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  • My First Cooking Show: Mini Pizzas

    My First Cooking Show: Mini Pizzas

    *This post is sponsored. Compensation has been received for this post. Regardless, all thought and opinions are my own*
    I’ve realized lately that I’m becoming less and less intentional in my life, and more and more caught up in a whirlwind. I guess that’s to be expected when you move suddenly, and start going back to school as well. There comes a time though, when you have to put off the excuses, and get back to really living. 
    So that is what I’m trying to do. I know I’ve mentioned it frequently, but we like to have a pizza night every Friday. It’s one time we can count on the whole family being together, and enjoying food that everyone likes! Pizza is incredibly versatile. From your regular crusts, to cauliflower crust, red sauce or white, to all the different toppings to choose from, there is a pizza that fits everyone. 

    Although we (er I..) enjoy purchasing pizza because it means less time and mess in the kitchen, we all really love homemade pizza. The time it would take to make the dough, and let the yeast soak and rise though, meant that when Friday snuck up on me, we were definitely ordering out, or grabbing a frozen pizza. 
    At least that’s how it use to be (and mostly has been since we moved). Then I was introduced to Fleischmann’s Pizza Crust Yeast! Pizza night juts got easier, and more intentional! With the Pizza Crust Yeast there is no need to let it rise. Dinner can be done in 30 minutes! It also makes it easier to involve the kids in the whole process, because it is quick. 
    After our fun night of pizza making, Princess V and I decided she should host her own cooking show. So, I present to you Princess V in “My First Cooking Show”. Cooking pizza at home has become so easy now that she can do it all by herself (well minus the oven, because parents should always help when cooking in the oven or on the stove)

    For more tips and tricks on making your own pizza fun, check out Fleischmann’s Yeast resource center.  After making your own Mini Pizzas, let the kids have fun making some creepy mini pizzas.

    Back to being intentional – instead of just having a family pizza night, I’m going to start really being present during our family pizza nights (and every other night as well). I joined a group of like minded women as well to help keep me accountable and live more intentionally. I’m starting with my kids, by spending more time with them, doing what they want to do.

  • Last Chance to win a 2nd Honeymoon

    Last Chance to win a 2nd Honeymoon

    Round 4, the final round of Modern Greetings 2nd Honeymoon Contest starts today. This should be a fun one.  All you have to do is upload a video either from your wedding, or about your wedding.

    You can submit your videos on the contest page on Facebook
    This is one I may have to skip out on.  I have no idea where our wedding video is. We put my brother in charge of doing video for us, and I’m not sure we ever even got it back from him. I might, if I find the time, put together a video slide show of some of our memorable moments though.  
    *The ceremony
    *The kissing
    *Ring exchange – Mark couldn’t get mine on.
    *First Dance
    *Stuffing cake in each others faces
    *the horrible car decorating that took place.
    Yes I have plenty of memorable pictures. Remember one lucky person will win this last 2nd Honeymoon from Modern Greetings.
    *I have been compensated to write about the Modern Greetings 2nd Honeymoon Contest. All opinions are my own.
  • Pay it Forward {Think About It}

    Pay it Forward {Think About It}

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    This weeks Topic
    How do you Pay it Forward?
     
     I love this ad from Liberty Mutual.
     
     
    5 Ways You can Pay It Forward Today
    1. Take your neighbors trash to the curb, so they don’t forget, or rush out in their jammies. This was me on so many occasions. Periodically someone would have already done it for me, and I was always so grateful.
    2. Pay for the person behind you. In the grocery store, at the drive through, getting gas. It doesn’t matter how small or large, it helps.
    3. Help a mom get her groceries and kids to the car.
    4. Make a double dinner batch, and take some to a neighbor, new mom, elderly friend.
    5. Write a Thank You note to someone in your community.
     
    These are all simple ways that you can pay it forward, and inspire others to pay it forward. It sets an example for our children, and honesly makes the world a better place. If we all did acts of kindness like this, we just might get to World Peace that we all want.
     
