These 3,000 pieces are the reason we haven’t eaten at the dinner table since July.

Dave and I have been rather busy this fall.  Lots of fun things!  Certainly things that could be blogged about…cough.

This last weekend, however, we had a break from all the fun.  Sleeping in forever on Saturday and a long bike ride to Lake Michigan on Sunday was the perfect change of pace.

With two busy jobs, we don’t always keep up with the things of daily life.  And we don’t always take the time to step away from the madness.  Time to change that.

I snapped this picture while visiting my brother at the seminary this weekend.

When a person sends your husband home with a whole bunch of tomatoes, I wish that person would also teach your husband how to cook…or send along a recipe.

Any ideas what to do?

This is how Dave and I celebrated Easter earlier this year.  Don’t worry, it wasn’t as sacrilegious as it may seem.

This photo has nothing to do with this blog post.  We went to the Chicago air show last weekend.

So, to keep up a blog.  I read an article recently that described blogging is a dying form of communication.  A bit funny for a form of communication which didn’t even exist not that long ago.  It seems Facebook makes single sentence updates so much easier.  I rather like the idea, however, of keeping the “more traditional” blog alive.

What can I say in the form of an update?  In all honesty, this year has been a bit odd.  Good things happened.  Bad things happened.  We mostly survived it all.  Let’s see what I can do to provide interesting details and not further contribute to the death of blogging.

I grew a patio garden this summer.  Starting with basil seeds and a couple seedling trays resulted in a lot more plants than I thought it would!  I also have three tomato plants, but they haven’t grown quite as heartily as the basil has.

My harvest from last weekend included a whole bunch of basil.

I thew the basil into the food processor with garlic, pine nuts, cheese and olive oil, and we have enough pesto to last a very long time.  I divided it into small portions (the perfect size for pesto pizza) and froze most of it.

I think I’ll do a garden again next year, but maybe diversify my herbs a bit.

Meet my new nephew and godson, Harrison.  He was born in May, and his baptism was in early July.  I need to travel to Arizona to see him again soon!  Before he’s all grown up.