Oh, The Places We Go

Greetings To All:

Sorry, we haven't updated this blog in a little while. I meant to do it this past Wednesday, but I was unexpectedly busy. I wasn't able to get online while I was at the hospital. Calm down, I was there with some one else of no relation. Our friend/hostess, Carolyn Foster, knocked on our door in the afternoon and asked for my help. A neighbor boy fell and broke his arm. I went upstairs, splinted the arm, carried him to the taxi, and then took him into the hospital. As it turns out, he broke both bones in his forearm. For a seven year old, he did remarkably well.

What else have we been up to? Yesterday we as a family went to Tiananmen Square. Neither one of us feel like doing a lot of touristy things, but I did want to visit that place. The video with this entry is of Dakota being the center of attention while we were there. A lady asked if her little son could have his picture taken with Dakota. We said yes, and the two children started playing. Well, more and more people wanted to see the children playing, and then a good-sized crowd started gathering. Eventually two uniformed guards walked over and dispersed everyone. In a picture and the video the boy Dakota is playing with is wearing split-pants. We've seen several small children wearing those. No, we are not thinking of buying any for Dakota.

We are enjoyng this time together as a family. The traveling has worn us down a little. It has been just over five months since we have had a place to call "ours". We both miss that. Here in Beijing our friends have put us up in a fully furnished apartment by ourselves. Waking up and being able to have breakfast when convenient for us is a rediscovered treasure. Dakota has been a wonderful little traveler on this past leg of our journey. She slept for most of the overnight train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, entertained people in the Bangkok airport, and then slept for most of the flight from Bangkok to Beijing. All along the way people have stopped us and asked if they could take Dakota's picture. We have yet to see any royalties from the pics. Hopefully they will be in the mail soon.

I know that in a previous entry I mentioned that I would like to visit the city of Harbin while in China. At this point it doesn't look like it will happen. It's one less overnight train that we won't have to take. We will be exploring schooling and housing options here in Beijing. It's been simply delightful to see different parts of the city. Kathy has been a wonderful guide. Finally I have the opportunity to experience this with her.

As always, thank you for keeping up with us here on the world wide web. Keep us posted on your lives, please. We'll update you on any other trips to the hospital and other adventures we embark upon. In a city of several million people something is bound to happen.

God's Blessings To You,

Carson, Kathy, Dakota