Wednesday 3-21-07

Hello Fans.... Its the Robin, Joyce and Judy show. Well as you can see, we have a much better sense of humor now that we have had a little rest. I woke up at midnight here and called Buck, it was only 2:00 p.m. there. How weird is that. It is now 6:00 a.m. here, and should be around 8:00 p.m. there, so some of you addicts may still read this tonight.

We get to go back to the baby home this a.m. around 9:30 a.m.. Our driver (Genrik) and our translator (Nina) will be here to pick us up. We are still trying to get use to the language thing. It is very weird because you always feel as though everyone is talking about you, since you can't understand a word that they are saying.

We are expecting Brandy and Wind in here this evening around 5:00 p.m., so we have a lot of updating to do with them on the culture shock. Boy will they be surprised, but we are sure they have figured out a lot of it on their own, just as we did.

Breakfast is at 7:30 here, so we still have another 1 1/2 hours. What a weird thing eating a meal when our systems think that it is the middle of the night. The trip back home is going to rough.

On Monday when we arrived in Moscow we had a few hours to tour Moscow with our Translator, Viktoria. What a great time that we had. We visited Red Square, an observation pointe overlooking the entire city, lots of shopping, some very old Russian Orthodox churches and of course a genuine Russian lunch. We got the chance to sample some real Russian food. We all had the Borsch, which is a common Beet Root soup w/ sour cream. Joyce and Judy weren't real fond of it, but I liked it. Joyce bought Anna a cross from a Church and Judy bought her a hand made linen Christening outfit. So I guess she has to come home now, at least her Christening is all set.

We are finding a lot of unusual toys here. A lot of those nesting dolls. Anna had one in her hand when they brought her to us yesterday. Not sure what fun they really are to them, but they all seem to have one.

Buck, Let DJ read this..... Hi sprout. Hope that you and Owen are being good for dad and getting your homework done??? Today is going to be your test day, hope you have been studying and Grandma P. says "knock them dead". I miss you both very much, but will have lots of pictures and videos to share with you when we get back. And who knows maybe a surprise or two also. Dad says you got my gifts and mail that I left. How are the movies??? Just wanted you guys to know that I love you very much and miss you a whole bunch. We will be heading home soon and can't wait to see you guys in the airport. I got your card that you guys sent in my suitcase. It is right next to my bed with your pictures. I love you guys!!!

How is the weather back there? It is cold here, but not any colder than home. The inside of the buildings are very hot. We sit in our hotel rooms with our outside windows open. What a strange thing to have many layers on outside and then strip down once we get inside.

Joyce wants all of her fans to know that she is having trouble e-mailing them seperately. So you will have to check the blog site for updates. We will keep working on the email issues. Still haven't been able to get pictures to you, but working on that also. The computers come up in Russian, so we have to figure out what "save as" and "insert" are. We are contuing to work on this, so keep checking.

It was great to hear from all of you, thanks for your comments. We were up at 5:00 this a.m. checking to see if any of you had written back. Just like being close to home when we get to read your comments. Keep them coming.

We love and miss you.

Robin, Joyce & Judy