Beijing With the Girls

We arrived safe and sound after a 12 hour flight.  The girls did wonderfully. The flight was not overly full, thankfully. We have been trying to get on a good schedule here before we go on to Benjamin's province to meet him. The 1st place our tour group went was to a hutong village. After that we toured a silk factory where we got a lesson/demonstration in how silk is made and manufactured. They had an incredible array of handmade silk rugs, clothing, and bedding. In the afternoon we went to the forbidden city. It was beautiful. The girls have done very well. Hannah has a cold so by early evening she is fairly exhausted but she is hanging in there ok. We are thankful to have Ashley with us to help keep an eye on miss Faith.  The next day, we toured the Great Wall and attended a Chinese acrobate show. We have enjoyed seeing the girls experience Beijing, but we are ready to get going to Zhengzhou and meet our boy!