We had a really great Memorial Day! Pac and I of course wanted to BBQ, but we kind of wanted to do something different. So after getting the idea from some of his family members, we decided we'd like to give making pizzas on the "barbie" a try this year! It's so cool! I made some homemade Pizza Dough (which I LOVE because it also makes great scones, and Pinterest is my best friend) measured by eye, then rolled the dough into personal pizza sized balls and let them rise.
Pac loves homemade rootbeer, and it's a very strong tradition on my Mother's side to have it at family gatherings or events. Therefore, Pac put my Mom in charge of supplying it for our cute Pizza BBQ because he looooves it so. When my mom came over, she hadn't yet added the dry ice, so we put the 5 gallon container with the mixture for the drink in our sink so we could add it. She had crushed it up in really small pieces. Well, it seems as though that has something to do with the molecular structure of the dry ice, because when she dumped it in, we had an explosion! Root Beer everywhere!!!! It was even foaming at the very top on the container, something neither of us had ever seen before in making it. The picture above is what my kitchen looked like until the dry ice figured out what the crap it was doing. :)
We haven't used this grill since before we moved into our house. So, a little over 2 years. It was so nice to get it hooked up and burning again! I love watching Pac BBQ. Mostly cause he's freaking amazing at doing so.
So, remember how I said I rolled the pizza dough into balls? Well, I did, and we used a whole dough ball (as I sized it) for each pizza the first time around. Turns out, my "guessing" on the measuring wasn't exactly right. The dough got so huge on the grill, it couldn't cook in the middle. lol! So, needless to say, this was our first round to attempt pizza's on our grill.
Attempt #2: This went MUCH better. We each used half of a dough ball this time, and then it was perfect. I just have to remember, that when making these for individual size, a person only needs 1/8 of a batch of the dough I make, and not 1/4. Goodness!
Brother Pac (that's what his Sunday school kids call him) working the grill. :)
After our BBQ, we jumped up to Pac's parents for a little swim, and another BBQ later that night. Who LOVES summer!?!?! Here is Jocelyn and Joe's little boy Henry just enjoying the crap out of his swimming adventure.
Good to see he's finally playing and laughing with Gandpa!
5 months. Worst, picture, ever.
6 Months
We have decided to name our little girl Everleigh. That's what the E stands for in the last picture.
Everleigh Klaire Jensen
