Well, our first day in Beijing was fun but we are beat! Sarah was up at 4:55,woke me at 5:20, and Emily at 5:30. By 6am we were all up! And of course, by 5pm we all were ready for bed. We are forcing the girls to stay up until 8 so they will sleep in the morning. We visited the Temple of Heaven, a silk factory, and Summer Palace. Everything here is on a grand scale. I can't describe how big the Temple of Heaven and Summer Palace are! Angela, our guide, is amazing! She has been wonderful to have with us. She took us for Peking Roasted Duck for lunch. The duck wasn't our favorite but we all found something we liked. Shocker here....I enjoyed it the most. For those of you who know Shawn and the girls' eating habits, you aren't surprised. We got great pictures today but I don't have them to upload because we are having computer issues. I am using the lobby computer to update the blog and cannot do pictures here. We leave this hotel tomorrow and I am counting on the hotel in Xian working better with our computer. The computer works fine when plugged in but it won't charge. For this hotel we need it to charge so we can take it to the lobby to use. So, one more day without pics! Sorry! But seriously, you don't care all that much about our pictures...you just want this problem fixed by Sunday! And so do we! I am getting a cold so I don't feel the greatest. You can pray about that for me. I don't want to be sick when I meet my daughter! The girls are doing well. We learned today that Beijing just may be one of the coldest places we've ever been. When the wind blows it doesn't matter how many layers you have on....it goes right through you! We will be happy to move to a warmer place. Thanks for all the e-mails and "thoughts." They mean the world to us.
Love, Shelley
Hallelu, hallelu, hallelu, hallelujah! Praise ye the Lord!!!!!! Our computer charged and we can upload pictures! I’ve included some from yesterday for your viewing pleasure. 5 pictures will be on Story of You, our travel site, and 4 different will be posted to our blog. Enjoy! And hey! In 33 hours we get Anna!! Keep praying for her! “And now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.” Thank you for your prayers and for following along our journey to Anna!
Our hotel lobby
The bird's nest
Our family at the Summer Palace
The girls had 4 requests for pictures yesterday. One time the mom kept saying, "they are beautiful" over and over. The girls were so funny when they were asked for pictures!
Our guide, Angela, with the girls. She is WONDERFUL!!
