Young Land

When my parents were adopting my little brother and sister from Moldova, there were 3 other families from here that were all trying to do the same thing. After going through such a long and straining process together, they got to be good friends. Every year, all the families get together for a big bbq at one of the families (The Young's) house. The kids love it! They started calling their house "YoungLand." It truly is the coolest back yard I have ever seen. The big bbq party was held this last weekend and so I took some pictures of it this time. The pool is amazing. It has waterfalls everywhere and blue tunnel slide, plus a hot tub and a seperate kiddy pool. Here are some of the kids jumping off the waterfall and just playing around.

B mid-jump

Roman: mid-dive

Kyle and Anna in the kiddy pool

Z and B jumping together

B

L

Cousin Evelynne feeding KL

Z and B showing how cool they are

Evelynne and CK in the hot tub

Anna mid-jump

D, Scottie, Josh (in the air)

CK--this is a little tunnel that goes underneath the waterfall were Scottie is standing in the picture above.
Julia in the amazing outdoor kitchen

There is also this really cool rock wall! It is just off the pool. It is definately another big hit. In fact, the kids go straight for it before jumping in the pool. Here are some of the kids going from left to right: B, Scottie, Roman, L.

L approaching the top. She didn't get all the way up this year, but last year she had no fear,. She spent most of the night at the top and I had a hard time getting her back down!

CK didn't go up to far, but still loved the fall back down after I had pushed her up as far as I could.

B

D

Anyway, as always, it was an amazingly fun night. If any of you ever decide to make you back yards look like this, let us know. We will happily come over all the time and keep you company!