Joleen's Blessing...

We are blessing Joleen this Sunday, Feb 7th at 9:00 at the 51st & Dover building. Muffins & goodies at my mom's after! Hope to see you there!

The Brick Oven

Melissa got me a really cool cookbook for Christmas. Its called JAMIE AT HOME by Jamie Oliver. The portion I've become infatuated with is the pizza section. Jamie had a brick oven built in his backyard (I've included a photo for reference) and he raves about the difference its made in his pizzas. While he claims you can get "similar" (read, not as good) results, I just can't get the brick oven out of my head. The book's influence has seeped into our ramped up attempts to purchase a house here in Los Angeles. So I'm now officially OBSESSED with the idea of building one in our new backyard. Just hope the backyard ends up being big enough!

Julian and Caleb's Joy School Christmas Program

Luckily Melissa videotaped this. Caleb is one of two Josephs and Julian is the innkeeper and a shepherd. Good times!

Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes

We got some really fantastic tomatoes last year in our weekly produce box. We made some killer pasta sauce with them (among other things). This year, Melissa and I are planting a small garden in a friend's yard. I went a little crazy and ordered 7 different heirloom tomato plants. Probably should have cut down the list a bit, but they all looked so delicious. They included:



Summer Cider



Green Giant



Paul Robeson



and Black Krim

Hopefully they'll be productive enough that we can jar plenty of sauce and fruit for everyone! I'll keep you posted.