Last Saturday was "city day", celebrating 85 years of Ulan-Ude as the capital of Buryatia. And it has been a city since 1666. We went downtown to take some video footage of the festivities (and snapped a few pictures along the way). There were floats and bands and many, many people. It was fun to be in the center of it all and to run into people we knew.
People get married on Fridays and Saturdays here (it's when the gov't office is open for making a marriage official). The office is right downtown, where city day was being celebrated, and we saw a lot of brides.
Every year, our Siberia area votes on the "glavni geroy" (biggest hero). Last year, Elisabeth was the glavi geroy for how many people she helped to get registered in the city and for all of the LONG lines she stood in. This year, Anneka won the award for how many lines she saved us from waiting in and for speeding up our process in acquiring our temporary residency... and for saving us from having to go to Mongolia! Here is Elisabeth, passing along the award.
It's a "Rescue Hero" action figure. Anneka likes it.
Anneka LOVES getting into drawers and cupboards. It's actually nice when I'm cooking or trying to do something because it keeps her busy. We just have to constantly re-inspect our drawers because sometimes if people use our kitchen, they'll put sharp things in drawers that she can reach. It keeps us on our toes!
Anneka got an early birthday gift from her great grandparents that she opened today. She had just as much fun tearing off the paper as she did seeing what was inside! I can't believe she'll be a year in a little over a month!
5 comments:
That is the cutest kid ever! And she's such a humanitarian; Congrats on your award, Anneka!!
Oh my goodness, it seems like Anneka went from a baby to a toddler between posts! She looks like such a grown up little girl in these pictures! She is getting more beautiful every day, what a cutie!!!
Anneka you're getting cuter every day. I miss you so much. Remember Grandma Irene loves you and your mom and dad, too. Love GrandMama Irene
your house looks so clean and the drawers look so nice !!! thats a random comment. anyway, anneka is a adorable. i can't wait to meet her someday. lets talk soon!! love, gina
Jami and Leif, You are beautiful parents. Anneka is one lucky little girl! Her smile lights up every picture. It seems only yesterday that Jami was holding our own little Grace. We still have that picture in Grace's baby book. Now Grace is almost 6 years old! Love in Christ, Terri, Dave, and Grace
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