It’s been sixteen months since Rhonda, Lindsey, and Pepper last arrived at our door with Starbucks (and this time, a cooler full of delicious fresh fruit and whipped cream) for a Craft Night.
What a night catching up, sharing pandemic stories, talking over things changed and cherished. IT WAS SO GOOD to be together again. Jack was a good boy with them, though of course he had to stay at Aunt Debby’s with Cousin Stewie when it was time for Tim to come over.
What was our craft? Building our own homemade pizzas!
They were so good. Tom prepped all the fixings, and they included: pizza crusts (naturally), sauce, mozzarella, cheddar, and parmesan cheeses, olive oil, pepperoni, Italian sausage, hamburger, bell pepper, onion, fresh spinach, black olives, and sliced mushrooms. Pizza shapes were determined by what baking sheets we had. (I built the salad. A little washing and chopping, and it just goes in a bowl–easy!)
Hours of conversation, plenty of dog play time, and that emotional blast of being together again. Here are more scenes from the night.
Lindsey’s and Tom’s pizzas.
Debby’s and Rhonda’s pizzas.
Lindsey, Rhonda, and Debby
Everybody’s hungry!
Tim’s pizza.
Tim, Rhonda, Debby, Lindsey
My pizza!
We agreed there must be more pizza building in our future. Mostly, we are grateful that vaccinations have enabled us to be together again. There may have been tears. There were lots of hugs.
Maybe I’ll try a more enjoyable pizza than what happened here that night, but not for a long while later…
Bon appétit, whenever and wherever!