Making friends in Russia!
Remember how I was saying Russians have many weddings all of the time, well this was a dude that was part of one of those weddings! He was kind enough to let me get a picture with him. (if you click on the photos you get great details, BE PREPARED)
Below the responses to the recent blog from Tumalo are a few other pictures of places we have been so far, a little misaligned but should make sense.
This post goes to all of the students and alumni of Tumalo Community School...
Hi Friends,
I was so excited to see that you have blogged me. It was great to hear from you all and your comments made me smile. So...responses...and make sure to tell Mrs. Riehle that she is right for not getting to this sooner and I am holding my hand in the shape of an 'L' on my forehead.
Caity,
that's so great to hear that you are helping out the animals of our world.
Lyndsay,
Excellent work on improving your math skills! How's the year going?
Brianna,
Russia is amazing! I am sorry to hear Utah was sad. I hope your year is going well!
Bolli,
How's Volleyball going? Say hi to Em!
Marshall, Marshall,
Nice work on your plant! Have you identified it yet?
OH JEREMY!
Nice work at the "football" tournament with your score! I have been playing with the students at our school it is fun being goalie!
Jose,
Sweet Disneyland! That will be a fun time with your family! We play soccer here but they call it football! No grass though we play on gravel!!!
Sarah,
Eurasia is very big! How is school going? I hope all is well!
Sam I am!
I am envious of your road trip and flight to the islands! The plant is... oh I can't tell you it's magic! Let me know when you figure it out! I miss you guys too!
Kaytlin,
I am glad to hear your summer was fun! Which part of the coast did you go to? Teaching here is fun!
Cody,
Nice to meet you, I think I remember you from several years ago! Glad to hear you are part of Tumalo now!
Olivia,
So did you cut it off? How short? Miss you too! How did you do at fair?
Mr. Prince,
How's your drain bramage? J/K! Have you been riding? Thanks for the luck! Luck to you too!
Tay Tay,
I am glad your summer was good! Yeah my students are cool and they all have great accents! There is even a first grader from Perth, Austrailia he has an awesome accent! Miss you too!
Amanda,
Nice to meet you, I am glad to hear that you like animals. My wife loves horses too! Welcome to Tumalo!
Ariel and Family,
I am glad to here school is going well! I am jealous of not being able to go to the Beavers game. Looks like they toasted the Bengals and that Canfeild had an amazing game! What did mom think of the game? Hi Dave I hope all is well!
Grace and Colin,
Are you still in Central Oregon? I hope all is well and that school is going smoothly
Bescetti,
How's school going? I missed you at the movie, I know if you could have you would have! Russia is awesome!
Labowski,
How's high school? Hey thanks for setting up that movie before we left it meant a lot to me to see you guys! I hope all is well!
Tori,
You keeping up your grades? I knew you would! How's school going? Take it easy!
To the many other students and friends of Tumalo,
I miss you guys and hope to hear from you soon! Please give all of your teachers a big hug from me and tell your friends hi!
P.s. Next time Mr. Variel senior guest teaches give him a hug too!
The church on spilled blood two blocks from our house.
The exposed ground at the location of where Peter the Great was assassinated.
Liv and Kat, our new friend from New Jersey and a teacher at our school, posing in the church!
The mosaic tiling of the amazingly detailed art work in the church! Hundreds no hundreds of thousands tiles covering the majority of the walls!
Peterhof fountain grounds; an old palace with amazing statues and water features sprinkling the grounds.
Sweet outfits...even the volleyball players get cheerleaders. We went to a volleyball tournament played on shipped sand in a blustery cold afternoon. Tropics in Russia, maybe...global warming.
Pictures in my classroom, Sasha is our tech dude we keep score on the technology issues that we solve, needless to say he is winning!
The tank is a highlight with the students they love taking care of the fish, reminds me of being at Tumalo :)
P.s. Lucy wanted me to relay a message, "Hi guys, I miss you and I want you to know that I have finally made a friend, his name is Oousha. He's spastic but fun to run around with. So I was wrong, there are friendly dogs here in Russia. Last the week the babushka gave a me a lemon drop candy, a little weird but I ate it. Also I think Beau and Olivia are visiting another dog when they leave our house, will you try to find out who he is?"
P.s.s. Our Friends Rob and Jill just got a new Chocolate Lab pup, he's six weeks old and he can't wait to meet Lucy once he has his immune system updates downloaded and running. We think he will be a special friend of Lucy!
Good bye for now and take it easy!
~Mr. V
