This weekend was filled with a little bit of adventure as Sara and I took a visiting adoptive couple on an excursion beyond the borders of Taraz. We often get to meet people coming in to adopt but they often don't get a chance to see village life and some of the most spectacular mountains along the way.

There is something really peaceful about village life as children play in the streets and neighbors sit in front of their houses chatting away waiting for the cows to come home (literally). The steppes are dotted with herds of sheep, cows and horses and the fields are being plowed for the spring plantings. Life just doesn't seem so complicated here.



As we drove into Bauerzhan Momumshuly we spotted a really cool camel grazing and had to stop to get some photos. Of course, I wasn't satisfied with just photos and wanted to see if I could make friends with him which didn't see to take long. He seemed rather curious about our group and was right there to "sniff us out". Definitely an amazing creature!