2 weeks

We are now in the mad dash of preparing to return to Hungary in 2 short weeks. We are very much looking forward to it, though of course we are sad to think of leaving our family and friends here in the States. For those of you who don't know, we are moving to Vecsés, which is a suburb of Budapest, when we return to Hungary. We are excited about this new phase of life and ministry and are looking forward to seeing what God has in store for us in this new city!

Here are some new pictures for you of our last few weeks in the US!

South Haven, our "home away from home".
It has been such a blessing to live in this
beautiful town while we were here in the US.

Levi with Opa (Grandpa)

I love being barefoot!

Am I cute or what?

P.S. Levente is 3 months old today! Wow how time flies!

What do you think?

Yesterday we celebrated Attila's birthday by going to Holland (the city, not the country). We had a wonderfully relaxing day in this charming little town. We took these pictures there. What do you think? Who does Levi look like--Tamara or Attila?

Levi with Apa

Levi with Mami

Just Levi

Happy birthday my love!

Tomorrow is Attila's 32nd birthday! I can hardly believe that I've known my wonderful husband for 6 years! I am so blessed to share my life with him!

Two weeks ago we celebrated by going to Chicago, which is one of our favorite cities in the world. Below are a couple of pics from our trip.

View from our hotel room

View of the north shore from the John Hancock observatory

my goofy husband

John Hancock building from below

Chicago's beautiful architecture

All smiles

I realized that in all the pictures of Levi on our blog he is sleeping. So today I added some of his beautiful smile. Enjoy!

Fun with friends

My dear friend DeAnne with her husband Landi, daughter Lidia and son Jakob

Yesterday we drove to Fort Wayne, Indiana to meet with a very close friend of mine from college. She now lives in Albania, and though we both live in Europe, we haven't seen each other since our wedding over 2 1/2 years ago! We spent a wonderful 3 hours together at the food court at the mall--not the best place for catching up, by the way--and then had to say good-bye again. We are going to try to meet up again in the fall in Croatia, which is halfway for both of us. How I thank God for friends like De, who enrich my life and with whom I can always pick up where we left off!

Florida

Our family enjoying the Florida sunshine

A beautiful Florida sunset

After a very cold February, with record breaking snowfalls (see picture below of South Haven that Attila took this month) we had the wonderful joy of going to Florida with my family. We went to Disney and the beach and most of all just enjoyed the 80+ F (25+ C) degree weather.

South Haven Light House in February (brrrrr)

Levi on his first trip to Disney (you can see he is having a great time!)

Our 8 year old nephew, Joseph, playing in the sand



Tamara with her sister, Bekka


What a hero!

Our little Levi

I can hardly believe our little guy is 7 weeks old. Though he is still tiny, I feel like he is growing so fast. My days seem to fly and I often wonder what I "accomplished". But then I am reminded of the beauty of investing in this little life. What a joy he is!


Attila calls Levi the "Nuki Király"--the "Nuki King" because he loves his pacifier

Levi in his favorite position--blessing the masses