Never a Dull Moment.....
Saturday, June 17
Wow, time flies sometimes and we missed our blog duties. Please accept our apologies to all those who are hungry for more adventures in the new and improved Boyd family. Well, what do we say….
On Saturday we hung out at the apartment in the morning and the kids played with Nathan downstairs at Brett and Karen’s apartment and Kelley took Karen to show her around the little markets within walking distance from home. Garrett got some much needed down time at the apartment by himself. We all came back together for lunch as usual and once again had a great meal. We decided to do something new for the afternoon and tried out the other “Aqua Park” in town….this one is called “Aqua Land”. I know…I know what you are thinking…I wish I could be in Karaganda, Kazakhstan and play at all their aqua parks too. Sorry…you can’t….you can’t come to Kazakhstan without an invitation….the honest truth.
Anyways, Brett and Karen called their interpreter Natalia and she was nice enough to escort this crowd to the outdoor “Aqua Land”. We decided to take the bus since this park is very close to home and we would not have to ride very far toting out bags of towels and pool shoes. We got changed and ready to hit the water. Well, truth be told, we were going to feel the water first because it has not been hot the last week or so and today was somewhat overcast. Well, you guessed it… the water was freezing. Only Kelley, Natalia and Karen and the kids braved the frigid water. Garrett & Brett “supervised” and took pictures. It was somewhat crowded and keeping an eye on the kids was difficult. But it was more like a clover leaf shape and each pool of the clover was different depths with little water slides and most importantly…the water was BLUE. We have decided blue means COLD! The kids enjoyed themselves as usual despite the conditions. They are really improving in their swimming since we have been here…..this being our 5th swimming adventure for those of you keeping up. After about and hour of freezing and swimming the kids abandoned the water to lay out in the sun to warm up a little. They would then go back and jump in and quickly come running back for the warmth of the towels. It started raining a little so we decided we had had enough since it turned cooler.
After everyone was dressed we decided to go try a restaurant that Brett’s brother, who adopted his son from Kaz last year, said was very American and very good, called Johnny Walker’s Pub. Natalia called us two taxis and away we went. It was a very nice, very clean place that looked like an old English pub. It had large wooden tables and a long bar down the middle of the restaurant. The menus were large wooded planks with pages in between, it was in Russian and English….Praise God. It is amazing still how excited we get when we can actually read something and not have to have someone read it to us. We ordered with the help of Natalia. The kids ordered….you guessed it…chicken. Kelley ordered their pub burger and Garrett wanted the pizza. After a bit of a wait…we were only one of two tables there, we got our food, and boy did it look good. Kelley’s burger looked very American, the kids half rotisserie chicken and fries looked fantastic and Garrett’s pizza was big and bubbly…very big. It was so nice to have a taste of home. We ate and chatted and ate and chatted. We got to know Brett and Karen and Natalia better and a good time was had by all. When we finally left we were all full and happy. Natalia called us two more taxis and we headed home.
The kids decided to make their beds on the floor using these thin pads we have here and layer them with blankets and pillows. Sasha loves to be tickled and will come up to Kelley and say, “Lets play tickle”…he said and we did. Then Garrett and I each took one of his arms and legs and played “Launch the Ruski”. He loved soaring through the air and screaming each time we swung him toward the glass book cabinet, and then back toward the sofa for the release into a pile of pillows on the sofa. Stella decided it looked fun too so of course we had to launch her several times as well. After Mama and Papa got their workout tossing children we all went to bed and closed out another day in the land of Kaz.
Wow, time flies sometimes and we missed our blog duties. Please accept our apologies to all those who are hungry for more adventures in the new and improved Boyd family. Well, what do we say….
On Saturday we hung out at the apartment in the morning and the kids played with Nathan downstairs at Brett and Karen’s apartment and Kelley took Karen to show her around the little markets within walking distance from home. Garrett got some much needed down time at the apartment by himself. We all came back together for lunch as usual and once again had a great meal. We decided to do something new for the afternoon and tried out the other “Aqua Park” in town….this one is called “Aqua Land”. I know…I know what you are thinking…I wish I could be in Karaganda, Kazakhstan and play at all their aqua parks too. Sorry…you can’t….you can’t come to Kazakhstan without an invitation….the honest truth.
Anyways, Brett and Karen called their interpreter Natalia and she was nice enough to escort this crowd to the outdoor “Aqua Land”. We decided to take the bus since this park is very close to home and we would not have to ride very far toting out bags of towels and pool shoes. We got changed and ready to hit the water. Well, truth be told, we were going to feel the water first because it has not been hot the last week or so and today was somewhat overcast. Well, you guessed it… the water was freezing. Only Kelley, Natalia and Karen and the kids braved the frigid water. Garrett & Brett “supervised” and took pictures. It was somewhat crowded and keeping an eye on the kids was difficult. But it was more like a clover leaf shape and each pool of the clover was different depths with little water slides and most importantly…the water was BLUE. We have decided blue means COLD! The kids enjoyed themselves as usual despite the conditions. They are really improving in their swimming since we have been here…..this being our 5th swimming adventure for those of you keeping up. After about and hour of freezing and swimming the kids abandoned the water to lay out in the sun to warm up a little. They would then go back and jump in and quickly come running back for the warmth of the towels. It started raining a little so we decided we had had enough since it turned cooler.
After everyone was dressed we decided to go try a restaurant that Brett’s brother, who adopted his son from Kaz last year, said was very American and very good, called Johnny Walker’s Pub. Natalia called us two taxis and away we went. It was a very nice, very clean place that looked like an old English pub. It had large wooden tables and a long bar down the middle of the restaurant. The menus were large wooded planks with pages in between, it was in Russian and English….Praise God. It is amazing still how excited we get when we can actually read something and not have to have someone read it to us. We ordered with the help of Natalia. The kids ordered….you guessed it…chicken. Kelley ordered their pub burger and Garrett wanted the pizza. After a bit of a wait…we were only one of two tables there, we got our food, and boy did it look good. Kelley’s burger looked very American, the kids half rotisserie chicken and fries looked fantastic and Garrett’s pizza was big and bubbly…very big. It was so nice to have a taste of home. We ate and chatted and ate and chatted. We got to know Brett and Karen and Natalia better and a good time was had by all. When we finally left we were all full and happy. Natalia called us two more taxis and we headed home.
The kids decided to make their beds on the floor using these thin pads we have here and layer them with blankets and pillows. Sasha loves to be tickled and will come up to Kelley and say, “Lets play tickle”…he said and we did. Then Garrett and I each took one of his arms and legs and played “Launch the Ruski”. He loved soaring through the air and screaming each time we swung him toward the glass book cabinet, and then back toward the sofa for the release into a pile of pillows on the sofa. Stella decided it looked fun too so of course we had to launch her several times as well. After Mama and Papa got their workout tossing children we all went to bed and closed out another day in the land of Kaz.
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