Halloween

The teenage years - what were we thinking!?!?!?

No Problem

found this as a draft - never posted:

Surprising to realize that it has been almost a year since I have posted to this blog. What a year of surprises this has been. When Sue was pregnant with our son 17 years ago, our neighbor congratulated me and then told me my child would be my greatest joy and my greatest aggravation. Turns our he was right - no matter how the child comes to your family!

Anastasia has continued to integrate into our family and into American life. What do you think - does she look like a baseball player or what? It was very interesting watching her figure out how the game works. It's funny - this is definitely a mother-daughter affair. I do not play baseball, but Sue does. Like mother, like daughter!

Anyone who has traveled this path ahead of us knows some of the challenges that we have faced through the last year. It has been almost exactly 13 months since Anastasia came home permanently. Hence the title of this blog.