Back in Russia

Well we have arrived back in Russia... this time with kids in tow. We flew from Salt Lake City to LAX. The flight from LAX was a LONG 12 hours. The kids did really well though. Both of them slept a good portion of the way. After that long flight we then had a 10 hour van ride from Moscow to our home in Vormino. Very long trip!!! We went to bed at 5 am Tuesday (planning to only take a short nap) and no one woke up until 5 PM! Oops!!! After a few days of jet lag, life is getting back to normal. We were relocated back to Gary's original ranch of Vormino (we were previously staying at Uzha). Gary likes it much better here. Its a better ranch and his operators (Russian "cowboys") are way more efficent here. Ann, our Russian adminstrator, has a little boy named Ivan and he came over to see the kids yesterday and bring them a box of candy. He doesnt speak any English and I think he was a little scared of the kids. I speak enough Russian that I could tell him our names and ask him his. He didnt stay to play but we are practicing our Russian so next time he comes, we can ask him if he wants to play. It is snowing here nearly every day. And it is COLD!!! Gary had icecicles two inches long hanging from his moustache yesterday!!! Hopefully we will be posting pics soon of life in Russia.

Our Russian Snowman