Stanley's first birthday with Katia

Stanley and katia throwing snowballs!!!!

Stanley and kaita playing in the snow!!!

Katia and Stan enjoying the snow!!!!

Katia's first time with Santa Clause

Trip to Eugene to see Jeremy Tolman

Katia is here in the US!!!!!!!!!

At last katia has arrived to the United States. She flew into Portland on the 27th of November and we are driving to Salem on the 29th. We went to the tree lighting at Pioneer Square in downtown Portland and went to Lloyd Center mall. We have a fun time staying with Gretchen and Sergio. We hope eveyone is doing great and will put up some pictures when we have some. Love for all.

Pictures of us at the Temple in Madrid Spain

Katia´s birthday with her family in Spain

Well, we are almost there. I leave this Sunday 11/2 for Spain and Katia and I have our interview on 11/5 in Madrid. If everything goes well then we will have the visa and return together on the 16th of November. We already have the wedding for the 27th of December so she had better be here. Hopefully in Spain we can take more pictures and post them. Until next time.....

Well everyone, the time is here. Katia and I have our alppointment with the counsul in Madrid the 5th of November. After the interview we should have the visa in a week and katia will be flying back with me. Out date for the wedding is the 27th of December. We are excited and can't wait. Thanks for all the help everyone gives us. Until later.....

Katia and I received a letter today from the National Visa Center. In the letter it says that within week they will forward the visa application to the consular sectoin of the Madrid, Spain embassy. After arriving to Spain they will sent a packet to katia letting her know the date of her appointment, what documents she needs, and how much it will cost. Hopefully soon I will be bringing her here to the U.S.A. Until later....

Hey Everyone,

This is the first of many posts from Stan & Katia. Katia is doing well in Spain and I am doing well here in Salem except we are separated by about 5500 miles. Our visa application was approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and is now at the National Visa Center in New Hampshire. It will be there for about one month and then it will be sent to Madrid, Spain. The next step will be that the consulate will send a packet telling us what further documents we need and the date of the appointment. It's taken awhile but it will be worth the wait when we are together.