We made it to Shanghai!!

Hello!! We made it safely to Shanghai on Sunday June 15th with our 11 checked bags! It wasn't without some minor issues though. Trent was very sick beginning Friday night with fever and throwing up. It continued into Saturday's plane flight, fortunately he got to feeling better on the long flight from San Fransisco to Shanghai which was approximately 12 hours.

It was a VERY pleasant surprise to be upgraded to First Class on the flight to San Fransisco and then upgraded again from San Fransisco to Shanghai. If Trent and I weren't so mature we would have done cartwheel's in the main terminal of the airport. However.....we're WAY TOO mature for that ;) (wink, wink)

We are in a hotel for this first week in Shanghai with is turning out to be an interesting experience with two kids. It has been raining everyday so we can't really get outside to play. We did make it to the Zoo yesterday where we were rained on. We saw Panda Bear's for the first time. They were SO cute and we really enjoyed watching them eat Bamboo.

The time change has been a challenge for the kids. After nap time everyday they are not too excited about getting up. We carry them downstairs and they continue to nap at whichever restaurant we go to. At least Trent and I have had a few quiet dinners.

Our new friends in Shanghai

Meet our friends Mr. Chen and Mrs. Yang. They got married this past week and we were sad we couldn't attend.

Mr. Chen works very closely with Trent and has been such a HUGE help in getting things organized for our move (thank you!)....Mrs. Yang is a Kindergarden teacher in the Chinese school system.

Congratulations Mr. Chen and Mrs Yang!!

View's of our Apartment Complex in China....

Well I thought I would start this so all our friends and family could keep in touch with our crazy family as we venture off on a new chapter of our lives. We leave for China officially on June 14th at 10am in the morning. We are nervous, excited, and scared all at once. The hardest part is just getting there. Once we're there we know we will come to love this short chapter in our lives.
We're set to be there for two years with Trent's company, so that should put us back in the states summer of 2010.
Stay tuned for lots of pictures and stories that I will uplaod and write to make you all a part of this exciting journey. We'll start next week with pictures of our house being packed up, loaded and hopefully pictures of our belongings at port loading onto the ship.
We love you all and appreciate your prayers and this is also a very emotional journey. We've made friends close enough to be called family and while our real family is in Oklahoma and Wyoming it's always better having them a state away rather than a world away.
Until next time~