Gotcha Day, Shepard's Field and Day One

Hi Everyone! Sorry for the delay in posting. We cannot access our blog and our friend Kenlyn is posting for us. Thanks Kenlyn!!!!

We arrived at Shepherd's Field on Friday afternoon. The flight was a bit bumpy and poor Colin got a little airsick, but he boounced right back:) We had to take a fast train to the baggage claim area. The Beijing airport is the largest I have ever seen! We took our van to Shepherd's Field and Brookie was waiting outside for us. She seemed very happy to meet us, but a bit shy and scared. After we got to our room, she dove right into her suitcase and shortly had every hair thing on plus her sunglasses. We got to hear her wonderful giggle shortly thereafter. We had some dinner and settled down to bed, kinda... We were all up at 2:30!!!! We had breakfast out with the volunteers and then headed to the houses at Shepherd's Field. The children are all so beautiful! Both Colin and Tatum enjoyed playing with the kids and Brookie loved showing her friends her new things and her family:) We also played on the playground for a few as it was REALLY hot! That night Brookie and Dennis had dumplings. Colin and Tatum slept right through dinner and woke up at 11:30 for the day!!! Brookie is wonderful. She has a sweet side and a goofy side. She has some things we need to work on, but Colin and Tatum are acting as great role models:)

I will post about getting to Fuzhou next. Trying to catch up:)