Sunday, November 29, 2009
We have Gen!
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
Tomorrow is the day we meet Gen!
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Great Wall of China
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Friday, November 27, 2009
We're Here!!
Friday morning we had a tour guide take us see the Great Wall of China. Wow! Very amazing. Climbing it however, was no small feat. The steps are very steep, and the steps are not a uniform height. So one step might be 2 inches high, while the next might be 10! Needless to say, our legs are a little sore, and we only climbed to the first tower. Yes, very out of shape, ha ha.
I'll write more later but we are off to have breakfast and then have our orientation meeting with our travel group. Here's some pics of our flight (just for you, kids!) and some of the Great Wall. The first few flight pics are from Portland to Chicago and the last few are from Chicago to China. The very last one is when we landed at the Beijing airport. I may have to post this in a few batches so they'll post separately.
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The last acronym! CA!!!!!!!!
Our travel dates came yesterday!! We are officially leaving the day before Thanksgiving! We arrive in Beijing on Thanksgiving Day and will meet Gen on the 29th!!!
I spent over 6 hours on and off the phone and computer trying to book tickets yesterday. What a headache that was! I am sooo glad I can check that off my list. Although I still have a couple small details I need to check on, so back on the phone I go.... Uhggg.....
This morning the kids are so excited; they're already packing their bags to go their Mimi and Poppa's and their Aunt's house. One minute Gemma and Seth are arguing with each other about who ate the most of their favorite breakfast cereal, the next they're rushing upstairs together to pick out what clothes and things to pack. Gotta love it. :O)
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
WE GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! TAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The all elusive TA finally appeared!!!! Way overdue, but in a few weeks I won't care a bit!
Sorry it's been so long since I posted last... but waiting for this Travel Approval was very stressful and depressing (because it was taking so long)... and I just didn't have it in me to write how I was feeling in any great detail.
Now we're waiting to hear when our CA will be... If we can get a CA the first week of December, we'll leave on the 18th or 19th of this month. If not, then we'll be leaving on the 2nd or 3rd of December. We should find out the final verdict by Monday.
Now I'm off to clean, pack, and do all the things I should have done 2 weeks ago, hee hee!
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