Changing the whole side of the rubics cube...

With no hope of Russia - US adoption relations changing any time soon we are withdrawing from adopting from Russia for the foreseeable future. In a future post I will let our readers in on where we are going next. Most of our paperwork has been redone and redirected for another country and will soon be submitted to that new country at which time we will post on here the new direction we are taking and progress made. Thanks to all who pray for us and email/phone/comment their support in this tumulous venture.

The rubiks changes again...

Sad to inform our readers that due to a US slap on the wrist of the Russian involvement in something that doesn't even involve the US, the Pah-roos-kah's have slapped back. This childish slapping wouldn't be bad if it didn't directly affect the adoption demographics who have even less to do with this stupidity. What makes it even more ridiculous is the fact that the US has domestic/public and/or mass shootings every other week, an economy propped up on Popsicle sticks and heading for the Grande Canyon among other things AND they are busy with nonsense like this... speaks volumes about the state of the union.
Read about it here:
http://rt.com/politics/russia-ban-us-adoptions-183/

Blog Face needs lift...

This blog which was created back in 2009 when we adopted Drew and Demitri has not had a face lift or any cosmetic makeover since its creation so today we decided to infuse some different elements and colors into it. Personally, I like dark background with light colored text. Hopes this works for our readers as well.

Visit rescheduled...

Logistical hiccup has now made us postpone our flights for this upcoming weekend to the following weekend. We have some papers that didn't get to Russia on time before we got there so rescheduled everything a week later. Can't say we are totally surprised, with international adoption you pretty much have to expect anything. There has to be some good in this I'm sure... stay tuned.

Referral...

Hello Everyone: Just sharing a pic of our little guy. Going to meet him in less then 10 days.

Welcome back... its been almost 2yrs since our last blog post!!! Where has all the time gone? The title of our blog is coming to a crossroads. It reads "A Tale of 2 Boys" and paperwork is underway to make it "A Tale of 3 (possibly 4 Boys". What happens with our title at that point, we don't yet know.

Welcome to the Blog Days of Summer

its been some months since we last posted here about the boys. Seems like we're like everybody else, once you have your child(ren) home you tend to no longer find time to post on the blog. Lets start off easy with a few recent pics of the boys.

 Demitri & Drew enjoying the Turtle-Pool in what they call a "rare hot, muggy summer" for this part of the world.

 Drew showing off his new baseball glove that grandpa gave him. I'm assuming the V shape he's making with his left hand is for "victory" in his first game.

 Demitri is shaping up to be just like me; multitasking on porcelain. Someday we're going to have to break down and fix that printer; keeps unrolled lots of paper.

 Jen's gaggle of males. Whenever she steps out for even the briefest of moments to hang laundry on the clothesline or run an errand next doors, upon returning her boys greet her as if she'd been gone for a week.