i haven't put anything on here for a while. since zoe has arrived most of our life is dedicated to her. a couple of days before she was born though, lyala and i went to the kyiv morye (kiev sea). this is actually a reseviour for the a power station, like we call them lakes, they call them seas. i was looking on the map one day and i saw that the road by our apartment goes up to this large body of water on the map. maybe 30k, so lyala and i loaded up in the car to go and check it out. it was really beautiful out there. i wish we would have found it earlier.

here is a picture of lyala really pregnant with zoe, before we even knew it was a zoe!

meeshka takes a swim. he doesnt do it on his own, we have to coax him a little, but at least we dont have to throw him in.
meeshka caught a ladybug.
sunset on the "sea"
a church on the way ...
home.