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February 2024
February ended up be a tougher month than we expected and pretty eventful for us. We had some valentines’ celebrations for the kids. Then the kids had a week off for President’s day. Anthony and Lydia went together for five days to Mimi and Papa’s house. Then we did a swap and Cordelia spent three…
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January 2024
In January, we had a casual first week together before the kids went back to school. We went and visited with Alicia’s grandparents for a day. Then it was back to the weekly routine. We had a great time celebrating Anthony’s 8th birthday with some of his closest friends from school. It was nice to…
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December 2023
We say farewell to 2023! We finished the last month of the year with some fun activities. Unfortunately, we also all came down with a bad round of colds that put a big damper on our middle of the month activities. It was a cascade of two-day fevers through the family followed by ear infections…
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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…