goofing around with daniel
his grandparents had us over to lunch one day
daniel's aunt rosa is one of the first friends we made here in sharbakti -- she sought us out and hasn't let us go -- even since she's moved to pavlodar. daniel and des had that crazyboy thing in common.
this pic is for you grammysimkins -- des and i thought of you when we saw these flowers
a house in sharbakti
zoe goofing around in her new sweater and tights
she also recently got that little stroller -- so happy about it!
playing with des gets better and better
enjoying another new purchase -- a plastic set of dishes
here's our winter's worth of wood baby!
men at work
vayla helping us build our first fire
des and his superhero collages
des gathering kindling
des takes the camera
desi getting his hair cut -- he looks so little and sweet sitting there
we had some new friends over for dinner -- hika (pictured) and sultanat.
having a little picnic peanut snack
i love mydaughter!
our first visit to astana
astana looks computer generated to me -- a cgi city
trying our best for a good shot
oh well
zoe on top of the world!
cool composition in the cgi city
gogirl!
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walking with the wikles -- could have been so beautiful but there left astana for d.c. the following month (after two years!) so unfair!
elevated (and yellowed) view of astana
in all directions
more astana
the capital city
of kazakhstan
dinner in a kazakh restaurant with the lovable wellings -- humanitarian missionaries for the lds church
gene and robin wikle
mr jones and me
zoe loved pushing the wikles little man
this could have been the astana church membership!!! well it was for one blessed sunday.
one the wikles cozy couch
walking along the ishim river in astana with the wikles
robin and i ( could have been so beautiful . . . )
zoya enjoying the wikles bike (so many toys, so little time!)
i think this was a palace or something across the ishim.
des&zoe tussling over the scooter
back in sharbakti -- hanging with the girls at the playground. they are so nice to us. of the sort that squeel when they see you and embrace you in big friendly hugs. love that sort!
