Our Thanksgiving Dinner!

Hey All! Just wanted to share some pictures from our wonderful little day of Thanks! We were able to have an amazing little Thanksgiving by ourselves this last Sunday. We woke up early and enjoyed preparing the gigantic bird together! It was fun and a new experience for us both! Everything turned out amazing and I enjoyed Brandon going CRAZY about how amazing all the food was! In addition to all the food, we had an over abundance of desserts as well! Apple pie, pumpkin pie, fudge, brownies, and egg nog! Soo yummy...but it's a good thing we have our Wii Fit! It's gotten much use as of late! We had a ton of fun and enjoyed being able to reflect on all of the things we are thankful for. We are SO blessed in every area of our lives and thank God for everything daily! Enjoy some of our pictures! xoxo (I just have to mention how amazing my hubby looks in his uniform! I love it! )

Free music is done...

So I just checked Oprah's website this morning and the Free music is no longer available. I hope some of you were able to get some great free Christmas music! I've been listening to it almost constantly lol! Well, have a blessed morning! Just wanted to let you know not to bother with trying to get the music anymore! =) Talk to ya'll later!

Hurry! FREE Christmas music from Oprah!

Hey again!
Now lately I have not been watching Oprah, because I feel she has become very New Ageish...but it came to my attention this morning that on her website she has an awesome arrangement of Christmas music. For FREE! Now, go to this website: http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/20081118_tows_holiday/2 and follow the instructions and wala! Free Christmas songs! Now it says it is only for 48 hours, and I have no idea when it started, but GO GIT 'EM NOW! loL! I LOVE free things and just wanted to share what I found! I'm listening to them right now and loving it! Ok! Enjoy and I hope this works for ya'll and you enjoy! ~An excited Christmas loving Cortney

Yummy Apple Salad!!!

My friend and I made this yesterday and it was AmAzInG! I loved it and just thought i'd share it with ya'll! (i'm doing thisfrom memory and I approximate practically everything when I cook...so sorry in advance!)

4 Granny Smith Apples
4 Gala Apples
1 pkg cream cheese(softened)
2 cups whipped cream
1 (big can) pineapple tidbits
Half+ bag of mini marshmallows
Small bag of chopped up peanuts(optional)

Core and chop up the apples into bite sized pieces. In large bowl, whip the cream cheese and whip cream. Slowly pour in just the pineapple juice from the can of tidbits, and whip that all up. Then stir in the apples, pineapple, and marshmallows. Mix well and chill. Before serving pour nuts over the top. And ENJOY!

This is SO good and I couldn't wait to eat it for breakfast this morning! This recipe makes alot and when I make it i'll probably half it...FYI. =) Ok, have a blessed day! xoxoxo

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all!
We are SO thankful for each and every one of you! We are so blessed to have an amazing network of friends and family and we thank you for being so wonderful! We had a great Thanksgiving yesterday! Originally the senior Derton family was supposed to come over from Idaho, but that did not work out(hopefully we'll get together soon), so we went over to our great neighbors house. Jessie and I cooked for about 15 people from the station! It was fun and different and we had lots of great food. But I cannot wait until Monday when I am cooking Brandon and I's first Thanksgiving, just us! I am going all out! I even have a 22 lb turkey!!! lol! We were SO excited when we went to Safeway the other day and it was 27 cents a lb...so we bought the BIGGEST bird they had! lol! And it was $6.08!!!! Crazy cheap! Yup, Brandon and I plan to eat turkey, turkey, and more turkey! I'll post lots of pictures on Monday after it's all cooked up and yummy looking! Well, my friend is coming over to play the Wii with me while our hubbies are at work! Have a blessed day! xoxoxo ~Brandon, Cortney, and Rascal

Moose and Taters!

Lol! I just had to share more pictures! First of all I had to share the picture of my moose! It was SO close! My hubby didn't think it was as AMAZING as I did because it didn't have a rack...But I LOVED it! =) I was suprized at how long and cute it's face was! I just loved the thing! =) I even had to buy a moose Christmas tree ornament!

And... I found two piles of home grown potatoes in our back yard! I was thrilled! The cheif's wife that lived here before us must have planted them! They're cute and yummy red ones. The whole base got to see me in our backyard digging up taters and poping them in a bag, all the while with the BIGGEST grin on my face! =) I've never grown anything, so I was extremly proud of myself! And they were extremly yummy as mashed taters! Yup yup! Just had to share! =)

Oh my...too long!

WoW! I'd be really surprised if anyone out there is actually still checking our blog! =) I'm sorry! I've been without internet! Ok, let's see...where do I begin with our updates? Well, first of all, just to clarify for those of you that didn't know...after my last blog I made a surprise, sneaky visit back to AZ! We'd been planning it for a long time now, it was just a surprise for my family so I had to fib a bit on here in order to pull it off! Brandon was at BTM school in South Carolina and I was in AZ! He had a great time learning how to arrest people and manly stuff like that! =) I'm so proud of him! And I had a wonderful time back in Green Valley with my familia! We did all kinds of fun stuff... from going up a mountain on a one lane dirt road to an observatory, being the host of the Blast again and even getting to see my brother Joshy play a couple football games! Yay! It was great! Oh and before we left we got to spend some time with Grandma and Grandpa Miles! They took us to Northwest Trek and my husband looked like a little kid in a candy shop he was SO happy to go there again with them! And I too looked like an idiot because I saw a real live MOOSE!!! I was THRILLED! I've always wanted to see a moose... and I did! =) (I know, i'm a dork!) So that was great fun for us all! Let's see...now we're back at home and happily together again! Yippee! It was a long 3 weeks without him. Oh...WE GOT ORDERS! Brandon will now definitely be going to the January 20th class of BM 'A' school! He is very excited to finally be taking the next step in his Coast Guard career! What that means though, is that we will be leaving here possibly as early as mid-December and taking a road trip cross country to Virginia!!! Woohoo! And then(boo) I will be flying back to AZ for 3 whole months! Ahhh! "I'll be fine, i'll be fine, i'll be fine..." I just keep telling myself that! I will. But it'll be nice to spend more time with my family and hopefully i'll be able to find a little job. Well, I think i've pretty much got all the important things covered! Lots of Christmas stuff has gone up in our house! Yay! I convinced Brandon that since we might not be here for Christmas then I needed our tree up ASAP! And it worked! It's up, and it's beautiful! Aunt Linda made us a beautiful tree skirt and it matched perfectly with our other stuff! My hubby is just amazing and spoils me rotten! I love it! We are so happy here, i'm sad to leave. Oh well, life goes on, we are extremely blessed... Ok now i'm rambling! Sorry! Have a blessed day and thanks for catching up on what's happening with the Derton's! I took some gorgeous pics of our beach the other day! Enjoy!