Skip to main content

Let The Olympic Games Begin!



We find ourselves missing China now that the games are beginning! What a year to receive our Rachel, the year China hosts the Olympics! We did enjoy a lot of site seeing while in Beijing and can confirm they have done a fantastic job in beautifying their city! We felt like we toured Beijing in their glory. Organic flowers, roses lining the expressways. Rooftop gardens sprouting on top of most any building. Olympic Mascots Huanhuan, Jingjing, Beibei, and YingYing adoring the landscapes and botanical gardens (of course, we came home with one of each!).

So, now we watch Beijing from across the Pacific; enjoying the beautiful culture gliding in HD across the TV screen. We're watching it as a family and looking forward to the events ahead! We cheer for our US athletes and can't help but feel affection for the Chinese athletes as well.




Comments

Jeff and Amy said…
Yippy, glad you won the cd if you would like to email me your address I will get that out to you. I have a link on my blog with my email address. Hope you are enjoying the olympics, they have been amazing, I have found myself rooting for the Chinese!! OOOPs
19 August, 2008
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

My First "Gotcha" Day!

Gotcha Day is certainly a celebration for adoptive families. It's a tradition we chose to include in our family, ensuring to spend the day remembering our China journey as a family. We started our day taking big brothers and sister to school. Rachel and I then went to local photographer to have her "2-year-old" picture taken; figured it a good day every year to have her picture taken for both milestones. In her red polka dot dress, Rachel warmed up for a few smiles and had fun being the star of her own photo session. She's use to a lot of attention albeit she is not sure how to handle it all yet. After that we drove to downtown Dallas to check out The Crow Collection of Asian Art. It was a murky day with lots of low rain clouds and drizzle; exactly like it was this very day in Guanghzhou last year! Exactly. We parked and walked the streets of downtown, which really could have been any major city in the world at that point. The skyscrapers were masked with th...
2 comments
Read more

"Cupcake" For DS

So today as I'm spending a few hours writing up our report for our 1-year post adoption appointment with our case worker, Rachel is off to the side "using her imagination". Such a proud Mommy I am. My little darling using that noggin to discover the next cure for the common cold, of course. So did I laugh out loud or what when Rachel started singing "Happy Birthday Mommy" and presented me with a special "cupcake". Yes, that is a half-eaten apple with a Nintendo DS stylus tucked in the top just like a candle. I've told my boys to keep their games out of reach...oops!
2 comments
Read more