Schedule

Now that we know our court date, we can predict fairly accurately what the rest of our schedule will look like. Court date is Tuesday May 31. The 15 day waiting period starts the following day, June 1. We will get custody of the munchkins on June 16, and leave for Almaty either that day or the following day, whenever the "Spanish Train" goes to Almaty. We will spend approximately 1 week in Almaty, which time is completely dependent on how long it takes to get all the other paperwork, exit interviews, medical reviews, etc., finished. That means we should leave Almaty on either the 24th or the 25th, and it will take us 1 day to get home, due to the time difference and assuming we have a decent layover. We will most likely be going through from Almaty to Moscow to Atlanta. We'll have to buy 4 tickets from Almaty to Moscow, then our skymiles tickets will take us home directly from Moscow. So, 4 weeks from today, we should be on our way home. Whew.

Today was a really fun day with the kids. They are really starting to get to know us, and know that when we say "no" that means to stop whatever they are doing. Dub smacked his head for the 74th time today, and for the first time, it brought real tears. Then again, he did fall down directly on cement, so it's understandable. Daddy held him and told him it was ok, and after a few minutes, he was all Dub again. Today, though Dub had on his usual 3 layers top and bottom, Lena was in a pretty little skirt and t-shirt (Tom & Jerry for third day in a row), and just socks. No stockings! Mama has already purchased Lena some frilly little flowery pretty girly girl undies to replace the droopy drawer shorts they call underwear here. She's already Mama's little princess.

We have officially got the Morin family hooked on "24". They watched 8 straight episodes of season one yesterday alone!

Also, congratulations to my niece Jessica Fields for her graduation from my alma mater, Heritage High School! Go class of '05! Woo Hoo!

We've been asked for a health update: we're ok, despite occaisional bouts of Stalin's revenge. Lena's shoulder is as if it never happened. Dub's head has been conked more times than we can count, and, as mentioned earlier, tears have come only once, that being today.

Please pray that our travel details will be very smooth coming home. And, thank you for the continued influx of encouraging notes and catchup details of what's happening on the home front. We really do enjoy them.

Blessings,
Kevin & Angel