EASY Homemade Pizza Sauce

So Yummy & Super Easy!

My kind of stuff!

Love the flavor in this sauce.  This recipe makes enough for 3 large pizzas, if you use about 1/2 cup of sauce on each.  This also freezes well!

Recipe has been adapted from a recipe found on allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

1 {15oz} can tomato sauce

1 {6oz} can of tomato paste

1 tablespoon oregano

1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon paprika

1/2 tablespoon basil

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

  

I mix together the tomato sauce and tomato paste first until it's smooth.  Then, I add the rest of the ingredients.  Stir. Done. 

I use about 1/2 cup of sauce per large pizza

Cooked a little longer than I wanted.... the baby was crying.  We all know how that goes. :)

I put a half cup of sauce in each freezer bag.  Spread it out and lay flat in the freezer.  Then, it's easy to thaw when I want to make pizza for dinner!

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So Yummy & Super Easy!

My kind of stuff!

Love the flavor in this sauce.  This recipe makes enough for 3 large pizzas, if you use about 1/2 cup of sauce on each.  This also freezes well!

Recipe has been adapted from a recipe found on allrecipes.com

Ingredients:

1 {15oz} can tomato sauce

1 {6oz} can of tomato paste

1 tablespoon oregano

1 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic

1 teaspoon paprika

1/2 tablespoon basil

1/2 teaspoon sugar

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

  

I mix together the tomato sauce and tomato paste first until it's smooth.  Then, I add the rest of the ingredients.  Stir. Done. 

I use about 1/2 cup of sauce per large pizza

Cooked a little longer than I wanted.... the baby was crying.  We all know how that goes. :)

I put a half cup of sauce in each freezer bag.  Spread it out and lay flat in the freezer.  Then, it's easy to thaw when I want to make pizza for dinner!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Check out the Teacher Valentine, Kid Valentines, and Snack I did this year!

This past month I've been crazy busy! We moved! And with 3 kids ages 3 and under... that is craziness! Still unpacking but had to take a break to share what Valentines I did this year:

Teacher Gift/Valentine:

 As a teacher, I got WAY too many goodies and candles as gifts during the holidays.  So, I figured I'd get a teacher what they REALLY need for Valentine's Day~ Expo markers!!  She loved them!  I found these new WASHABLE Expo Markers!  Figured they are perfect for Preschool!

Download my printable here

Valentine Snack:

Found this recipe for Valentine Chex Mix on Pinterest.  Made it and loved it!

Found these little baggies at the Dollar Tree- SCORE! 25 of them for $1! Used them for snacks and Valentines! Love a two for one!! :)

Kid's Valentines:

Found this idea here {also has the printable!}

Bubbles are 3 for $1 at Dollar Tree.  Bags are from Dollar Tree too!  I bought a couple of Blow Pops to throw in there too. My little guy was excited to hand these out to his friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!

  

  Eating our breakfast before running out the door!

My flowers the Hubs gave me! :)

Made the Love sign with a tray from Dollar Tree and Chalkboard Paint. 

For Valentine dinner we are having homemade pizza where the pepperonis are cut into hearts. 

Aww.... 

{found the idea on pinterest} 

Happy Valentines Day! :)

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Check out the Teacher Valentine, Kid Valentines, and Snack I did this year!

This past month I've been crazy busy! We moved! And with 3 kids ages 3 and under... that is craziness! Still unpacking but had to take a break to share what Valentines I did this year:

Teacher Gift/Valentine:

 As a teacher, I got WAY too many goodies and candles as gifts during the holidays.  So, I figured I'd get a teacher what they REALLY need for Valentine's Day~ Expo markers!!  She loved them!  I found these new WASHABLE Expo Markers!  Figured they are perfect for Preschool!

Download my printable here

Valentine Snack:

Found this recipe for Valentine Chex Mix on Pinterest.  Made it and loved it!

