Simple pleasures

We went out for pizza and ice cream tonight. Since we didn't get a picture of Valera's first slice of pizza- we took one tonight....his third pizza dinner. Valera and Delaney enjoyed an ice cream sundae. It was a beautiful night. We walked around and Valera and Mary Kate played on the playground. They were chasing each other and Valera was laughing and giggling. It was fun to watch. Tonight MK and Valera watched Tangle while Delaney caught up with friends online.

We saw Viktor again today for the first time since Kiev. He came to Donetsk with another American family. It was great to talk with them about their journey and experience.

Viktor explained things to us and said that a realistic court date will be around September 6th. We still don't know for sure. Maybe we will find out tomorrow. Maybe not. We are really learning the art of "letting go".

Ted's plan is to fly home with the girls on Saturday then to fly back for the court date.

Tomorrow we could find out something totally different in which case we will come up with another plan. We are getting good at that.

Thank you for your prayers and thoughts.