One of the highlights of our summer was a visit to Utah to see Brittney’s family in July. It was the first time we were all together since Papa and Nonna left for Russia 18 months earlier. We are so happy to have them back in the US (though we are missing visiting them in California and hope we can arrange a family reunion there soon). They brought the grandkids some cool Russian costumes. We tried to get some photos with all 9 grandkids but it wasn’t easy. Either the under 2 set were all asleep.
Or it was super windy.
Or everyone wanted to run around the yard.
We decided to visit some pros who miraculously got these photos.
And then the babies lost interest (and some of the bigger kids were on the verge).
Just Max and Julie.
My favorite of Julie (& love Breanne’s face too).
We are excited to have Nonna and Papa come visit us in our new house this weekend (and help celebrate Max’s birthday). Tons more photos from our trip coming soon.