<p>Rory Stowell, of Rathdrum, talks with his daughter Katya, 10, about what she remembers from Russia Tuesday while showing a picture from the children's home where she lived before being adopted by the Stowells.</p>
April 18, 2010
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April 18, 2010 9 p.m.
Adoption made easy
Local couple delighted after bringing young foreign girl into family
The Stowells sat down to dinner on Tuesday with routine ease. Quiet conversation, spurts of giggles from the girls. Polite requests to be excused and play with the puppies. Acting as a family has happened naturally all along, Cheryl said, despite the fact that the youngest member couldn't speak English for the better part of the last two years.