Wow, it's been a long time

...since I wrote my last blog. In fact it's been over a month since then. Holy moly. Well, there certainly have been a few interesting changes in my life. First of all, my mom turned 50 at the end of July. My sister and I made travel plans a long time ago to go and see my mom on her birthday party. However, we also decided that Matt will come with us. My mom was not aware of the fact that her favorite son-in-law was going to visit her. She thought that Matt was flying into Russia after her birthday. So, my dad met my sister, Matt and me at the airport and then when we got to my home in Taganrog, my sister and I went in to greet my mom and Matt with dad followed after us in a couple of minutes. My mom literally jumped when she saw Matt. She did not see it coming and was very happy to see Matt. She loves him a lot, sometimes I wonder who she loves more :) She always tells me to be nice to him and always protects Matt and defends him any time I am mean to him (even if I am just joking and giving him hard time). So, my mom was very happy and our surprise worked :) About other changes, in other blogs....