This morning I saw G-Ma and G-Pa out the door along with Kevin, Karis, and Eli. A driver came to pick them up to drive them into Beijing where they did sight-seeing stuff for the day then went to check in at the hotel (with an indoor swimming pool!) before meeting a friend for dinner. I stayed behind with the younger two boys in an attempt to catch up on rest and try to get prepared for the rest of this week (a big test in school and teaching the kids' homeschool co-op class this Friday). We had such a sweet visit with Kevin's parents here--they truly went above and beyond as far as helping out (doing a TON of dishes!), loving on the kids, and being great sports in the midst of all kinds of "China day" circumstances (lack of hot water for shower, small bed to sleep on at night, LOTS of Chinese food, etc.) Hudson, Noah and I spent a good part of the day talking about how much we missed G-Ma and G-Pa already! I must confess, the goodbyes we find ourselves continually saying just don't get any easier over time! G-Ma and G-Pa will be dearly missed until our next reunion.
I'm posting this blog mainly for the fun pictures! The one of Noah is him on Easter wearing the bunny ears that Hudson put on him. The one of Eli and Hud in their hats are from our trip to the Great Wall where each kid got to pick out their favorite toy because of being such troupers during our long day of travel. Karis picked out the orange parasol, that I'm pretty sure is going to absolutely fall apart on us at any moment because of how cheaply it was made! We found it hilarious that the boys picked the hats that they did (which Eli describes as a policeman's hat and Hudson describes as a cowboy hat)!
