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November 2023
November brought cooler weather and a feeling of winter in the air. Especially with the time change and darkness coming earlier in the evenings, it’s certainly been feeling more cold and wintery. We had a few days of rain. The month rounded out to be a pretty good month. The kids did their piano recital…
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October 2023
October has found us settling into a nice groove with work and school balance. We’ve been continuing to enjoy our church life group and growing in our relationships. We had a fun trip in the middle of the month to Mammoth Lakes to visit with Ken and Abbe. We’re still trying to balance our schedules…
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September 2023
Happy Autumn to everyone. The weather is slowly trending towards cooler mornings and evenings and we’ve been enjoying more time outside. School is off to a great start and we’re starting to get into a good routine. We’re so thankful for the kids’ school where they can all go to the same place and have…
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August 2023
August marked the end of school camps and transitioning to school. Tim took the older three kids to Tucson for a short visit for Papa’s birthday. We celebrated Alicia’s birthday. As August closes, we return to the school schedule and our new “normal”. The first day of school was delayed one day due to the…
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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…