Long time no blog! We have several good excuses and we will get right to them. We hope too many of you did not think we just got really lazy and stayed at home doing nothing for the last 6 weeks or so. We have been quite busy.
Our trip to China.
We started our trip by moving out of our apartment in Shelley on the 16thof August. We rented a U-Haul and moved our things to Montana where my family would be able to watch over them and make sure they were safe. We also were leaving our cars with my mom and so we had to get those up to her. We were not sure when our visas and plane tickets would be so we decided to go and visit Montana until we left. A few days after we got to my sister house and stayed there we got news that we would be flying out on Saturday the 25th. So we had a week to get ready and pack our bags for China. We were not able to pack much during the day because of the girls playing and getting into things so we pack little by little at night. We also started and completed watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy extended versions. We were up late ever night. When we left from Shelley we had sorted through things of items going to China and items not going to China. I impressed myself at how much I was able to bring. There really was not much of the things we had planned on going that got left behind. So we had 8 carry-ons and 7 giant check suitcases and 2 strollers. That is a lot of luggage for 2 adults while handling 2 toddlers. We definitely were not going to fit into our little car to drive from Kalispell to Spokane to get on the plane so we had to hire help. We asked some friends to transport our luggage in their van and we drove our car. Then one of our friends drove our car back to Kalispell for my mom to get at a later date.
We started our trip by moving out of our apartment in Shelley on the 16thof August. We rented a U-Haul and moved our things to Montana where my family would be able to watch over them and make sure they were safe. We also were leaving our cars with my mom and so we had to get those up to her. We were not sure when our visas and plane tickets would be so we decided to go and visit Montana until we left. A few days after we got to my sister house and stayed there we got news that we would be flying out on Saturday the 25th. So we had a week to get ready and pack our bags for China. We were not able to pack much during the day because of the girls playing and getting into things so we pack little by little at night. We also started and completed watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy extended versions. We were up late ever night. When we left from Shelley we had sorted through things of items going to China and items not going to China. I impressed myself at how much I was able to bring. There really was not much of the things we had planned on going that got left behind. So we had 8 carry-ons and 7 giant check suitcases and 2 strollers. That is a lot of luggage for 2 adults while handling 2 toddlers. We definitely were not going to fit into our little car to drive from Kalispell to Spokane to get on the plane so we had to hire help. We asked some friends to transport our luggage in their van and we drove our car. Then one of our friends drove our car back to Kalispell for my mom to get at a later date.
We started out trip out on Saturday morning at 5:00 am from Kalispell to make it to our flight at 10:30 in Spokane. Robert and I went to bed the night before just after 3 am. I am not really sure what it was we were doing, it just seemed that there were so many odds and ends that we were trying to figure out or tie up. The trip went well. Our friends got pulled over for speeding and Robert felt horrible. Really the cop said that it was still the night speed, which clearly it was after dawn. We stopped in Libby to say goodbye to Granny and Kenya had some breakfast. Then off we went again. We arrived at the airport with hardly anytime. We made it and the got Seattle. We had a short lay over there and then on to our 10+ hour flight to Korea. The girls did great on both flights. On our flight to Korea the airlines had a basinet that we put Jasmin in a couple of times. It was a life saver because I was prepared to hold her the entire flight. Kenya watched way more movies in the month than she had in her entire life before that. It helped us get things done. On the flight she watched movies to keep her entertained and then slept for a few hours. We had an 15 hour lay over in Korea and we broken down and got a hotel that was over $160 for just a small room with 1 bed and bathroom. They did bring in a basinet there too that helped everyone sleep. This hotel was in the airport terminal and so we did not have to claim our baggage or go through customs to stay there. It was a lifesaver! But sure enough we were all up and awake at about 3:00 am. Off we went to catch our flight to Wuhan, China at 8:00 am. While waiting we met the other teachers who will be teaching with us. Samuel and Mel. They were very nice and began to help us out and play with the girls. It was only a 3-hour flight and that went well. When we arrived in Wuhan it was raining and we could not have been happier. Wuhan is known as one of the three furnaces of China because it is so hot and humid here in the summer. So to see that it was raining was nice because then the heat was not so bad. We got our luggage and that was interesting. A Chinese worker helped us just walk right through customs and we found Jack. Jack is the teacher the school has appointed to help us out with daily life and other Chinese matters. We then all got on a mini bus with our luggage and drove to our apartments. As we were taking our bags to our door it began to down poor. Only 3 of our bags got soaked. We then carried our 7 70 lb suitcase and 8 carry ons and 2 children up the 5 flights of stairs to our apartment with the help of Jack.
Yea, we made it!!!
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