the irtusk river in pavlodar, kz
des always thinking of new ways to climb up
pavlodar, kazakhstan
at the fountain in pav
aching to get it!
please!
what a site!! all these hotel workers!
nate&babes in the sunset
oh! they're not hotel workers? they're highschool graduates?
the view from our hotel -- the holy water house near the othodox church and an old soviet style playground
the russian orthodox church in pavlodar
the other view from our hotel
and another view from our hotel of pavlodar
the mosque in pavlodar with desi presenting his new orthodox jesus icon obtained a hour ago at the ortho church across town
proud of his jesus pic
the lovely mosque (does it look like darth vadors helmut to you?)
i am proud of this shot
the russian orthodox church in pav at night
des playing around with his dollar bill
buy me toys!
i can't buy anything here in kz with this?
finally! stripping down at the fountain in pav
yeah! for daddy!
double yeah for daddy who carried zoe around on his shoulders for the entire 1week+ visit
at the soviet playground with our american-friend-in-pavlodar nikolas
inside the mosque!!
with angie pompell (nikolas' mom) they were in pav to adopt two biological sisters!
salam!
a family picture just outside the mosque
playing with nikolas
des crashed back at the hotel in pav
marching around pav
some apartments near our hotel
in sharbakti -- a lovely empty building
marching around our new home city, sharbakti, kazakhstan
checking out the shopping
checking out the gardens in sharbakti
the russian ortho church in sharbakti
puffyfaceddes
again
the mosque in shar
zoe balancing well on the tettertotter
desi doing the same with style!
in our dom in sharbakti -- getting a snack in the kitchen
hi!
outside the dom -- fresh laundry (handwashed) and drying on the line
inside the banya house which was piled high with old clothes and linens (i resurrected an old house dress nate found in the pile!)
i love doing the laundry!
nate outside the dom surveying the junk!
getting brave and starting to tidy up (he only brought 3 changes of clothes with him from pod!)
bestdressedcleanerguy
the old car outside the dom -- babes love to play in it
the banya house
rool up those sleeves fancypants!
the other side of the kitchen -- in the winter we'll heat up that old dinosaur stove and hope we stay warm
the kitchen again
backwards for breakfast
the dining room
the den
the grande living room
the hallway from the den leading to the outter door
a burned down old house on our walk -- i thought it was cool to see the twigs and branches poking out
a house in sharbakti, kz
our dusty street
perplexed natejones
the blessed catholic church in sharbakti, kz
a cool looking dom in shar
marching down a little street in shar
on the little street -- everyones dom was right up to the street
spying a little garden
a house on the little street
again the little street (we liked the little street)
des marching down the little street (there were 3 of them about 2blocks long)
this garden took my breath away
the gardener
had to chat
back to the little streets
at the edge of the village
a dom
a tire to rest on
still resting
a street in shar
resting again
a street
in the dom and goofing around with des while zoe slept
he loves to be funny
he's studying it quite studiously
is this funny mom?
is this? are you laughing?
take this one!
desconstanza!
shhhh. . . i'm still working on my routine
love ya!
the woman in my life!
look at what i found to play with
all this junk right here at our dom
we made a tree swing -- fun times
taking turns is hard
the central asian steppe in sharbakti, kz
a cool painted dom in shar
another one
on the streets
a house
the awesome kids at the catholic church -- this is the childrens play dom
the muslim cemetary in sharbakti
another shot
one side is for muslims the other side is for everyone else
from a distance -- the muslim side
a big mausoleum
this is nadia one of the great kids at the catholicchurch. we love her. she loves us.
in punishment
but still smiling
watermelon juice soaking his shirt
he just got a real haircut
by a professional -- the first i've ever taken him to
shashlik bbq on my bday (july4)
our first time doing shashliks by ourselves
nates not really enjoying the process
but zoe is keeping him company
love you daddy!
she loves me too
i love her so much i could burst!
and this one, well, i laugh and love
we found a tire swing out and about shar
weeeeee!
trying to get insync smiles
almost
we bumped into one of the kids we know from the catholic church -- he joined thebabes
we like him
weeeeeee!
mommy, here's a marajauna plant i found here by the house
i love you!
me too mommy! i found one for you too!!
