Dinner with Elvia, Josh, Cecilia, Roman and Israel

Grandma Joan, Israel, Cecilia, and Roman,

Olive Garden, Hayward, CA, 11-22-2009

Josh and Grandpa Don, Roman and Israel

Elvia, Roman, and Israel. The boys will be two in January 2010.

Ceci, Roman, Israel, and Elvia

Cecilia McLellan just had her fourth birthday.

Russia 2008

The glow reflected in the airport windows behind us is the setting sun. It's 10:30 p.m. and will be civil twilight for at least another 45 minutes. Being this far north near the longest day of the year means that the sun comes up early and goes to bed late; and so do the humans.