Category: Blog

Blog post describing what’s going on this month.

  • July 2023

    We’re now in the full swing of summer during July. We celebrated the 4th of July, took a family camping trip, celebrated Lydia’s 5th birthday, and shared lot of fun family time together this month. Lydia and Cordelia both had their Grandparent “camp” weeks this month. Tim started work on the outdoor kitchen area we’re…

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  • June 2023

    June was filled with lots of events and transitions. It’s hard to believe how much stuff can happen in one month. We had a weekend visit from our old Au Pair, Valeria, and her fiancé. The kids all finished up school, and enjoyed celebrating Father’s day with Tim. They enjoyed a week with Grandpa and…

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  • May 2023

    May was a pretty great month for the Russin Family – West. We started the month with a farewell to Grandpa and Grandma Powers for a month as they headed to Israel. We celebrated Mothers’ day and Tim’s birthday. We completed the final weeks of AWANA, with only the awards ceremony left. As we close…

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  • April 2023

    April has been a fun-filled month. The weather has started warming up with fewer rainy days. It’s been nice to take walks around the block and play in the backyard more. We returned to our previous bible study “life group” from the fall that we had joined. It’s been nice to reconnect with the people…

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  • March 2023

    Welcome to Russin Family West! We hope you enjoy our new site. I found it ironic that Shutterfly canceled their shared sites on March 27th, exactly on Cordelia’s birthday. We published blogs on Shutterfly monthly for the last 9 years! Let’s see where the next 9 years take us 😊 We have had so much…

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  • February 2023

    In February we had a break from routine in the middle of the month with the kids out of school for winter “ski” week. Cordelia and Anthony went to visit Mimi and Papa for the week and we spent some one-on-one time with Lydia and Natalie. It has been raining a lot and in the…

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  • January 2023

    January has started 2023 with lots of activity. Alicia had a weekend away on a homeschool moms’ retreat. Lydia has another round of sickness. We got back into the routine of school and extra sports activities. We switched life groups this year and are now hosting one at our home.  We closed the month celebrating Anthony’s…

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  • December 2022

    Happy 2023! It may be hard to believe, but 2022 has come to a close. We had a very eventful December.  We had several holiday related events, including a date night event at the air and space museum. We also joined the Russin clan in Las Vegas for a week of fun. Now back at home…

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  • November 2022

    A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all. In the business of life, it is so easy to forget what we have. As we reflect on the many gifts and blessings God has given us, it’s a great time to be thankful. We got to spend some fun family time together this month. We had a great…

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  • October 2022

    Somehow, we have reached the end of another month. With our busy schedules and full days, the time seems to fly by. School is in full swing, AWANA is in full swing and Tim’s back into gear at his new/old job. As October comes to a close, we are starting to look towards the holidays…

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