Found these little baggies at the Dollar Tree- SCORE! 25 of them for $1! Used them for snacks and Valentines! Love a two for one!! :)

Kid's Valentines:

Found this idea here {also has the printable!}

Bubbles are 3 for $1 at Dollar Tree.  Bags are from Dollar Tree too!  I bought a couple of Blow Pops to throw in there too. My little guy was excited to hand these out to his friends!

Happy Valentine's Day!

  

  Eating our breakfast before running out the door!

My flowers the Hubs gave me! :)

Made the Love sign with a tray from Dollar Tree and Chalkboard Paint. 

For Valentine dinner we are having homemade pizza where the pepperonis are cut into hearts. 

Aww.... 

{found the idea on pinterest} 

Happy Valentines Day! :)

Jungle Birthday Party!

What do you do for your little boy who LOVES the movie Jungle Book?  Throw him a Jungle birthday party, of course! :)

I have been thinking about his upcoming 4th {agh! 4!} birthday party.  I remembered this one and thought I'd share.

I did a LOT of searching the web for ideas and thinking.  This is what I came up with:

    

THE INVITES:

"Have you herd?  The King of the Jungle is turning 2!"

"So, swing on over to XXXX on XXXX. We'll have snacks, cake, and lots of monkey business!"

DECORATIONS:

 I took 2 white poster boards.  Drew the spiral for Kaa on one.  And the head on another.  Used my tempara paint to paint him.  He hung by the jungle tree.  See it in the back of the picture below?  You can get Jungle leaves butcher paper at Hobby Lobby {used my 40% off coupon}.  And then I had some old brown packing paper I used to wrap around the pole for the trunk.  And Kaa was slithering out of the tree.  

 Used Green streamers for the vines.

It was cheaper just to buy solid color orange and white tablecloths from Walmart for $1 and used a permanent marker to make the tiger and zebra strips on the side.

THE GAMES/ACTIVITIES:

 When, the kiddos first got there, I had them color their vest.  These are just paper sacks that I got for free at Safeway.  You just go to Customer Service and ask for them.  If they are nice, they will give them to you.  Or they might make you pay like a $1 or something.  We cut out the necks and arm holes.  This is PERFECT to do at the beginning! Because as you know, kids will show up late.  If they didn't color it- no big deal.  Just a good activity to have the kids do to keep them busy while you wait for everyone to arrive.

SAFARI:

 Kids getting ready to go on a Safari!  This was so much fun, the kids LOVED it!

I gave them all hats, binoculars, and map to go with their vest.

You will need:

A Map 

{just click to download the one I made}

Safari Hats

Binoculars

Jungle Animals

Jungle Animal Stickers

I had hid these inflatable jungle animals around the backyard.

The kids had to go find them. When they found the animal they would put a sticker down.  For example, looking below, my son had found the giraffe.  So, he put the giraffe sicker on his map.  I had the giraffe stickers in a Ziploc bag taped to the animal for the kids to take one out.

ELEPHANT MARCH:

 I made these elephant trunks using dixie cups {tutorial here} and had the kids march in a circle on a circle I had drawn with sidewalk chalk.  I had taped down a brown piece of paper on the circle somewhere as the "mud".  They would march as the music played {I used a download of the Elephant march song in the movie Jungle Book}. Then, when the music would stop, whatever "elephant" was stuck in the mud when the music ended got to come over and get an animal sucker to go in their treat favor box.

 SOAK SHERE KHAN:

 I drew and laminated Shere Khan.  Taped him to a pole in the backyard.  Filled up water balloons and let the kids throw them at him.  They loved it!!

PARACHUTE:

 I own one of these from teaching.  But, you can buy one here.  I put the inflatable jungle animals I bought for the safari in the middle of the parachute.  The kids had fun shaking it and making the tiger, zebra, or whatever move around.  Sometimes I could get them to launch the monkey too.  Lots of giggles!

THE CAKE:

 Used the Wilton Elephant Cake Pan

Bought it at JoAnns using a 50% off coupon.

This party was so much fun!!  It's funny, whenever we go to one of our friends house, her son will say "Who is Ashley again?"  And she will say "Remember the Jungle Party?"  He will smile and say "Oh yeah, that was fun!"  That always makes me smile when I know my son, family, and friends had a great time!

