Happy Birthday

To the guy who has the biggest heart, Happy Birthday!

To the guy who is so generous,Happy Birthday! 

To the guy who makes me laugh, Happy Birthday! 

To the guy who teaches me everyday, Happy Birthday! 

To the friendliest person I know, Happy Birthday! 

Andy, Happy 24th Birthday! You make me feel lucky....Every single day.

Pizza night!

Pizza night! It's always a blast when we make pizza at home. I love mixing different ingredients and trying new types of pizza. This evening we tried making pizza on Naan bread and it was actually better than the Pillsbury pizza dough! So here's to some delicious pizza and many more of these nights to come! Enjoy the pics :)

I love using the fresh vegetables on the pizza! It makes it feel like it's more healthy ;)

I bought way to much basil, but this bag was the same price as the smaller one! Anybody have some recipes that call for basil?? 

This is the mixture I spread over the pizza dough. It has minced garlic, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, Italian seasonings and some of the fresh basil chopped up. 

Andy and I have this weird love for banana peppers, so I bought a jar of them and sliced them up and added as many would fit on the pizza.

Here is the Pillsbury wheat pizza dough. I won't be using this again. It never got crispy enough for my liking, and it had more of a bread taste to it than a pizza dough taste. 

^basil, tomato, arugula and mozzarella  pizza^ 

 

Mushroom, banana pepper, tomato, basil and goat cheese pizza on Naan bread. It was as good, if not better, than a restaurant style flatbread pizza.

Life Lately, and my decision to continue blogging.

I contemplated throwing in the towel and calling it quits on my blog, but after some thought I have decided against it. My initial reasoning for wanting to stop blogging was because I felt I didn't have enough cool or exciting content, but then I realized that I was forgetting my original purpose for having a blog! My blog was started to document my life just as it is. So if from time to time the content is lackluster or a little boring, that is okay. My life isn't always action-packed and bursting with fun, so I should not make it seem like it is by only documenting the fun times. I want to give a real picture of my life so that years from now I can read back through my blog and see exactly what I was doing in my 20's and 30's.

So this is what I have been up to lately: A little bit of cooking, some exercise, family time and an entire week with Kennedy!

My dog knows how to smile for the camera!

Homemade sweet potato and black bean burger. Click link for recipe: http://cookieandkate.com/2013/sweet-potato-black-bean-veggie-burgers/

We were exhausted after a 4 mile run!

I joined a running group with my friends from church!

Sunday Family Hangout at my grandmas house!