.... had I gotten our Visa for China ahead of time.   We walked to the China Southern counter where as of this morning all 500 seats were taken. And we were welcomed  with, "Why, yes, we have seats open for you. And since you had such good seats on the last flight that you … Continue reading It Would Have Been Such A Boring Day…..

Now we are about to see if China Southern has had any cancellations for the midnight flight since we missed the afternoon flight.  Praying for another miracle to get us over THAT OCEAN!  Blake is asleep ....  Surprised anyone?? He s causing a scene with on lookers. 

Baggage in hand we walked to find this place  This blackened Salmon salad never tasted so good! 

China Southern (airline)worker: "hello, may I see Your visa?  Me: "um, what visa?"  Him (very kind): "The one you need to fly to China."  Me: "Don't think we do."  I am pretty sure I have done 1,234 pages of paperwork to get us here and I DIDN'T GET US A VISA????? So we call our … Continue reading Oh What a Day, We’re Still in LA!

After flying in darkness for the entire 14 hours we landed to a sunrise!      It was a fun time on the flight. It's so strange to not be in charge of anyone but ourselves. We slept when we could and read some and talked with the guy sitting next to us and I … Continue reading Hello CHINA!! 

Let the 14 hours begin! 

We had a great flight and now have a 5 hour layover. We have to go get our bags and re check them all to China flight. It might take the whole 5 hours.... 😊

We don' t see any delta workers yet. And there are about 30 in front of us.  Oh - here is a worker that just said, "you re all in the wrong line." So now 50 are in front of us.  Now we see- they don't start work until 4am.  It s sure to be … Continue reading Good morning, sunshine! 

But I may not want another protein bar after this journey to China!   Theodore, hang on buddy. We're packing  the bags and kissing your siblings "bye" today so we can kiss your face and bring you "home." The journey over will  take us about 27 hours. Which is nothing in light of gaining a … Continue reading I don’t think we’ll starve….