Dr. Ron Paul in Portsmouth

We drove down to Portsmouth to see Dr. Ron Paul speak at a town hall meeting.  It was a really good forum.  The questions people asked were great.  Some new friends of ours, to the right of Owen, gave us an ind-epth overview of the research they've done on the OWS movement on the ride back home.  Overall, it was a very full night leaving us with a lot to think about!

Dr. Paul answers a questions from undecided voters in the audience.

Auntie's Chickies

Auntie and Uncle bought some keets this spring, which grew up into Guinea hens.  Less than half survived the road of death and the predators lurking in the thicket, but in the meantime, they helped keep the lawn tick-free.  Well, Auntie and Uncle found that a coop partially filled is no coop at all.  So they went and bought some egg-layers to join in the fun.

They taught the Guniea hens to roost with the chickens.  What a cool house these fowl have.  The most spacious of any I have seen.  Of course, it is supposed to be a horse stall...

Olivia cuddles Helen, the golden feathered.

Owen feeds Autumn hen out of the palm of his hand.

swim fishy swim!

Saveia rockin' the swim class.

Bento

So, in an attempt to liven things up in the lunch category of life, I decided to make "Bento Box" lunches for all of us.  (I was also inundated with photos of Bento Boxes on Pinterest.)  This is Zoey's Bento with cut up egg, grapes, sugar snap peas and my version of Onigiri, basically rolled balls of rice but without the faces.  Since she's no sugar at this point, she got her own pack of Sky Flakes---the Filipino Cracker.  tee hee

The kids loved them...

For the older kids I made heart-shaped fried rice patties and "baby" boiled eggs with olive pieces for eyes.  The tutorial I watched used pre-boiled quail eggs, but since those weren't available at my local store, I went with good ol' chicken eggs.  The older kids also got strawberry-jelly Chinese pastries, which they didn't like.  I should have just given them the Filipino crackers...

Dylan's like, "Dude, I'm enjoying this."

Thanksgiving

Ten pounds of potatoes, but Olivia wasn't sure it'd be enough...

What's missing in this picture?

I know it looks like the turkey is missing, but it's there.  I just sliced half of it up and stuck it on the plate in the left hand corner.  Still, there's like a big gaping whole.  This is the saddest Thanksgiving photo I've ever taken.

Olivia photo bombs Zoey.

Zoey's like, "Get away from my mashed potatoes!"

Mmmm.  My favorite eating holiday.