So much to be thankful for

We have been BUSY getting everything in order before we leave for China. Passports have arrived, plane tickets are booked, and bags are starting to get packed. We fly out of Minneapolis the day after Thanksgiving and will arrive in Beijing on Sunday. Two weeks later we will be home with our son. Mike and I are glad we'll be able to celebrate Thanksgiving with Liam and Rowan before heading out. No turkey for us this year; instead,we are going to eat at our favorite authentic Chinese restaurant in St. Paul. Duck instead of turkey...it sounds like a scene out of "A Christmas Story". We will try to update this blog regularly. Since social networking sites (including blogs) are blocked in China, we will be emailing our updates to Grandma Peggy who will post them for us.