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Well, I've been back in UB exactly 2 weeks today. Within the first 7 days I came down with food poisening and got robbed (while sick and napping I left the apartment door unlocked--Randy was due home any time--and someone came in and took the $ out of my wallet and then snatched my iPod. That's it. Gutsy, eh? Grace-and-peace, grace-and-peace, grace-and peace...) The good news is we finally have a road out front (see above pic)! Yippee! No more 3-story clouds of dust rolling down the road and into any open window or crack or crevice. At least not until the spring when the Gobi winds come and nothing is safe.
Anyway, here are just a few of my favorite pics from our trip home to US. We had so much fun with all these little ones! As you can tell, life can get very fancy sometimes. Look out Elijah & Kelby!




















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