Experimenting with Something New

Well, I never thought that I would be doing a blog...but I figured this would be the best way to keep people updated on what is going on within our Symasek Family Circus. I'm not so sure that I will be great about keeping up with blogs, but at least this will be set up for our journey to China to pick up little Abbey. Ah, little Abbey :-)...the reason that I even begin this blog. Currently, we are waiting on our I-800 Provisional Approval. Our LOA (or Letter of Acceptance from China) has been signed and sent back to the U.S. Consulate in China. The next thing that we should receive is our Travel Approval, and then, Lord willing, we should be able to make travel arrangements and leave shortly thereafter to go get Abbey. As for the other 4 little monkeys...everyone is doing well. Drew, Luke, and Emily began cross-country last week. They all are such troopers, and run their little hearts out. Watching them stretch before their "training" is rather hilarious. The boys put very little effort into the stretching...I think they really believe it's pointless. Emily works incredibly hard at the stretching trying to make her stretches look more like ballet moves than stretches. Maggie just runs all over the place during their practices - attempting every now and then to do the stretches or "run" with the big kids. Oh, and I will be posting pictures as soon as I can figure out how to "privatize" our blog...the internet can be a crazy place sometimes!