grapes!

Down by Frenshem pond.

Easter blessing

Easter Morning at Waverley Abbey. It has been shut down as a monestary/church since 1536 but is still a nice Easter morning service lead by Dasha.

Dasha and Irina out on a sunny early April Morning

Sh

Dasha shakin' it like a Polaroid picture. Everyone though it was cute when she was doing it but were not sure about her Mom and Dad slinging their heads too

The start of a long tortuous season of two-bit rides

first steps !

Ice cream for dinner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at 'em curls!

Christmas is over time to take every thing down.

Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and for Daria all the accessories.

Christmas 2006

Christmas 2006

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This year Irina, Daria and I have remained at home. These pictures are from Christmas eve and Christmas morning. Aunt Katy gave us a bouncing Tigger doll which was a huge hit! We slipped Dasha into her Tigger costume and we all had a bouncingly wonderful time. Though Dasha does think her folks are a bit immature.

Christening

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These are pictures from Daria's christening, most of you have already seen this as a separate post on Picasa albums.

If you are wondering who the other woman in most of the photo's is, it's Daria's new Godmother:Tanya Ignatieva. Tanya and Irina have been close friends since the beginning of college. Tanya and her husband Andrey and daughter Olga came out here for the christening. Olga had a cold that day thus the absence of Olga and Andrey from the photos. Usually christenings are done at a younger age but the Russian Orthodox church will not allow godmotherfication in absentia so we had to wait to to get Tanya and company here.

dressing the tree for my second christmas. Daddy was on the phone with Maisy telling her all about what I was doing. 

 

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