Another day at the park...

Jillian's 16th Birthday

Thank You all who donated!

We were overjoyed when we got home and saw how many of you contributed to us. Our house was stocked with everything we needed to get started raising these three kids! We were so in need and your donations made such a difference in our lives that we want you to know how significant your gifts were. We are at a loss as to how to express our gratitude.

Two people deserve a special mention for also making this adoption and transition back home happen.

Brian/Jayne Reese attended to all of our affairs while we are gone. We could say so much about these wonderful people but will will simply say we could not have done this without them.

Cindy Henricksen completely organized the all of the donations and set up the kids' room. This was a job of great magnitude, with countless hours working and we would have been lost without her great help.

Life is good at home!

Life is crazy in our house! 5 kids! Our 3 new additions are so excited (and loud) about everything... Imagine being in a circus 16 hours a day! We are enjoying this time and appreciate the great blessing these kids are. Their English and table manners are improving a little each day. They are so excited at meal time but they know we must pray before we eat. So in anticipation they say "A B C D, Amen" and look to me to see if that's sufficient to allow them to eat! They are beginning to call each other by their American names. They love their bicycles and big wheel! Scooby Doo is the favorite show. They sing and dance with the theme song but the only words they get right are when the chorus sings scooby doo.

Funny eating habits: They hate peanut butter and cheese of any kind. They will not eat cereal with milk in it. They love tomato juice but will not drink milk. They love fruit but will not touch crackers.

We took them to school to get registration started and the South-Western school staff (especially Mr. Kennedy) were very generous with their help to us. Hopefully next week they will be attending classes.

We are Home!

We are back home and everything is well!

We are on schedule

We had a great experience at the US Embassy today. All visas and paperwork are in order. We will be leaving Ukraine tomorrow and arrive in Columbus by 9:00 p.m.