Picnic with Russian friends July 28, 2007

About every 1-2 months, our SoCal Eastern European Adoption group tries to get together so the kids can get to know each other since they have so much of their beginnings the same from Russian, Ukraine and/or Kaz. It gives the Moms and Dads a chance to get to know each other also as we are linked by our children's heritage as we try to keep it alive in them also. I forgot to take pictures when we met up the beginning of June which would have marked the one year anniversary of our meeting with this group when Matthew was home only 2 weeks. The end of July we met again for a nice picnic dinner and kids played like crazy. I believe this is the 4th or 5th event Matthew has attended with the group in the past 13 months with many more to follow. We've got another picnic, zoo visit and halloween party with the group lined up over the next 2 months. Here are a few pics from the last picnic/playdate the end of July.