We're Home!!

Sorry it took so long, but...

YES!!! We are FINALLY HOME!!!

We got home Saturday night on June 16th. It was SO GOOD to be home. I was kissing the ground when we got inside the airport. It took us awhile to complete the blog, because our internet was down due to some changes with our internet provider while we were gone. We finally got up to speed later in the week, and it just kept slipping my mind to do it until now.

We're very proud of the girls. This was a brave thing for them to let go of what they have always known, and allow themselves to be adopted into a new family, in a new country. All things considered, I think they are handling the whole move very well. This past week has been fairly relaxed, with us just all getting used to each other. The big thing that they like to do is cook. Our last week in Kiev, the housesitter (Vika), showed them a few tricks in the kitchen, and that really got them interested. Now they want to cook something every day. No one's complaining, because what they have been making is very good. Pretty good for 1st time cooks!

Last night, the church threw a party for the girls. There was ice cream and cake, and they gave them each a new bible and some money to be buy some clothes. The kids were thrilled. This week we're going to start a regimen of English lessons on the computer, and we are going to try and bring in an English tutor, as well, especially for Sveta, so that we can get her into college as early as possible (hoping for Jan 2008). Layna and Olya are probably going to be a junior and sophomore in high school in the fall.

We are so thankful and blessed with our new family, and we are looking forward to all the new things to come.