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I am back!

Seemingly as of late I have no time to do anything for anything but minimal survival and as I was thinking it was time to drop this blog, I got a "signs' that I should attempt to keep it up.
  • March had been fun but busy - Chris and I went to Portugal (Porto and Lisbon), I went to Spain (Barcelona and Madrid) with a friend, and all of us went to Burg Rieneck with Cub Scouts.
  • Easter brought some interesting discussions to our house.  We do not discuss God or anything religion related unless it's either relevant (we are going to Vatican or such) or they ask.  Ilya had some questions earlier this year when Cub Scouts were doing their Duty to God requirement and he was the only kid in his den not to attend church or say prayers.  I told him that if he is interested we would take him to a church and he can learn all about religion.
  • Spring is finally here and it's awesome!!!  We are at the park, we are biking, Andrei got new roller blades and enjoying the weather.
  • Part of spring (for some reason) includes tons of doctor appointments including monthly allergy shots, monthly dermatologists, dentists, speech therapies, occupational therapies, etc.  
  • Day after tomorrow Chris along with Andrei and Ilya is opening up their camping season with the a trip with Boy Scouts to Luxemburg.  Andrei is transitioning from Cub Scouts to Boy Scout so it should be an interesting summer.
Anyway, I am back and planning on staying here for some time :)  

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