Good to see the provocative blog dialogue (blogalog) while I was away. But we are back!

Back from our vacation to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. Both our daughters went with us as traveled with some of our dearest friends to Italy for a week. It was great. Got to see the Sistine chapel, the first century tomb of Peter, the frescoes at Arezzo, the remarkable San Clemente Church, the ruins in Pompeii, and the Vatican museum. Even got to attend the papal audience on Wednesday in St. Peter's Square. What a cool scene of the universality of the Church as people from all over the globe gathered together. Good stuff! Look for video updates in the coming weeks - we used the cell phone to capture a few of the best moments and will post those soon.

Back to work tonight - live shows this weekend. Even Andy will be back from his protracted vacation. And Ron will be manning the phones - he was in Ohio last week to celebrate his mom's 65th birthday.

It is good to be home.