We're here! We're here!

Oh my goodness...we are in Hong Kong!!!!! I'm sitting here in the Marriott Sky City Executive Lounge using their free internet access because we are Platinum Delta members (and for that I have to thank SirsiDynix, especially Talin and Chris for allowing us to spend 2 months in Utah at a Marriott during the Summer of 2007). This hotel is beautiful and is brand spankin new...in fact they don't have their official grand opening until January 22nd! Don't worry though, we're breaking everything in. We've already blown some fuses, but the hotel staff might be the nicest I have ever met!

Praise the Lord for safe flights and an uneventful travel day! The flight from Newark to Hong Kong was painfully long, but we made it. There was only one little melt down, and it was from ME, when we were unable to get Jackson and Carter's seats next to one of us because the flight was sold out and no one but the flight attendant seemed to care that a 4 year old and 5 year old were going to have to sit by themselves for 15 plus hours. Several prayers were said though, and eventually it worked out. Things will be better on the flight home though because the travel agent was able to get us seats together as a group. Thank you Sue Sorrells!!

And while I'm saying thank you, let me say THANK YOU to Emily for updating the blog for us already!! It actually made me tear up when I went to post and saw that she had made an update. Silly, I know, but the tears are still coming freely. They are good tears though, pure excitement.
And also thank you to those that have commented already. We are so far away from home and it is so good to "hear" from others back home. I know some of you understand this feeling!

It's time for bed now (almost midnight here) but I'm going to post a few quick points that will give you a peek into our day today and then I will say goodbye until our tomorrow:

- On the flight from B'ham to Newark, about 30 minutes in, Jackson said "Mommy, whoever's flying this plane is good!"

- Not 10 minutes later we had some major turbulence and while the adults were making faces and trying not to lose our stomachs Carter said, " Wow, this is like a rollercoaster!"

- While in the airport waiting on our plane I was playing Tic Tac Toe with Jack and he said "I won that one without even cheating". He's such a little stinker.

- If you were a fly on the airplane wall then around 1:00 am our time (with a mere 8 more hours to go) you would have heard Carter say, with small tears in his eyes, "Mommy, I don't want to be on this plane any more."

- On the Newark to Hong Kong flight it went from daylight to dark then daylight to dark again. Very strange feeling!

That's it for now! Tomorrow morning we have nothing to do except enjoy our free breakfast. Then tomorrow afternoon we will take a hald day tour of Hong Kong city. I love you all!!

P.S. Sorry Aimee, I know you don't want me to post without pictures of Clara but please forgive me since we don't have her yet :)