Catching Up

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!

Here is a bunch of us kids swimming at a reservoir.   

We took this picture right before our Russian teacher moved to Russia.  

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! 

Cute little Grace taking a swim!

This is Izibek filling up our pool

Our little kitty is doing great!

Ben loves her!

Sometimes she gets a little too much love,  for example, when Ben wants to take her swimming!

They are almost always together.

Summer cleaning!

We have to be just like the Tajiks.  Forget about swimsuits!  Just swim in your underwear.

When we buy tons of fruits we just wash them in big buckets outside.

apricots, rasberries, cherries, blackberries, and blueberries

Here is our concert at the embassy.  The ambassador came!  It was really fun.

Grace, Ben and I at the Botanical Garden!

The front gate of the Botanical Garden.  It is huge!

Ben's first day of Russian school!

He fit in right away and he loves it!

Nathan attempting to breakdance.

Grace with her, "I am so cool" look.

Luke breakdancing.

Ben contemplating the water.

If the boys do it, then Grace must too!

Ben riding his scooter at the park.

Matt skateboarding down a whole bunch of steps.  The boys are getting pretty daring!

 
   I'll try to write more later!

   Taylor