Grilled Pizza

Over the past weekend, friends were telling us that they love to make grilled pizzas. I love the grilled pizzas at one of my favorite restaurants, Joe's Farm Grill, so I decided to try grilling pizzas for our dinner tonight.

I made two pizzas: one pepperoni for the kids and a pesto/tomato for the parents.

Made with red sauce, pepperoni and shredded mozzarella.

It was really easy and fast which are two of my highest qualifications for a great dinner.

If you want to try out grilling pizzas, here is what you need to do:

1. Turn one side of your grill to high and one side to low.
2. Roll out pizza dough so that it is pretty thin. (I used a bag of premade whole wheat dough from Fresh and Easy.)
3. Brush one side of the dough with olive oil and place dough oiled side down on the grill.
4. Let dough bake for about three minutes until it starts to bubble and looks nice and brown.
5. Brush the uncooked side of the dough with olive oil and flip to the lower heat side of the grill using a spatula.
6. Top with your favorite toppings, close the grill lid and let the pizza finish cooking. (About 5 more minutes.)

Made with pesto, a little red sauce, fresh mozzarella and tomato slices.

That's it! Both pizzas took about 30 minutes from start to finish.

OLW 2011

This year I decided to follow Ali Edward's lead and choose One Little Word as a theme for 2011.

We went out of town for the weekend and I had some time to think about what I wanted my word to be this year. Our family was with one other family for the weekend and the adults enjoyed sharing ideas and thoughts about things we want to improve on this year.

The word GROW kept coming back to me, so I decided that it must be the right word for me this year.


I have chosen a few areas in my life where I want to continue to grow.

• Grow family relationships
• Grow creatively
• Grow health
• Grow friendships
• Grow spiritually
  

Each week I plan on writing down (and completing!) one thing I want to do for each area that will help me GROW and become a better person.

A lot of these are areas where I actually feel pretty good about how things are going, but I know they can be even better with additional focus.

I've decided to sign up for Ali's class at Big Picture Classes so that I will receive monthly reminders about focusing on my word. I know from past experience that it is very easy to loose energy with a project like this, so I figure a little extra motivation will be just what I need.

Did you choose one little word for 2011?

5 Senses for Today

Seeing

Touching
Smelling
Hearing
Tatsting

Grandparent Album Pages

Each year for Christmas, I make scrapbook layouts for a grandparent album. It's a fun way to help the grandparents document the growth of the kids each year.

The pages are 6 X 8 inches, so it's a nice smaller size. I like to keep the design simple so that the focus in on the photos and the information about the kids.

I was actually a year behind on the pages for my parents, so I did two sets of pages this year. These three pages used photos from 2009.



Here are my pages for 2010. I like to include one photo plus a list of the kids favorite foods, sports and activities.



Thanks for stopping by today. Wishing you a great week!

Happy New Year!

Wishing you and your family a Happy New Year! What did you do to celebrate?

Our kids all stayed up past midnight and help us ring in the new year. We played games, watched movies and set off a few fireworks. Here's to a great 2011!

Top 10 of 2010

I've seen a few of my blogging friends share their favorite 10 layouts from the year and I thought I'd join in on the fun.

These are favorites for many different reasons. The main reason I love these layouts is the memory associated with the layout.










Wow, what an amazing year. I feel so grateful for everything that blesses my life. I also thankful for all of my blog readers! I love hearing from you and building friendships.

Happy New Year to you and your family!

December Daily: It's Finished!

Okay, I must admit that I am very happy to have my December Daily album finished. It was a lot of fun documenting all of our fun activities this month, but it was also a lot of work.






What a fantastic month. So many great memories!