September

First day of school, September 3, 2012.
Alyssa is in Primary 4 (second grade) at Sakhalin International School.

Yuzhno's 135th Birthday party

 statue of Lenin

 these people wanted to bring back communism

Bryan hiked to an old airplane wreckage with some fellow co-workers

 

Safety Picnic and Amber beach

Our company Safety Picnic was August 25th. Lots of food and entertainment.

 

 yes, this is bread

 

We went to Amber Beach and found loads of amber pieces.

 

 

Summer Fun in the USA

We had a wonderful trip home to Oregon and Texas this summer.  Alyssa and I got to escape after school was finished in mid July.  We very much enjoyed our time with family and friends. Alyssa really loved playing with her two new baby cousins. Sadly, Memaw passed away, but I am so glad I was in Texas to visit with her and we were all able to attend her joyful celebration of life.

We also packed our first annual supplemental air shipment. I had been preparing for this box the entire year......jotting down needed items unavailable here and everything we might need in the next year. Its arrival in Yuhzno 5 weeks later was a very happy day!

Baby David

 

new dinosaur exhibit

smelling dinosaur poop!

Baby Bryn

Carrot Harvest

We had a bumper crop of carrots! We have eaten a ton of carrots since August! Alyssa would pick them for me several times a week. We had to dig the rest up last month before the ground froze. Many friends in Olympia helped finish them off.

Catching up from Summer

Soooo, we've been busy and I haven't written in the blog for awhile.  Sorry.  I'm going to try to catch up chronologically with some highlights.
Alyssa was in school till July 13th. They had Sports Day in July which was lots of fun.

 

Bryan and Alyssa camped in our backyard.

They cooked hamburgers for dinner and bacon, eggs and toast for breakfast.

Our Olympia community held a summer family picnic with a bike parade, games and water balloons.