This week's Recipe | PERSONAL PIZZAS by DeDe Smith Pizza makes a great meal and my family loves it, especially my son. He would live on it if I let him. Personal pizzas are perfect for making at home. You can get your whole family involved and everyone can make their own pizza with their choice of toppings! This recipe makes 18 good sized personal pizzas. You could divide the dough and make half into pizzas and freeze the other half of the dough for later use! Or as we do it at our house - make all the pizzas and then heat them up as leftovers on another day! This dough can also be used for making breadsticks (use the garlic spread seasoning too)! There's just nothing better than pizza night! [mpprecipe-recipe:1] ______________________________ On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to ... [Read More]
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Recipe Thursday | Pepperoni Roll-ups
This week's Recipe | Pepperoni Roll-ups by DeDe Smith A perfect after school snack! [mpprecipe-recipe:43] ______________________________ On Recipe Thursdays, I am going to be sharing a recipe with you! I will pick a recipe from my collection and I will be sharing where I got the recipe and everything. But I am going to include my own photo of the finished food, the original recipe, and try and share the things I changed when I made it! ... [Read More]
Life 2012 | J.J. turns Ten!
JJ turned 10 on January 26th. I can't believe my little boy is 10 already. He has gone through a lot in is young life as we struggled with his developmental delays and the eventual diagnosis of Autism. But I'm so proud of him for all he has accomplished and the person he is becoming. I wanted to share 10 things about who JJ is at this time in his life: 1. He is so excited about everything. He always seems to have a inner delight about even the little things in life. 2. He has an amazing memory and can remember even the littlest things about life or things people say, even if you don't think he is listening or noticing what is going on around him, HE IS. 3. He loves video games. Getting a DS for his birthday was a huge event in his life. The first thing he talks or asks about ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 46
Monday, November 8, 2010 Today was Beth's first day as a Daisy Girl Scout. She was so excited to participate and get her uniform. I hope it is something she will enjoy! We all went to her special Investure meeting tonight where she received her daisy pin. Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Beth's having a great week. Today when she came home she was honored as one of the Students of the Week! Yay Beth! Wednesday, November 10, 2010 I love the yummy food that is so great for Fall weather. We had potato soup in bread bowls tonight and it was delicious! Thursday, November 11, 2010 Today was Veteran's Day. I'm so blessed to live in this country and I honor all those wonderful people who serve the United States of America. I really loved seeing all the flags flying as I drove ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 43
Monday, October 18, 2010 I love seeing the progression in JJ's reading ability. It has been very slow in coming, but he is finally reading. It's fun to see him want to read to his sister too! Tuesday, October 19, 2010 JJ's loves the special activities and the motivational things they have in his classroom. He loves earning his little prizes! Wednesday, October 20, 2010 The kids ditched school today and we went up to Salt Lake City to watch Lane, Colby, and Clint in the State Cross Country. Colby did amazing and got 3rd place. Unfortunately, Lane didn't do as well as usual and he didn't place. It was kind of a bummer - it being his senior year - but he did earn Academic All-state and that's wonderful. It was fun to be with all the family. Thursday, October 21, ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 35
Monday, August 23, 2010 A nightly ritual for Joey and the kids include the "burrito." They can choose from regular sized or "big" bean or cheese burrito and they get all tucked in with their blankets. And then just for good measure - Joey adds "rice" which includes a good tickle! The kids love it! Tuesday, August 24, 2010 This afternoon the kids got to go to the school and meet their new teachers for this year. They were able to tour their classrooms and visit with their teachers. They look forward to having Mrs. Hokanson and Mrs. Graham as their teachers! Wednesday, August 25, 2010 The big day has arrived. JJ's first day of school. He was so excited to have his new backpack and new school clothes and get to ride the bus again this year! He had a ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 17
Monday, April 19, 2010 Late last night I discovered that Persnickety Prints was just up the street and I had an awesome email conversation with the owner. So I prepared several of my layouts to test drive their service and sent it over early this morning. Today's photo was actually taken on Wednesday, when I picked the layouts up. They are so awesome! Its so exciting to see my work actually printed! I've made it a new goal to get a few more pages done each week. JJ and Beth have been getting after me to get more pages done because they love to look through the albums and see pictures of themselves! Tuesday, April 20, 2010 I spent all morning and early afternoon in Riverton with JJ. We went to see a Rheumatologist about some weird bumps on JJ's big toes. It turns out that everything is ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 8
Monday, February 15, 2010 We did some deep cleaning of the house today. It was such good weather - it almost felt like Spring. It really felt great and after being sick all last week, it felt good to get the house all clean and sterilized and aired out. Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Grandpa and Grandma Sorensen and Uncle Lane and Uncle Clint arrived today to spend a couple of days. It was great to get to visit with them. We got some KFC take-out, played some Wii and just visited. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 A busy day today. Grandpa and Grandma and Lane went to to Salt Lake City to do some shopping, take care of some business, and a special banquet for Lane. Clint got to hang-out with us all day. We took Beth to school and Clint got to play some more Wii. We then picked up JJ and Beth ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 5
Monday, January 25, 2010 Joey is going to have to work late tomorrow, so we decided to celebrate JJ's birthday tonight. Joey came home early and we surprised JJ by taking our family to Chuck E Cheese. JJ was so excited to be able to have his favorite food - pizza - and play games! We had a great time together as a family. We came home and JJ got to open his presents - some new scriptures with his name on them, some Transformer toys, and a Spiderman watch. Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Happy Birthday to JJ! I can't believe he is already 8 years old. I made some brownies and he was so excited to take them to share with his class today at school. He came home very happy. While he was at school, Beth and I made his cake and he loved it! Tonight he got to blow his candles out and we ... [Read More]
Life 365 | Week 4
Monday, January 18, 2010 Grandpa and Grandma left today and the kids were very sad to see them leave. We'll have to plan a trip to go down to see them soon. Since today was a holiday, Joey didn't have to go to work. So we just hung out at home the rest of the day. For Family Home Evening, we got out the Disney Scene-It Game that Lane gave us and we had a blast playing it. Tuesday, January 19, 2010 It's been snowing for the last couple of days and so it's really been nice to just hang out at home. But this is what our driveway looks like now - Grandpa finally got our van fixed and they brought it back to us when they were here this last weekend! It is so AWESOME to have both vehicles now. I don't have to get up early and get Joey to work when I need the car. Love it! Thanks ... [Read More]
