Island Trip Part 2

Englishman River Falls

 

Found an old swimming hole along the river.

 

 

Cooling off in the river

 

 

 

Baby rock climber!

A sunset cruise ferry ride

Island Trip Part 1

Last Tuesday we went to Vancouver Island for the day. Yes, folks. A day trip! Our goal was to visit Goats on the Roof in Coombs, and to pay a much needed visit to the Pie Guy by Englishman River Falls.

 
We made it to Coombs no problem. Saw some goats. Ate Ice Cream.

Sat in a vintage Coombs taxi.

And for Karmen and Greg, saw a two headed Rooster.

We went to the Pie Guy afterwards, only to find out that his website was outdated and he had closed down his shop. So, no pie for us. So sad! So, off to Englishman River Falls we went...

Throwing Rocks

Step 1: Pick up rock

Step 2: Throw rock

Step 3: Fall over

Dang you Ikea!

 
....And your cheap particle board. 

Merely sitting on your items causes them to break as we found out at 11:30 one evening. After realizing that there was no way to repair the bed frame as it was, we took it apart and slept on the mattress on the floor. The upside is that Ikea comes apart quickly (yah allen wrench!) We were all set to go to Ikea and complain (since we only wanted replacement parts and NOT a new bed), when Dan noticed a second set of holes for the screws to go into a few inches above the first set. A few minutes later, we were back in business bed again!

Well Loved

Micah:  "My brother loves me sooo much that he gave me all his toys!"
Joel: "Hahaha! They'll never find him under all those toys!"

Kilt Boy

Micah in a kilt! Had to surprise my Scottish husband with a cute photo shoot of our little boy in a kilt. Dan loved it!

 

 

Fun Times at the McCrimmon House

I'm ready for church mom!

Please mom please! Can we buy a Micah?

Baby babushka

Flooding

It ain't as bad as those living in the Philippines, but its bad enough. One night last week, I thought I heard Micah moving a bunch in his play yard. But when I went to look at him, he was still as a board and the sound was still there. I ignored it and went to the bathroom. Dan was talking to me and noticed a random wet spot on the carpet. Nothing dripping from the ceiling....but it was dripping from the pocket door's rail. Oh my! Its 11pm and a bit late to make a call to the landlord.  But a drop of water is falling every 3-4 seconds. That will be a lot of water in the morning! Needless to say, we made the call. He came out. Cut a hole in ceiling. No water source. Another hole. Found the source. Coming from the drain upstairs. The boys upstairs had a shower about 2 hours ago. Call upstairs. They say that the faucet came off the tub and were going to call in the morning. Upstairs he goes, turns off water. Downstairs water stops. Two holes, a bucket and a large mess later and we get to go to bed. 12:30am. (Did I mention that we have a baby who still wakes up at night?) Monday its fixed. Had to wait with holey ceilings for a week to let boards dry out. Prevent mould. Crazy life we lead.  

Have we mentioned that this is the third "flood" we have lived through? Third times a charm!

You know you're a parent when....

...you store your pool behind a baby gate.

Just to make your mouth water....

Nutella Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies!!!!


Completely divine! In dough, fresh and frozen form. But really and truly are best straight out of the freezer.

Totally enjoying the cookies

Barely enough time to take pictures

 

Dan's first bite! Yummy!

Nutella-Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

{makes 24}

24 teaspoons Nutella
2 & 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips (we used 1 cup)

Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper. Dollop on 24 teaspoons of Nutella. Freeze for at least 30 minutes.

 

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, soda and salt. Set aside.

In a large bowl of an electric mixer, use the paddle attachment to cream together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla.

Add the flour on low speed in three additions. Stir in the chocolate chips. Chill in the refrigerator for 15-30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.

Scoop the chilled dough 2" apart onto the cookie sheets with a 2 TBSP cookie scoop, or use a spoon. With your fingers, pull the cookie dough apart in the middle and place a frozen Nutella dollop inside. Cover with the remaining dough. {Between batches, place the Nutella back in the freezer.}

Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, until done, but still soft. Let sit on the cookie sheet for two minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
(Courtesy of bakeat350.blogspot.ca)