To the faithful few... I'm sorry!

It has come to my attention that those who faithfully check my blog are tired of seeing bikes day after day. Being a "regular-blog-checker" myself, I understand the frustration (I'm talking to you, Rick Greene!).
I have been wanting to update with pictures, but I am stateside right now typing on a laptop and am not computer saavy enough to provide you with them... so you will just have to wait a few more weeks.
We came to Texas last month to renew passports and visas and are stuck 3/4th of the way through the process right now, so we are just enjoying all the family around us.


Lucky you! I found a picture. It is from the bike trip, but doesn't contain a bike, so that is something. Can you imagine being able to bike in those beautiful mountains?! You can, too! Come on over and join us next time!

Bike Team!

For those of you who have been checking out our "Coming Events" at the botton of this page, you will be pleased to see some of these photos! The Bike Team from Texas has arrived!


This is Johnny. He is the leader of the pack. A gentle giant... and pretty good with a bike.


Will is the audio/video guy. He rides right along with them, but he also makes great DVDs of their trips.


Ryan is helping to build a bike ramp in the empty lot next to our house... that is, until the owners showed up and put a stop to it. They were afraid we might mess up the property that they may or may not build on in the next 20 years. We were actually cleaning up all the garbage for him!

We knew we had kids in our neighborhood, but they really came out of the woodwork when Jake started doing his tricks. We were warned about Jake before he came. He is not afraid of anything, even getting hurt! He proved it the first night he was here by shattering a coffee mug with his foot. Ouch!


He is even crazy without a bike!



I let them do this to Steve, but when Maddie tried to volunteer I said, "Enough is enough!"


These are two girls, Anna & Ira, that we have been getting to know when they come to our house every other week to practice their English. Yes, that is me... I went a little short and light for the summer!

Shashlik with the Neighbors

We live in a duplex that we share with our landlords. They invited us for shashlik (Russian BBQ) and we COULDN'T refuse! Our landlord, Vladimir Ivanovich, makes the BEST shashlik in town!
(This picture is from April, before the garden really took off. You should see it now! Green growing things everywhere! I think I actually saw strawberries yesterday.)


They have two daughters. One lives in Israel with her husband and 1 year old son. Galya lives here. She is studying to be a Veterinarian.