WHERE DO THE DAYS GO??

We are doing great and enjoying each and every day here in China. It's such an amazing place!! Yesterday was a free day so we ventured out to walk to Walmart. We met another family here who adopted a 6-year old boy, so we all went together. We figured we had "safety in numbers" against the hundreds of scooters. Haha! I've honestly never seen so many scooters in my life. And they come right at you with no expression on their faces, nothing. They are on the sidewalks and on the streets with cars, buses, etc. They will come within inches of a car or bus and you will not even see them flinch. They will even be on their cell phones!! We've seen a whole family on a scooter -- for example, Dad driving, Mom on the back holding a small baby and another child in between them. It's the craziest thing we've ever seen. The only way we can describe them is "nerves of steel". We have taken a ton of video of it and I've tried to capture some of it with my camera, but it's hard to believe. Even with being out in it every single day, we are still in awe every time we go out. Needless to say, we stuck together and made it to Walmart and back safely. Whew!

In the afternoon, we rested and then Tia went swimming with the new friends that we met. They have an 11-year old girl, and 8-year old boy and their new son. A very nice family from Pennsylvania and the kids all had a blast together! Last night, we did go next door for some Chinese food, which was real yummy. We had to order off of an Ipad because no one spoke English, so we weren't exactly sure of what we were getting, but it turned out good. We just had to try something different. We've discovered the Mamma Mia pizza from the room service menu and it's really yummy, but we'd eaten it 3 nights in a row, so we needed to change it up a bit. Each meal is a challenge as to what to eat, but we're surviving. It's all a part of the fun!

Today (Thursday) we went to the Aquarium. It was awesome! Tia was absolutely elated about being there!! It just warmed my heart to see her so excited and happy. She's excited and happy anyway, but this was definitely up a few notches from usual. She was just in heaven being there. Running from one tank to the next, just beside herself with joy. As the Mom, to see her running up ahead just so happy and then to look and see Mike with Rosie behind me........................I was so overwhelmed with happiness and gratitude. My heart is overflowing with love. And to think that at one point, I didn't know if this would ever happen....................God is so good. He knew all along that this would happen. And it has. And it's perfect. Mike and I are just in awe of all of this. We look at both of them and are just speechless at times. It's a humbling, beautiful thing. And again, we thank all of you who have supported us in this journey. We are so touched. We are so blessed.

Enjoy the pics!!