We’re pretty serious about pizza at our house. This summer it has become an “every weekend ritual”. We like to go all out. Pizza stones in the oven, pizza peels for pizza removal and cutting, lots of toppings, dough is tossed not rolled… the children gather in the kitchen to watch me toss dough every single time. I know why the do. They are hoping the pizza will land on my head… so far it always lands safely on my fists
Sometimes Justin will whip up a batch of his amazing thin crust pizza dough, but often we use Trader Joe’s fresh pizza dough.
This is “the Simeon” named after our good friend who invented it. The Simeon is topped with bacon, small chunks of white potatoes that are fried in the bacon fat, mozzarella cheese, aged white cheddar (if I have any), and instead of red sauce I use Alfredo sauce mixed with basil pesto.
Since we have fresh garden tomatoes and basil this summer we’ve also been making a lot of pizza Margaritas. So very good!!
Of course the children still like plain ole pepperoni and cheese Mom and Dad might sneak a piece or two occasionally.
Sometimes we even have pizza for dessert! Fruit pizza. A slightly sweetened crust with a sweet cream cheese mixture spread over the crust and fresh fruit on the top! It’s always a big hit
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I was at Joanne’s Fabric last week and was delighted to find this new line of fabric.
Denyse Schmidt has a new line of fabric that was exclusively designed for Joanne’s Fabric. I love her designs but they can be hard to fine because they are so popular, and they are sometimes very expensive! So naturally I scooped up a sweet little stack of fabrics before they are all gone.
I was thinking about using them to make a quilt like this~
{image source via flicker}
Don’t you love this quilt?! But first I have to finish the quilt for my own bed
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I’ve been thinking about parenting trends and philosophies lately. Truthfully, it would be closer to the mark to say that I’ve been struggling with parenting trends and philosophies, lately. Do you ever feel that way? Do you ever feel conflicted with the voices and opinions that seem to be momentarily dominating world around you? I do. Like it or not parenting styles do seem to come in trends. I listen to talks and read about parenting and I feel this hesitation, a check in my spirit that I can’t shake. I begin to question myself because it seems to be what everyone else is doing, or the advise is coming from someone I admire or look up to… but that small voice is still there telling me something’s not right. Something is not balanced. I suppose the trouble I have with some of the dominate parenting trends is, they seem to be formed out of a reaction to some other parenting style. Does that make sense?
This is all sounding very negative and that is not my intent. What I really want is to encourage us all to trust the Spirit God has placed in our hearts. Don’t ignore that check you feel. Don’t push it aside. Don’t be swayed by trends, by passionate opinions, don’t base your parenting style on a reaction to someone else’s parenting style. Take the things you hear and measure them carefully against God’s word, against what you know to be true about the world we live in. Trust your intuition. Trust what you know about your own family. Once you’ve done this, move forward in confidence and graciousness.
One more parenting thought. Never pass up an opportunity to praise another mother. If you see her children behaving in a commendable way, tell her! Don’t just make a mental note or assume that she knows that she is doing a good job. Speak the words. She needs to hear it more than you know.
It’s going to be a fun filled week! Erik and Susanna are getting married!! I might be a little hit and miss this week, but I am looking forward to posting more often and getting back to doing Show & Tell Wednesdays. I have lots of ideas and in September I’m hoping to have more time to accomplish them.
As always, thanks for stopping by~ April