Russian food!

Our girls had a craving for Russian food yesterday, good thing there's a Russian store nearby!

Olga also bought some syroki, but we devoured those very quickly!

It's so neat to hear the girls talk about and remember familiar and favorite tastes and smells from Russia!

How is it possible...

...that our Nina is a freshman in high school?


We recently submitted this picture of her for our home school yearbook--she's growing WAY too fast!

7 years ago today...

(Update: 03/08/09 Olga received word earlier today that she has been accepted into the music program at OSU!)

...we received an email that would literally change our life forever--we heard about an 11 yr. old Russian orphan who wanted a family.

Today--7 years later--we took our oldest daughter (that FORMER Russian orphan) for a piano audition at the university where John and I met 26 yrs. ago. For now, here's a picture--I'm trying to upload a short video of her warming up.