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It's been a while...so here is an update on Dema 31 Mar 2011 | 09:41 am
It's been a while since we have updated you on Dema's transition, so here is a snapshot view of our lives over the past month. Dema had 7 teeth extracted, of which 2 are already being replaced with ...
Our new life! 17 Feb 2011 | 01:05 pm
Okay, after nearly a full month of being home and trying to settle in it's about time I give an update. We have been awfully busy trying to keep up with our business, changes in our lives, and of co...
Home at last!! 22 Jan 2011 | 03:51 am
It took nearly 26 hours of travel, but we are finally HOME!!! When we boarded Ukraine International the question started, "Dema mama America?" I was able to show him a wold map and explained that we...
More than ready to get out of here! 19 Jan 2011 | 06:17 pm
We are here! Now, instead of two questions every day.."papa--Kiev?, and papa--mama America?" We are down to one! The train ride was interesting--I couldn't get Dema to go to...
Comin' Home--well, almost... 18 Jan 2011 | 09:27 am
Well, it's here--Dema's last day at the children's home and his first day as a member of our family! When I arrived, the kids were all getting ready for their 5 minute trek to school--I got to say on...
Dema's last night in the children's home!! 17 Jan 2011 | 08:17 am
I figured I would take this opportunity to share some of the pictures we have received of Dema from the summer of 2005--he would have been 4 years old! The information we had been given originally sa...
A day for play! 16 Jan 2011 | 04:01 pm
Today (actually it was yesterday) Mick, Janel, and I took the kids out for a day of fun... Andre (our driver) came to pick us up right on schedule and we were off the the children's home for the kid...
Dema's "official" last day as a resident! 15 Jan 2011 | 02:19 pm
When Cindy and I were here on our first trip, I seem to remember just a little difficulty adjusting to the time difference--I had several folks tell me that when you travel east the adjustment is e...
Got a heart for orphans??? 14 Jan 2011 | 08:04 am
"America...PLEASE???" Those were the words we heard more than one time... After our first trip to Ukraine, Cindy and I were even more excited bring Dema into our home. But over the 3 weeks that we...
Was it the Baja 500 or Daytona?? 13 Jan 2011 | 09:06 am
There are many folks who wanted to know where the kids go to school...here it is. It didn't seen too terribly different from our schools, I could see students sitting at desks through the windows, an...
