Zucchini Pizza

We tried a new recipe tonight for dinner that was WAY out of our comfort zone...zucchini pizza. Someone at the PD had lots of extra zucchini's so we've been using some Keith brought home. We had bread and breaded zucchini's, both which are tasty! We had one more to use and I had pinned a recipe for little zucchini pizzas so I thought we should use this opportunity. Bonus is an inexpensive dinner. The verdict was "good but I think I'd rather have regular pizza". I think I have to agree but they weren't bad, I'd eat again if we had an extra zucchini.

What you need:

• zucchini
• pizza sauce
• pizza cheese
• pepperoni (or whatever you'd like on your pizza)

What you do:

Cut zucchini into slices. About a 1/4 inch is the best. Grill slices. While those are grilling preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Once the slices are grilled put pizza sauce, cheese and toppings on slices. Put in oven until the cheese is melted. 

Keith also made baked zucchini pieces that were breaded in garlic salt...they were a little strong but mixed with the pizza slices it almost made a real pizza! I don't know his concoction though...he probably doesn't either!

Husband Shaming

I found this website about a year ago called dog shaming. People take pictures of their dog's with signs "shaming" them with what they have done. Kolby could be a celebrity at this website...Maggie could also appear on the cat shaming website every so often. After spending 10+ minutes looking for a pair of pants Keith "lost" the other day only to find them in his work closet I decided I needed to do some husband shaming. I posted a picture on facebook of me and the pants hanging in his closet explaining the situation and how Keith insisted I hid them. The response was overwhelming with many other wives saying their husbands also frequently "lost" items and blamed them for their disappearance. It must be a guy thing. A few times a week Keith starts to look for something and when he can't find it he insists I have hidden it from him. (Yes, during my spare time I like to hide his items just to watch him wander the house looking for them). Usually when this happens I get up to look for the item and quickly find it...then explain that if he would leave his things where they belong he wouldn't lose them. His response is that I keep moving things on him...

So husband shaming number one!

Salsa Chicken

This recipe was actually called "embarrassingly easy chicken" and I think that is an appropriate name.

What you need:

• chicken breasts, however many you will eat. They recommended six but we only made two big ones.
• salsa, they said 2 cups but since we made less I included less
• shredded cheese, I used Colby Jack cheese as it is a favorite in our house because it shares a name with the dog:) I think I used a whole bag, Keith likes cheese...

What you do:

• Put the chicken in the crock pot on high and pour salsa over. Cook until chicken is done...depends on chicken size. Ours took an hour-ish, maybe longer.
• Once it is cooked put in pan and top with however much cheese you'd like. Place it in oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

Additional Changes/Ideas:

• We both enjoyed the meal but thought it would be VERY good if it was in a tortilla. I'm wondering if I cooked the chicken longer until it was shreddable then mixed in the cheese until melted we could eat it like a fajita and make it all in the crock pot. This would be nice especially during the hot summer months when I hate to turn the oven on.

Crock Pot Ham

I tried this recipe last week and it was a winner!! Even more so if I would have followed the directions. It was one we will make again and again.

What you need:

• 7lb ham
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1 cup brown sugar 
• 2 cups pineapple juice

What you do:

• Spread brown sugar all over ham. Pour on the syrup and pineapple juice. Put in crock pot on low for 4ish hours.

Where I went wrong: 

• Turns out ham is expensive! Obviously, I've never cooked one before. I decided a whole ham was to expensive and wasteful for just the two of us so I thought I would use ham steak instead. Our two steaks came to about 2-3 lbs; therefore, I decreased the proportions by about 3/4. That was all fine and good. I cut the steak into big sections, spread the brown sugar on and pour the additional ingredients over the ham. My problem came with the cook time. I told Keith to put it on the keep warm setting when he woke up, which he did. Unfortunately, it was too much heat for too long and many of the pieces were WAY to over cooked. The pieces that weren't though were delicious! Will make it again, just for less time!

Happy 4th of July!

We celebrated 4th of July this weekend and had a great time. My parents came over late Thursday night and spent the night. We woke up Friday and headed to the square for the 4th of July parade (minus Keith, he had to work that night and doesn't like parades...stick in the mud). We found a great spot in the shade on some grass and I headed out to get coffee. Gavin stayed awake for the police cars and fire trucks and then grew tired of the parade and snoozed in grandma's arms until near the end. It was a great parade, lots of interesting entries. I was proud of our town for showing so much spirit! After the parade we walked home and relaxed in the backyard while Kolby played. He was thrilled to have people outside with him and ran around "protecting" the yard from bugs and squirrels. We headed back up to the square for lunch at the new bbq place before my parents headed home. Keith, Gavin and I went home for a quick nap (okay I napped, the boys played) before heading to Gavin's first pool party! One of Keith's co-workers/friends had a kid's pool party. Gavin tried out of the pool before finding some ladies to snuggle up with for a good nap. He seemed to enjoy the pool or at least didn't hate it. We probably were in for 20 minutes or so and he seemed more curious that anything about what was going on.

Sunday Gavin and I head to Des Moines to church and then met up with my parents at Smokey Row for lunch. They were in town so my dad and brother could take a ride on a b-17 plane, which they thought was awesome!


Keith found Gavin this perfect shirt on his trip to Tennessee "Born to Love Mimi" he had to wear it when Mimi was here of course! Here is him enjoying the grass, he LOVES to sit/lay/etc in the grass. He really enjoys pulling it!

A little bit of me

Gavin is such a calm and easy going baby (unless he's hungry) I was starting to wonder if he really was mine:) Fortunately, for us he has Keith's personality. Very chill and go with the flow. Recently though he's started to show a trait I KNOW is from me. Temper Tantrums...all be it mini ones. He's started to throw a fuss if something is taken away from him that he really wants. The other day he had my glasses and when I went to get them he started crying and fussing. I had to distract him with a toy. He's also done this with food if something is taken away he wasn't done with! Let's hope the Pittman side prevails with most of these types of traits!!

I don't have any pictures of him throwing a fit but I do have some cute pictures of Kolby from this weekend...so enjoy!



So tired from the holiday weekend. While Gavin takes after Keith, Kolby takes after me. What a stinker!! (The bee is NOT his...)

Five Months

Somehow five whole months have gone by since Gavin was born! He's growing up so fast, I can't believe it. I am so thankful for my extra time home with him to enjoy his growing!

Here are a few shots from his 5 month photo shoot. You can tell he's moving a lot more! His onsie says...

-1st plane ride
-Loves peek a boo
-1st trip to Rocky Mountain National Park.

This is a typical scene at our house. Blankets and clothes go over the face!





He is so long in this picture! You can tell he has his daddy's height! We had to weigh and measure him at home this month since he doesn't have a doctor appt. until 6 months. He was 27 inches and 15lbs at home. Not sure how accurate but I do know he's long!