Home from Russia

Hello all...we arrived back home Friday night after our week in Russia.  St. Petersburg was amazing, we seen beautiful Churches, paintings, and alot of the town.

Arkhangelsk was amazing being we met 2 beautiful children who captured our hearts.  Veronika( Grace) is quite the ham.  She has the cutest laugh:)  Maxim (Parker) was a little reserved but was very open to us, and he sure knows how to smile for the camera. 

Leaving them was very hard...so now the wait begins to see them again.

We are sorry we were unable to update the blog while we were in Russia.  Our wi-fi connection was hit and miss at times and we couldnt get the blog page to convert to english.

Thank you to each and every one of you for all the warm wishes...we greatly appreciate it...

Steve and Angie

Itinerary for first trip to Russia

Dec 3, from GR in morning to Toronto on Air Canada.  From Toronto in evening to Frankfurt on Air Canada.  Dec 4, from Frankfurt in morning to St. Petersburg on Lufthansa.

Dec 4, get our bearings.  Staying at Park Inn Pulkhovskaya until Dec 5.

Dec 5, from St. Petersburg in evening to Arkhangelsk on Aeroloft.

Dec 6, MEET KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 7, MEET KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec 7, from Arkhangelsk to St. Petersburg on Aeroloft.
Dec 7, staying at Hotel Columb in the city center for some tourism.

Dec 9, From St. Petersburg in morning to Frankfurt on Lufthansa.  From Frankfurt to Chicago on Lufthansa.  From Chicago to GR on United.

FIrst trip to Russia!!! First time to see the kiddos!!!

Our first trip to Russia (the Russian Federation) will be on Saturday Dec 3.  This will be when we meet Grace and Parker for the first time.  How exciting!!!!

We fly out in the morning and arrive Sunday afternoon to St. Petersburg.  We will be staying there overnight and flying up to Arkhangelsk Monday evening.

On Tuesday, they will bring Grace and Parker to see us at the hotel.  We cannot visit the town of Severodvinsk where the orphanage is because it is a military base.  Non-Russian citizens cannot enter the base.  We are not yet sure how long we will be able to visit with them, but it will probably be for a couple of hours.  They will then bring them back again on Wednesday for another visit.

We will return to St. Petersburg for a day to sight-see, and fly home on the 9th.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

A very big THANK YOU to all of you who have helped us in various ways to make this adoption a reality. It's difficult to put into words the warmth we feel from all your caring and generosity.

Welcome to our Blogspot!

Welcome to our blogspot for the adoption of Grace Marie (Veronika) and Parker Michael (Maxim).

We will be providing information about the progress of the adoption through this site.  If you have any questions about the adoption (or something else), please don't hesitate to post something.