As a whole family, we started to spend weekends enjoying down skiing back in winter 2011-2012. Our youngest was so little back then and she couldn’t stay on heavy skis by herself yet. Next year however she was able to…


As a whole family, we started to spend weekends enjoying down skiing back in winter 2011-2012. Our youngest was so little back then and she couldn’t stay on heavy skis by herself yet. Next year however she was able to…

It’s once again November, and our Dad drove off to play in the mud in Nevada. A creative bug had awakened in me, and I warned Andrey that in his absence I could completely change something. He approved of that,…

We were lucky enough to be able to see a rare occurrence: a full lunar eclipse when the moon was closest to the Earth (a supermoon), and in our neighborhood it happened right as the moon rose. After arriving at…

One day, my Fifth Grade Class and I went to Bonneville Dam. It only took one hour to get there from our school, and when we got there, we got out of the school buses and we got separated into…
Наша старшая доча закончила начальную школу и в этом году идет в среднюю. В том городе, где мы живем, она ачинается с 7го класса, в ней учатся всего 2 года. Как в начальных школах, учеба в средней началась после первого…

And again here is September and new school year starts. Kids are waiting for the bus that will drive them to school. But this year is different though – now Ira is going to Middle school, and would take different…

Эти небольшие рассказики были написаны Ирой на уроках русского или в качестве домашнего задания, когда даются определенные слова или словосочетания, с которыми надо составить предложения. И вот что у нее получилось. 3 июня 2015 Сибирь проснулась и заметила, что дверь…
Once about 6 months ago I’ve heard that Ira’s friend said in Russian “Good bye, Kitty” while hugging Ira. I was very surprised and Ira said that her friends had asked her about Russian and she taught them one word…

Today we had saturated day, filled with many events. First, in the morning the older kids had to go to Hillsboro High School, where their dance studio was hosting a free concert. And also Pavlik’s teacher asked the class if…