A Blessing From Above!

Before we left China we had asked family, friends and our church if there was anyone that had an extra car for us to drive during the summer. It was getting down to crunch time the week before we left and as far as we knew nothing was set in stone that we were going to have a car to drive. While Hayley and Charlie were in China with us they got a phone call from my cousin to let them know that they had won a 2008 Corvette in a raffle drawing! They pretty much jumped around my apartment in excitement for the rest of the day. Hayley and Charlie decided to let John and I drive one of their cars this summer since they had an extra one to drive. I am convinced that God blessed them with this car so they could in turn bless us. They let us take a spin in the Corvette around the neighborhood. I thought John had died and gone to heaven he was so excited about driving!

We Made It!!

Three planes and around 29 hours later we are finally on American soil. We were greeted by both sets of our parents and most of our siblings. It was wonderful to see everybody. The kids did really well on the plane. Kayleigh watched more videos than she has in her entire life and Zeb kept us all busy. After taking several short naps on the plane for the first 7 hours of our 13 hour flight, exhaustion won over and he slept the last 5 hours of the flight! Praise the Lord! We are hoping for a low key week although this weekend John's brother Henry is getting married. Zeb has already decided to learn to drive a car however he can only go in reverse at the moment. He hasn't gotten down the forward movement yet.

Christmas Surprise

This is Christmas morning with Kayleigh seeing her big gift for the first time.