    Now it’s your turn. Join us for Think About It Thursday. Grab the button, and link up any post that makes us think!
     
     
     

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  • Is this home? A Theme Song for the blog

    Have I told you all about this house we’re living in?
    No?
    Well, I think I may have purposefully been avoiding it.
    See, when we first looked at this home, we loved it. It has a great layout, and lots of land.
    The problem was we looked at the home while it was still packed with a lifetime of stuff, that had been shut up in rooms untouched for years.
    When we moved in, we saw many many more problems than we expected.
     
    1. The foundation. It’s almost certain it is falling. I have a nice hill in the kitchen, and the front room slopes eastward.
    2. Walls. There are holes in the walls, from the old pot belly stoves, that were never closed up.
    Which brings us to the soot that covers every wall, from the pot belly stoves. Add to that the coal mine just a mile down the road, and we’ve got some black walls.
    3. The bathroom. Where do I start? From the toilet that grows mold daily, or the leaky bathtub with wood rot?
    4. You are so lucky this blog can’t send smells to you! Not that I would want to send this to you, but I’m pretty sure there’s something dead somewhere in this house. We just haven’t found it yet.
     
    We have a Beauty and the Beast Broadway music CD, and it’s often one we listen to with the kids. Shortly after our move, we had the CD playing and Belle’s song “Home” came on. Wow. I thought she must be singing about me! I laugh now, but that first week, I very much wanted to cry listening to this song. I think it has a great message though, for anyone going through a hard time, moving away from where they consider Home is.
    Remember,  Home is where your Heart is. You can make where ever you live Home, especially when you put your Heart into it.
     
    With that, enjoy “Home” sung by Susan Egan (Belle on Broadway)
     
  • Sentimental Sunday – Family Fun

    Sentimental Sunday – Family Fun

    This last week we had a lot of fun just finding fun things to do as a family that didn’t cost a lot of money. On Wednesday Princess V came home with a coupon for free ice cream at arctic circle. It was such an easy decision what we were going to do that night. I had a walmart gift card so we won’t and got some groceries and a new laundry basket for the master room. Mark and I grabbed a cheap candy bar and soda, then we took the girls out for ice cream. Princess V got her free cone, Princess R got a courtesy cone, and we paid $1 for Princess C’s cone. Cheap, fun and something I will always remember as a fun night out.

    Thursday night Mark had a concert. He is the new community band director, and this was his first concert conducting. The princesses all did pretty well. I had to chase Princess R down the aisle a few times, but it is such a casual gathering it didn’t matter all that much (I will say this though, don’t let your kids play their gameboys at a concert with the volume all the way up. That’s just plain rude, no matter how casual the gathering is!).  Princess V fell asleep during the last song, sitting up in her chair. It was so cute. They had a great selection of songs – Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and others.

    Friday was UEA (Utah Educators Association). Mark took Princess C to Salt Lake and hit up the booths for some free goodies and candy.  Princess C won a dollar, and “got a tummy ache eating too much candy”.  Princess V, Princess R and I pulled out our halloween decorations and got them set up.

    Saturday we all got up early and went to the church to clean. I like that we can give this service to keep our church buildings clean.  Everyone else was a little less thrilled with getting up so early.  After dance for Princess C and Mark got some school work done, we all headed outside. It has been so nice during the days here lately! We were able to get a lot of yardwork done. I’m almost ready to get the grass in our dirt spot, and I’ve been planning a better garden for next year. Mark has been getting our wood ready for the winter, and keeping up with lawn maintenance.

    My man is so amazing! I sent him some plans for this really nice looking wood platform. So he took the idea, used what we already had and created our own!  Love him!

    Yes that’s a lot of wood! It used to be the garden border before we tore it all up.

    And of course he got lots of help stacking wood from the Princesses.
    This last week brought back many memories of growing up. Cheap family outings, lots of nightly games, chopping wood and stacking it, and many memories of weeding.  I feel blessed to continue these good uplifting experiences with my children and a wonderful husband!