A New cat coming when we are home

we have a new cat who is 2.5 years old and a relative of our coco so it should be an amazing addition not the best that will be Alice arriving home but Aiden and Emily are really missing Molly so having a new cat to come home to was part of the plan and now within three days we have meet the new cat!
She is a Lilac Burmese and her name is Krystal and that may very well change!
Well off to finish the packing and have some dinner!
Hugs Ruth One sleep even if it is short! :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

It is Keith's Birthday! 45!
Here is hoping that his day is a great one!
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday dear Keith
Happy Birthday
May the thought of Bike rides with Aiden and Cleaning with Emily bring you great joy!
We love you always and forever!
Love Ruth, Aiden and Emily
PS Alice would say she loves you too if only she was in your arms!
9 sleeps to that happens!

2 sleeps before we fly!

The house is quiet and the kids are off to school! I have an appointment for work in 15 minutes and then a hair appointment! Maybe there will be photos of me in China!
I have realised that I haven't got as many walks in as I would have liked! Nor have I lost any weight whiched I dreamed about doing! LOL!
Most of all I think that I am surprised by the calmness that is spreading!
Aiden is so excited and can't wait! Emily Is in the throws of what this all means for her! She has spent the entire time we have had her knowing there would be another sibling which is such a strange concept due to the fact with Aiden we never knew until we started the China process! So now it is starting to become real!
We have had loads of phonecalls and emails wishing us well! Thanks It has been our saving grace the relationships we have in real and cyber world they all actually form part of the big picture stuff!
We can't wait until we have Alice join our family!
Life will be very different then! Bring it on!
Hugs Ruth

Travel details! Plane, Trains and automobiles!

June.
7 Fly Cathy Pacific to Hong Kong
8 sightseeing
9 Disney Hong Kong!
10 Shopping!? sh don't tell Keith!
11th Train to Guangzhou
White Swan hotel
12th: take train K309 from Guangzhou-Ganzhou.
Leave Guangzhou East station at 11:09 and arrive Ganzhou 18:00 The guide from Jiangxi adoption Service Center will meet them at Ganzhou.



June.13th: Kelsall revisit SWI and place of founding. lunch.
Ganzhou-Nanchang by tour bus. Arrive Nanchang in late afternoon
Galactic Hotel.
June.14th: Rest. Buffet Dinner.
June.15th: 2 families meet children in hotel late afternoon. Sign agreement.
Dinner.
June.16th: 2 families will go to Civil Affairs for registration, notary and apply passport. Dinner.
June.17th: keep doing paper work if necessary. Dinner.
June.18th: All group Nanchang-FengCheng by tour bus. See Feng Cheng SWI and place of founding. Dinner.
June.19th: Half day tour to Teng Wang Ge temple. Dinner.
June.20th: Take passports in the afternoon. Dinner.
June.21st: Nanchang-Beijing by MU5187(13:35-16:00). (Jianguo Garden Hotel)
June.22nd: One day tour to Greatwall. Include lunch and cable car.
June.23rd: The guide will go to Embassy take letter to Ministry of Foreign Affairs. And send doc for legalization.
June.24th: The guide will send legalized doc back to Embassy. Visa application.
June.25th: One day tour to Tian’an Men Square. Forbidden City. Include lunch.
June.26th: Take visa in the afternoon.
Kelsall will leave by KA909 at 16:20 Transfer to airport.
June.27th: Arrive Home at 4:15 pm YEAH!

A beautiful Song from Steven Curtis Chapman

This family has 6 children three Bio and 3 adopted their youngest child Maria who turned 5 a couple of weeks ago was runover on their driveway by their son! She later died in Hospital last week! It is so sad but this song reminds me that it is spending time in the moment that counts!
Enjoy the song!
Hugs Ruth

We have our TA!!!

We have our Travel Authority! It means that we are allowed to go to China! So now we have applied for our Visa's this morning without the TA and then heard they had arrived in the country! So thankfully Joy agreed to pick up ours and drop them off to The Chinese Embassy!
Thanks Joy!
I owe you!
So now we have to wait for the final confirmation of our itenary from China Travel Service(CTS). To date they have us going to Nanchang then back to Ganzhou but we want to go Ganzhou then Nanchang!
So lets hope that we sort this out!
Downloaded the Visa application forms for Alice!!!!! YEAH almost there!
Cheers
Ruth who has so much to do!