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What do you do for your little boy who LOVES the movie Jungle Book?  Throw him a Jungle birthday party, of course! :)

I have been thinking about his upcoming 4th {agh! 4!} birthday party.  I remembered this one and thought I'd share.

I did a LOT of searching the web for ideas and thinking.  This is what I came up with:

    

THE INVITES:

"Have you herd?  The King of the Jungle is turning 2!"

"So, swing on over to XXXX on XXXX. We'll have snacks, cake, and lots of monkey business!"

DECORATIONS:

 I took 2 white poster boards.  Drew the spiral for Kaa on one.  And the head on another.  Used my tempara paint to paint him.  He hung by the jungle tree.  See it in the back of the picture below?  You can get Jungle leaves butcher paper at Hobby Lobby {used my 40% off coupon}.  And then I had some old brown packing paper I used to wrap around the pole for the trunk.  And Kaa was slithering out of the tree.  

 Used Green streamers for the vines.

It was cheaper just to buy solid color orange and white tablecloths from Walmart for $1 and used a permanent marker to make the tiger and zebra strips on the side.

THE GAMES/ACTIVITIES:

 When, the kiddos first got there, I had them color their vest.  These are just paper sacks that I got for free at Safeway.  You just go to Customer Service and ask for them.  If they are nice, they will give them to you.  Or they might make you pay like a $1 or something.  We cut out the necks and arm holes.  This is PERFECT to do at the beginning! Because as you know, kids will show up late.  If they didn't color it- no big deal.  Just a good activity to have the kids do to keep them busy while you wait for everyone to arrive.

SAFARI:

 Kids getting ready to go on a Safari!  This was so much fun, the kids LOVED it!

I gave them all hats, binoculars, and map to go with their vest.

You will need:

A Map 

{just click to download the one I made}

Safari Hats

Binoculars

Jungle Animals

Jungle Animal Stickers

I had hid these inflatable jungle animals around the backyard.

The kids had to go find them. When they found the animal they would put a sticker down.  For example, looking below, my son had found the giraffe.  So, he put the giraffe sicker on his map.  I had the giraffe stickers in a Ziploc bag taped to the animal for the kids to take one out.

ELEPHANT MARCH:

 I made these elephant trunks using dixie cups {tutorial here} and had the kids march in a circle on a circle I had drawn with sidewalk chalk.  I had taped down a brown piece of paper on the circle somewhere as the "mud".  They would march as the music played {I used a download of the Elephant march song in the movie Jungle Book}. Then, when the music would stop, whatever "elephant" was stuck in the mud when the music ended got to come over and get an animal sucker to go in their treat favor box.

 SOAK SHERE KHAN:

 I drew and laminated Shere Khan.  Taped him to a pole in the backyard.  Filled up water balloons and let the kids throw them at him.  They loved it!!

PARACHUTE:

 I own one of these from teaching.  But, you can buy one here.  I put the inflatable jungle animals I bought for the safari in the middle of the parachute.  The kids had fun shaking it and making the tiger, zebra, or whatever move around.  Sometimes I could get them to launch the monkey too.  Lots of giggles!

THE CAKE:

 Used the Wilton Elephant Cake Pan

Bought it at JoAnns using a 50% off coupon.

This party was so much fun!!  It's funny, whenever we go to one of our friends house, her son will say "Who is Ashley again?"  And she will say "Remember the Jungle Party?"  He will smile and say "Oh yeah, that was fun!"  That always makes me smile when I know my son, family, and friends had a great time!

The Godhead~ "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?" Printable

Page 1

Page 2

You can download them HERE or in Dropbox HERE

Here are the printables I used for the lesson "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?"

For my handout I did heart suckers with this scripture attached:

D&C 8:2

Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.

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Page 1

Page 2

You can download them HERE or in Dropbox HERE

Here are the printables I used for the lesson "What are the roles of the Holy Ghost?"

For my handout I did heart suckers with this scripture attached:

D&C 8:2

Yea, behold, I will tell you in your mind and in your heart, by the Holy Ghost, which shall come upon you and which shall dwell in your heart.

