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<From: Frommelt Brian-WBF001 <Brian.Frommelt@motorola.com< <To: "'Randy Gay'" <pooky@pipeline.com< <Subject: We're Home <Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 17:09:38 -0600 <X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2654.52) < <Randy, < <I don't know if you received the note below from my dad (I must not have <given him the pipeline.com address). Anyway, I'm very sorry to be sending <this news so late. This month has been a blur. < <On the afternoon of Oct 29th, we received the call from our agency that <our court date was set for Nov. 8th and that we had to leave or Russia on <Nov. 2nd. I was out of the office less than an hour after getting the <call. I've been out of the office since then and I'm just getting caught <up on email now. < <In those three and a half days we had to scramble to complete some last <minute paper work for the region as well as to obtain plane reservations <and Visas--not to mention getting packed. As it was, FedEx arrived with <the visas just two hours before we left for the airport. < <Our trip went smoothly and we returned on Nov. 14th with our son- Jack <Oleg Frommelt! He's 13 months old and doing great! Sarah likes being an <older sister --except when he gets into her toys. < <I had intended to send you a personal note when we received our court date <but in the rush ... I just didn't get it done--sorry. Some of our <extended family didn't even know until after we were in Russia! I tried <to call you the night before we left but the number I had didn't work (do <you have a new phone number or new area code?). < <We traveled to the city of Cheboksary. It is on the Volga river roughly <between Nizhniy Novgorod and Kazan. Cheboksary is much less remote than <Surgut. Tracy was very concerned about being without bottled water <(again) but it was not a problem. We stayed with a host family and that <was an nice experience. However, at virtually every point in the trip, we <thought back to February 1997 and our little group. We also knew that <Kathleen was with us every step of the way. < <I don't have any digital pics to send yet but I'll try to do that soon. < <I hope you and Katy had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I wish we all lived <closer to each other. < <We look forward to talking to you sometime soon. < <Love, <Brian, Tracy, Sarah & Jack < < <Subj: Frommelt Adoption < <Date: 11/2/01 11:25:11 AM Central Standard Time < <From: Jjfrommelt < <To: rgay@ect.enron.com < < < <Randy, < <Brian asked me to e-mail you and let you know that he < <and Tracy left this morning for Russia to pick up one < <year old Jack, our wonderful, new grandson. < <He tried to call you but said he must have had the wrong number. < <Jeff Frommelt < <Grandpa < < <-----Original Message----- <From: Frommelt Brian-WBF001 <Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:42 PM <To: 'Randy Gay' <Subject: RE: Some good news < < <Randy, <Thanks for your thoughts. I'm glad you mentioned Kathleen. This whole <process has been a stressful one and we have had our doubts from time to <time. I suppose that is not surprising given that it is a big decision <and there were times in the past when we thought we would never go <back. Through it all we have felt that Kathleen was somehow with us and <would help guide us to make the right decision. I know her spirit will be <with us when we make the trip too. < <Sarah is doing great. She is 5 and a half going on 13. This week she <asked me to explain websites to her. She loves Kindergarten and we make <lots of trips too the library. She played park district soccer for a few <weeks but it wasn't her thing. She'd rather climb and swing at the park <or play with her friends. < <Glad to hear the new job responsibilities are going well! The trading has <to be exciting. I'll bet it can be exhausting too. I hope you get some <time to yourself to re-charge your batteries. By the way, Enron field <looks great (even when the Astros are pounding my Cubbies). It has been a <difficult year at Motorola but the challenges also bring <opportunity. Tracy and I doing well. We just celebrated our 10th wedding <anniversary--Where did the time go? < <We don't know travel or court dates yet --it could take several <weeks. We'll keep you posted as soon as we have any news. < <Take care, <Brian < <-----Original Message----- <From: Randy Gay [mailto:pooky@pipeline.com] <Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 9:15 PM <To: Frommelt Brian-WBF001 <Subject: Re: Some good news < < <Brian, Tracy and Sarah: that is fantastic news! Katy and I are so happy <for you. Sounds like you have a wonderful journey ahead of you. Again! I <hope this experience is as good if not better than the last. < <Your news made me think about our time together also. I know Kathleen <would be (and is, im sure) so happy for you. The pictures we have of us <all from Russia really show what a wonderful time we had together. I <treasure those memories, as im sure you do. < <How is Sarah? Is she in kindergarten this year? Katy is and loves <it. When shes not at school she is playing school. She also loves books, <which i am very happy about. She is having a very busy social season as well. < <How are you two doing? We always talk about the kids, i hope you and Tracy <are doing well. I have been following all the news about Motorola in the <last year, and am sure you are doing well. I have been trading gas in both <the physical and futures markets and i love it. I went through two of the <three biggest stress inducing times of a persons life (a new job is <second), and seem to have made it through ok. Every day i seem to get a <little stronger, although i still miss Kathleen every day. < <Please let me know how ya'll are doing. I am really hoping your travels <are good. When do you think you will be going? Is it another winter trip <to Siberia? If so, dont forget to take all the essentials. < <Write back when you can and let me know how you are doing. Take care, and <God bless ya'll. < <Randy and Katy < < < <At 04:18 PM 10/1/2001 -0500, you wrote: < <Randy and Katy, < < < <We have some good news and we wanted you to be among the first to < <know. Tracy and I have accepted a referral for a little boy in < <Russia. He is in Cheboksary (city on the Volga river about 600 miles East < <of Moscow) and will be 1 year old on 10/17. < < < <It took a great deal of thought and prayer. At times we had serious < <doubts if it was the right path and wondered if we were crazy to go < <through this again but when we received a referral...it just felt right. < < < <We are using a different agency this time, in part because Larissa was not < <accredited when we started the process. < < < <We've talked to Sarah about the adoption but we are not making a big deal < <about it with her until we get closer to traveling. We don't have travel < <or court dates yet but we will definitely keep you posted. < < < <The entire process has made us think back on the time we all had in Russia < <together and the experiences we shared. < < < <All our best to you and Katy, < < < <Brian
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