Sherwood Family Nonsense

Astana is, by far, the most northern place we've ever lived.  Brandon and I have, surprisingly, spent a lot of our marriage hanging out ...

Spring has finally arrived in Astana.  The nights are above freezing, and all of the trees have started leafing out.  We have our windows op...

There are certain milestones that come with parenting.  Some milestones are good ones - first smile, first piano recital, first day of schoo...

This year for spring break, we went to Thailand.  We've enjoyed our spring break trips for the past two years, and so I've decided t...

We are now halfway through our first winter here in Astana.  I have been afraid of winter ever since we got this assignment back in 2021, so...

When my aunt and Uncle visited Uzbekistan last April, I took the three oldest children with for an overnight trip to Khiva with our visitors...

Winter in Astana is a serious thing.  When we would talk about various places we could live in,  Astana was in my bottom five, along with Ni...

This past Saturday we got to go on a little trip out of town to see some traditional Kazakh activities.  Kazakhs are very proud of their nom...

I am, generally, not a big canner.  I learned how to can from my mother, who grew up canning.  When I was a child, we would have various day...

On Tuesday, our stuff finally arrived from Tashkent.  I'm not quite sure how it took five weeks to travel 1000 miles, which averages out...