Good morning everyone. I have missed posting on this blog and have lots to talk about. My toe is completely healed and I am so glad that is over with. We have had a fairly uneventful summer, but things are starting to rev up. I joined an organization called Impact Oklahoma and I am very excited about it. I paid a one time fee and every dime goes to nonprofit organizations we choose to help! Every dime - that doesn't happen very often. I am on one of the committees to decide which organizations to help. They apply for the money, which is quite a process and we choose the ones to help for this year. If you know anyone who is part of a nonprofit that could use some extra funds, encourage them to contact Impact Oklahoma on their website and apply. Also, I finished entering the recipes in my cookbook and I had a wonderful photographer, Anne Schmidt, take pictures of about 40 recipes for my book! I am so excited about getting this finished and printed so it will be ready for the holidays. I will let you know where you can purchase it when it is ready. We have some great trips planned this fall. First we are going to Colorado. Our kids are meeting us there for about 4 days. We have family pictures, hiking and white water rafting scheduled. After they leave, my sister and her husband will be coming up. I think the guys will play golf and Joni and I will hike and ride bikes. It will be so much fun. When we get back, the holidays will be upon us. I will have lots of great recipes for you to enjoy for Thanksgiving and Christmas. If I can figure out how to download pictures, I will post a few from my cookbook and some of my fall decorating - my favorite time of the year.