Friday, October 14, 2011

teeth

Our jack-o-lantern lost his two top teeth yesterday.
The tooth fairy brought him a silver dollar.
He can't wait to get to the dollar store!

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Russia Picnic

 James and Alex-both born May 2001 and the only kids from Shuya
(all the other kids are from Ivanovo)

 Lucas, Alex, Alex, Anton, Alex and Max

 twenty blessings
 Lauren (11) and Nick (7)
 Alex and Max (twins, 10)
 Ana (11 years) and Yuri (14 years)
 James (10) and Grace (7)
 Lucas (11), Alex (13) and Analyse (8)
 twin girls (9) and Sergei (11)
 Anton (13) and Lilya (9)
Ivan building a dam for the bikers on the trail to run over!

It was fantastic to see all our ABC Adoption families.  It is amazing to see all our healthy, vibrant kids.  Each one of them knows the true meaning of perseverance.  
The kids haven't seen each other for at least 6 years.  They were shy for about 5 minutes and then took off running like they'd been friends forever. 
The moms and dads...we couldn't stop talking!  We are already planning our next picnic and also a mom's weekend for this fall. 
Perfectly Awesome!

Choir

The Timber Creek 4th and 5th grade choirs had their first performance last week.
Below is a link to video of a couple songs.
Click on CHOIR.
The user name is timber and the password is creek.
Alex is on the second row toward the middle.