Yesterday I was able to enjoy part of a day at the Save a Child bowling activity. It was great to see the new children from Ukriane and meet some of the new families. This whole adopting from Ukraine idea sure seems to attract some of the greatest people. It is a brave thing to do and I didn't meet anyone that seemed faint at heart :) The children are all beautiful and like Wendy, I was reminded how far our boys have come from when they were hosted a year ago. They are doing well in school. Vitaly now studies on his own for his spelling test and gets high scores. They are reading well and speaking great English. Their confidence is high and sometimes Vitaly gets speaking so fast in English that we get lost in the accent and the words he is trying to say and resay (he is in the habit of saying things a couple different ways in case he is not understood the first time) and we have to ask him to slow down. It is amazing what a grasp a child can get on a difficult language in only 4 months. They are doing well in Gymnastics, Soccor (Vitaly is now joining a new team) and they actually like going to church. They understand more and Vitaly steps right up to do his Priesthood duties. He loves to pass the sacrament. Spencer says the cutest prayers. He says the usual things that Tyler taught them when they first arrived but now adds other heartfelt phrases like "bless the Blake and the James." and "We love you very, very much" and "bless our fam-i-lee" It is cute and his prayers are answered and we are indeed blessed.
We enjoyed a visit from Grandpa and Grandma Riches this past week and also were able to see some cousins who attend BYU and BYU-I and their friends. It was a fun weekend. Grandpa and Grandma got to meet Vitaly and Spencer and Blake for the first time and we played some games and had a great visit and of course my Dad fixed everything he could see for which we are always extremely grateful.
Tomorrow we head to Hawaii so we can get homesick while getting a tan at the same time.
Life is good and all is well.
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I am glad everything is going great. Benson didn't want to go to school the other day because he can't speak english. We talked to him and so did his teacher and he finally went. I hope you have fun in Hawaii!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDo you need a babysitter in Hawaii?!! How fun that will be!! Glad things are going well. Thank you for your help this year. We look forward to Saturday!
ReplyDeleteHawaii?! Wow! Fun trip and a tan! Now that's living. Any room for a stow away?
ReplyDeleteKaren, it would be so fun to have you stow away. I missed you at the activity yesterday. I wanted to see your host daughter and you too : Andreas, we do have babysitters. There are great blessings that come when the kids grow up and are willing to step in and take your place for a few days.
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