Archive for October, 2011

thin crust pizza with zesty sauce

Posted on October 31st, 2011 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

After trying a few different styles of pizza crust, this has become our favorite. I’ve pulled some ideas from recipes online and added a few of my mother’s tips on making bread dough, which is surprisingly similar to pizza dough. The pizza sauce recipe is also really yummy–I culled it from a Southern Living magazine […]



mountain fairyland

Posted on October 27th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  4 Comments »

“A blanket of fresh white snow!” Zia said when she woke up yesterday morning. The “blanket” is about 15″ thick, and we’ve been playing in it now for two days. Would you have been able to resist this beckoning you out the door? I tried out my snowshoes for the very first time. I love to […]



he takes the warm sun with him

Posted on October 25th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

Snow’s coming, although you wouldn’t have known it from today’s warm rays. I made Caleb pose in his newly knitted ski band anyway. He looks good in it, don’t you think? While waiting for ski snow, a slide is the next best thing. Caleb is on his way back to New Mexico today, to spend […]



for the girl who loves blue

Posted on October 24th, 2011 by mountain girl  |  Comments Off on for the girl who loves blue

I’ve got somethin’ new on the needles. Somethin’ cute for my blue-lovin’ girl. (More about that coming up soon.)

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the u.s. mint in denver

Posted on October 22nd, 2011 by mountain girl  |  3 Comments »

We live only an hour from one of the 2 places in the U.S. where you can watch money being made (literally). So finally, after waiting our turn for 2 months, off we went yesterday to visit the United States Mint in Denver. The Denver Mint is one of just four mints across the country. […]