More from Turin

Nathaniel recently uploaded his pictures from Turin to my computer, so here are a few.  It appears he took a lot of pictures of me in restaurants.  In this first one, we are drinking bicerin in our favorite chocolate shop.  Bicerin is a local specialty, with chocolate on bottom, a shot of espresso in the middle, and cream on top.  I'm not a coffee person, but I did drink a couple of bicerins on this trip.  (I still don't like coffee.)

That, in my mug, is chocolate.  Liquid chocolate.  It was divine.

Apparently, when we travel, Nathaniel always finds giant balls for a photos.

This was in a cute little Ukranian restaurant that had the best dumplings!

 

June Harvest Totals and post-VBS

 June Harvest Totals:

Eggs - 135

Garlic scapes - 3

Pea pods - 1/2 c

Tatsoi - 2c

Obviously, this was not the kind of harvest I was looking for!  Deer and severe heat were both issues, and eggs are lagging because a raccoon took out 4 layers and our beloved Rooster Sam.  It's not been fun.  We have re-secured the coop, but we now only have 6 hens.  I was looking to raise meat birds and a few regular chicks, but we will have to increase the number of layers, so more chicks will be forthcoming.  

Last week was Vacation Bible School week, so Lydia, Gyunay, Emry, and I helped out every morning.  Here is Emry getting ready for a skit with the rest of the cast.  He was so excited that he got to be Saint Juan Diego, one of his favorite saints.

On Friday, we had an epic swim birthday party for Gyunay.  His birthday is actually this week, but we celebrated early by renting out the aquatic center and inviting the homeschool group and our family.  He had so much fun.  The weather was great for it, and it was really nice.  It was so nice, the homeschool moms are considering pooling money to rent it again next year. 

On Sunday, five of the kids and I headed to the Newport Aquarium, where we met up with my family to explore sea life.