Holidays and Harvests

The broccoli patch needed harvesting--as did the potatoes, zucchini, snow peas, and onions. Knowing we were going to the TSBC graduation, we decided it would be a perfect place to bless others with the bountiful broccoli harvest. So, we harvested most of the broccoli and took it along with us to Saturday's graduation ceremony. It's always a blessing to bless others.

Well, we're now two days into summer vacation, known as 'school holidays' around here. Micah has already become bored, as our neighbor boys aren't finished for another couple of days. One of the girls in Micah's class invited the entire class to her home for a bonfire and supper (evening snack). As Greg and Micah were off for this event, I decided I'd better get busy grating the zucchini we picked on Saturday. After all, why does one grow zucchini? For zucchini bread of course! (Well, we've had some nice stir-fry as well as a lovely plate of veggies prepared for the TSBC graduation tea). I want zucchini bread year round, so I keep it grated in the freezer. After grating up Saturdays harvest, I went out to the garden and picked the pile that's pictured here. I ended up with 27 sandwich size Ziploc bags full of grated zucchini. Yum!

End of School Year!

Well, we've come to the end of our first full school year. Micah has just completed year 7 and TSBC students (and faculty) are breathing a sigh of relief. While it may be Christmas where you are (and likely cold), it is summer here in New Zealand. We've had a relatively cool start to the summer with cool temps and several days of rain. Last week the schedule was full of end-of-the-year activities, including Hastings Christian School's Prizegiving (the Kiwi version of an awards ceremony/graduation. Unfortunately, I was unable to get any good pictures of Micah at the prizegiving, as he stood in the back of the student body, besides we were seated near the back, but here's a picture of Bea playing her cello in the school orchestra.