Calzones

I'm back! It's been a crazy busy summer, and hopefully I will get time soon to post pics and blog about all thats been happening around here.

I came up with an idea to post a dinner recipe on Sunday for dinner on Monday. It's always hard to get back in the weekly routine, so I thought this might make it a little easier. Since I was talking about my calzones on Facebook and a few wanted the recipe, I decided this will be the first one I share.

CALZONES

Dough (makes 4 calzones)

1 warm water 1pkg or Tablespoon yeast
1 1/2 tsp sugar 3/4 tsp salt
2T oil 2 1/2 cups flour
1T butter Italian seasoning

Sprinkle yeast over warm water in medium bowl (or mixer). Stir in sugar, salt, oil, butter(softened or melted), and seasoning (to taste). Add 2 cups flour and mix well; add remaining 1/2 cup. Let rest for 5 minutes. Split into 4 balls, and roll out on pizza stone--dough may be a little sticky(you can sprinkle flour on dough to roll out).
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I used the following to go in the middle of the calzone:

pepperoni Jon Morrel ham strips
mozarella cheese pineapple chunks (drained)
diced tomatoes(drained) tomato sauce

Sprinkle a bit of cheese on half of the dough; drizzle with tomato sauce. Add pepperoni, tomato sauce, cheese, ham, tomato sauce, cheese, pineapple, tomato sauce.

Fold remaining dough over the ingredients; pinch together to close seams.

I found that drizzling the sauce between layers helps keep it from running off the sides of the dough and easier to pinch together.

Bake at 425 for 20 minutes.

Enjoy!

Lil' Miss and all that hair!

Someone asked me today how old Liberty is and I had to look at my calendar! I can't believe she's 11 weeks old. And she still has a head of hair. It's finally getting thick enough to put bows in it, but even with them, its still wild and crazy! My Grandpa asked me the other day if she's lost any of her hair and I said nope, she just keeps getting more! I took these pictures tonight:

4th of July

This year we went up to Schofield Army Base to celebrate our nation's birthday. We met up with the Navigators group we connected with after we moved here. We've met some neat people and are enjoying getting to know them better.

Happy Birthday Jackson!

I am way behind on posting updates on my blog. Better late than never! Jackson's birthday was June 28th and we celebrated it all day long. For breakfast we had donuts, dinner was chicken (at his request) and he picked out an American Flag birthday cake which made it super easy on me! Jackson was blessed with many gifts (I can't find all the pictures) including a scooter, bike helmet and pads (Gpa and Gma), swimming trunks and a swim shirt (thank you Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Jeremy) bubble gun (Gpa and Gma), Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD and paint book from the girls and Wall-E swim trunks that Savannah picked out. Oh, yes, also Optimus Prime (transformer) from his dad :)

I can't believe that 4 years ago God blessed us with a beautiful baby boy. We can't imagine our lives without him. He loves going to church, listening to Bible songs and Adventures in Oddyssey, playing with "Sanna" and "LibyZayne", praying (I think he's going to be an evangelist when he grows up!), asking why God makes planes, cars, grass, etc. But most of all he loves Jesus and we pray that as he grows, not only will he ask Jesus in his heart, but he will also strive for a close walk with the Lord and to let his light shine for Jesus so that others may see Christ in Jackson.

Photo Shoot

On Tuesday, I got out the camera to take pictures of Little Miss and me. It was so cute--each time I took a picture she smiled real big for the camera. I thought these turned out great and had to put all of them on here :)

KC's visit

KC is visiting us for 3 weeks and we've been having so much fun with him. Last week his friend, Ryan, was able to fly out for 6 days, and they went skydiving and surfing.

Baby Bedding

Liberty's baby bedding came today and I was so excited to get it on the crib! I had ordered a different set in May, but when it came, the background color was different than the pictures showed so I sent it back. I spent alot of time searching and finally found what I was looking for. Now I just need to get some valances, paint the walls, and find some accent pieces for her room.

Liberty at 7 weeks

I can't believe Liberty is 7 weeks old today! She is getting so big (weighs 10 lbs 4oz)! We are loving her to pieces. She's attempting to coo and LOVES to smile all the time, and even giggled for Chad one evening. Her eyes are turning brown and her hair is still wild (Donald Trump combover?)!

She is beginning to be less colicky in the evenings(YAY), although demands to be held from about 4pm until she goes to beddy-bye at 10:30 or 11. We LOVE holding and lovin' on her.

We are also getting into a routine with her eating. It goes something like this: eat at 10:30pm (and sleep for) 6-7hours, 4 hours, 4 hours, 3 hours, 3 hours, 2 hours, 2 hours....I have no idea why, but this is how its been for a few weeks now. She even slept 9 1/2 hours one night this week. I can't complain :)

Random Pictures

These pictures were all taken in the last week. Our friend, Debbie, from Seattle was out for Memorial Day Weekend (her family lives here), so we met up with her on Monday for a picnic.