We are slowly getting settled in our Hong Kong home. We are so very fortunate to have a flat with this much space and we are enjoying every bit of it. Here are a few pictures of the living room/dining room, plus a space for a desk for Steve.
This is the living room showing the stairs going up to the bedrooms. The second door is the kitchen and the third door is our third bathroom.
This is the whole area with Lizzy in front of the door to the biggest terrace.
Our sweet animals made it to Hong Kong after a three day trek around the world. They left Monday morning from Alabama, drove to Atlanta, and caught a flight to Amsterdam. They spent nearly 24 hours in Amsterdam and then flew on to Hong Kong. They arrive Thursday afternoon about 1:30pm...bewildered but amazed to see us. Cannot imagine what they thought that whole trip, but they were both SO happy to see us. Dixie was thrilled to see RickyBobby and he submitted to a through cleaning after he explored the flat. Dixie has done so well adapting to being here, going out for walks, and being inside with us all the time. RickyBobby has amazed me so far by tolerating being inside all the time without crying or begging at the door. He has followed me around the whole day today, we've played with him quite a lot, and he has enjoyed sitting by the large windows looking out at his new world. He LOVES sitting on top of his cat tree that Paul made for him at the barn. Here are some pet photos!
The children are doing well. Sam and Paul have joined the Discovery Scouts and will keep up with their BoyScouts of America program as lone scouts. This scouting program is very different, but they will camp and hike and do similar activities with the troop. It is an English speaking group with strong adult and youth leaders. Lizzy has joined the Discovery Scouts also, but her group is officially called The Grasshoppers, but because the leader is British and was the leader for this age group when it followed the UK scout program and was called The Beavers...her group is the Beavers! It is for ages 5-8 and is co-Ed. She loves it, but will remain a Girl Scout as well...as a Juliette.
Lizzy has started taking a gymnastics class here. It's once a week and after one class, the teachers moved her into an intermediate class which is perfect for her. Another FedEx daughter is also taking this class...a sweet 12 yr old and they will be walking home together after class. Lizzy is beyond excited about that!
We've joined a homeschool group that does activities together and have met once with them for playtime at the beach. It was very fun for us all. We didn't do the activity this week because the animals got here during the same time.
John is enjoying his time here...but meeting teenagers his age has been challenging so far. Many of them are sent to boarding school and so he hasn't met many yet. There's a group at church, so we will get plugged in there, but John mostly just wants to meet other musical teens. We are working on it, so please say a prayer that he is able to find a group to enjoy.
Next week, will be one month that we've been in Hong Kong. It really feels like months, but others times it feels like we've been here a day or two. We miss everyone like crazy still, but we are making new friends and making the most of our time here.
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