Basil, Birthdays, and a Baptism

Somebody from church gave me this wonderful pot that has a gauge to tell me when it needs water. I figured I might not kill things with this pot so I decided to try some flowers and basil. I bought a big basil plant at Trader Joe's that has just grown and grown. There are some leaves on this plant that are now like four inches long.

On Wednesday, I decided to make my first ever batch of homemade tomato sauce. I was just getting sick of the flavor of the store bought tomato sauce that comes in a jar. I also decided that since I had this wonderful basil plant I would be able to use lots of nice fresh basil to make the flavor of the tomato sauce really good. After consulting my mom and the internet I came up with a combination I thought would be good.

This is my basil and garlic waiting to go in the pot. And here is the tomato sauce all done. It was really yummy! Even Dimitri enjoyed it! I had to blend it up for him though so it wasn't chunky. We had it for his 10 month birthday dinner.

Dimitri also got another suprise on his 10 month birthday. A new cousin! My sister had her third child, a baby girl named Selah Joy Belland on July 29. She was 5 weeks early so she weighed only 4 lbs 13 oz and was 17 inches long.

I have become a bit lethal with hot things lately. Last Sunday I had the hot iron fall down onto the top of my hand. Then while I was making the tomato sauce some of the sauce leapt out while I was stirring and left a blister/burn on the lower part of hand. I am lucky I did not burn my whole hand when I grilled out a few nights later.

Today, we had the baptism of Isaac Paul at church. I was honored to be his godmother. He did such a wonderful job during the baptism. He did not even cry when he was dunked in the water. His parents, Wally and Andrea, are very blessed with a wonderful baby boy!