Thursday, January 01, 2026

Happy New Year!



We just got back from a whirlwind trip to Poland to meet up with Will's family. His parents and sisters and one sister's family came over, and we had a little reunion. If you follow Will or any of them on Facebook, you've probably seen photos and read about it all. I hardly took any pictures myself. It was amazing to see everyone and fun to be in Krakow. The photo below is a compilation of us in the same spot there in 2012, 2020, and on this trip: 


Now Raia is here with us until she heads to Lithuania. There's lots of sniffling and coughing going on from whatever everyone picked up while traveling, and we're pretty exhausted. But we're thankful and headed into the New Year now, glad to be together.

A wonderful New Year present was a phone call from Kherson first thing this morning, saying that Asya's residency card is ready. I thought maybe she dreamed it, because I can't believe that Migration is working today, but apparently it was real. So, now we have another trip to plan, to go get that picked up and register her.