tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31094485245557042062012-01-25T19:25:21.054-08:00We love our family in Slovakia and want to make our journey available to all of our contacts, friends and family. Thanks for stopping by and please sign our guestbook or keep in touch!Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-5001548193017605712012-01-25T19:07:00.000-08:002012-01-25T19:07:24.993-08:00

Hi everyone! I just wanted to share some great pictures of our family enjoying Christmas with you all. Enjoy! Petric Family Christmas 2011 - picture slideshow

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-60924429337291051602012-01-16T21:06:00.000-08:002012-01-16T21:06:06.830-08:00

It has been quite a while since we posted on this blog but Rastislav and I have decided to keep family updates here as well as our Slovakia updates. This way we can keep things organized for our family and friends. If you would like to see more specific updates or art and craft updates by Maria you can visit her personal blog here. So, happy 2012 everyone. Our latest update is that in 2011 we had

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-87988834021447093892009-07-21T21:05:00.000-07:002009-07-21T23:06:52.709-07:00

We apologize for the delay of this post.We are back safe and sound. The trip back was fine. we will write about it but instead of one big post we will do couple of shorter ones.After getting back from the castle we finally settled down a bit. Kids were helping Babka and Dedko ( grandma and grandpa) feed animals. I do have to mention that it was quite early in the morning. Sometimes as early as

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-52410234226258617092009-07-06T13:33:00.000-07:002009-07-06T13:58:17.804-07:00

Hi everybody, we have arrived. Sorry for the delayed post, we have been a bit busy.The Tolo reunion was great. It was very nice to see all of the family, meet new people that we knew were in the family but have not met before. We also got a chance to meet some of our Norwegian family. After a first bit cooler day we had beautiful whether and we all got sun burn. We are good now.The flight from

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-72870558593872098982009-06-20T21:25:00.000-07:002009-06-20T22:25:03.579-07:00

Well it's been while since we did an update. so here are some updates on our trip.First of all, we would like to thank all of you for all of your prayers. Things are coming together for both trips, Washington and Slovakia.After hours of talking to the passport agency and visiting them personally, today (satureday) we received them in the mail. We needed to expedite them and there is a cost to it

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-29667004601588950442009-05-28T21:23:00.000-07:002009-05-28T21:45:51.783-07:00

For those of you who haven't meet our dear little friend, we proudly introduce London. He is an 11 month old Cockapoo who couldn't be sweeter and more lovable. If you like dogs, or know someone who does, please consider helping us out this summer while we are in Slovakia. Sadly he is one of the loose ends that we haven't been able to tie up yet. Can you believe that no one has volunteered to feed

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-45146100177529579232009-05-08T22:32:00.000-07:002009-05-09T00:36:17.956-07:00

We thank all of you again for checking up on how we are doing and how our trip preparation is progressing. Right now we are really working on all of our passports and making sure that we get any paperwork taken care of that needs to be done. So many people have been so generous in helping us and praying for us. Thank you to the Paulson family, the Putzier family, and the Jore family. Every

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-43086681241321489902009-05-02T20:35:00.000-07:002009-05-02T21:23:40.600-07:00

So we are really getting close now and we wanted to give some of the updates that we have so far regarding our trip. Our return tickets (the American portion) from Chicago to Minneapolis have been payed for, we needed to take care of this right away to secure the flight. Also our very good friend Lynn Ariyadej has dedicated some money to pay for the cost of Nikolas' passport. We still need to get

Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17418990680937865191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3109448524555704206.post-17811952561867189242009-04-22T00:08:00.000-07:002009-04-22T01:08:48.327-07:00

Rasty, the kids and I are getting excited for our big trip... just one problem: we still don't have all the funds that we need to make it. Our immediate concern is money to buy the tickets. We must pay for them by June 5th, 2009!! If you would like to help us please contact us asap.Also if you haven't seen a copy of it yet, please read our support letter. We can also send the unedited version to

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