August something to something… I’ve lost track of time.

Here are some pictures and explanations of things that have been going on so far!!

My family took me to a fish farm for lunch one day as a treat... they had TONS of fish.. take a look at the next pic!

These are tiny things but it was cool to watch. They had a billion other types of fish there.

Our cows are sick… one ate too much and is a little fat and the other is too skinny. The fat one we gave this mixture of alcohol, baking soda, warm water, and oil…? What?! I don’t know but they force-fed the cow the mixture and said she’ll be better soon. The other cow had to get shots to make her eat more...

Not our cow but I got to feed one of my relatives calf. He was strong! Ate all the carrots I picked from the garden right out of my hand! haha

I got to help herd the lambs tonight! They whack the lambs who don’t follow or who are slow so I ended up chasing after them or stomping right behind them so they keep going otherwise they would get hit, and I did not want that HAHA the sheep herders thought it was hilarious, but I had my little cousin do it with me so it wasn’t as “embarrassing.” But I’ll be doing this every night with my papa from here on out!

This is the view I get almost every single night I go to herd the sheep! Isn't that a cool sight?! And all the lamb in the street... I love it haha all the people along the way know me now and think it's hilarious that this foreigner goes to bring the sheep back home from the fields hah :)

August 9, 2012 (Thursday)

My new host sister’s 16^th birthday!

And kids kids kids! Dear goodness so many kids! HAHAHA 

Sister's 16th birthday and her beautiful butterfly cake! And a bunch of our cousins

We danced during the day... we danced during the night. We danced and danced... like at every other Armenian party I've ever been to... or when we decide to just hang out. They LOVE to dance here! I've got some learning to do... my dancing skills aren't quite ... hah ya you know if you know me :)

Birthday girl Araqsya and our grandpa... let me tell you... he definitely has a character! hah

Like I said... Kids Kids Kids! hah during the day and during the night. We went on a tiny hike up the mountain and ate sunflower seeds outside when it was cooler later that night.