Hello everyone! I am so sorry it has taken us FOREVER to post. We have had an extremely hectic summer filled with school. Emma and I were doing several online classes over the whole summer and we are very happy for our one week of break. Because of the time difference, we were up until 1:00 a.m. everyday for class. I am so happy to have made it through the summer alive and to have passed all of my classes! Praise the Lord!
Dad has been planning a camping trip for a while and he is impatient to get started. We are planning to go to a lake up in the mountains and I am hoping to take many pictures to show you all! Instead of writing a million word post to catch up on everything we have done this summer, I have decided just to post some pictures. I hope you are all doing well!
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| Here is a bunch of us kids swimming at a reservoir. |
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| We took this picture right before our Russian teacher moved to Russia. |
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| Here is Ben rolling the watermelon in the pool. The water from the river that we get is freezing cold and it works just as good as the refrigerator! |
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| Cute little Grace taking a swim! |
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| This is Izibek filling up our pool |
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| Our little kitty is doing great! |
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| Ben loves her! |
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| Sometimes she gets a little too much love, for example, when Ben wants to take her swimming! |
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| They are almost always together. |
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| Summer cleaning! |
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| We have to be just like the Tajiks. Forget about swimsuits! Just swim in your underwear. |
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| When we buy tons of fruits we just wash them in big buckets outside. |
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| apricots, rasberries, cherries, blackberries, and blueberries |
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| Here is our concert at the embassy. The ambassador came! It was really fun. |
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| Grace, Ben and I at the Botanical Garden! |
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| The front gate of the Botanical Garden. It is huge! |
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| Ben's first day of Russian school! |
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| He fit in right away and he loves it! |
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| Nathan attempting to breakdance. |
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| Grace with her, "I am so cool" look. |
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| Luke breakdancing. |
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| Ben contemplating the water. |
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| If the boys do it, then Grace must too! |
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| Ben riding his scooter at the park. |
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| Matt skateboarding down a whole bunch of steps. The boys are getting pretty daring! |
I'll try to write more later!
Taylor
