Pizza Pizza!

We made the yummiest pizza on Sunday. Manuel described a pizza he tried at work last week and so Lindsey tried to recreate it. Here is her recipe if you'd like to try it. Hope you enjoy the slide show which features the creation of the pizza from its humble beginnings as ingredients to the masterpiece it became. Don't drool on your keyboard!

Grecian Pizza

Pizza Dough:

• · 1 ½ cup flour
• · ½ cup corn meal
• · ½ tsp sugar
• · 1 pkg. dry active yeast
• · ¼ cup water
• · 1 Tbsp oil

Pesto Sauce:

• · ½ cup olive oil
• · 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
• · ¼ cup pine nuts (or your favorite nuts)
• · ½ Tbsp basil
• · ¼ cup shredded parmesan cheese
• · 1 clove garlic
• · Dash of salt & pepper

Toppings:

· 1 cup of salami or sliced Italian sausage

· 1 can red olives

· 1 large can artichoke hearts, halved

· ½ cup sliced mushrooms

· 1 pkg. feta cheese (usually in the deli section)

· 1 ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese

In a large bowl combine ¼ cup flour, salt, sugar, and yeast; blend well. In a small sauce pan heat water and oil until very warm. Add to flour mixture. Blend until moistened. Stir in ½ cup flour to form a stiff dough. On a floured surface kneed in remaining flour until dough is smooth and elastic. Place dough in a greased bowl and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm place until double in size (about 40 minutes).

Punch down several times. Remove all bubbles. Sprinkle corn meal on a flat surface and roll dough into shape of your pizza pan. Dust cornmeal on edges of crust. Bake at 425° for 9 minutes. Blend pesto sauce ingredients in blender and spread over crust. Add toppings and cheese and bake at 400° for about 18 minutes.

October is Gone

What a an eventful last week. Manuel turned 28 on the 30th. Lindsey took him to dinner at Joes' Crab Shack and we both enjoyed seafood fondu and a huge bucket of crab legs, shrimp and other yummy stuff. Grandpa took the kids to her work Halloween party. The next day we went trick-or-treating at Manuel's work in Midvale. Both floors were all decked out in Halloween decor and just as good as any haunted house but free. Manuel's department had the Harry Potter theme and so he dressed like Harry Potter. They give all the departments an allowance just for decorating on Halloween. We then went to a really cool house by our neighborhood. They built a haunted forest in their yard and you have to walk through it in order to get candy at the door. This week Lindsey has a booth at the Country Barn Boutique. It's kept her busy but she enjoys it. After this week we'll finally take down our Halloween decorations and get ready for Thanksgiving!

We had such a fun week. Two Halloween parties and another trip to Black Island Farms. This time with playgroup. Gabe sure is brave and very independent. Apparently he hopped onto a moving tractor train and then followed some teenagers down the giant adult scary slide. What a daring child!

Snow and then Sunshine!

The snow was here and gone before we knew it. It warmed up just in time for some fall festivity fun! Here are picts of of us out at Black Island farms in Syracuse. They had paintball, corn cannons, rubber duck raing, pig racing, farm animal feeding, 2 corn mazes, 2 giant hay castles and 3 giant slides, a kiddie area with the barrel train, corn kernel box, play area, pumpkin bounce house, face painting, magic show, fake calf roping, hayride, and treats galore. We also went to some other fun pumpkin patches in Sandy but forgot the camera. Didn't want to overwhelm you all with too many pictures anyways! :)

Grandpa's Wedding

Grandpa Roger was married to Candice last Wednesday. What a beautiful reception! Crista (Lindsey's sister) made the cake. There was dancing and a yummy buffet of dinner and desserts. They even had a cute candy bar where you could dish up their favorite candy in little baggies including delicious caramel apples with white chocolate and cinnimon/sugar. It was at a gorgeous reception center in Sandy with burning candles, a pretty moon outside, ponds & streams and lots of windows. We now have the first family photo of both families together. Grandpa and Candice actually grew up in the same small town and dated in high school. They were reunited at the grocery store last year. We are so happy for them.

Gabe had fun dancing and playing with cousin Caden. He also pretended to be mom this week by putting on her shoes and purse. He enjoyed the last of the warm weather out on the swing set, and now that it has snowed he is loving that too!

Other good news, Lindsey began selling her baby bandz in stores this week. She received orders from the Layton, Bountiful and Ogden Kid to Kid. She's excited and working on getting them in more stores.