My In-Laws

Pictured here are : my father-in-law with his step-son, me with Adraina as an infant, Nikolay with Ariel, and my mother-in-law. This picture was taken in 2003.
I'll start with my father-in-law first, since I know him least. I met him I think twice before we got married and then saw him again a few times when we went back to visit in Ukraine in 2003. He is now married to his 3rd wife and does remodeling work. He is not religious. Don't know what else to say about him.
My mother-in-law on the other hand I know rather well. She is affectionately known in our house as Grandma Svetlana, or Babushka. She loves her grandkids and is always spoiling them. When we lived in Salt Lake she would come to our house every Friday after work to babysit so that Nikolay and I could go out. It was great. She attends the Russian Branch in Salt Lake and is always ready to bear her strong testimony. She is very thoughtful, and considerate of other people and is always ready for a new adventure. She especially likes to try new "exotic" food.
She was able to come to the US for the first time, for our wedding, and got to go to the temple for the first time. She stayed with us for two months after we were married and then went back to Ukraine. When we went back to visit in 2003, we helped her get a visa and she came to visit again. Nikolay became a citizen while she was visiting, and so we convinced her to stay and apply for a "green card." It was a tough decision for her, but she is glad that she stayed. She works for the Church (as a seamstress) and has her own apartment in a building full of Russian immigrants, so she feels pretty comfortable and has plenty of friends. She is deathly afraid of learning how to drive a car, so she is lucky that the Russian Branch meets within walking distance, just behind the Conference Center. The plan is that after we get settled here and buy a house she will move out here too, but I am afraid that it will be a really tough adjustment for her. We'll see!