Playing Catch-Up

Soooooo it's been some time since my last blog post.  I've gotten a couple of complaints for being a slacker/blogger, so now I'll try to redeem myself.  Life is unbelievably busy.  I will try my best to get caught up here, and then I'll do some special posts on some specific events worth detailing.  

 On April 25th Wayne & I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary!  Our wonderful kids threw us a very special party complete with the renewing of our vows.  They attended to many details including a cake decorated like our actual wedding cake, pictures, the Guest Book from our wedding for our guests to sign, flowers, and so much more.  We are so blessed!

 This is Sierra and I at her piano recital.  She played beautifully even if Slava did manage to find his way up to the front and sit on the piano bench for a few moments!  You can view her performance on Facebook.

Wayne is digging a trench to run a waterline from our new well to the house.  It has become a little boys' dream playground complete with excavator, dump truck, and dirt!  Please ignore the safety violations here!

We are finished with school....sort of.  Wayne and I, Sierra and Andrii, attended the annual LEAH Homeschooling Convention in Rochester the first week of June.  Typically after convention, and the purchase of new school books, no one wants to finish the "old" books.  For the most part we are done, but summer just means a new routine, a bit more relaxed, but one where learning is still occurring.

This summer is one of transitions.  Sierra is babysitting and managed to land a little job at the local library.  Andrii mows our lawn but has also begun to work a couple days with Pop Flach (his grandfather), and Anna is working at a near by farm helping with the horses.  It requires a little more running around for me, but next summer both Sierra and Andrii will be driving so that will help...I think.

Curtis is taking a summer Calculus 2 class and working, Wayne & Kerri just celebrated their 2nd anniversary, and Missy has a dear friend from Sweden, Andrea, visiting for the week.  We girls are all heading to NYC one day this week to show Andrea the sites.

Stay tuned on a post about my trip to Christian Alliance For Orphans' annual Orphan Summit.  God is showing me so many things and breaking my heart for the fatherless.