Traditional Dress

It only took me three years to do this.....

These are the clothes and some of the souvenirs we brought home from Ukraine.

Of course we CAN'T be serious for long.....

Probably the only time that you will ever see a picture of the girls as they are now part and parcel of a family.  But I thought this was fitting.

This is a mace and is a symbol of Ukraine similar to the eagle or Liberty Bell is for America.  Couldn't get anyone to tell us why, though.



Nesting dolls. If you look closely you will see the the biggest one is holding a loaf of bread with a embroidered towel underneath. Ukrainian was often called "The Breadbasket of the USSR" because they supplied a huge percentage of the wheat for the Soviet Union. This symbol (bread and linen) means something to the affect of wishing fruitfulness on you. Especially important for weddings for obvious reasons. I think they use it somehow in the traditional wedding ceremony.



This cute little nesting set I bought for the kids to play with during Christmas time (Think can of nuts, Mom).  They love it!

All the shirts are hand embroidered.

Jonas' life in pictures

Jonas had an assignment where he made a timeline of his life.  I scanned and printed pictures for it and it was fun to see him grow up.  He had to have an event from each year to write about.

About 1 week old

3 weeks old

1 year old

18 months old

Playing in the hospital ~2 years old

2 years old

Miriam is born

Panning for gold in Alaska

3 years old

4 years old

Talita

5 years old

Another hospital trip (as an example of the many times he's been there)

Reunion/Trip to Yellowstone

6 years old

Gideon is born

7 years old

Elijah is born

8 years old

 

 

Building the house

10 years old (didn't have time to dig out his "pro" pictures)

Adopting sisters

 

Trip to Australia

12 years old

 (He had a Cousin Camp/ Trip to Manti picture here but I can't seem to find it)

Nearly 13 years old

So grown up... my little Jonas.

Fall Misc Picture

Elijah found the cutest place to put his babies while he was waiting for me at the county office.

I vant to suck your blood!!

from Keith's phone.  I've never really seen one alive before.

The stake had an 11 year old activity.  They were able to act out a story.

Miriam and Kristina's group did the saving of the Doctrine and Covenants papers.