UPDATE on "Come Follow Me INBs"

I have made all the title pages for all the months in 2013!

They can be found HERE on the original "Come Follow Me INBs" post.

Thanks for all the positive comments and e-mails about these notebooks!

Glad I could help! :)

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I have made all the title pages for all the months in 2013!

They can be found HERE on the original "Come Follow Me INBs" post.

Thanks for all the positive comments and e-mails about these notebooks!

Glad I could help! :)

Bowling Game!

What kid doesn't love to bowl!?

This is a favorite game my kids like to play!

This concept can be used to review math facts, reading, phonics, songs, etc...

Pretty much whatever.

I will show you the way I set up this game for music time in my church, but you could put anything behind the numbers they pic.  Like I said, you could write math facts, blends, phonics, quiz questions, etc... behind the cards.  I use this game in tutoring too.  So, the kid doesn't just get annoyed at me asking a lot of questions.  He bowls his questions.  I usually put a mark or something down in front of the pins so they have a line not to cross when they are bowling.  Put it farther away to challenge older kids.  Closer for the youngin.

I just cut these out of construction paper.  Numbers on one side.  Song on the other side.  {If we need to practice one song in particular, I put it behind two or three numbers}

 Just so more kids get to participate, I have kid #1 bowl.  Then, kid #2 bowl.  We add up how many pins they both knocked down together.  And that is the number we turn over.  So, below it looks like we are singing "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" cuz they together knocked down 8 pins!

BTW, I always put "Pick your favorite song" behind 10.  And you would think this happens a lot in Sr. Primary... actually it doesn't. 

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What kid doesn't love to bowl!?

This is a favorite game my kids like to play!

This concept can be used to review math facts, reading, phonics, songs, etc...

Pretty much whatever.

I will show you the way I set up this game for music time in my church, but you could put anything behind the numbers they pic.  Like I said, you could write math facts, blends, phonics, quiz questions, etc... behind the cards.  I use this game in tutoring too.  So, the kid doesn't just get annoyed at me asking a lot of questions.  He bowls his questions.  I usually put a mark or something down in front of the pins so they have a line not to cross when they are bowling.  Put it farther away to challenge older kids.  Closer for the youngin.

I just cut these out of construction paper.  Numbers on one side.  Song on the other side.  {If we need to practice one song in particular, I put it behind two or three numbers}

 Just so more kids get to participate, I have kid #1 bowl.  Then, kid #2 bowl.  We add up how many pins they both knocked down together.  And that is the number we turn over.  So, below it looks like we are singing "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" cuz they together knocked down 8 pins!

BTW, I always put "Pick your favorite song" behind 10.  And you would think this happens a lot in Sr. Primary... actually it doesn't. 

Primary Idol

Primary Idol!

I did this towards the end of the year when it was time to review all the songs before the Primary Program.  I asked 3 members from our ward to come in as guest judges.  My husband downloaded the infamous American Idol intro music on a CD.  I played that as our guest judges entered the Primary room and had a seat up front.  Each Judge had a sign with their # on it.  They also were each judging a different thing.  For example: Judge #1 was judging whether the kids were watching the chorister & giving great effort.  Judge #2 was judging whether the kids knew the words to the songs.  Judge #3 was judging the volume & reverence level.  They had these "thumb"s to either give a thumbs up or thumbs down for their category. 

Was great!  Kids really enjoyed it!

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Primary Idol!

I did this towards the end of the year when it was time to review all the songs before the Primary Program.  I asked 3 members from our ward to come in as guest judges.  My husband downloaded the infamous American Idol intro music on a CD.  I played that as our guest judges entered the Primary room and had a seat up front.  Each Judge had a sign with their # on it.  They also were each judging a different thing.  For example: Judge #1 was judging whether the kids were watching the chorister & giving great effort.  Judge #2 was judging whether the kids knew the words to the songs.  Judge #3 was judging the volume & reverence level.  They had these "thumb"s to either give a thumbs up or thumbs down for their category. 

Was great!  Kids really enjoyed it!