T minus 10

China, here we come!!!

(I'm such a geek... I have been waiting for these "T minus" posts

 for the last 6 months...)

We've reserved our plane tickets! We fly away in 10 days! This is really happening! We're doing the happy dance!

Here's what we know about our China schedule so far:

    Fri, July 29 - fly away from here

    Sat, July 30 - arrive in Beijing and stay for 16 hours

    Sun, July 31 - Chris fly to Henan, Jason fly to Shanxi

    ????? - Gotcha Day(s)
    Fri, August 5 - Everyone flies to Guangzhou

    Tue, August 9 - U.S. Consulate appointment

    Wed, August 10 - Pick up the munchkins' visas

    Thu, August 11 - Fly away from China

    Thu, August 11 - Land in Los Angeles -- the munchkins are U.S. citizens now!

    Thu, August 11 - Land in Denver - welcome home!

(In case you couldn't tell, August 11 is going to be an extra-long day for us with a few extra hours thrown in just for fun while crossing fourteen time zones and the dateline and all that. God has a funny sense of humor like that.)

Later this week we should get our daily schedule from our adoption agency. They arrange all the in-country appointments and transportation. The only thing we have left to do is pack!

Oh, and get license plates for the car. And ship keys to my sister. And call insurance. And get some more papers notarized. And talk to the cleft clinic again. And clean the house. And go shopping at Target just one more time. And, oh there's more... OK, maybe we still have a few things to do...

Us yesterday enjoying some family time ~ right before our snowball fight!

Job 37:5  God's voice is glorious in the thunder. We can't even imagine the greatness of his power.