Our train arrived in Shenzhen at 5:30am this morning. The border crossing opens at 6:30am. I was amazed at how easily we made it through passport control. I’m so thankful everyone in our family is on the same kind of passport!

Once through customs, we rode the KCR to the apartment as we were all in

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After one night of sleep in my own bed, it was time to hit the road again. Selah and Sianna were due for their next round of immunizations.

I couldn’t imagine going to humid Hong Kong with such long hair on Schäfer.

Nothing says summer like a buzz haircut.

It seems like Schäfer grows up with each

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During June 17 – 20, Mommy attended a Women’s Retreat. How can I just slip away for 4 days? Well, it wasn’t easy.

We had babysitters from 7:30am – 10pm on Friday. Then again on Saturday from 8am – 5pm. Sunday also had a few hours of babysitting in the afternoon.

On Monday, I do believe Hubs

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This morning, we got up bright and early to hop on the train to Nanchang. As usual, the kids were super excited to be on an adventure.

The lull of the train sent Selah straight to dreamland.

We were greeted at the train station by my friend, Cynthia. She is a Nanchang native who moved to America

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Once we knew exactly when we would get Sianna’s passport back, Hubs immediately went down to the station to purchase our train tickets home. Traveling by train is actually the most direct and convenient way back since the airport is 1.5 hours from our city.

To our surprise, the tickets were sold out for the day

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Well, today Sianna’s passport should arrive. Unfortunately, it could arrive anytime between 9am – 6:30pm so there was no way to grab the passport and have confidence that we could make the train.

To celebrate our final day in Hong Kong, we rode the subway to Disneyland.

Schäfer started the day by riding Buzz Lightyear… twice.

After

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