Uncle Carl put some more of his African Safari photos up on his Flickr account. We were mighty impressed!
I think I could base a geography curriculum on the travels of K and L's Uncles.

We went ice skating with friends on Wednesday, followed up with some Hot Chocolate on the circle!
It's a joy to go skating with my two kiddos, but it does wear a body out. L would only let go of my two hands because I told him I was taking a few photos. Other than that, he had a firm grip on my two hands at all times. He was actually quite good, and kept telling me to go faster mama! K was still re-learning all she learnt last winter, and wanted me to go slow enough for her to keep up, or to offer her an arm or hips to hang on to. So around the rink I went, with two kiddos hanging on, one pleading with me to go faster, the other asking me to slow down- well.. you can see how necessary the chocolate was! : )

This sweet photo seems to capture our Christmas celebrations that are spent here at our home. Our extended family, whom are very dear to our hearts, are scattered around the world, in Russia, the UK, Australia, and even cross country in the USA.
So when we celebrate at home, there are always phone calls to keep us connected to the celebrations of our family!!
So here is K on Christmas morning, all decked out in her Christmas PJ's, chatting with the Uncles in Moscow.
Far away, but close to our hearts, we love ya, and hope you are enjoying terrific Christmas Holidays all over the planet!