Exterior of the Russian Courthouse Dear Friends and Family, Thanks so much for the emails. It is comforting to stay connected like this when on the other side of the world. Sleep Is Quite Difficult Last night we were all tired early.  No one took a nap.  Matt went to sleep about 7:30pm and Emma […]

The view out the window of Ilya’s (Luke’s) room August 27, 2007 The PreTrial All is going well.  Yesterday Matt napped while Emma and I had lunch in the snack bar in the hotel.  $20 for a small bowl of soup, 2 pieces of bread (they charge for each piece,) a side of mashed potatoes, a small juice […]

Russian Adoption Trip 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iM36ZTc8xI&list=PLzxjwHnGjRAY_KipD65kiIMkbCauOgzek&index=1&t=34s Russian Adoption Trip 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu1H1uLcr70&list=PLzxjwHnGjRAY_KipD65kiIMkbCauOgzek&index=2&t=51s

The sign next to the front door of the orphanage Stavropol Aug 26, 2007 Hello Everyone, Yeah, we have internet access at our hotel! Last night we flew down to Stavropol, Russia. We arrived at about 10:30pm. Matt and Emma slept most of the flight. We are still off on our sleep schedule, but it […]