Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Bliss

I'd like to share a couple pictures with you that make me blissfully happy :) They are just random pictures from over the years that always make me smile, every time I see them!


Neil and Marty at Bass Pro posing like a polar bear! I couldn't get my camara to take this picture so I kept having to take it over and over, probably 3 times at least! And people would just stop and look at these crazy boys acting like bears! I had to coerce them to keep posing so I could get this awesome shot!

Neil and I on our honeymoon at the Riviera Maya in Mexico. Our waiter offered to take our picture and then gave us these awesome hats to wear!

Me and two of my best friends Amanda and Kimberly in Taos, New Mexico. We are trying to make the same face as that Indian Statue :)

This is me and incredible Emily, (aka Captain Slow Jack) one of my Sunday School students from OKC.

Me and my father in law. I believe the correct caption for this photo should be "let's jump when we take this picture!" LOL I'm laughing right now!! and Neil just said "you are a messy girl! I can hardly do anything with all this laughing" See, I'm not lying when I say that these pictures make me happy!

A ping pong tournament, see how competitive my mom is? Karen is all sweet and doesn't realize she is playing with a hard core partner! Well, maybe Karen is growling a little bit!

Here is my sweet bee boo, Bryce! I love this picture, see his soft cheeks!

I hope at least one of these photos brought you a grin!

P.S. there is also a great one of my dad with with two fully loaded waterguns that keeps coming to mind, but alas I do not have it on my computer! Those of you who have seen it can think of it and smile :)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Pizza Making

This week I decided to try my hand at Pizza making. I was inspired by Karen who gave me this recipe.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/jays-signature-pizza-crust/detail.aspx


Neil was working on an outdoor project (pictures to come) so I thought it was a good night for a late dinner. I had so much fun making the dough! It was my first time working with yeast and it was so exciting to me to watch it rise. The dough took a lot more flour than I was expecting, but I had so much fun kneading it together. It was like playdough!


Here is my dough after it had risen for 1 hour. It is more than double the size that it started! Neil was excited about this creative dinner because he used to work at a pizza place in college. I stood back so he could show me his skills :)
Here he is punching out the air bubbles from the middle, but saving the bubbles in the crust so that it would puff up. I was worried that George might get polluted with flour so I took precautions!now comes the fancy part!




It was huge! and Num Yummy! See how it covers up all four ranges on our stove? We used a ton of toppings, pepperoni, artichoke hearts, pinapple, mushrooms, red onions and green chilis! If you are looking for a fun dinner at home I would highly recommend this recipe.
(note: don't use spaghetti sauce instead of pizza sauce, and buy enough pizza cheese that you don't have to resort to Mexican fiesta cheese! Just two things I will know to do differently next time!)