We woke to gray skies and wet streets this morning, which put a little damper on our day. We’d planned to hit a bunch of shops to buy some souvenirs that can only be found in Mongolia (where else are you going to find Genghis Khan gear?) and then head Read more
What can I say, I like alliteration… We didn’t do a whole lot today, but we’re all feeling wiped out. I’m going to have to go back to my notes from our last trip to China to see if we napped every day. Team Sublett started the day with a Read more
After a little siesta (that’s not Chinese, but it’s about as close as I get right now) we decided to test our sense of adventure with a little trip to the local shopping mall. Josie got us the name of the place and asked the desk clerk at the hotel Read more
We woke with a sense of anticipation–after breakfast we had our meeting with the adoption registration officials here in Huhehaote (Hohhot) that would officially make Yuan Zhong Xu a member of Team Sublett. So we loaded up on a good breakfast and made our way to the 2nd floor meeting Read more
Oh yes, the day is finally here! We flew into Hohhot after a full day in Beijing, landing about 9:30. We got our bags, met our guide Sandra, and took a 30 minute bus ride to a super fancy Sheraton hotel. Isaac was waiting for us with a nice lady Read more
Wowsers, are we tired! Today was a full day of cultural awareness, aka sightseeing. From the Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City to the Summer Palace to the Acrobatics show, with a couple of stops for meals, the Pearl Market and the Silk Market…More than once we looked around the Read more
It was a pretty surreal day. We started at 4am in State College, drove to Harrisburg, flew to Chicago, then flew on to Beijing. We thought we’d have the same set up on the 13 hour plane ride–individual tv monitors in the backs of each seat. No such deal. We Read more
We’re almost packed and ready to head to the airport. It’s been a little more involved this time, trying to get all 7 of us packed (44 pound limit to bags, please), passported, and prepared for airport security. We’ve got everything charging that needs to be charged, backpacks loaded with Read more
We’ve got adoption stuff all over the place, and it’s not all contained in Casa de Sublett. I’ve got a letter of reference for a dear couple in our church, some friends in VA waiting to hear about a custody case involving their foster children, several others in our church Read more
It was a little after 8:15. The little girls had just headed down the street to the bus stop, and I was envisioning a few more minutes of snoozyland. All of a sudden there was a banging on the door and Sadie in the entranceway shouting, “Annabelle just got hit Read more