Thanks

Hello everyone, Pam and I want to thank everyone who has been praying and wishing us well and keeping in touch with us throughout this. I know the trip is still far from over - 18 hours of traveling will be a big trial too, but we are feeling very thankful for everything right now and wanted to share that with everyone who has been pulling for us.

We had a pretty quiet day with the kids so far. We went out to the playground and watched the boys climb around like monkeys. We then took a trip to McDonald's for lunch and the boys were very excited by the happy meals, but not as excited by hamburgers. I had to take Jake's toy away to get him to try the burger and then he said he liked it, but didn't eat even half of it. French fries on the other hand are a big hit with Riley who is kind of finicky. Actually both of the boys are kind of finicky with "meals", but love all junk food.

On the food subject, we went out and did some shopping last night after running around for more documents and picked up a roast chicken. Chicken is a big hit with Riley. That boy put away a lot of chicken, while Jake continued to focus on bread and cheese. Jake wants bread all the time and Riley always wants potatoes.

According to Lera, who was our translator in Kharkiv, orphans who are adopted generally believe that because they've been adopted, they can have anything they want. The boys want a lot and aren't keen on us telling them "no". Unfortunately, the boys are also kind of fond of using the word, "nyet" themselves. We've had a couple of tussles due to that, but they are starting to get the picture that we are in charge. As stubborn as the two of them can be, we can generally match it. We are picking our battles wisely, but the boys are much better behaved after being with us a couple days now.

Well, that's it for now, Pam wanted to load some pictures, but apparently our camera isn't taking the pictures in .jpg formatting and she has to find a way to change them over. At home, it won't be a problem, but it is kind of a pain here. I'm not sure if we'll make it to the internet tomorrow, if not - I'll update from my sisters on Monday most likely.