Post Adoption.........

Wow where have I been...... a year and a half later I realize that my life kind of stood still.  I was surviving... surviving post-adoption. Now I can tell you that I am not surviving any more.  We can breath again and look over the waves that were constantly smashing us down.

I am not even going to try and catch up on a whole year and a half of no writing.  I will post some pictures and then in a next blog I will write something.

2019



Neo-Rie turned 12

Christmas in Macedonia

School room ready for the next half year of school

Taking a snow day


Jac is going blue

First Aid for Cub Scouts

South Africans came to visit!

Exploring Skopje

We made some wors

Danie building his shredding machine for plastic

Exploring nature with friends


Nearly Spring... planting some flowers... the dog ate them all!!!!!

We made rusks... happens once a year.

Took the Girl Scouts to the Zoo

Visited the museum of Illusions




Jac found the Marshmallow boy... 1 April Dress up day for Macedonia

Building a fort/ hide-out for Jac

Making cookies for Autism Day for Scouts and QSI school


1 April- Dress up day

Working on some Girl Scout badges

Blue boy again

Easter in Macedonia

Family park time

We had lots of road trips to Kosovo this year

On mom's birthday it is time for family photos


Waiting for Pope Francis

Still waiting

Here he is.... finally!

Helping with Capernaum Club and the Special needs school in Skopje

Homeschooling done! We finished footprints in our land.

Happy Birthday Jac


Lego Engineering Birthday

His cake

Cooling off in the river at Matka


The Crazy bike guy came to visit us



On his way again... was great  having Grant around

Some of the books I am trying to read all at once!

Chereni is now 4

Spending time with friends

Summer camp with Young Life

Rare date...


Summer camp small kids on a road trip

Krusevo Monument



Rare cuddle for these two

Zane is on a Royal Rangers summer camp

Happy Birthday Zane ... now 15

Jac is celebrating 100 subscribers to his YouTube channel

Off to High School with Zane..... Fly high!

First day of homeschooling 2019/2020   I made an earth cake

Last year of being a Cub Scout for Jac

First day of school for Chereni

We adopted another cat... Hazel 
Our other cat... Chocolate


Opening of the centre in Shutka for the Roma



First day of Girl Scouts at QSI. from 5 to 25 children

Zane practicing for his role in Annie

Prespa road trip to go Apple picking


Slava with friends


Making Ajvar with Beti and Goce



She loves painting

Celebrating Independence Day of Minera. Jac's Micronation


We started our own business.. Zelen Krug (Green Circle) for recycling in Macedonia

I finally put photos up for the family after 5 years of living here

Watching the Jesus Film for kids

New hairdo

Neo-Rie started doing Mozaik 

Missing out on a great family get-together

Estira, Beti and I at the Anna Conference in Struga

A quick visit to South Africa

Spending time with Christine

Getting together with the family

Spend some time with my Aunt


More family

Drinking coffee with my sister

aaaa back home with the familu


Thanksgiving dinner at church

Cub Scout and Girl Scouts Christmas get-together in Kosovo


Celebrating each other's birthdays

More Girl Scout fun

Off to see Annie


Mr Warbucks... he was awesome



My nativity scene

Time for the Christmas play

Jac helping with the Toy drive :Toys for Tots

Christmas in Bitola


Look at our big tree

We had a great house



Spending time with new friends over Christmas


















2020



Happy 2020



Look who's 13

Ice skating time




Danie the Gnome

Cub Scouts visiting an ancient museum


2nd new year celebrations in Skope. Here we celebrate twice. 1 January and 13 January

Back to homeschool... this is George Washington

Trying to to Botany... will do a follow up later

Girls scout fun at the Escape Room

Danie made us a kitchen table

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