General Conference

SUNDAY MORNING GENERAL CONFERENCE 2010

Another great thing about taking my girls to UT for Easter Weekend was that it was also General Conference Weekend.  They've never been before.  We watch it on our Mac at home and have our own traditions as we do so.  But this just worked out perfectly!  

This is my mom, "Mema" and Brynn.  Aren't they cute?

Silly girls:)

This was our view.  We were up in the balcony, but we could see everything!

I'm not particularly fond of organs.  But this is just awesome!

The girls had to come up with their own form of entertainment while we waited for it to begin.  

Emma & Kara worked hard to draw a picture of every speaker throughout the whole weekend.  

They watched it on TV with us for all the other sessions.

You often hear people say that they can feel the power of God in the prophet as soon as he walks into a room.  It's true.  Although, there is no way to adequately explain the feeling.  It is an awesome experience everyone should have.  Even the kids stopped wiggling and ALL was completely silent.

These were pictures taken from clear up on the balcony.  They're not terribly clear, but not bad either.

I tried to capture all of the 12 Apostles in one picture, but we were too far away.  

But I'll cherish them anyway:)

My favorite quote of the session:  "It has been good for us to be here."  by Pres. Monson

Easter Weekend

I'm way behind on blogging.  I have a ton in my draft stage & I want to just get to the present.  So I will be posting a bunch of short posts just to be done with 'em.

EASTER WEEKEND 2010

I took my girls to Utah for Spring Break.  It's the first time in many years we've enjoyed the Easter Holiday with our extended families.  These are pictures of my girls and their cousins on my side of the family doing the traditional egg hunt at Mema's house.

This is Grandma Hoecherl's house and their traditional Easter Egg Hunt.  

I couldn't believe HOW MANY eggs their aunts & uncles filled for the kids!!!  

Now my girls are opening each one to see what's inside.

Yah, that's $$$$$$

That's a gallon size bag!  We weighed everyone's candy.  I threw the paper away, though.  

But I'm pretty sure that each girl had 3-5 lbs. of candy.

The following morning, we weighed Livvy's candy again.  

She had eaten a whole pound of candy in one night!  

This girls has a sweet tooth like you wouldn't believe:)

Grilled Pizza

Tonight we had home made BBQ Grill Pizzas.  This is the 3rd time this summer we've made them & we love 'em!    We've used Rhodes Frozen Bread Dough as well as their frozen roll dough.  Both work great.  We like to make individual pizzas.  This way the girls can make them however they want.

We roll out each ball of dough to about 1/4" thick.  You don't want it too thin or it's easier to burn to an undesirable crisp:(  Place them on a cookie sheet (for transportation purposes only.  They won't cook on the sheets)  Brush Olive Oil on one side.  This prevents the dough from sticking to the grill.

With the BBQ grill heated up to Med Grill temp., place dough on it with the oiled side down.  

It only takes a minute or two for that side of the dough to become golden brown.  Don't flip them over.  Immediately remove them from the grill & place them, browned side down on the cookie sheet.  The uncooked side needs to be face up for you to brush olive oil on it.  Turn the grill down to a lower setting.

Once the uncooked side has been oiled, flip them over on the cookie sheet.  Place the toppings on the browned side of the crust.  We use the standard spaghetti sauce, grated cheddar cheese, pepperoni, & sliced olives & mushrooms.    

Once the toppings are on the browned crust, place the pizza back on the grill with the uncooked & oiled side of the crust down.  Close the lid & let cook for about 5 minutes.  This is just a trial by error estimate.  If the grill isn't hot enough, the crust will cook like a roll & grow.  But if it's too hot, the crust will burn before the toppings bake.  Good luck:)

(Picture of pizzas right after I put them back on the grill to bake the toppings & bottom of the crust)

Remove from grill when toppings are melted together and the bottom of the crust is golden brown.

YUMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!