sprinkle them with nuts, sprinkles, or crushed candy cane to add a little Christmas fun.

  Okay, so mine don't look as good as the picture on the website but they are DELICIOUS!

I also made WAY too many sugar cookies, this is the first time I’ve used this recipe (it calls for Philadelphia Cream Cheese instead of eggs). They are yummy! Mom-The cookie cutters worked great, thank you again for sending them. Gingerbread boys don’t exist in Sweden (not that I can find anyway).

http://www.kraftcanada.com/en/recipes/sugar-cookie-cutouts-82759.aspx

The recipe makes a lot of cookies, I know they’ll all get eaten in our house!

My side of the suitcase is all packed for the Grand Canary, 6 more sleeps were both really excited!

I hope this week flys by: Tuesday is St. Lucia to find out more look back at my post One Month, looking forward to the Swedish tradition, hockey consumes Wednesday, and Saturday couldn’t come any faster can’t wait to be on the beachJ

Two more weeks till Christmas, can you believe it?! Still no snow in Nybro, looks like it will be a green Christmas since no snow is in the forecast.

Missing everybody at home, being away at Christmas is the hardest.

Have a good week; I’ll blog again before we leave.

xo

Updates from the week

 

I know I’ve been slacking on posting lately, partially because not much has been going on.

Wednesday night the boys were gone for an away game, a couple girls and I went to see the new Twilight movie “Breaking Dawn Part 1”.  I’m not a huge Twilight fan.. to be honest I’ve only seen the first movie and read parts of the first book, I wasn’t sure what to expect I was going in blind. It turned out to be pretty good, even with the Swedish subtitles. The die hard Twilight fans I was with, loved it even more! So all you North American Twilight fans check out the new movie.

The weather here has been decent, a little frosty in the mornings but no snowJ No snow makes for excellent bike riding conditions! I’ve been checking the forecast in both Calgary and Kelowna; I’m definitely not missing the -16 degree temperature Calgary’s currently sitting at and all that wet, fluffy stuff my hometown just got. Hope everybody’s driving safe I know Sweden will be getting it soon.

With a couple weeks left in November I’m already getting into the Christmas spirit. Unfortunately I can’t start decorating until after December 3^rd! I promised Tyler last year that as long as were together we will celebrate his Birthday and then decorate for Christmas! It’s his special day so we will do it right, after all it is the BIG 25!

The countdown is on for the Canary Island, only 29 more sleeps.

Hope everybody’s having a good week, enjoy your weekend and stay warm!

Canary Islands it is!

It seems crazy to be thinking about Christmas but in all reality it is just a few short months away. After all Costco did have all the Christmas decorations and ornaments out before I left.  I can’t believe September is coming to an end this week! After 2 weeks of research, talking to the travel agent, and other people that have been to the beautiful island south of Spain, we’ve decided we will spend 7 days at an all inclusive resort on the Canary Islands….(Playa Del Ingles to be exact). The way the schedule works out we will leave December 17^th and be back in Sweden on the 24^th..it will be nice to spend Christmas Eve & Christmas Day in our apartment. It saves us hauling presents, decorations, and a tree with us! I thought I was spoiled enough spending my dream Christmas in Disneyland Paris last year. This year will be even more special since both of us have never been on a tropical vacation beforeJ