En-route to China

 I've been waiting for a chance to come on here and give an update. Whew! The last week has been BUSY and hectic!! But we survived it and  guess what?!! We are currently up in the air on our first flight heading to China!! We left our little city airport in Watertown about 20 minutes ago. So nice having an airport half an hour from home!
We woke up this morning feeling all excited thta this was THE day!!! Everyone had big smiles on their faces as we did final packing, and cleaned the house. We're gonna miss our house and cozy beds. I'm already looking forward to coming home :) 
Grandma Martin made lunch for us and then we had a few stops to make in town. We were so glad Grandpa Glick's could come out to the airport and see us off. They brought yummy Pappa Johns Pizza for us to eat. I think Kianna had a bit too much pop...she is bouncing off the walls... I mean seat, here beside me!
It was priceless watching Karilee & Derek's faces as the plane took off.  This is their first flights that they are old enough to remember. Steve & I are SO incredibly grateful to God for providing for the whole family to come along. The last huge life changing event our family went through (Jadrians death) it included so much seperation as a family, and we are so thrilled that we can enter into this special life event as a family, all together. And even though Jadrian is not with us in person, we feel his spirit with us. His life played such a signifigant role in this journey coming to pass. We even tell each other we feel closer to Jadrian being up high in these fluffy clouds!!
Grateful for a beautiful day to fly! We have a 1 1/2 hr flight to Chicago. There we will meet up with Auntie Ruth who is so graciously joining us on this trip to help with child care. We only have 45 minutes in Chicago until we board American Airlines 777 to Bejiing, China! That will be a 13 hr flight. We leave at 7:15 pm and fly all night and arrive in Bejiing at 9:45 pm and get ready to start our second night in a row. There is a 12 hr time change! Our bodies will be going through quite the adjustments!
After we go throw customs in Bejiing we will be met by our guide who will be holding our agency name sign. I'm sure he will be a great sight to weary bodies in a strange land. He will escort us to our hotel where we will hopefully get a GOOD night of sleep :)  
Friday & Saturday will be spent touring in Bejiing. This time is intentionaly planned to give our bodies a little time to acclimate to the new time zone and hopefully get over jet lag a little before we go to meet our treasure. On Sunday morning we fly to Shaanxi, Javonn's province, for Gotcha day!