a busy summer

There is so much going on the next several months that I've been wanting to share with you all.
Our summer schedule will be very limited for cooking classes. We will be throwing a couple of random pop-up events as time allows throughout the summer. There may be a few kids classes mid-August as well for those that are still in town and done with their vacations and need a little something to do.
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We are thrilled to be hosting our fourth son Noah and his darling bride-to-be Lauren's wedding at the end of May for a semi-small family celebration. I mean our immediate family just on our side is pushing 40 people, so add family on the bride's side and, well, semi-small.

Anyway, the original venue did not pan out for them, so it was pared down and we were happy to step in and host.
With only a little bit of time in between, our fifth son Demetre will be marrying his darling bride-to-be Ashley.
A few weeks after their wedding, our darling niece Chloe will be marrying her fiance Taylor.

With 16 grandchildren, there's bound to be a few seasons full of weddings, babies and celebrating our family ❤️

With our daughter-in-love Nataliya being from the Ukraine, she and Andrew have invited us to travel with them this summer to visit her home and meet her family.
After thinking about it for a few weeks I decided to say yes to what will be an incredible time learning about her culture, foods she grew up with and most importantly, her family that loves her and misses her dearly.

Hearing Nataliya talk about her childhood memories is really what made me say yes to this trip. What a treat to experience first hand and get a personal tour of Kiev, Berislav which is located by Kherson in southern Ukraine. My travels will take me from the last part of June to mid July. Tom will stay here and hold down the fort with my parents.
Regularly scheduled classes will resume in September.

I will still be here in between, still posting random musings and have a few days here and there for private events if people feel inclined to have FPK host and the dates match up to make it work. Oh,and I always like being invited over for dinner or out to coffee as well!