Summer vacations

Zoe started her summer vacationing early this year- on May 16th when she flew to Ukraine to see her grandma Lada and the rest of her Ukrainian family.

Here she is with her grandma Lada:

Picking gigantic Ukrainian daisies (while losing her American shoes :)

and playing on the play ground with her cousin Solomia (behind her):


Zoe also took a train trip to Moscow to see her god-mother Alena and her 4 Russian cousins.

Here she is on the train with her other great-grandma Lyuba- the train stopped through grandma Lyuba's town for over an hour and she came out to see us:


And in Moscow, Zoe got to play with all four of her cousins, ages 5,3, and twins of 1 year and 2 months. She also experience what it's like being the "middle" child :)

Here she is, eating crepes with twins Lisa and Aglaia:

... and hanging out with her cousin Maya:
and departing Moscow, here she is with her god mother Alena:

Zoe also made a brief visit to the Carolinas in early June, where she went to pick up her doggy, Meeshka (we finally moved into a new apartment that allows four-legged residents)

We stayed in South Carolina just a couple of days, with Zoe's uncle Brad, aunt Melissa and cousin Ellis.

Here she is enjoying the hot Carolina weather in a pool with her little cousin Ellis