Busy

Posted on February 21, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Today was another busy day in Beijing. The weather was a bit warmer today but still pretty cold. I wore my running pants under my jeans and about 3 layers on top. We started out at 8:30 and headed to a jade factory. After the jade factory, we went to the Great Wall.

All I can say is Wow! What an experience. Scott went up pretty much as far as he could go. I walked up a short stretch and then watched him from below. So….all the pictures at the Wall were taken by him. Pretty amazing (the wall and his pictures). The pictures are a bit foggy because there was a lot of smog in the air today.

After lunch we went to the Olympic village and walked around for a while. The Olympic village was really fun to see and we got to view the Birds Nest and Water Cube up close and personal. Finally, we ended the day with a Chinese Acrobatic Show. That was so cool and the kids would have loved it! Tonight, we decided to forgo dinner and eat an Odwalla bar in the room. We are wiped! Scott is asleep on the bed as I write.

Tomorrow we head to Zhengzhou and then Monday is Gotcha Day! We can hardly wait! I hope that all is well at home. We are really having a blast. There are 3 other couples in our travel group and we are enjoying their company. It really has been a great 2 days here in Beijing but we are anxious to move on. Please keep Mason in your prayers as he is about to have big changes 🙂

Love to all,

Jennifer and Scott

Beijing

Posted on February 20, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Rickshaws lined up. We had a fun but very cold ride 🙂

Forbidden City

We spent today touring around Beijing. We started out at Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City, stopped for lunch, toured a silk factory and then took a rickshaw ride. Busy! We are having a lot of fun learning about Mason’s heritage and the culture of his homeland. The weather today was nice, chilly but the sun was shining. We are so excited and ready for Monday to come. Our thoughts are with Mason and how he will accept the changes that are about to happen in his young life.

Sam, Alice and Paige~ Please listen to Grandma and Papa and we can’t wait to hear about all your adventures when we get home. Love you.

Love,

Scott and Jennifer

We’re Here!

Posted on February 19, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Hello all,

Just wanted to send out a little note and let you all know that we have arrived. We had great flights all the way here! Now we are relaxing in our room before we venture out for some dinner.

Sam, Alice and Paige~ we love you and miss you! Don’t forget to open your presents each day!

Love,
Jennifer

Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

I hope that you are all having a nice day! We are having a busy one that is for sure! Scott and I started off with early morning runs. Unfortunately not together…he went at 7 and I followed at 8. I wish that I would have taken my camera with me because it was such a gorgeous morning. It started snowing just as we were headed to bed last night. When we woke, everything was covered in snow and there was a low fog. The trees were so beautiful.

I started packing our bags today so that meant finishing last minute laundry. I also made sure that our guest bedroom/Mason’s room is ready for Scott’s parents when they arrive.

This afternoon, Scott and Sam went our for some boy time and the girls went to a Valentine’s party at the neighbor’s house. It was really sweet and the girls had a blast, as always.

Tomorrow we will still be working to tie up any last minute jobs before we leave. Scott is officially off for a month on Tuesday and then we leave on Wednesday.

Valentine’s Day this year is full of love for our family as it grows from 5 to 6.

Much love,

Jennifer

Posted on February 10, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

We had a lot of fun this weekend just hanging out. We spent time playing games, playing outside, good ole’ quality family time 🙂

Saturday, Scott and I had a night out (could be one of the last for a while). We had a great time and really enjoyed each others company. We are so excited because we will be celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary in China with our new son. We had originally planned a trip to Mexico to celebrate but instead we will be flying halfway across the world to adopt our newest son and we couldn’t be more thrilled!

Have a great day!

Jennifer

Today rocks!

Posted on February 5, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Today we received notice that our U.S. Consulate appointment has been confirmed and we have travel dates!!!!

We will be traveling February 18-March 6th. We are so blessed that this process has moved so quickly since our referral in November. Now I am making lists and checking them off!

Please continue to follow us on our journey to China, I am hoping that I can update my blog pretty regularly.

The weather here has been so awesome. Hard to believe that we are in February. We even ate our lunch outside today! I couldn’t help but snap some pics of Paige playing in the yard.

Yes, she is playing on the dilapidated swing set. Who needs conventional toys….a big pile of wood and plastic seemed to do the job!

I truly hope you had a blessed day!

Jennifer

CHINA, HERE WE COME!!!!

Posted on February 4, 2009 by coloradowescotts

We finally received our Travel Approval today! Our agency says that we tentatively will be traveling the third week of February!!!! Wow!
Now we have to book our U.S. Consulate Appt. and then once we receive that confirmation we can buy plane tickets! To China!!!!! Unbelievable.

Those were the days….

Posted on January 31, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Today I am thinking about my housecrew girls! I love you all and miss you tons. Wish that I could be there with you tonight. We had some great times.

I couldn’t help but post this picture of me (well, it is my blog after all!). This is one of my favorite memories of living in the house. You may not remember it, but I do. Thanks for the fun and friendships! (p.s. Johnson, that was one sweet silver dress). I had some other fun pictures but decided against posting. You can thank me later…..

Werschky

Adoption Update

Posted on January 30, 2009 by coloradowescotts

Still waiting for Travel Approval…..

Check back next week for more updates.

Bad Hair Day

Posted on January 30, 2009June 4, 2012 by coloradowescotts

Crazy Hair Day at Chipeta! Yikes! Sam really wanted a mohawk and Alice wanted 4 ponies. 4 ponies, easy! A mohawk, now that is Daddy’s area of expertise.