a fun weekend!

We just said goodbye to Seth's parents this morning. They drove down for the weekend and we had a short but so sweet time with them. We love hanging out with them and now watching them be grandparents to our daughter- there is something so beautiful & joy-giving about watching your parents with your child. Needless to say- she received ALOT of lovin :).

We had AWESOME weather on Saturday (um...like 83ish :)) and took a walk in a nearby park...complete with chickfila sweet tea and lemonade afterwards :). We had fun just hanging around our place and playing with Gracie. We took them (or rather they treated us- thank you!) to one of our favorite restaurants here. We played them in our regular game of quirkle and I still didn't win :(! We are so grateful for their spontaneity to make the trip down and spend such sweet time with us. We love you guys!!

                                               She cuddled right in on Grandpa Braker! 

Getting some Grandma lovin :)

 

                                                   Love love this picture- all ready for church! 

                                             "Talking" with grandma and grandpa while we played a game 

                                                                      too precious!


In the kitchen:
So we love pizza. I wish it was super healthy because I would eat it all the time. It's easy, convienent, not too expensive and just plain GOOD. I also love quick recipes for nights when you haven't thought about dinner until the last minute. I found this recipe on trusty pinterest the other day and was super skeptical. It only involved two ingredients to make the pizza crust- greek yogurt and flour. But as skeptical as I was, I was equally curious because this sounded so easy and quick! Friday was one of those "oops it's dinner time" days. So I tried it....the verdict...we actually loved it. No, it is not the best pizza crust we've ever had, but for what it is, it's realllly good.

The recipe:
1 cup greek yogurt
1 cup self rising flour (if you don't have self rising flour, just throw in some baking powder...next time I might experiement and add some whole wheat flour as well)

Mix the ingredients together and then knead on a floured surface. If it's too dry- you can add a splash of water or more yogurt. If it's to wet/sticky- you can add more flour. It's that easy and that simple.

I had to get creative with our toppings. I have wanted to try black bean pizza for a while so that's what I was planning on doing...except we didn't have all the ingredients. SO impromtu I added some frozen ground turkey we had in the freezer, black beans, and diced frozen mixed vegetables (corn, carrots, green beans)...okay that last one may sound gross, but it was actually soo good. I threw them on a pan sprinkled them when olive oil and salt/pepper and threw them in the oven for about 5 minutes to roast them a bit before adding to pizza- I would recommend this. Then we topped with cheese and baked for about 15 minutes at 425*. (One change I would make is to bake the crust for about 5 minutes without any toppings first- to get the middle more cooked through- ours was slightly soft in the middle). Voila- easy, quick pizza that you don't have to wait for the dough to rise. Good for those in-a-pinch moments.

 

Here's a few recent pictures of Gracie :)

                     hahaha this one cracks me up so much! "you wanna a piece of me???" :)

                                                              

 

                                                  She wasn't as thrilled about her robe as we were :) 

Trying out the bumbo seat for the first time...she loved it (a little uncertain in this picture)

Song of the day:
Oh the deep deep love by Sovereign Grace Music