When Mom's Away...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.

Things have been pretty crazy around here since I went back to Language School full-time. Steve and I went together last year and our babysitter, Yana, came and kept things running while we were gone.

Well, this year is a little different...


Steve keeps the kids for two hours before Yana comes and you just never know what really happens until he starts taking pictures...





I just love the "swimsuit used only as a skirt" idea.

She is growing up...

It seems we have a little multi-tasker...

I found her picking through her toes while taking care of other business.
To counteract the inevitable embarrassment she will feel when she is 16... I would like to say that she is a very impressive little potty trainer. She got the hang of it in about 2 days!
Somehow, I don't think that will be much of a comfort...

Cousins Are Awesome!!!!

Meet more of the family...

This is Steve's brother, Tim, and his wife, Janis. They have 5 beautiful kids:

Jess, Liz, Maddie, Gabby and Jackson.

They just sent the girls a box of all kinds of goodies.

They LOVED it!

They say, "THANK YOU!!!"

These are the Fuquas.

They have been the adopted Grandparents for the last year and a half. We all LOVE Robert and Ann! But, unfortunately, their language school days are over and they are moving on to the whole reason they came here to Russia in the first place. They help kids transition out of orphanages and into real life when they become 18.

We will miss them, but we know we will see them again.

Oh, the reason I included this photo now is because the shirts on my three girls in the back are from their cousins. They say, "Czarina" which is Queen in Russian. So cute!!