so much pressure to blog!

alright, I underestimated the amount of time I'd have this first day of school to blog -- what with the cookies to bake for the kids' homecoming (i'm not lying...i really do make cookies at least once a year!) and the quiet house to enjoy and the DESPERATELY NEEDED time with God to spend -- ummm...don't be mad, but I still don't have much to say.


Here's what I do have...
a collage of photos to celebrate the 'denoument' (don't even know if I'm using that word in the correct grammatic form -- ask Dan Allendar) of summer:



tubing and boating on Cayuga Lake









lots and lots and lots (did I say 'lots'?) of flood clean up...
















a little bit of hiking (here we're at Buttermilk Falls)













a gorgeous and relaxing beach vacation in Delaware...





















time with family around the campfire...












a new recipe that is delicious (have you ever had yellow tomatoes?
neither had I!)


























...tea parties and slumber parties...





DUCHESS!!

hours and hours and hours (did I say hours?) of vocal recording...



...and saying goodbye to good friends...




...and now back to school (our first year with a highschooler...yikes!)
So, dear blogging friends, it's been a long, full and -- at times -- somewhat cruel summer (think Banarama!) I am so ready for Fall and I'll be back soon.