We're Home

So, so sorry that we haven't posted since last week. As most of you know, we arrived home safely on Wednesday evening, 12/12. We just realized that we haven't posted since we got home and there may be a few out there who are wondering what's happened to us. Our flight was delayed in Amsterdam for a couple of hours, but other than that our journey home was uneventful. Thankfully we weren't scheduled to come home the next day, as we likely would have been stranded somewhere due to a snowstorm. We had a wonderful reunion with our boys and have now settled back into the daily grind for the time being. My (Steve's) mother was able to return home to her husband (thanks again, Bob!) after almost a month away. She is an absolute saint to have made such a sacrifice for us. My sisters had also come out to join her the last week. They were all forced to spend an extra day with us (we welcomed the opportunity to visit) as their flights out on Thursday were canceled. The all flew out early Friday morning.

Shame on us for complaining about the Ukrainian weather. It was about 2 degrees (that's Farenheit, for you Canadians!) this morning. We've already gotten about a foot and a half of snow since we got home, in addition to the snow that fell a few weeks ago - there's got to be at least 2 feet on the ground. Such a contrast to last year when we got no snow until January. Looks like we're going to have a good old fashioned New England white Christmas.

We are really beginning to miss our little girl and are anxious to bring her home. We haven't firmed up our travel plans as of yet, but it looks like we'll be flying out the 2nd or 3rd week of January. It will be a much, much shorter trip (should be less than a week). We'll update the blog once our plans are finalized, and will, of course, post a good deal more when we return to Ukraine, so stay tuned!

In the meantime, Merry Christmas to everyone as we spend time with our families and celebrate our Savior's birth!