Flashbacks

This weekend was the Newton/Carson family reunion where Ty and Maxx were able to meet more family members. It was also the 3rd month of their being in the US. Lately, I have been working on putting away some of the paperwork related to the adoption. All these activities have made me think a bit of our time in Kazakhstan.

The boys periodically bring up Kazakhstan in conversation so I thought I'd share a few of their stories.

On an extended car trip, Maxx woke up and asked where "S" was. "S" was one of our Honeywell friends who helped us in Almaty. We explained she was at her office with our friends "I", "E", "A" and "M". Maxx decided he wants to work at Honeywell in Almaty. Unfortunately, he could not tell us what job skill he possesses for employment.

We took the boys to the Hennepin County Fair. It is a relatively small fair which was perfect for us. While Ty and I were walking to the rides to meet Randy and Maxx, Ty said "Kazakhstan". I asked him if the fair reminded him of KZ and he said "yes". Later we asked him if he heard someone speaking Russian and he said "yes". We couldn't think of any visual at the fair that reminded us of KZ.

The boys still like to watch YouTube videos of "Qara Jorga" aka "The Horse Song". For the first time last night, Ty started to do some of the dance moves he learned at Umit. Maxx decided to follow along. Then the boys got to be a bit creative as I have not seen any performances of QJ where boys ride each other like horses, shake backsides or lift up shirts. This must be some kind of US/KZ hybrid version of the dance. LOL